Security Operations Centre Contracts in the South West

Security Operations Centre
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 104 141
Rank change year-on-year -2 +37 +24
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 6 58 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.34% 1.76% 0.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.12% 5.57% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 37 16
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £361 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -32.61% - -14.81%
75th Percentile £414 £688 £738
90th Percentile - £700 -
England median daily rate £575 £600 £613
% change year-on-year -4.17% -2.04% -1.21%

All Generic Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 534 1,042 951
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 30.41% 31.68% 27.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 618 675
10th Percentile £226 £300 £300
25th Percentile £363 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £613 £611 £675
90th Percentile £675 £688 £750
England median daily rate £525 £550 £565
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.65% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 186 118
10th Percentile £14.12 £13.69 -
25th Percentile £18.51 £25.44 -
Median hourly rate £21.93 £55.00 £9.80
Median % change year-on-year -60.14% +461.22% -77.20%
75th Percentile £58.44 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.11 £72.50 £83.31
England median hourly rate £33.05 £37.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year -10.68% +64.55% -15.15%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in the South West

Security Operations Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Security Operations Centre in the South West

Security Operations Centre
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 25 June 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
Bristol +14 4 £388 -26.19% 6
Devon - 2 - -
Security Operations Centre
England

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Architect
1 3 (50.00%) Security Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) SOC Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
1 4 (66.67%) Security Posture
2 2 (33.33%) Cyber Security Posture
2 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (83.33%) SIEM
3 4 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 4 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
4 3 (50.00%) Incident Response
4 3 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
4 3 (50.00%) Threat Detection
5 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (33.33%) Forensic Analysis
5 2 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
5 2 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
5 2 (33.33%) Threat Analysis
5 2 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (16.67%) ITIL
6 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 2 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) CEH
3 2 (33.33%) CISSP
3 2 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner