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 1 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 344 317 376
Rank change year-on-year -27 +59 +123
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 44 39 21
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.30% 0.28% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.79% 0.83% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 25 18
10th Percentile £395 £325 £495
25th Percentile £488 £425 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £575 £663
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% -13.21% +1.92%
75th Percentile £750 £775 £800
90th Percentile - £1,048 £857
England median daily rate £550 £560 £630
% change year-on-year -1.79% -11.11% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57.50 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £47.44 £65.00
% change year-on-year +37.02% -27.02% -0.38%

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 5,572 4,714 6,148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.84% 34.15% 33.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,619 2,967 4,346
10th Percentile £343 £325 £300
25th Percentile £431 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -6.12%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £704
90th Percentile £800 £838 £813
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 59 172
10th Percentile £17.50 £22.06 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.82 £25.57 £19.86
Median hourly rate £27.71 £39.00 £29.61
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +31.71% -15.40%
75th Percentile £53.44 £62.25 £47.90
90th Percentile £72.50 £81.24 £66.58
England median hourly rate £31.18 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -16.85% +7.14% +55.66%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Operations Centre relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Security Operations Centre job vacancy trend 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 1 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations Centre in London

Security Operations Centre
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

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 1 February 2026. 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 -10 5 £600 +4.35% 3
Security Operations Centre
England

Security Operations Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 13 (29.55%) Azure
2 6 (13.64%) AWS
3 4 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
3 4 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (6.82%) Cloudflare
4 3 (6.82%) GCP
4 3 (6.82%) OpenDNS
5 1 (2.27%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 1 (2.27%) Amazon Macie
5 1 (2.27%) AWS CloudTrail
5 1 (2.27%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (2.27%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (2.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (20.45%) Firewall
2 4 (9.09%) Network Security
3 1 (2.27%) DNS
3 1 (2.27%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.27%) tcpdump
3 1 (2.27%) VPN
3 1 (2.27%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.09%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Metasploit
2 1 (2.27%) Burp Suite
General
1 12 (27.27%) Public Sector
2 9 (20.45%) Social Skills
3 6 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.55%) Finance
5 1 (2.27%) Banking
5 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.27%) Local Government
5 1 (2.27%) Military
Job Titles
1 16 (36.36%) Analyst
2 10 (22.73%) SOC Analyst
3 9 (20.45%) SOC Manager
4 8 (18.18%) Security Analyst
5 7 (15.91%) Operations Manager
5 7 (15.91%) Security Engineer
6 5 (11.36%) Operations Analyst
6 5 (11.36%) Senior
7 4 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 4 (9.09%) Security Operations Analyst
7 4 (9.09%) SOC Engineer
8 3 (6.82%) Security Manager
9 2 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 2 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 2 (4.55%) Information Manager
9 2 (4.55%) Information Security Manager
9 2 (4.55%) Senior Analyst
9 2 (4.55%) Senior Security Engineer
10 1 (2.27%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 1 (2.27%) Technical Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.64%) Security Posture
2 4 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (9.09%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 2 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.55%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.27%) CSOC
4 1 (2.27%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (2.27%) Cyberattack
4 1 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.27%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.27%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.09%) Linux
2 3 (6.82%) Windows
3 2 (4.55%) Unix
4 1 (2.27%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 29 (65.91%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (65.91%) SIEM
3 26 (59.09%) Incident Response
4 13 (29.55%) SOAR
5 10 (22.73%) Cloud Security
6 9 (20.45%) Threat Detection
7 8 (18.18%) Threat Intelligence
8 7 (15.91%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 7 (15.91%) Infrastructure as Code
8 7 (15.91%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 6 (13.64%) Security Monitoring
9 6 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (11.36%) Actionable Insight
10 5 (11.36%) Analytics
10 5 (11.36%) Proactive Monitoring
10 5 (11.36%) Threat Modelling
11 4 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
11 4 (9.09%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 7 (15.91%) Kusto Query Language
2 4 (9.09%) Python
3 3 (6.82%) Bash
3 3 (6.82%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.27%) C++
4 1 (2.27%) Java
Qualifications
1 25 (56.82%) Security Cleared
2 17 (38.64%) SC Cleared
3 8 (18.18%) CISSP
4 7 (15.91%) CISM
5 6 (13.64%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (11.36%) DV Cleared
6 5 (11.36%) GIAC
7 4 (9.09%) CEH
8 2 (4.55%) Degree
8 2 (4.55%) GPEN
8 2 (4.55%) GWAPT
8 2 (4.55%) OSCP
9 1 (2.27%) Azure Certification
9 1 (2.27%) DBS Check
9 1 (2.27%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (20.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (18.18%) NIST
3 5 (11.36%) GDPR
3 5 (11.36%) NCSC
4 4 (9.09%) HIPAA
5 1 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.27%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (6.82%) Docker
1 3 (6.82%) Snort
1 3 (6.82%) Squid
2 1 (2.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (9.09%) Nessus
2 3 (6.82%) Kubernetes
2 3 (6.82%) Nexpose
2 3 (6.82%) Suricata
Vendors
1 12 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 8 (18.18%) Splunk
3 6 (13.64%) CrowdStrike
3 6 (13.64%) Tenable
4 5 (11.36%) Palo Alto
5 3 (6.82%) Blue Coat
5 3 (6.82%) Carbon Black
5 3 (6.82%) Cisco
5 3 (6.82%) FireEye
5 3 (6.82%) Google
5 3 (6.82%) Qualys
5 3 (6.82%) Zscaler
6 1 (2.27%) CheckPoint
6 1 (2.27%) CyberArk
6 1 (2.27%) Intel
6 1 (2.27%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.27%) Trend Micro