Security Operations Centre Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Security Operations Centre
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies in Milton Keynes. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 47 57
Rank change year-on-year +12 +10 +29
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 7 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 2.50% 0.33% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.97% 0.92% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile £512 - -
25th Percentile £513 £575 £612
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £600 £623
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -3.69% -0.32%
75th Percentile £640 £625 £635
90th Percentile £646 - -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £560 £663 £623
% change year-on-year -15.47% +6.34% -0.32%

All Generic Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 78 109 166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 27.86% 35.62% 28.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 79 116
10th Percentile £184 £265 £338
25th Percentile £356 £378 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.04% -3.01% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £560 £625
90th Percentile £655 £651 £743
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - £22.00
25th Percentile - £15.22 -
Median hourly rate - £16.19 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year - -32.54% +57.38%
75th Percentile - £17.16 £28.50
90th Percentile - - £30.00
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £15.25 £34.35 £24.00
% change year-on-year -55.60% +43.10% +41.18%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Operations Centre relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Security Operations Centre job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Security Operations Centre.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Security Operations Centre

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 2 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations Centre in Milton Keynes

Security Operations Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Business Change Manager
1 3 (42.86%) Business Manager
1 3 (42.86%) Change Manager
1 3 (42.86%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) IT Change Manager
3 1 (14.29%) IT Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) SOC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (28.57%) CSOC
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (57.14%) SIEM
3 3 (42.86%) Change Management
3 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (42.86%) Protective Monitoring
3 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (14.29%) Business Change Management
5 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
5 1 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
5 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
5 1 (14.29%) Technology Transformation
5 1 (14.29%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) APMG
3 3 (42.86%) DV Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) CEH
4 1 (14.29%) CISSP
4 1 (14.29%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) LogRhythm