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 1 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 398 317 356
Rank change year-on-year -81 +39 +80
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 39 49 30
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.19% 0.36% 0.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.52% 0.96% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 35 23
10th Percentile £478 £355 £301
25th Percentile £503 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -11.54%
75th Percentile £588 £775 £713
90th Percentile £625 £783 £775
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 7,470 5,090 5,533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.07% 37.33% 33.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,685 3,355 3,876
10th Percentile £358 £334 £325
25th Percentile £450 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £738
90th Percentile £800 £825 £856
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 115 86
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.84 £16.24
25th Percentile £22.50 £22.50 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.75 £27.50 £30.05
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -8.47% -14.16%
75th Percentile £59.12 £45.75 £53.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.96 £32.05 £45.00
% change year-on-year +37.16% -28.78% +10.86%

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 1 August 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 (7.69%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 14 (35.90%) Azure
2 10 (25.64%) AWS
3 6 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (10.26%) Entra ID
5 3 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (7.69%) OCI
5 3 (7.69%) SaaS
6 1 (2.56%) IaaS
6 1 (2.56%) PaaS
6 1 (2.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (20.51%) Network Security
2 6 (15.38%) Firewall
3 4 (10.26%) DNS
3 4 (10.26%) TCP/IP
4 3 (7.69%) 4G
4 3 (7.69%) DHCP
4 3 (7.69%) LAN
4 3 (7.69%) VPN
4 3 (7.69%) WAN
4 3 (7.69%) Wireless
5 1 (2.56%) HTTP
5 1 (2.56%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (2.56%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.13%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.56%) Power BI
General
1 12 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 11 (28.21%) Public Sector
3 5 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (12.82%) Finance
4 2 (5.13%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.56%) Banking
5 1 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.56%) Legal
5 1 (2.56%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 18 (46.15%) Analyst
2 15 (38.46%) SOC Analyst
3 14 (35.90%) Security Analyst
4 11 (28.21%) Operations Analyst
4 11 (28.21%) Security Operations Analyst
5 7 (17.95%) Security Manager
5 7 (17.95%) Senior
6 6 (15.38%) Information Manager
6 6 (15.38%) Information Security Manager
7 5 (12.82%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 4 (10.26%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (7.69%) Security Officer
9 3 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
9 3 (7.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 2 (5.13%) Lead
10 2 (5.13%) Operations Manager
10 2 (5.13%) SOC Engineer
10 2 (5.13%) Splunk Engineer
11 1 (2.56%) SOC Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.82%) Onboarding
2 4 (10.26%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (10.26%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.13%) CESG
3 2 (5.13%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (5.13%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (2.56%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 8 (20.51%) Windows
2 5 (12.82%) Linux
3 2 (5.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 27 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
3 23 (58.97%) Incident Response
3 23 (58.97%) SIEM
4 13 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 13 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
5 12 (30.77%) Cloud Security
6 9 (23.08%) Information Security
7 8 (20.51%) Mentoring
7 8 (20.51%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (17.95%) Data Modelling
8 7 (17.95%) Incident Management
8 7 (17.95%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 6 (15.38%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 6 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (15.38%) SOAR
9 6 (15.38%) Threat Detection
9 6 (15.38%) Threat Intelligence
10 5 (12.82%) Due Diligence
10 5 (12.82%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.38%) Search Processing Language
2 3 (7.69%) Python
3 2 (5.13%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.56%) C
4 1 (2.56%) Groovy
4 1 (2.56%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (2.56%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 22 (56.41%) Security Cleared
2 19 (48.72%) SC Cleared
3 12 (30.77%) CISSP
3 12 (30.77%) DV Cleared
4 8 (20.51%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (20.51%) CISM
5 6 (15.38%) CompTIA CySA+
5 6 (15.38%) CompTIA Security+
5 6 (15.38%) GCIA
5 6 (15.38%) GCIH
6 5 (12.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 5 (12.82%) GIAC
7 4 (10.26%) CCSP
8 3 (7.69%) CCNA
8 3 (7.69%) CCNP
8 3 (7.69%) GSEC
8 3 (7.69%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (5.13%) CEH
9 2 (5.13%) CESG Certified Professional
10 1 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (33.33%) NCSC
2 4 (10.26%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (10.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (7.69%) NIST
3 3 (7.69%) PCI DSS
4 2 (5.13%) GDPR
5 1 (2.56%) Data Quality
5 1 (2.56%) NIST 800
5 1 (2.56%) PMO
5 1 (2.56%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (15.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (7.69%) FortiGate
2 2 (5.13%) QRadar
3 1 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (41.03%) Splunk
2 12 (30.77%) Microsoft
3 10 (25.64%) CrowdStrike
4 5 (12.82%) Qualys
5 3 (7.69%) Oracle
6 2 (5.13%) Cribl.io
6 2 (5.13%) Tenable
7 1 (2.56%) CheckPoint
7 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow