Security Operations Centre Contract Job Trends in Preston

Security Operations Centre
Lancashire > Preston

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies in Preston. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 2.40% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.27% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £483 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 - -
75th Percentile £489 - -
90th Percentile £496 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £484 - -

All Generic Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 55 18 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 32.93% 23.08% 14.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 9 7
10th Percentile £415 £146 £304
25th Percentile £481 £350 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £750
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -46.67% +57.89%
75th Percentile £638 £447 £981
90th Percentile £676 £555 £988
Lancashire median daily rate £566 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +13.25% -16.67% +22.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 0
10th Percentile - £26.88 -
25th Percentile - £32.34 -
Median hourly rate £64.09 £47.12 -
Median % change year-on-year +36.01% - -
75th Percentile £72.66 £53.21 -
90th Percentile £82.91 £63.64 -
Lancashire median hourly rate £43.56 £47.12 £11.50
% change year-on-year -7.56% +309.74% -71.67%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Security Operations Centre job vacancy trend in Preston

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Security Operations Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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 4 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Security Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Security Incident Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Major Incident Management
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 4 (100.00%) Service Management
1 4 (100.00%) SIAM
1 4 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) SLA