Security Operations Centre Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Security Operations Centre
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies in Stevenage. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 30 38
Rank change year-on-year +1 +8 +8
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 15 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 4.92% 2.29% 2.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 15.00% 5.26% 5.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £680 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.00%
Hertfordshire median daily rate £680 £550 £613
% change year-on-year +23.64% -10.20% +2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 0
10th Percentile £45.53 - -
25th Percentile £50.25 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £75.00 - -
90th Percentile £82.88 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £72.50 -
% change year-on-year -10.34% - -

All Generic Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 100 57 86
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 32.79% 43.51% 39.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 14 14
10th Percentile £318 £294 £214
25th Percentile £378 £313 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £488 £425
Median % change year-on-year -6.87% +14.71% -
75th Percentile £654 £566 £472
90th Percentile £754 £601 £609
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 34 59
10th Percentile £41.25 £35.00 £42.25
25th Percentile £50.25 £55.13 £60.00
Median hourly rate £66.50 £70.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.67% +8.46% -7.14%
75th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 -
90th Percentile £83.75 £95.00 £70.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £64.25 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -8.21% +7.69% -3.70%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Security Operations Centre job vacancy trend in Stevenage

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

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

Security Operations Centre
Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Security Operations Centre.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Security Operations Centre

Security Operations Centre
Hourly Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Operations Centre in Stevenage over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Operations Centre in Stevenage

Security Operations Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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 13 (86.67%) DNS
1 13 (86.67%) FTP
1 13 (86.67%) HTTP
1 13 (86.67%) Network Security
1 13 (86.67%) SMTP
1 13 (86.67%) SSL
General
1 13 (86.67%) Analytical Skills
1 13 (86.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Law
Job Titles
1 15 (100.00%) Analyst
1 15 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Senior
2 2 (13.33%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (86.67%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (100.00%) CSOC
1 15 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
2 13 (86.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 13 (86.67%) Cyberattack
2 13 (86.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 15 (100.00%) Information Management
1 15 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 15 (100.00%) Threat Detection
2 13 (86.67%) AI
2 13 (86.67%) Analytics
2 13 (86.67%) Behavioural Analytics
2 13 (86.67%) Incident Response
2 13 (86.67%) Information Security
2 13 (86.67%) Machine Learning
2 13 (86.67%) Network Packet Capture
2 13 (86.67%) SIEM
3 12 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (80.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 12 (80.00%) Runbook
3 12 (80.00%) SOAR
3 12 (80.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 12 (80.00%) PowerShell
1 12 (80.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (73.33%) SC Cleared
1 11 (73.33%) Security Cleared
2 10 (66.67%) DV Cleared