Security Operations Centre Contracts 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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 311 379 441
Rank change year-on-year +68 +62 +113
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 49 26 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.37% 0.15% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.00% 0.44% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 20 35
10th Percentile £316 £293 £520
25th Percentile £408 £381 £554
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £725
Median % change year-on-year - -20.69% +16.94%
75th Percentile £775 £775 £775
90th Percentile £784 £800 £820
England median daily rate £575 £600 £613
% change year-on-year -4.17% -2.04% -1.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £32.69
England median hourly rate £47.44 £11.25 £32.69
% change year-on-year +321.69% -65.59% -

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 4,897 5,884 9,138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 36.87% 33.39% 35.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,225 4,129 6,620
10th Percentile £331 £315 £363
25th Percentile £450 £450 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% -
75th Percentile £738 £738 £743
90th Percentile £838 £850 £838
England median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 141 98
10th Percentile £15.84 £15.50 £17.93
25th Percentile £22.50 £21.00 £22.49
Median hourly rate £30.00 £28.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -20.00% -13.58%
75th Percentile £47.81 £50.25 £58.44
90th Percentile £65.03 £71.25 £85.99
England median hourly rate £32.72 £37.50 £25.58
% change year-on-year -12.74% +46.60% -3.47%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Centre in London.

Daily rate trend for Security Operations Centre in London

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in London over the 6 months to 5 July 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 5 July 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 +11 4 £575 -23.33% 7
South London - 3 £700 - 1
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
Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
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 4 (8.16%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (6.12%) GCP
7 1 (2.04%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (24.49%) Firewall
2 8 (16.33%) Network Security
3 6 (12.24%) TCP/IP
3 6 (12.24%) VPN
4 5 (10.20%) 4G
4 5 (10.20%) DHCP
4 5 (10.20%) DNS
4 5 (10.20%) LAN
4 5 (10.20%) WAN
4 5 (10.20%) Wireless
5 2 (4.08%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (2.04%) Internet
6 1 (2.04%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (4.08%) Git
1 2 (4.08%) JIRA
General
1 17 (34.69%) Documentation Skills
2 16 (32.65%) Public Sector
3 9 (18.37%) Social Skills
4 5 (10.20%) Military
5 4 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (6.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (6.12%) Legal
7 2 (4.08%) Finance
7 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%) SOC Analyst
5 6 (12.24%) Senior
6 5 (10.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (10.20%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (6.12%) Security Analyst
8 2 (4.08%) Consultant
8 2 (4.08%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 2 (4.08%) Lead
8 2 (4.08%) Operations Analyst
8 2 (4.08%) Security Operations Analyst
9 1 (2.04%) AWS Architect
9 1 (2.04%) Head of Security
9 1 (2.04%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
9 1 (2.04%) SOC Consultant
9 1 (2.04%) SOC Engineer
9 1 (2.04%) SOC Manager
9 1 (2.04%) Splunk Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.08%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (42.86%) CSOC
2 20 (40.82%) Onboarding
3 5 (10.20%) Security Posture
3 5 (10.20%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (8.16%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (8.16%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.08%) Client/Server
5 2 (4.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (4.08%) PKI
6 1 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (2.04%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.04%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (2.04%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 9 (18.37%) Windows
2 2 (4.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 34 (69.39%) SIEM
3 29 (59.18%) Cybersecurity
4 22 (44.90%) SOAR
5 21 (42.86%) Use Case
6 13 (26.53%) Incident Response
7 9 (18.37%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 8 (16.33%) Threat Intelligence
9 7 (14.29%) Incident Management
9 7 (14.29%) Information Security
9 7 (14.29%) Threat Detection
10 6 (12.24%) Business Continuity
11 5 (10.20%) Data Privacy
11 5 (10.20%) High Availability
11 5 (10.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 5 (10.20%) Mentoring
11 5 (10.20%) Proactive Management
11 5 (10.20%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (10.20%) Risk Management
11 5 (10.20%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.24%) Python
2 5 (10.20%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.08%) Bash
4 1 (2.04%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 26 (53.06%) Security Cleared
2 22 (44.90%) SC Cleared
3 5 (10.20%) CISSP
3 5 (10.20%) GCIH
3 5 (10.20%) GIAC
4 4 (8.16%) CCNA
4 4 (8.16%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (8.16%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (8.16%) DV Cleared
4 4 (8.16%) GCIA
5 3 (6.12%) CCNP
5 3 (6.12%) GCFA
6 2 (4.08%) CISM
6 2 (4.08%) Degree
7 1 (2.04%) CCSP
7 1 (2.04%) CEH
7 1 (2.04%) CISA
7 1 (2.04%) GSEC
7 1 (2.04%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.04%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.20%) NIST
2 4 (8.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (6.12%) GDPR
4 1 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.04%) GRC
4 1 (2.04%) HIPAA
4 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (2.04%) NCSC
4 1 (2.04%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (2.04%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (10.20%) FortiGate
2 2 (4.08%) QRadar
3 1 (2.04%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 26 (53.06%) Splunk
2 7 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.04%) Google
3 1 (2.04%) LogRhythm
3 1 (2.04%) Okta
3 1 (2.04%) VMware