SOAR Contracts in London

Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring SOAR skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SOAR over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 313 379 445
Rank change year-on-year +66 +66 +122
Contract jobs citing SOAR 40 12 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.32% 0.067% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.076% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 9 35
10th Percentile £413 - £455
25th Percentile £563 £563 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.33%
75th Percentile £750 £725 £756
90th Percentile £850 £755 £825
England median daily rate £650 £568 £587
% change year-on-year +14.54% -3.28% -2.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £91.25
Median hourly rate - - £97.50
75th Percentile - - £103.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - £40.00 £97.50
% change year-on-year - -58.97% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

SOAR falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

SOAR
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing SOAR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for SOAR in London

SOAR
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOAR in London.

Daily rate trend for SOAR in London

SOAR
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOAR in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SOAR in London

SOAR
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 SOAR within the London region over the 6 months to 1 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 +3 3 £765 +17.69% 3
East London - 1 £495 -
West London - 1 £525 - 1
SOAR
England

SOAR
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 14 (35.00%) Azure
2 7 (17.50%) Azure Sentinel
3 5 (12.50%) AWS
3 5 (12.50%) GCP
4 1 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.50%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (2.50%) GitHub
4 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 16 (40.00%) Firewall
2 8 (20.00%) Network Security
3 6 (15.00%) HTTP
4 5 (12.50%) TCP/IP
5 4 (10.00%) DNS
5 4 (10.00%) SMTP
6 1 (2.50%) FTP
6 1 (2.50%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (2.50%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (2.50%) SSL
6 1 (2.50%) VLAN
6 1 (2.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.50%) Relational Database
General
1 10 (25.00%) Finance
2 6 (15.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.00%) Financial Institution
4 3 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.00%) French Language
6 1 (2.50%) Advertising
6 1 (2.50%) Banking
6 1 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Electronics
6 1 (2.50%) Legal
6 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.50%) Marketing
6 1 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (35.00%) Security Engineer
2 10 (25.00%) Operations Engineer
3 9 (22.50%) Automation Engineer
4 8 (20.00%) Analyst
5 7 (17.50%) Security Analyst
6 6 (15.00%) Lead
7 4 (10.00%) Architect
7 4 (10.00%) Consultant
7 4 (10.00%) IT Engineer
7 4 (10.00%) IT Security Engineer
7 4 (10.00%) Security Architect
7 4 (10.00%) Security Manager
8 3 (7.50%) SOC Analyst
9 2 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Consultant
9 2 (5.00%) QA Leader
9 2 (5.00%) Security Operations Analyst
9 2 (5.00%) Security Operations Manager
9 2 (5.00%) SIEM Engineer
9 2 (5.00%) Splunk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.50%) .NET
2 2 (5.00%) Kafka
2 2 (5.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
1 8 (20.00%) Security Posture
2 4 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 3 (7.50%) Public Cloud
3 3 (7.50%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (7.50%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (5.00%) Client/Server
4 2 (5.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 2 (5.00%) Social Media
5 1 (2.50%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.50%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (2.50%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.50%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.50%) Insider Threat
5 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.50%) Linux
2 4 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (100.00%) SIEM
2 25 (62.50%) Security Operations
3 22 (55.00%) Cybersecurity
4 19 (47.50%) Incident Response
5 12 (30.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 9 (22.50%) Hyperautomation
6 9 (22.50%) Threat Detection
7 8 (20.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
8 7 (17.50%) Cloud Security
8 7 (17.50%) Data Loss Prevention
8 7 (17.50%) Information Security
8 7 (17.50%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 7 (17.50%) Penetration Testing
8 7 (17.50%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (17.50%) Workflow
9 6 (15.00%) Due Diligence
9 6 (15.00%) Privileged Access Management
9 6 (15.00%) Risk Management
9 6 (15.00%) Threat Intelligence
9 6 (15.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 13 (32.50%) Python
2 10 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 6 (15.00%) Bash
4 4 (10.00%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (5.00%) Java
5 2 (5.00%) PHP
5 2 (5.00%) TypeScript
6 1 (2.50%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 10 (25.00%) CISSP
2 9 (22.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 8 (20.00%) CCSP
3 8 (20.00%) GCIH
4 6 (15.00%) Degree
5 5 (12.50%) CEH
6 2 (5.00%) CCNA
6 2 (5.00%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (5.00%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (5.00%) GCIA
6 2 (5.00%) OSCP
6 2 (5.00%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (2.50%) Azure Certification
7 1 (2.50%) CISM
7 1 (2.50%) GIAC
7 1 (2.50%) ISEB
7 1 (2.50%) ISTQB
7 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (2.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (32.50%) NIST
2 9 (22.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (15.00%) GDPR
3 6 (15.00%) SLA
4 4 (10.00%) HIPAA
4 4 (10.00%) PCI DSS
5 2 (5.00%) NIST 800
5 2 (5.00%) QA
6 1 (2.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 9 (22.50%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (2.50%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (2.50%) CSIRT
1 1 (2.50%) QRadar
1 1 (2.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (57.50%) Microsoft
2 14 (35.00%) Google
3 11 (27.50%) Palo Alto
4 9 (22.50%) Splunk
5 6 (15.00%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (10.00%) VMware
7 1 (2.50%) CheckPoint
7 1 (2.50%) Cisco
7 1 (2.50%) Darktrace
7 1 (2.50%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.50%) IBM
7 1 (2.50%) LogRhythm
7 1 (2.50%) Rapid7
7 1 (2.50%) SAP