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 18 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 311 346 404
Rank change year-on-year +35 +58 +147
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 57 43 30
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.43% 0.27% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.09% 0.79% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 31 29
10th Percentile £408 £300 £490
25th Percentile £463 £394 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £575 £675
Median % change year-on-year +6.96% -14.81% +20.00%
75th Percentile £775 £665 £743
90th Percentile - £788 £840
England median daily rate £575 £600 £613
% change year-on-year -4.17% -2.04% +6.52%

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 5,213 5,443 7,263
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.98% 34.03% 34.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,340 3,491 5,244
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £443 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £695 £725 £725
90th Percentile £825 £850 £825
England median daily rate £525 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 70 91
10th Percentile £17.05 £17.48 £18.57
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.80 £19.99
Median hourly rate £26.30 £34.13 £29.72
Median % change year-on-year -22.93% +14.82% +10.16%
75th Percentile £46.88 £57.13 £52.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.95 £72.50
England median hourly rate £28.13 £53.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -47.43% +16.61% +77.11%

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 18 October 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 18 October 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 +8 4 £750 +30.43% 3
South London - 3 £700 -
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.51%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 26 (45.61%) AWS
2 20 (35.09%) Amazon EC2
2 20 (35.09%) Amazon S3
2 20 (35.09%) SaaS
3 19 (33.33%) Amazon SQS
4 15 (26.32%) Azure
5 4 (7.02%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (5.26%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (5.26%) GCP
7 2 (3.51%) Cloudflare
7 2 (3.51%) OpenDNS
8 1 (1.75%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 1 (1.75%) Amazon Macie
8 1 (1.75%) AWS CloudTrail
8 1 (1.75%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (22.81%) Firewall
2 9 (15.79%) Network Security
3 6 (10.53%) VPN
4 5 (8.77%) 4G
4 5 (8.77%) DHCP
4 5 (8.77%) DNS
4 5 (8.77%) LAN
4 5 (8.77%) TCP/IP
4 5 (8.77%) WAN
4 5 (8.77%) Wireless
5 1 (1.75%) MPLS
5 1 (1.75%) tcpdump
5 1 (1.75%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.02%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Git
1 2 (3.51%) JIRA
1 2 (3.51%) Metasploit
2 1 (1.75%) Burp Suite
General
1 24 (42.11%) Public Sector
2 17 (29.82%) Documentation Skills
3 15 (26.32%) Social Skills
4 6 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (10.53%) Military
5 2 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.75%) Banking
6 1 (1.75%) Legal
6 1 (1.75%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 20 (35.09%) Architect
2 19 (33.33%) Security Architect
3 10 (17.54%) Analyst
4 9 (15.79%) Senior
5 6 (10.53%) Security Engineer
5 6 (10.53%) SOC Analyst
6 4 (7.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) Security Analyst
6 4 (7.02%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) SOC Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 2 (3.51%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 2 (3.51%) Operations Analyst
8 2 (3.51%) Operations Manager
8 2 (3.51%) Security Operations Analyst
8 2 (3.51%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (3.51%) Senior Security Engineer
8 2 (3.51%) SOC Manager
9 1 (1.75%) Consultant
9 1 (1.75%) Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.51%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (42.11%) Onboarding
2 22 (38.60%) CSOC
3 7 (12.28%) Security Posture
4 5 (8.77%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (7.02%) Management Information System
6 3 (5.26%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (3.51%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (3.51%) PKI
8 1 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.75%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.75%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.75%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 10 (17.54%) Windows
2 4 (7.02%) Linux
3 2 (3.51%) Unix
4 1 (1.75%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 43 (75.44%) SIEM
3 39 (68.42%) Cybersecurity
4 31 (54.39%) SOAR
5 23 (40.35%) Use Case
6 16 (28.07%) Incident Response
7 12 (21.05%) Cloud Security
8 10 (17.54%) Threat Detection
9 9 (15.79%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 8 (14.04%) Threat Intelligence
11 7 (12.28%) Mentoring
11 7 (12.28%) Security Monitoring
12 6 (10.53%) Business Continuity
12 6 (10.53%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 6 (10.53%) Infrastructure as Code
13 5 (8.77%) Business Strategy
13 5 (8.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 5 (8.77%) Inventory Management
13 5 (8.77%) Proactive Management
13 5 (8.77%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.26%) Kusto Query Language
1 3 (5.26%) Python
2 2 (3.51%) Bash
2 2 (3.51%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.75%) C++
3 1 (1.75%) Java
Qualifications
1 37 (64.91%) Security Cleared
2 28 (49.12%) SC Cleared
3 7 (12.28%) CISSP
4 6 (10.53%) DV Cleared
5 4 (7.02%) CISM
6 3 (5.26%) CCNA
6 3 (5.26%) CCNP
6 3 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (5.26%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (5.26%) GIAC
7 2 (3.51%) CEH
7 2 (3.51%) Degree
7 2 (3.51%) GPEN
7 2 (3.51%) GWAPT
7 2 (3.51%) OSCP
8 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.75%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.75%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.79%) NIST
2 7 (12.28%) GDPR
3 5 (8.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (7.02%) HIPAA
4 4 (7.02%) NCSC
5 1 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 2 (3.51%) Active Directory
1 2 (3.51%) Docker
1 2 (3.51%) Snort
1 2 (3.51%) Squid
Systems Management
1 5 (8.77%) FortiGate
2 3 (5.26%) Nessus
3 2 (3.51%) Kubernetes
3 2 (3.51%) Nexpose
3 2 (3.51%) Suricata
4 1 (1.75%) QRadar
Vendors
1 26 (45.61%) Splunk
2 9 (15.79%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.02%) CrowdStrike
3 4 (7.02%) Palo Alto
3 4 (7.02%) Tenable
4 2 (3.51%) Blue Coat
4 2 (3.51%) Carbon Black
4 2 (3.51%) Cisco
4 2 (3.51%) FireEye
4 2 (3.51%) Google
4 2 (3.51%) Qualys
4 2 (3.51%) Zscaler
5 1 (1.75%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.75%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.75%) Intel
5 1 (1.75%) Okta
5 1 (1.75%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.75%) Trend Micro