Security Operations Centre Contracts 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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 314 374 445
Rank change year-on-year +60 +71 +104
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 36 22 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.29% 0.13% 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.81% 0.38% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 15 37
10th Percentile £315 £355 £393
25th Percentile £447 £413 £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £675
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -11.11% +8.87%
75th Percentile £663 £750 £775
90th Percentile £775 £795 £818
England median daily rate £550 £600 £613
% change year-on-year -8.33% -2.04% -1.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £32.69
England median hourly rate £80.68 £11.25 £32.69
% change year-on-year +617.11% -65.59% +45.13%

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 4,465 5,828 9,286
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 35.94% 33.35% 35.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,019 4,124 6,704
10th Percentile £337 £313 £375
25th Percentile £455 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £585 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.71% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £738 £725 £743
90th Percentile £850 £850 £838
England median daily rate £538 £550 £573
% change year-on-year -2.27% -3.93% +4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 148 112
10th Percentile £15.84 £15.48 £18.93
25th Percentile £24.23 £18.41 £21.24
Median hourly rate £34.50 £26.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.69% -25.71% -19.54%
75th Percentile £50.13 £49.13 £63.88
90th Percentile £75.47 £69.50 £84.88
England median hourly rate £33.91 £34.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year -0.26% +51.21% -16.66%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Security Operations Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in London

Security Operations Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Centre in London.

Daily rate trend for Security Operations Centre in London

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in London over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations Centre in London

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 19 May 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 +4 4 £575 -23.33% 2
South London - 2 £700 - 1
Security Operations Centre
England

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (27.78%) AWS
1 10 (27.78%) Azure
2 9 (25.00%) Amazon EC2
2 9 (25.00%) Amazon S3
2 9 (25.00%) Amazon SQS
2 9 (25.00%) SaaS
3 4 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (5.56%) GCP
5 1 (2.78%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (30.56%) Firewall
2 7 (19.44%) TCP/IP
3 6 (16.67%) DHCP
3 6 (16.67%) Network Security
4 5 (13.89%) VPN
5 4 (11.11%) 4G
5 4 (11.11%) DNS
5 4 (11.11%) LAN
5 4 (11.11%) WAN
5 4 (11.11%) Wireless
6 2 (5.56%) HTTP
6 2 (5.56%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (5.56%) SMTP
7 1 (2.78%) Internet
7 1 (2.78%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) SonarQube
General
1 8 (22.22%) Documentation Skills
2 6 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 6 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 5 (13.89%) Finance
4 4 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (8.33%) Legal
6 2 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (5.56%) Military
6 2 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (33.33%) Analyst
2 11 (30.56%) SOC Analyst
3 9 (25.00%) Architect
3 9 (25.00%) Security Architect
4 4 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) Senior
4 4 (11.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Security Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) Lead
6 2 (5.56%) Operations Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) Security Operations Analyst
7 1 (2.78%) AWS Architect
7 1 (2.78%) AWS Security Architect
7 1 (2.78%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 1 (2.78%) DevSecOps Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) SIEM Architect
7 1 (2.78%) SOC Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) SOC Manager
7 1 (2.78%) Splunk Consultant
7 1 (2.78%) Splunk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.00%) CSOC
1 9 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 8 (22.22%) Security Posture
3 5 (13.89%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (5.56%) Client/Server
5 2 (5.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (5.56%) Cyberattack
5 2 (5.56%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.78%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.78%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (2.78%) Insider Threat
6 1 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (2.78%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 8 (22.22%) Windows
2 4 (11.11%) Linux
3 2 (5.56%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 26 (72.22%) SIEM
3 16 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (44.44%) Incident Response
4 11 (30.56%) SOAR
4 11 (30.56%) Use Case
5 9 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
6 8 (22.22%) Incident Management
7 7 (19.44%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 7 (19.44%) Vulnerability Management
8 6 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (16.67%) Threat Detection
9 5 (13.89%) Business Continuity
10 4 (11.11%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 4 (11.11%) Data Privacy
10 4 (11.11%) High Availability
10 4 (11.11%) Infrastructure Management
10 4 (11.11%) Mentoring
10 4 (11.11%) Risk Management
10 4 (11.11%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 7 (19.44%) Python
2 6 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 2 (5.56%) Bash
3 2 (5.56%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 13 (36.11%) SC Cleared
1 13 (36.11%) Security Cleared
2 5 (13.89%) GCIH
2 5 (13.89%) GIAC
3 4 (11.11%) CCNA
3 4 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (11.11%) GCIA
4 3 (8.33%) CCNP
4 3 (8.33%) CISSP
4 3 (8.33%) GCFA
5 2 (5.56%) CEH
5 2 (5.56%) CISM
5 2 (5.56%) Degree
6 1 (2.78%) CCSP
6 1 (2.78%) CISA
6 1 (2.78%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (2.78%) GSEC
6 1 (2.78%) OSCP
6 1 (2.78%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.11%) NIST
2 3 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.78%) GDPR
3 1 (2.78%) GRC
3 1 (2.78%) HIPAA
3 1 (2.78%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (2.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (11.11%) FortiGate
2 2 (5.56%) QRadar
3 1 (2.78%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 19 (52.78%) Splunk
2 5 (13.89%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.78%) Google
3 1 (2.78%) IBM
3 1 (2.78%) LogRhythm
3 1 (2.78%) Okta
3 1 (2.78%) Palo Alto
3 1 (2.78%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.78%) Veracode
3 1 (2.78%) VMware