Security Operations Centre Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Security Operations Centre
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 116 110
Rank change year-on-year -10 -6 +32
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 5 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.23% 0.12% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.61% 0.31% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile - - £428
25th Percentile £483 - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.70%
75th Percentile £526 - £622
90th Percentile £601 - £684
UK median daily rate £540 £575 £619
% change year-on-year -6.09% -7.07% +1.02%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 816 650 634
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 36.86% 39.90% 33.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 441 327 389
10th Percentile £234 £200 £200
25th Percentile £363 £360 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £460
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +0.54% -6.60%
75th Percentile £540 £538 £588
90th Percentile £650 £588 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 21 24
10th Percentile £13.70 - £12.30
25th Percentile £16.15 £17.30 £13.88
Median hourly rate £30.00 £19.83 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year +51.29% +9.38% +2.31%
75th Percentile £43.96 £24.66 £19.92
90th Percentile £61.77 £57.50 £38.08
UK median hourly rate £41.96 £29.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +42.24% -34.44% +10.86%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Security Operations Centre job vacancy trend in Scotland

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in Scotland over the 6 months to 19 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations Centre in Scotland

Security Operations Centre
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 August 2026. 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
Highlands - 3 £483 -
South Lanarkshire - 2 £650 -
Security Operations Centre
UK

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (60.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Analyst
2 4 (80.00%) Security Analyst
3 3 (60.00%) Incident Analyst
3 3 (60.00%) Security Incident Analyst
4 2 (40.00%) SOC Analyst
5 1 (20.00%) Operations Analyst
5 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 5 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (60.00%) Incident Management
3 3 (60.00%) ITIL
3 3 (60.00%) Major Incident Management
3 3 (60.00%) Performance Metrics
3 3 (60.00%) Service Management
3 3 (60.00%) SIAM
3 3 (60.00%) Validation
4 2 (40.00%) SIEM
5 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (20.00%) Forensic Analysis
5 1 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
5 1 (20.00%) Use Case
5 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) CEH
2 1 (20.00%) CISM
2 1 (20.00%) CISSP
2 1 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (20.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Splunk
1 1 (20.00%) Tenable