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 8 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 405 319 369
Rank change year-on-year -86 +50 +74
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 33 49 26
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.17% 0.37% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.46% 0.99% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 34 20
10th Percentile £442 £316 £293
25th Percentile £500 £408 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -16.32%
75th Percentile £602 £775 £775
90th Percentile £625 £784 £800
England median daily rate £525 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 7,136 4,929 5,876
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 36.48% 36.89% 33.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,477 3,242 4,119
10th Percentile £354 £331 £315
25th Percentile £450 £449 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £738
90th Percentile £800 £838 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 105 139
10th Percentile £19.25 £15.84 £15.49
25th Percentile £25.25 £22.50 £21.11
Median hourly rate £37.50 £30.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +7.14% -20.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £47.50 £50.50
90th Percentile £88.75 £64.84 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.96 £32.89 £37.50
% change year-on-year +33.66% -12.29% +25.00%

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 8 July 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 12 (36.36%) Azure
2 10 (30.30%) AWS
3 4 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (9.09%) Entra ID
4 3 (9.09%) OCI
4 3 (9.09%) SaaS
5 2 (6.06%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (3.03%) IaaS
6 1 (3.03%) PaaS
6 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (21.21%) Network Security
2 5 (15.15%) Firewall
3 3 (9.09%) DNS
3 3 (9.09%) TCP/IP
4 2 (6.06%) 4G
4 2 (6.06%) DHCP
4 2 (6.06%) LAN
4 2 (6.06%) VPN
4 2 (6.06%) WAN
4 2 (6.06%) Wireless
5 1 (3.03%) HTTP
5 1 (3.03%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (3.03%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.06%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (3.03%) Power BI
General
1 11 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 5 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (15.15%) Social Skills
3 4 (12.12%) Finance
4 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.03%) Legal
4 1 (3.03%) Local Government
4 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (54.55%) Analyst
2 15 (45.45%) SOC Analyst
3 14 (42.42%) Security Analyst
4 11 (33.33%) Operations Analyst
4 11 (33.33%) Security Operations Analyst
5 6 (18.18%) Senior
6 5 (15.15%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 3 (9.09%) Security Officer
7 3 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (9.09%) SOC Manager
8 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (6.06%) Lead
8 2 (6.06%) Security Manager
8 2 (6.06%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 1 (3.03%) Consultant
9 1 (3.03%) Information Manager
9 1 (3.03%) Information Security Manager
9 1 (3.03%) Security Engineer
9 1 (3.03%) Senior Security Engineer
9 1 (3.03%) Transition Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (9.09%) Management Information System
1 3 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.06%) CESG
2 2 (6.06%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.03%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (3.03%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 6 (18.18%) Windows
2 4 (12.12%) Linux
3 1 (3.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 21 (63.64%) SIEM
3 20 (60.61%) Cybersecurity
4 18 (54.55%) Incident Response
5 10 (30.30%) Cloud Security
6 9 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (27.27%) Vulnerability Management
7 7 (21.21%) Mentoring
7 7 (21.21%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 6 (18.18%) Data Modelling
8 6 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (15.15%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 5 (15.15%) Incident Management
9 5 (15.15%) Information Security
9 5 (15.15%) Penetration Testing
9 5 (15.15%) Service Delivery
9 5 (15.15%) SOAR
9 5 (15.15%) Threat Intelligence
9 5 (15.15%) Use Case
10 4 (12.12%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.15%) Search Processing Language
2 2 (6.06%) Python
3 1 (3.03%) C
3 1 (3.03%) Groovy
3 1 (3.03%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (3.03%) Objective-C
3 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (51.52%) Security Cleared
2 13 (39.39%) SC Cleared
3 11 (33.33%) CISSP
3 11 (33.33%) DV Cleared
4 7 (21.21%) CISM
5 6 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (18.18%) CompTIA CySA+
5 6 (18.18%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (15.15%) GCIA
6 5 (15.15%) GCIH
6 5 (15.15%) GIAC
7 4 (12.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (12.12%) CCSP
8 3 (9.09%) GSEC
8 3 (9.09%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (6.06%) Azure Certification
9 2 (6.06%) CCNA
9 2 (6.06%) CCNP
9 2 (6.06%) CEH
9 2 (6.06%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.21%) NCSC
2 3 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (9.09%) PCI DSS
3 2 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (6.06%) GDPR
3 2 (6.06%) NIST
4 1 (3.03%) Data Quality
4 1 (3.03%) NIST 800
System Software
1 5 (15.15%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.03%) QRadar
2 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (39.39%) Splunk
2 9 (27.27%) CrowdStrike
2 9 (27.27%) Microsoft
3 5 (15.15%) Qualys
4 3 (9.09%) Oracle
5 2 (6.06%) Tenable
6 1 (3.03%) CheckPoint
6 1 (3.03%) Cribl.io
6 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow