Security Operations Centre Contracts in the South East

Security Operations Centre
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 202 214
Rank change year-on-year +62 +12 +43
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 19 3 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.63% 0.054% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.88% 0.19% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 3 8
10th Percentile £435 £536 £418
25th Percentile £500 £541 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% -5.83% +23.08%
75th Percentile £580 £593 £644
90th Percentile £620 £596 £715
England median daily rate £544 £615 £613
% change year-on-year -11.59% +0.41% -1.21%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,009 1,583 1,962
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 33.52% 28.48% 33.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 633 936 1,323
10th Percentile £211 £205 £213
25th Percentile £360 £363 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £661 £688 £725
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 154 90
10th Percentile £16.95 £11.74 £18.23
25th Percentile £23.50 £18.35 £20.48
Median hourly rate £47.81 £47.19 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year +1.31% -7.93% +138.37%
75th Percentile £64.13 £61.30 £67.50
90th Percentile £85.50 £65.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Security Operations Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in the South East

Security Operations Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Security Operations Centre in the South East

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations Centre in the South East

Security Operations Centre
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Thames Valley +55 15 £525 -7.08% 22
Berkshire +39 9 £525 -8.70% 10
Buckinghamshire +19 5 £518 -7.17% 9
Hampshire - 4 £531 - 19
Oxfordshire - 1 £675 - 4
Security Operations Centre
England

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) Azure
2 1 (5.26%) AWS
2 1 (5.26%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (5.26%) GCP
2 1 (5.26%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) Firewall
1 2 (10.53%) Internet
1 2 (10.53%) MPLS
1 2 (10.53%) Network Security
1 2 (10.53%) Wi-Fi
General
1 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Public Sector
3 2 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Legal
4 1 (5.26%) Local Government
4 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Lead
2 4 (21.05%) Security Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Incident Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Incident Responder
3 2 (10.53%) Network Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Operations Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Security Incident Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Security Operations Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) SOC Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Implementation Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Implementation Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Operations Director
4 1 (5.26%) Project Implementation Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Security Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Security Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (15.79%) Security Posture
3 2 (10.53%) CSOC
4 1 (5.26%) Cloud Native
4 1 (5.26%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (5.26%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 14 (73.68%) SIEM
3 10 (52.63%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (42.11%) Incident Response
5 7 (36.84%) Incident Management
5 7 (36.84%) Threat Intelligence
6 6 (31.58%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 6 (31.58%) Security Monitoring
7 4 (21.05%) Threat Detection
8 3 (15.79%) Cloud Security
8 3 (15.79%) Migration
8 3 (15.79%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 3 (15.79%) Roadmaps
8 3 (15.79%) Vulnerability Management
9 2 (10.53%) Change Management
9 2 (10.53%) Information Security Management
9 2 (10.53%) Risk Management
9 2 (10.53%) Security Management
9 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (10.53%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 9 (47.37%) Security Cleared
2 7 (36.84%) SC Cleared
3 4 (21.05%) DV Cleared
4 2 (10.53%) CISM
4 2 (10.53%) CISSP
4 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (5.26%) CISA
5 1 (5.26%) CREST Certified
5 1 (5.26%) GCIA
5 1 (5.26%) GCIH
5 1 (5.26%) GIAC
5 1 (5.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (26.32%) NIST
2 4 (21.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (10.53%) GDPR
3 2 (10.53%) NIST 800
3 2 (10.53%) PCI DSS
3 2 (10.53%) SLA
4 1 (5.26%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (5.26%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (5.26%) QRadar
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) Cisco
2 3 (15.79%) Splunk
3 2 (10.53%) Aruba
3 2 (10.53%) Palo Alto
4 1 (5.26%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (5.26%) Kenna
4 1 (5.26%) Rapid7