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 advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 377 445 547
Rank change year-on-year +68 +102 -99
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 24 50 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.13% 0.19% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.41% 0.52% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 36 36
10th Percentile £370 £521 £469
25th Percentile £425 £551 £558
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £681 £620
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% +9.85% +24.00%
75th Percentile £775 £788 £703
90th Percentile £800 £825 £788
England median daily rate £615 £613 £620
% change year-on-year +0.41% -1.21% +37.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.26
Median hourly rate - £32.69 £22.53
Median % change year-on-year - +45.13% -
75th Percentile - - £23.79
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £11.25 £32.69 £22.53
% change year-on-year -65.59% +45.13% -

All Generic Skills
London

Security Operations Centre is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,899 9,640 14,232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 33.15% 35.89% 36.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,170 6,917 10,367
10th Percentile £311 £375 £400
25th Percentile £450 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +10.09%
75th Percentile £725 £745 £706
90th Percentile £850 £838 £800
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 113 197
10th Percentile £15.50 £19.04 £18.30
25th Percentile £18.90 £21.25 £23.91
Median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% -20.00% +30.60%
75th Percentile £47.81 £65.00 £54.38
90th Percentile £67.88 £84.75 £71.51
England median hourly rate £32.25 £22.49 £26.50
% change year-on-year +43.43% -15.15% +1.50%

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 3 May 2024.

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 3 May 2024. 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 +36 2 £750 +11.11% 1
West London +19 1 £325 +85.71% 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (4.17%) Amazon GuardDuty
2 1 (4.17%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) Firewall
1 3 (12.50%) Network Security
2 2 (8.33%) Internet
3 1 (4.17%) DHCP
3 1 (4.17%) DNS
3 1 (4.17%) FTP
3 1 (4.17%) HTTP
3 1 (4.17%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.17%) tcpdump
3 1 (4.17%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Data Lake
General
1 12 (50.00%) Finance
2 7 (29.17%) Social Skills
3 3 (12.50%) Banking
4 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Back Office
5 1 (4.17%) Financial Institution
5 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (37.50%) Analyst
2 7 (29.17%) SOC Analyst
3 5 (20.83%) Architect
4 4 (16.67%) Security Architect
5 3 (12.50%) Security Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) SOC Engineer
6 2 (8.33%) Lead
6 2 (8.33%) Security Analyst
6 2 (8.33%) Senior
6 2 (8.33%) SOC Architect
7 1 (4.17%) Incident Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) IT Architect
7 1 (4.17%) IT Operations Analyst
7 1 (4.17%) IT Security Analyst
7 1 (4.17%) Operations Analyst
7 1 (4.17%) Security Manager
7 1 (4.17%) Security Operations Analyst
7 1 (4.17%) Security Operations Manager
7 1 (4.17%) Senior Security Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Cyber Threat
1 5 (20.83%) Security Posture
2 2 (8.33%) CSOC
2 2 (8.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (4.17%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (4.17%) Cyberattack
3 1 (4.17%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (4.17%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.17%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Windows
2 2 (8.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 14 (58.33%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (50.00%) SIEM
4 9 (37.50%) Incident Response
5 8 (33.33%) Information Security
6 7 (29.17%) Use Case
6 7 (29.17%) Vulnerability Management
7 6 (25.00%) Security Architecture
7 6 (25.00%) Threat Detection
8 5 (20.83%) Incident Management
9 4 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
9 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (12.50%) Computer Science
10 3 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 3 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
10 3 (12.50%) Network Architecture
10 3 (12.50%) Operations Research
10 3 (12.50%) Security Monitoring
10 3 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 2 (8.33%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (8.33%) Search Processing Language
3 1 (4.17%) Perl
3 1 (4.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (41.67%) CISSP
2 4 (16.67%) CEH
2 4 (16.67%) CISM
2 4 (16.67%) GIAC
3 3 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (12.50%) Degree
4 2 (8.33%) CCSP
4 2 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (8.33%) OSCP
4 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
4 2 (8.33%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (4.17%) CCNA
5 1 (4.17%) CCNP
5 1 (4.17%) CISA
5 1 (4.17%) GCFA
5 1 (4.17%) GCIA
5 1 (4.17%) GCIH
5 1 (4.17%) GSNA
5 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (25.00%) NIST
2 4 (16.67%) GDPR
3 2 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (4.17%) CSIRT
1 1 (4.17%) FortiGate
1 1 (4.17%) QRadar
Vendors
1 10 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (25.00%) Splunk
3 3 (12.50%) AlienVault
3 3 (12.50%) ArcSight
3 3 (12.50%) Qualys
4 2 (8.33%) Cisco
4 2 (8.33%) Veracode
5 1 (4.17%) McAfee
5 1 (4.17%) Proofpoint
5 1 (4.17%) Rapid7
5 1 (4.17%) Varonis