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 4 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 318 332 392
Rank change year-on-year +14 +60 +156
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 61 44 29
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.44% 0.28% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.14% 0.84% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 33 28
10th Percentile £408 £310 £473
25th Percentile £463 £425 £647
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £575 £709
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -18.90% +28.91%
75th Percentile £775 £775 £750
90th Percentile - £920 £841
England median daily rate £600 £600 £650
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +13.04%
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 £45.00 £72.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -37.93% +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 5,353 5,244 6,940
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 39.03% 33.76% 34.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,419 3,358 4,975
10th Percentile £338 £325 £340
25th Percentile £439 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £688 £725 £725
90th Percentile £825 £850 £825
England median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.82% -1.77% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 62 99
10th Percentile £17.05 £17.28 £18.46
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.80 £19.99
Median hourly rate £26.30 £34.13 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.93% +13.75% +13.21%
75th Percentile £45.95 £58.06 £49.48
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.75 £68.15
England median hourly rate £28.56 £47.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -39.87% +6.74% +65.89%

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 4 November 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 4 November 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 4 £750 +30.43% 15
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 (3.28%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 26 (42.62%) AWS
2 20 (32.79%) Amazon EC2
2 20 (32.79%) Amazon S3
2 20 (32.79%) SaaS
3 19 (31.15%) Amazon SQS
4 15 (24.59%) Azure
5 4 (6.56%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (4.92%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (4.92%) GCP
7 2 (3.28%) Cloudflare
7 2 (3.28%) OpenDNS
8 1 (1.64%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 1 (1.64%) Amazon Macie
8 1 (1.64%) AWS CloudTrail
8 1 (1.64%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.64%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (21.31%) Firewall
2 9 (14.75%) Network Security
3 4 (6.56%) VPN
4 3 (4.92%) 4G
4 3 (4.92%) DHCP
4 3 (4.92%) DNS
4 3 (4.92%) LAN
4 3 (4.92%) TCP/IP
4 3 (4.92%) WAN
4 3 (4.92%) Wireless
5 1 (1.64%) MPLS
5 1 (1.64%) tcpdump
5 1 (1.64%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.56%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Git
1 2 (3.28%) JIRA
1 2 (3.28%) Metasploit
2 1 (1.64%) Burp Suite
General
1 24 (39.34%) Public Sector
2 17 (27.87%) Documentation Skills
3 13 (21.31%) Social Skills
4 6 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (9.84%) Military
5 2 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.64%) Banking
6 1 (1.64%) Legal
6 1 (1.64%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 20 (32.79%) Architect
2 19 (31.15%) Security Architect
3 12 (19.67%) Analyst
4 7 (11.48%) Security Engineer
4 7 (11.48%) Senior
4 7 (11.48%) SOC Analyst
5 5 (8.20%) Security Analyst
6 4 (6.56%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 4 (6.56%) Operations Analyst
6 4 (6.56%) Operations Manager
6 4 (6.56%) SOC Engineer
6 4 (6.56%) SOC Manager
7 3 (4.92%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 3 (4.92%) Security Operations Analyst
8 2 (3.28%) Consultant
8 2 (3.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (3.28%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (3.28%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (3.28%) Senior Security Engineer
9 1 (1.64%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (39.34%) Onboarding
2 22 (36.07%) CSOC
3 7 (11.48%) Security Posture
4 4 (6.56%) Management Information System
5 3 (4.92%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (4.92%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (3.28%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (3.28%) PKI
7 1 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.64%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.64%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.64%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 8 (13.11%) Windows
2 4 (6.56%) Linux
3 2 (3.28%) Unix
4 1 (1.64%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 45 (73.77%) SIEM
3 43 (70.49%) Cybersecurity
4 31 (50.82%) SOAR
5 23 (37.70%) Use Case
6 18 (29.51%) Incident Response
7 12 (19.67%) Cloud Security
8 10 (16.39%) Threat Detection
9 9 (14.75%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 8 (13.11%) Threat Intelligence
11 7 (11.48%) Security Monitoring
12 6 (9.84%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 6 (9.84%) Infrastructure as Code
12 6 (9.84%) Threat Modelling
13 5 (8.20%) Actionable Insight
13 5 (8.20%) Information Security
13 5 (8.20%) Mentoring
13 5 (8.20%) Proactive Monitoring
14 4 (6.56%) Business Continuity
14 4 (6.56%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.56%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (4.92%) Python
3 2 (3.28%) Bash
3 2 (3.28%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.64%) C++
4 1 (1.64%) Java
Qualifications
1 40 (65.57%) Security Cleared
2 29 (47.54%) SC Cleared
3 10 (16.39%) CISSP
4 8 (13.11%) DV Cleared
5 7 (11.48%) CISM
6 6 (9.84%) CompTIA Security+
7 5 (8.20%) GIAC
8 4 (6.56%) CEH
9 2 (3.28%) Degree
9 2 (3.28%) GPEN
9 2 (3.28%) GWAPT
9 2 (3.28%) OSCP
10 1 (1.64%) CCNA
10 1 (1.64%) CCNP
10 1 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (1.64%) Master's Degree
10 1 (1.64%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.75%) NIST
2 7 (11.48%) GDPR
2 7 (11.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (6.56%) HIPAA
3 4 (6.56%) NCSC
4 1 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 2 (3.28%) Active Directory
1 2 (3.28%) Docker
1 2 (3.28%) Snort
1 2 (3.28%) Squid
Systems Management
1 3 (4.92%) FortiGate
1 3 (4.92%) Nessus
2 2 (3.28%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.28%) Nexpose
2 2 (3.28%) Suricata
3 1 (1.64%) QRadar
Vendors
1 28 (45.90%) Splunk
2 10 (16.39%) Microsoft
3 6 (9.84%) Tenable
4 4 (6.56%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (6.56%) Palo Alto
5 2 (3.28%) Blue Coat
5 2 (3.28%) Carbon Black
5 2 (3.28%) Cisco
5 2 (3.28%) FireEye
5 2 (3.28%) Google
5 2 (3.28%) Qualys
5 2 (3.28%) Zscaler
6 1 (1.64%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.64%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.64%) Intel
6 1 (1.64%) Okta
6 1 (1.64%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.64%) Trend Micro