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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 388 312 377
Rank change year-on-year -76 +65 +60
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 25 36 23
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.14% 0.30% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.39% 0.83% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 24 16
10th Percentile £482 £316 £363
25th Percentile £506 £489 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £638
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -9.80% -5.56%
75th Percentile £597 £775 £778
90th Percentile £628 £793 £800
England median daily rate £525 £575 £629
% change year-on-year -8.70% -8.55% +2.65%

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 6,453 4,358 5,854
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 35.44% 36.01% 33.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,122 2,943 4,135
10th Percentile £356 £336 £313
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 £520 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -2.80% -2.73% -3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 79 149
10th Percentile £19.03 £15.84 £15.49
25th Percentile £22.91 £22.27 £18.79
Median hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% +27.78% -22.86%
75th Percentile £61.00 £48.13 £50.25
90th Percentile £88.75 £63.75 £71.25
England median hourly rate £42.71 £33.91 £35.50
% change year-on-year +25.94% -4.48% +60.20%

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 26 May 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (32.00%) Azure
2 6 (24.00%) AWS
3 2 (8.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.00%) Firewall
2 3 (12.00%) DNS
2 3 (12.00%) Network Security
2 3 (12.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (8.00%) 4G
3 2 (8.00%) DHCP
3 2 (8.00%) LAN
3 2 (8.00%) VPN
3 2 (8.00%) WAN
3 2 (8.00%) Wireless
4 1 (4.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (4.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Power BI
General
1 8 (32.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (16.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Finance
4 1 (4.00%) Legal
4 1 (4.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 13 (52.00%) Analyst
2 11 (44.00%) SOC Analyst
3 8 (32.00%) Senior
4 6 (24.00%) Security Analyst
5 5 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 4 (16.00%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (12.00%) Operations Analyst
7 3 (12.00%) Security Manager
7 3 (12.00%) Security Officer
7 3 (12.00%) Security Operations Analyst
7 3 (12.00%) SOC Manager
8 2 (8.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 2 (8.00%) Information Manager
8 2 (8.00%) Information Security Manager
8 2 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (8.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 1 (4.00%) Consultant
9 1 (4.00%) Operations Manager
9 1 (4.00%) Programme Manager
9 1 (4.00%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (8.00%) Onboarding
1 2 (8.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (4.00%) Cyberattack
2 1 (4.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (4.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.00%) PKI
2 1 (4.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Windows
2 1 (4.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 16 (64.00%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (60.00%) SIEM
4 14 (56.00%) Incident Response
5 7 (28.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (28.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 6 (24.00%) Cloud Security
6 6 (24.00%) Mentoring
7 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 4 (16.00%) Data Modelling
8 4 (16.00%) Decision-Making
8 4 (16.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 4 (16.00%) People Management
8 4 (16.00%) SOAR
9 3 (12.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 3 (12.00%) High Availability
9 3 (12.00%) Knowledge Transfer
9 3 (12.00%) Technology Transformation
9 3 (12.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.00%) Search Processing Language
2 2 (8.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 10 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (28.00%) CISSP
3 6 (24.00%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 5 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 4 (16.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (16.00%) CCSP
5 4 (16.00%) CompTIA CySA+
5 4 (16.00%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (16.00%) GCIA
5 4 (16.00%) GCIH
6 3 (12.00%) CISM
6 3 (12.00%) GSEC
6 3 (12.00%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (8.00%) CCNA
7 2 (8.00%) CCNP
7 2 (8.00%) GIAC
8 1 (4.00%) CEH
8 1 (4.00%) CISA
8 1 (4.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) NCSC
2 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.00%) NIST
2 1 (4.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 10 (40.00%) Splunk
2 9 (36.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (32.00%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (16.00%) Qualys
5 1 (4.00%) Tenable