Security Operations Centre Contract Job Trends in London

Security Operations Centre
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 312 345 427
Rank change year-on-year +33 +82 +115
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 49 35 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.37% 0.22% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.97% 0.65% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 24 31
10th Percentile £319 £302 £516
25th Percentile £408 £500 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £675
Median % change year-on-year - -14.81% +10.66%
75th Percentile £775 £709 £747
90th Percentile - £784 £824
England median daily rate £575 £625 £613
% change year-on-year -8.00% +2.04% +4.70%

All Generic Skills
London

Security Operations Centre falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,044 5,403 7,847
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.09% 33.59% 35.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,262 3,591 5,675
10th Percentile £333 £325 £350
25th Percentile £438 £450 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £700 £738 £725
90th Percentile £825 £850 £825
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 68 86
10th Percentile £15.84 £17.25 £17.65
25th Percentile £23.21 £23.35 £20.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £31.31 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year -12.17% +1.82% +0.82%
75th Percentile £46.15 £54.06 £53.63
90th Percentile £68.63 £71.44 £75.63
England median hourly rate £33.05 £57.35 £45.88
% change year-on-year -42.37% +25.00% +76.46%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Security Operations Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in London

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Security Operations Centre.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Security Operations Centre

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in London over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations Centre in London

Security Operations Centre
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations Centre within the London region over the 6 months to 15 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +3 3 £638 - 5
South London - 3 £700 -
Security Operations Centre
England

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.08%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 22 (44.90%) AWS
2 20 (40.82%) Amazon EC2
2 20 (40.82%) Amazon S3
2 20 (40.82%) SaaS
3 19 (38.78%) Amazon SQS
4 14 (28.57%) Azure
5 5 (10.20%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (4.08%) GCP
7 1 (2.04%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (2.04%) Amazon Macie
7 1 (2.04%) AWS CloudTrail
7 1 (2.04%) Cloudflare
7 1 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (2.04%) OpenDNS
7 1 (2.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (28.57%) Firewall
2 10 (20.41%) Network Security
3 6 (12.24%) 4G
3 6 (12.24%) DHCP
3 6 (12.24%) DNS
3 6 (12.24%) LAN
3 6 (12.24%) TCP/IP
3 6 (12.24%) VPN
3 6 (12.24%) WAN
3 6 (12.24%) Wireless
4 1 (2.04%) MPLS
4 1 (2.04%) tcpdump
4 1 (2.04%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (4.08%) Git
1 2 (4.08%) JIRA
2 1 (2.04%) Metasploit
General
1 18 (36.73%) Public Sector
2 17 (34.69%) Documentation Skills
3 12 (24.49%) Social Skills
4 5 (10.20%) Military
5 4 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.08%) Legal
6 2 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (40.82%) Architect
2 19 (38.78%) Security Architect
3 11 (22.45%) Analyst
4 9 (18.37%) Senior
5 8 (16.33%) SOC Analyst
6 5 (10.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (10.20%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (6.12%) Security Analyst
8 2 (4.08%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 2 (4.08%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (4.08%) SOC Engineer
9 1 (2.04%) AWS Architect
9 1 (2.04%) AWS Security Architect
9 1 (2.04%) Head of Operations
9 1 (2.04%) Lead
9 1 (2.04%) Security Operations Analyst
9 1 (2.04%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
9 1 (2.04%) SIEM Architect
9 1 (2.04%) SOC Consultant
9 1 (2.04%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.08%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (44.90%) CSOC
2 21 (42.86%) Onboarding
3 6 (12.24%) Security Posture
3 6 (12.24%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (6.12%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (6.12%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.08%) PKI
6 1 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (2.04%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.04%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (2.04%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (18.37%) Windows
2 1 (2.04%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 36 (73.47%) SIEM
3 28 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
4 25 (51.02%) SOAR
5 22 (44.90%) Use Case
6 12 (24.49%) Incident Response
7 10 (20.41%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 9 (18.37%) Threat Detection
8 9 (18.37%) Threat Intelligence
9 7 (14.29%) Business Continuity
9 7 (14.29%) Incident Management
9 7 (14.29%) Security Monitoring
10 6 (12.24%) Data Privacy
10 6 (12.24%) High Availability
10 6 (12.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 6 (12.24%) Infrastructure Management
10 6 (12.24%) Inventory Management
10 6 (12.24%) Mentoring
10 6 (12.24%) Proactive Management
10 6 (12.24%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.16%) PowerShell
1 4 (8.16%) Python
2 1 (2.04%) Bash
2 1 (2.04%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 32 (65.31%) Security Cleared
2 26 (53.06%) SC Cleared
3 6 (12.24%) DV Cleared
4 5 (10.20%) CISSP
4 5 (10.20%) CompTIA Security+
4 5 (10.20%) GIAC
5 4 (8.16%) CCNA
5 4 (8.16%) CCNP
5 4 (8.16%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (6.12%) GCFA
6 3 (6.12%) GCIA
6 3 (6.12%) GCIH
7 2 (4.08%) CISM
8 1 (2.04%) CEH
8 1 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (2.04%) Degree
8 1 (2.04%) Master's Degree
8 1 (2.04%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.16%) GDPR
1 4 (8.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (8.16%) NIST
2 2 (4.08%) HIPAA
2 2 (4.08%) NCSC
3 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 1 (2.04%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.04%) Docker
1 1 (2.04%) Snort
1 1 (2.04%) Squid
Systems Management
1 6 (12.24%) FortiGate
2 2 (4.08%) Nessus
2 2 (4.08%) QRadar
3 1 (2.04%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.04%) Nexpose
3 1 (2.04%) Suricata
Vendors
1 25 (51.02%) Splunk
2 9 (18.37%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.12%) Palo Alto
4 2 (4.08%) Tenable
5 1 (2.04%) Blue Coat
5 1 (2.04%) Carbon Black
5 1 (2.04%) Cisco
5 1 (2.04%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (2.04%) FireEye
5 1 (2.04%) Google
5 1 (2.04%) Intel
5 1 (2.04%) LogRhythm
5 1 (2.04%) Okta
5 1 (2.04%) Qualys
5 1 (2.04%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.04%) Zscaler