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 10 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 306 375
Rank change year-on-year -84 +69 +61
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 32 41 24
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.17% 0.33% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.48% 0.92% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 27 18
10th Percentile £482 £320 £278
25th Percentile £506 £519 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% -14.50%
75th Percentile £597 £775 £763
90th Percentile £628 £793 £800
England median daily rate £525 £575 £613
% change year-on-year -8.70% -6.12% -

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 6,682 4,457 5,883
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 35.87% 36.40% 33.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,251 2,971 4,140
10th Percentile £358 £333 £315
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £725
90th Percentile £800 £838 £850
England median daily rate £525 £526 £550
% change year-on-year -0.18% -4.38% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 88 146
10th Percentile £19.03 £15.84 £15.46
25th Percentile £22.91 £22.50 £19.40
Median hourly rate £35.00 £33.70 £27.42
Median % change year-on-year +3.87% +22.88% -21.66%
75th Percentile £61.00 £49.56 £50.63
90th Percentile £88.75 £78.88 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.96 £33.91 £36.27
% change year-on-year +29.64% -6.51% +61.32%

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 10 June 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 2 (6.25%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 9 (28.13%) Azure
2 7 (21.88%) AWS
3 2 (6.25%) Entra ID
3 2 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.25%) OCI
3 2 (6.25%) SaaS
4 1 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (3.13%) IaaS
4 1 (3.13%) PaaS
4 1 (3.13%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (18.75%) Network Security
2 5 (15.63%) Firewall
3 3 (9.38%) DNS
3 3 (9.38%) TCP/IP
4 2 (6.25%) 4G
4 2 (6.25%) DHCP
4 2 (6.25%) LAN
4 2 (6.25%) VPN
4 2 (6.25%) WAN
4 2 (6.25%) Wireless
5 1 (3.13%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (3.13%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (3.13%) Power BI
General
1 10 (31.25%) Public Sector
2 5 (15.63%) Social Skills
3 3 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (9.38%) Finance
4 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Legal
4 1 (3.13%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 18 (56.25%) Analyst
2 16 (50.00%) SOC Analyst
3 11 (34.38%) Security Analyst
4 8 (25.00%) Operations Analyst
4 8 (25.00%) Security Operations Analyst
4 8 (25.00%) Senior
5 5 (15.63%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 4 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (9.38%) Security Manager
7 3 (9.38%) Security Officer
7 3 (9.38%) SOC Manager
8 2 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 2 (6.25%) Information Manager
8 2 (6.25%) Information Security Manager
8 2 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (6.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 1 (3.13%) Security Engineer
9 1 (3.13%) Senior Programme Manager
9 1 (3.13%) Senior Security Engineer
9 1 (3.13%) Transition Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (6.25%) Management Information System
1 2 (6.25%) Onboarding
1 2 (6.25%) Operational Technology
1 2 (6.25%) Security Posture
2 1 (3.13%) CESG
2 1 (3.13%) Cyberattack
2 1 (3.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (3.13%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.50%) Windows
2 2 (6.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 23 (71.88%) Cybersecurity
3 18 (56.25%) Incident Response
3 18 (56.25%) SIEM
4 8 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 8 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 6 (18.75%) Mentoring
5 6 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (15.63%) Data Modelling
6 5 (15.63%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 5 (15.63%) Service Delivery
6 5 (15.63%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 4 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 4 (12.50%) Decision-Making
7 4 (12.50%) Due Diligence
7 4 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
7 4 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
7 4 (12.50%) People Management
7 4 (12.50%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) Search Processing Language
2 2 (6.25%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (3.13%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 17 (53.13%) Security Cleared
2 12 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 11 (34.38%) DV Cleared
4 9 (28.13%) CISSP
5 6 (18.75%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (18.75%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (15.63%) CISM
6 5 (15.63%) CompTIA CySA+
7 4 (12.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (12.50%) CCSP
7 4 (12.50%) GCIA
7 4 (12.50%) GCIH
8 3 (9.38%) GIAC
8 3 (9.38%) GSEC
8 3 (9.38%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (6.25%) Azure Certification
9 2 (6.25%) CCNA
9 2 (6.25%) CCNP
9 2 (6.25%) CEH
10 1 (3.13%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) NCSC
2 2 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.25%) PCI DSS
3 1 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (3.13%) GDPR
3 1 (3.13%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (9.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.13%) QRadar
2 1 (3.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (37.50%) Splunk
2 9 (28.13%) Microsoft
3 8 (25.00%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (12.50%) Qualys
5 2 (6.25%) Oracle
5 2 (6.25%) Tenable
6 1 (3.13%) CheckPoint
6 1 (3.13%) ServiceNow