Security Operations Centre Contract Job Trends in Reading

Security Operations Centre
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 90 85
Rank change year-on-year +23 -5 +12
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 12 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 1.66% 0.096% 0.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.08% 0.29% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 3
10th Percentile £370 - £425
25th Percentile £408 £375 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £400 £550
Median % change year-on-year +14.63% -27.27% +46.67%
75th Percentile £480 £425 £725
90th Percentile £535 - £815
Berkshire median daily rate £480 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -8.57% -4.55% +46.67%

All Generic Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 236 341 309
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 32.55% 32.85% 30.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 164 208
10th Percentile £350 £305 £205
25th Percentile £421 £419 £218
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £574 £485
Median % change year-on-year -8.50% +18.42% -7.71%
75th Percentile £605 £638 £615
90th Percentile £664 £708 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 5 8
10th Percentile £55.15 £34.40 £60.54
25th Percentile £58.00 £42.50 £61.52
Median hourly rate £80.00 £57.50 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +39.13% -9.15% +15.07%
75th Percentile £95.00 £69.69 £65.55
90th Percentile £102.20 £72.80 £66.83
Berkshire median hourly rate £58.00 £42.88 £61.65
% change year-on-year +35.26% -30.44% +84.01%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Security Operations Centre job vacancy trend in Reading

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in Reading over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations Centre in Reading

Security Operations Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) AWS
1 3 (25.00%) Azure
1 3 (25.00%) IaaS
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 3 (25.00%) PaaS
1 3 (25.00%) SaaS
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Network Security
2 2 (16.67%) Firewall
General
1 5 (41.67%) Legal
1 5 (41.67%) Public Sector
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Analyst
1 8 (66.67%) SOC Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Security Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Security Solutions Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (41.67%) Management Information System
3 2 (16.67%) Security Posture
4 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (8.33%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 7 (58.33%) Linux
1 7 (58.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 9 (75.00%) SIEM
3 8 (66.67%) Forensic Analysis
3 8 (66.67%) Incident Response
4 7 (58.33%) Behavioural Analysis
4 7 (58.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 7 (58.33%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (58.33%) Malware Analysis
4 7 (58.33%) Threat Intelligence
5 5 (41.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (41.67%) Data Privacy
5 5 (41.67%) Risk Management
5 5 (41.67%) Task Automation
6 4 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
6 4 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
7 3 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
7 3 (25.00%) Security Architecture
7 3 (25.00%) TOGAF
8 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
8 2 (16.67%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) PowerShell
1 7 (58.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) CISSP
2 7 (58.33%) GCFA
2 7 (58.33%) GCIA
2 7 (58.33%) GCIH
3 6 (50.00%) CFCE
4 5 (41.67%) GIAC
4 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
5 3 (25.00%) Azure Certification
5 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (25.00%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (16.67%) Degree
7 1 (8.33%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (75.00%) NIST
2 8 (66.67%) GDPR
3 7 (58.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (41.67%) HIPAA
5 2 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (41.67%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 2 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (91.67%) Microsoft
2 8 (66.67%) Splunk
3 7 (58.33%) CrowdStrike
4 6 (50.00%) ArcSight
5 5 (41.67%) LogRhythm
6 3 (25.00%) Tenable
7 2 (16.67%) CheckPoint
7 2 (16.67%) Fortinet
8 1 (8.33%) Carbon Black