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 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 336 321 380
Rank change year-on-year -15 +59 +150
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 44 48 25
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.31% 0.32% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.79% 0.93% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 33 23
10th Percentile £375 £325 £540
25th Percentile £421 £475 £616
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £575 £650
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £750 £775 £800
90th Percentile - £920 £848
England median daily rate £550 £575 £620
% change year-on-year -4.35% -7.30% +3.38%
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 £72.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% -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 5,602 5,157 6,376
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.94% 34.22% 33.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,589 3,296 4,547
10th Percentile £340 £325 £325
25th Percentile £430 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% -2.08%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £725
90th Percentile £800 £850 £825
England median daily rate £514 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 66 106
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.86
25th Percentile £19.95 £23.80 £19.99
Median hourly rate £26.11 £34.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.32% +15.00% -12.82%
75th Percentile £46.15 £55.94 £49.68
90th Percentile £66.50 £80.75 £65.93
England median hourly rate £29.00 £37.00 £43.84
% change year-on-year -21.62% -15.60% +25.16%

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 19 December 2025.

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 19 December 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 +1 5 £600 +4.35% 1
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 5 (11.36%) 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 10 (22.73%) Firewall
2 5 (11.36%) Network Security
3 2 (4.55%) DNS
3 2 (4.55%) TCP/IP
3 2 (4.55%) VPN
4 1 (2.27%) 4G
4 1 (2.27%) DHCP
4 1 (2.27%) LAN
4 1 (2.27%) tcpdump
4 1 (2.27%) WAN
4 1 (2.27%) Wireless
4 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 11 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (22.73%) Public Sector
3 6 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.55%) Finance
4 2 (4.55%) Military
5 1 (2.27%) Banking
5 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.27%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 15 (34.09%) Analyst
2 8 (18.18%) Security Analyst
2 8 (18.18%) SOC Analyst
3 7 (15.91%) Security Engineer
3 7 (15.91%) Senior
3 7 (15.91%) SOC Manager
4 6 (13.64%) Operations Manager
5 5 (11.36%) Operations Analyst
6 4 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 4 (9.09%) Security Operations Analyst
6 4 (9.09%) SOC Engineer
7 3 (6.82%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 3 (6.82%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (4.55%) Consultant
8 2 (4.55%) Senior Security Engineer
9 1 (2.27%) Programme Manager
9 1 (2.27%) Security Consultant
9 1 (2.27%) Security Manager
9 1 (2.27%) Senior Manager
9 1 (2.27%) Senior Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.91%) Security Posture
2 5 (11.36%) Onboarding
3 4 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (4.55%) CSOC
4 2 (4.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 2 (4.55%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.27%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (2.27%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.27%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.27%) NHS
5 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.09%) Linux
1 4 (9.09%) Windows
2 2 (4.55%) Unix
3 1 (2.27%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 28 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
3 27 (61.36%) SIEM
4 23 (52.27%) Incident Response
5 13 (29.55%) SOAR
6 10 (22.73%) Cloud Security
6 10 (22.73%) Threat Detection
7 8 (18.18%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 7 (15.91%) Infrastructure as Code
8 7 (15.91%) Threat Intelligence
9 6 (13.64%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 6 (13.64%) Security Monitoring
9 6 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (13.64%) Threat Modelling
10 5 (11.36%) Actionable Insight
10 5 (11.36%) Analytics
10 5 (11.36%) Proactive Monitoring
11 4 (9.09%) Forensic Analysis
11 4 (9.09%) Penetration Testing
11 4 (9.09%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.36%) 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 15 (34.09%) SC Cleared
3 7 (15.91%) CISSP
3 7 (15.91%) DV Cleared
4 6 (13.64%) CISM
4 6 (13.64%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (9.09%) CEH
5 4 (9.09%) GIAC
6 2 (4.55%) Degree
6 2 (4.55%) GPEN
6 2 (4.55%) GWAPT
6 2 (4.55%) OSCP
7 1 (2.27%) CCNA
7 1 (2.27%) CCNP
7 1 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (2.27%) DBS Check
7 1 (2.27%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (20.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (18.18%) NIST
3 7 (15.91%) GDPR
4 5 (11.36%) NCSC
5 4 (9.09%) HIPAA
6 1 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 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
3 1 (2.27%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 10 (22.73%) 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