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 29 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 29 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	134	110	114
Rank change year-on-year	-24	+4	+10
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre	11	8	4
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland	0.47%	0.50%	0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	1.09%	1.27%	0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted	5	2	3
10^th Percentile	-	-	£423
25^th Percentile	£483	-	£438
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£485	£454	£475
Median % change year-on-year	+6.83%	-4.42%	-20.00%
75^th Percentile	£500	-	£606
90^th Percentile	£590	-	£678
UK median daily rate	£550	£560	£600
% change year-on-year	-1.79%	-6.67%	-2.04%

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 citing generic IT skills in Scotland.

	6 months to 29 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing generic IT skills	1,009	630	616
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland	42.75%	39.11%	34.09%
Number of daily rates quoted	530	352	337
10^th Percentile	£231	£181	£190
25^th Percentile	£375	£350	£348
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£450	£450	£450
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	-10.00%
75^th Percentile	£538	£533	£538
90^th Percentile	£650	£599	£675
UK median daily rate	£525	£513	£525
% change year-on-year	+2.44%	-2.38%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	45	17	25
10^th Percentile	£13.50	£15.80	£13.73
25^th Percentile	£16.13	£17.30	£18.13
Median hourly rate	£32.34	£25.15	£21.59
Median % change year-on-year	+28.57%	+16.49%	+12.57%
75^th Percentile	£48.75	£57.50	£24.18
90^th Percentile	£77.50	£64.60	£36.10
UK median hourly rate	£36.00	£27.11	£42.69
% change year-on-year	+32.82%	-36.51%	-2.80%

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 Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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 29 October 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 29 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Highlands	-	8	£484	-
South Lanarkshire	-	2	£650	-
Edinburgh	-	1	-	-
Security Operations Centre UK

Security Operations Centre Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 29 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Security Operations Centre also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Scotland region citing Security Operations Centre.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Security Operations	100.0%	11
2	Cybersecurity	90.9%	10
2	Incident Response	90.9%	10
4	Incident Management	72.7%	8
4	ITIL	72.7%	8
4	Major Incident Management	72.7%	8
4	Performance Metrics	72.7%	8
4	Service Management	72.7%	8
4	SIAM	72.7%	8
4	SLA	72.7%	8
4	Validation	72.7%	8
12	SC Cleared	63.6%	7
12	Security Cleared	63.6%	7
14	DBS Check	45.5%	5
15	SIEM	18.2%	2
15	Splunk	18.2%	2
17	Active Directory	9.1%	1
17	CEH	9.1%	1
17	CISM	9.1%	1
17	CISSP	9.1%	1
17	CompTIA Security+	9.1%	1
17	Continuous Improvement	9.1%	1
17	Data Protection	9.1%	1
17	DV Cleared	9.1%	1
17	Firewall	9.1%	1
17	Forensic Analysis	9.1%	1
17	GIAC	9.1%	1
17	Linux	9.1%	1
17	Network Security	9.1%	1
17	Problem-Solving	9.1%	1

Security Operations Centre Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Miscellaneous

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Data Protection Act	9.1%	1