Security Operations Centre Contract Job Trends in Southend-on-Sea

Security Operations Centre
Essex > Southend-on-Sea

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies in Southend-on-Sea. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Southend-on-Sea 7.14% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 33.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median daily rate £650 - -

All Generic Skills
Southend-on-Sea

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 Southend-on-Sea.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southend-on-Sea 21.43% 33.33% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £614 - -
25th Percentile £616 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £200 £400
Median % change year-on-year +218.75% -50.00% +124.35%
75th Percentile £666 - -
90th Percentile £671 - -
Essex median daily rate £494 £416 £450
% change year-on-year +18.62% -7.50% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.03 - -
Median hourly rate £13.36 - -
75th Percentile £13.68 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median hourly rate £17.50 £22.50 £59.50
% change year-on-year -22.22% -62.18% +96.94%

Security Operations Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southend-on-Sea 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SOC Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Target Operating Model
1 1 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC