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 16 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	410	316	354
Rank change year-on-year	-94	+38	+50
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre	49	55	39
As % of all contract jobs in London	0.24%	0.41%	0.24%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	0.62%	1.05%	0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted	31	33	27
10^th Percentile	£456	£408	£304
25^th Percentile	£506	£463	£500
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£575	£575
Median % change year-on-year	-4.35%	-	-14.81%
75^th Percentile	£606	£775	£731
90^th Percentile	£838	-	£793
England median daily rate	£550	£575	£625
% change year-on-year	-4.35%	-8.00%	+2.04%

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.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills	7,904	5,215	5,445
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London	38.55%	38.95%	33.92%
Number of daily rates quoted	5,032	3,351	3,501
10^th Percentile	£354	£350	£325
25^th Percentile	£450	£446	£450
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£550	£575
Median % change year-on-year	-	-4.35%	-4.17%
75^th Percentile	£675	£700	£725
90^th Percentile	£775	£825	£850
England median daily rate	£525	£525	£543
% change year-on-year	-	-3.23%	-1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted	219	123	70
10^th Percentile	£16.66	£17.16	£17.48
25^th Percentile	£20.52	£23.23	£23.80
Median hourly rate	£35.00	£26.50	£34.13
Median % change year-on-year	+32.08%	-22.34%	+13.75%
75^th Percentile	£56.25	£47.00	£57.13
90^th Percentile	£88.75	£77.50	£78.95
England median hourly rate	£33.60	£29.50	£53.25
% change year-on-year	+13.90%	-44.60%	+15.31%

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 Daily Rate Trend in London

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 16 October 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.

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 16 October 2026. 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
West London	-	1	£575	-
Security Operations Centre England

Security Operations Centre Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Security Operations Centre also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region with a requirement for Security Operations Centre.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Security Operations	100.0%	49
2	Cybersecurity	71.4%	35
3	Incident Response	65.3%	32
4	SIEM	61.2%	30
5	Security Cleared	57.1%	28
6	SC Cleared	55.1%	27
7	Azure	42.9%	21
8	Cloud Security	38.8%	19
9	Continuous Improvement	36.7%	18
9	Splunk	36.7%	18
11	Vulnerability Management	34.7%	17
12	AWS	32.7%	16
12	NCSC	32.7%	16
14	Microsoft	30.6%	15
15	CISSP	28.6%	14
16	Stakeholder Management	26.5%	13
17	Incident Management	24.5%	12
17	Information Security	24.5%	12
17	Threat Detection	24.5%	12
20	Network Security	22.4%	11
20	SOAR	22.4%	11
22	Cyber Threat Intelligence	20.4%	10
22	DV Cleared	20.4%	10
22	Threat Intelligence	20.4%	10
22	Use Case	20.4%	10
22	Windows	20.4%	10
27	Cisco Certification	18.4%	9
27	CISM	18.4%	9
27	MITRE ATT&CK	18.4%	9
27	Security Monitoring	18.4%	9

Security Operations Centre Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Miscellaneous

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cyber Threat	16.3%	8
2	Onboarding	14.3%	7
3	Management Information System	8.2%	4
3	Security Posture	8.2%	4
5	Cyber Defence	6.1%	3
6	AI Agents	4.1%	2
6	CESG	4.1%	2
8	CSOC	2.0%	1
8	Data Protection Act	2.0%	1
8	Distributed Denial-of-Service	2.0%	1
8	PKI	2.0%	1