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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 387 305 379
Rank change year-on-year -82 +74 +48
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 32 45 23
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.17% 0.36% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.47% 0.99% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 31 17
10th Percentile £472 £325 £270
25th Percentile £503 £466 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -13.49%
75th Percentile £602 £775 £775
90th Percentile £625 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -2.04%

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 6,829 4,561 5,896
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 35.99% 36.55% 33.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,329 3,031 4,120
10th Percentile £358 £331 £315
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £725
90th Percentile £800 £838 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 92 144
10th Percentile £19.03 £15.84 £15.45
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.21 £18.41
Median hourly rate £36.50 £31.95 £27.42
Median % change year-on-year +14.26% +16.50% -21.66%
75th Percentile £64.69 £49.56 £49.13
90th Percentile £88.75 £77.12 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.96 £33.89 £36.50
% change year-on-year +29.73% -7.16% +62.33%

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 June 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
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 10 (31.25%) Azure
2 8 (25.00%) AWS
3 2 (6.25%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (6.25%) Entra ID
3 2 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.25%) OCI
3 2 (6.25%) SaaS
4 1 (3.13%) IaaS
4 1 (3.13%) PaaS
4 1 (3.13%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (18.75%) Network Security
2 5 (15.63%) Firewall
3 2 (6.25%) 4G
3 2 (6.25%) DHCP
3 2 (6.25%) DNS
3 2 (6.25%) LAN
3 2 (6.25%) TCP/IP
3 2 (6.25%) VPN
3 2 (6.25%) WAN
3 2 (6.25%) Wireless
4 1 (3.13%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (3.13%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (3.13%) Power BI
General
1 9 (28.13%) Public Sector
2 5 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 3 (9.38%) Finance
5 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Legal
5 1 (3.13%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 19 (59.38%) Analyst
2 16 (50.00%) SOC Analyst
3 13 (40.63%) Security Analyst
4 10 (31.25%) Operations Analyst
4 10 (31.25%) Security Operations Analyst
5 6 (18.75%) Senior
6 5 (15.63%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 3 (9.38%) Security Officer
7 3 (9.38%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (9.38%) SOC Manager
8 2 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (6.25%) Security Manager
8 2 (6.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 1 (3.13%) Consultant
9 1 (3.13%) Information Manager
9 1 (3.13%) Information Security Manager
9 1 (3.13%) Operations Manager
9 1 (3.13%) Security Engineer
9 1 (3.13%) Senior Security Engineer
9 1 (3.13%) Transition Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (6.25%) Management Information System
1 2 (6.25%) Onboarding
1 2 (6.25%) Operational Technology
2 1 (3.13%) CESG
2 1 (3.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (3.13%) PKI
2 1 (3.13%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (15.63%) Windows
2 3 (9.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 20 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (62.50%) SIEM
3 18 (56.25%) Incident Response
4 9 (28.13%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (21.88%) Cloud Security
5 7 (21.88%) Mentoring
5 7 (21.88%) Vulnerability Management
6 6 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (15.63%) Data Modelling
7 5 (15.63%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 5 (15.63%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 4 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 4 (12.50%) Decision-Making
8 4 (12.50%) Incident Management
8 4 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
8 4 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
8 4 (12.50%) People Management
8 4 (12.50%) Service Delivery
8 4 (12.50%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) Search Processing Language
2 2 (6.25%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (3.13%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 14 (43.75%) Security Cleared
2 10 (31.25%) CISSP
2 10 (31.25%) DV Cleared
2 10 (31.25%) SC Cleared
3 6 (18.75%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (18.75%) CISM
3 6 (18.75%) CompTIA Security+
4 5 (15.63%) CompTIA CySA+
5 4 (12.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (12.50%) CCSP
5 4 (12.50%) GCIA
5 4 (12.50%) GCIH
5 4 (12.50%) GIAC
6 3 (9.38%) GSEC
6 3 (9.38%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (6.25%) Azure Certification
7 2 (6.25%) CCNA
7 2 (6.25%) CCNP
7 2 (6.25%) CEH
8 1 (3.13%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.38%) NCSC
2 2 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.25%) PCI DSS
3 1 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (3.13%) GDPR
3 1 (3.13%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.13%) QRadar
2 1 (3.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (37.50%) Splunk
2 11 (34.38%) Microsoft
3 9 (28.13%) CrowdStrike
4 5 (15.63%) Qualys
5 2 (6.25%) Oracle
5 2 (6.25%) Tenable
6 1 (3.13%) CheckPoint
6 1 (3.13%) ServiceNow