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 9 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 334 330 383
Rank change year-on-year -4 +53 +146
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 47 47 26
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.33% 0.30% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.84% 0.88% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 33 24
10th Percentile £375 £325 £558
25th Percentile £408 £475 £647
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £575 £663
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% -13.21% +8.16%
75th Percentile £750 £775 £800
90th Percentile £758 £920 £846
England median daily rate £550 £575 £616
% change year-on-year -4.35% -6.69% +2.71%
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 £65.00 £72.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -10.34% +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 5,610 5,325 6,565
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 39.24% 34.13% 33.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,591 3,406 4,672
10th Percentile £334 £325 £325
25th Percentile £427 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £590
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.54% -1.67%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £725
90th Percentile £800 £850 £825
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.68% - -3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 64 105
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.84
25th Percentile £19.95 £25.17 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.65% +17.50% -10.21%
75th Percentile £45.05 £56.69 £49.08
90th Percentile £67.00 £80.75 £64.81
England median hourly rate £27.21 £38.54 £43.92
% change year-on-year -29.39% -12.26% +25.49%

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 9 December 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 9 December 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 +6 5 £600 +4.35% 3
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 1 (2.13%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 14 (29.79%) Azure
2 9 (19.15%) AWS
3 4 (8.51%) Amazon EC2
3 4 (8.51%) Amazon S3
3 4 (8.51%) Amazon SQS
3 4 (8.51%) Azure Sentinel
3 4 (8.51%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (8.51%) SaaS
4 3 (6.38%) Cloudflare
4 3 (6.38%) GCP
4 3 (6.38%) OpenDNS
5 1 (2.13%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 1 (2.13%) Amazon Macie
5 1 (2.13%) AWS CloudTrail
5 1 (2.13%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (2.13%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (2.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (21.28%) Firewall
2 5 (10.64%) Network Security
3 2 (4.26%) VPN
4 1 (2.13%) 4G
4 1 (2.13%) DHCP
4 1 (2.13%) DNS
4 1 (2.13%) LAN
4 1 (2.13%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.13%) tcpdump
4 1 (2.13%) WAN
4 1 (2.13%) Wireless
4 1 (2.13%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.51%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Metasploit
2 1 (2.13%) Burp Suite
2 1 (2.13%) Git
2 1 (2.13%) JIRA
General
1 13 (27.66%) Public Sector
2 10 (21.28%) Social Skills
3 6 (12.77%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.38%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (6.38%) Military
5 2 (4.26%) Finance
6 1 (2.13%) Banking
6 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.13%) Local Government
6 1 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (29.79%) Analyst
2 8 (17.02%) Security Analyst
3 7 (14.89%) Security Engineer
3 7 (14.89%) SOC Analyst
4 6 (12.77%) Operations Manager
4 6 (12.77%) SOC Manager
5 5 (10.64%) Operations Analyst
5 5 (10.64%) Senior
6 4 (8.51%) Architect
6 4 (8.51%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Security Architect
6 4 (8.51%) Security Operations Analyst
6 4 (8.51%) SOC Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 2 (4.26%) Consultant
8 2 (4.26%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (4.26%) Senior Security Engineer
9 1 (2.13%) Risk Analyst
9 1 (2.13%) Senior Risk Analyst
9 1 (2.13%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.02%) Onboarding
2 6 (12.77%) CSOC
2 6 (12.77%) Security Posture
3 3 (6.38%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (6.38%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.26%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (2.13%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.13%) NHS
5 1 (2.13%) PKI
5 1 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.51%) Windows
2 3 (6.38%) Linux
3 2 (4.26%) Unix
4 1 (2.13%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 30 (63.83%) SIEM
3 29 (61.70%) Cybersecurity
4 20 (42.55%) Incident Response
5 17 (36.17%) SOAR
6 10 (21.28%) Cloud Security
6 10 (21.28%) Threat Detection
7 8 (17.02%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 7 (14.89%) Infrastructure as Code
8 7 (14.89%) Threat Intelligence
8 7 (14.89%) Use Case
9 6 (12.77%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 6 (12.77%) Security Monitoring
9 6 (12.77%) Threat Modelling
10 5 (10.64%) Actionable Insight
10 5 (10.64%) Proactive Monitoring
11 4 (8.51%) Analytics
11 4 (8.51%) Forensic Analysis
11 4 (8.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 4 (8.51%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.64%) Kusto Query Language
2 4 (8.51%) Python
3 3 (6.38%) Bash
3 3 (6.38%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.13%) C++
4 1 (2.13%) Java
Qualifications
1 27 (57.45%) Security Cleared
2 16 (34.04%) SC Cleared
3 8 (17.02%) CISSP
3 8 (17.02%) DV Cleared
4 6 (12.77%) CISM
4 6 (12.77%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (8.51%) CEH
5 4 (8.51%) GIAC
6 2 (4.26%) Degree
6 2 (4.26%) GPEN
6 2 (4.26%) GWAPT
6 2 (4.26%) OSCP
7 1 (2.13%) CCNA
7 1 (2.13%) CCNP
7 1 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (2.13%) DBS Check
7 1 (2.13%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (19.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (17.02%) NIST
3 7 (14.89%) GDPR
4 4 (8.51%) HIPAA
4 4 (8.51%) NCSC
5 1 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (2.13%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (6.38%) Docker
1 3 (6.38%) Snort
1 3 (6.38%) Squid
2 1 (2.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (8.51%) Nessus
2 3 (6.38%) Kubernetes
2 3 (6.38%) Nexpose
2 3 (6.38%) Suricata
3 1 (2.13%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 11 (23.40%) Microsoft
1 11 (23.40%) Splunk
2 6 (12.77%) CrowdStrike
2 6 (12.77%) Tenable
3 5 (10.64%) Palo Alto
4 3 (6.38%) Blue Coat
4 3 (6.38%) Carbon Black
4 3 (6.38%) Cisco
4 3 (6.38%) FireEye
4 3 (6.38%) Google
4 3 (6.38%) Qualys
4 3 (6.38%) Zscaler
5 1 (2.13%) CheckPoint
5 1 (2.13%) CyberArk
5 1 (2.13%) Intel
5 1 (2.13%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.13%) Trend Micro