Security Operations Centre Contract Job Trends in Taunton

Security Operations Centre
Somerset > Taunton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies in Taunton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Taunton 1.69% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.35% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Somerset median daily rate - - -

All Generic Skills
Taunton

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 Taunton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 23 3 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Taunton 38.98% 33.33% 26.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 3 5
10th Percentile £403 £604 -
25th Percentile £431 £610 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £620 £600
Median % change year-on-year -28.43% +3.33% -9.06%
75th Percentile £450 - £606
90th Percentile £574 - £655
Somerset median daily rate £525 £620 £500
% change year-on-year -15.32% +24.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.50
Median hourly rate - - £13.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -28.77%
75th Percentile - - £13.50
90th Percentile - - -
Somerset median hourly rate £14.00 £21.01 £40.00
% change year-on-year -33.37% -47.48% +55.34%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton

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

Security Operations Centre job vacancy trend in Taunton

Security Operations Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Taunton 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%) SOC Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CSOC
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC