Security Operations Centre Contracts in the Thames Valley

Security Operations Centre
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 87 142 145
Rank change year-on-year +55 +3 +18
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 15 3 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.99% 0.11% 0.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.75% 0.37% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 3 6
10th Percentile £405 £536 £413
25th Percentile £500 £541 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £565 £556
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +1.57% -23.28%
75th Percentile £580 £593 £625
90th Percentile £602 £596 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £565 £600
% change year-on-year -7.08% -5.83% +23.08%

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 545 801 934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 36.07% 29.82% 31.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 322 473 613
10th Percentile £303 £205 £280
25th Percentile £423 £295 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £620
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 62 24
10th Percentile £14.16 £11.79 £18.08
25th Percentile £24.08 £22.50 £19.63
Median hourly rate £52.50 £30.00 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -38.46% +143.75%
75th Percentile £66.12 £59.97 £70.90
90th Percentile £88.60 £65.00 £77.93
South East median hourly rate £47.81 £47.19 £51.25
% change year-on-year +1.31% -7.93% +138.37%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in the Thames Valley

Security Operations Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Security Operations Centre in the Thames Valley

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations Centre in the Thames Valley

Security Operations Centre
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +39 9 £525 -8.70% 10
Buckinghamshire +19 5 £518 -7.17% 9
Oxfordshire - 1 £675 - 4
Security Operations Centre
South East

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (13.33%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Firewall
1 2 (13.33%) Internet
1 2 (13.33%) MPLS
1 2 (13.33%) Network Security
1 2 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (13.33%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) Lead
2 4 (26.67%) Security Analyst
3 3 (20.00%) SOC Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Incident Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Incident Responder
4 2 (13.33%) Network Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Operations Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Security Incident Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Security Operations Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Implementation Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Implementation Project Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Project Implementation Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Project Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Security Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (13.33%) CSOC
2 2 (13.33%) Security Posture
3 1 (6.67%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 11 (73.33%) SIEM
3 9 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (46.67%) Incident Response
5 6 (40.00%) Incident Management
5 6 (40.00%) Threat Intelligence
6 5 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 4 (26.67%) Threat Detection
8 3 (20.00%) Migration
8 3 (20.00%) Security Monitoring
8 3 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
9 2 (13.33%) Change Management
9 2 (13.33%) Information Security
9 2 (13.33%) Information Security Management
9 2 (13.33%) Mentoring
9 2 (13.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 2 (13.33%) Protective Monitoring
9 2 (13.33%) Security Management
9 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (13.33%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) CISM
2 2 (13.33%) CISSP
2 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (6.67%) CISA
3 1 (6.67%) CREST Certified
3 1 (6.67%) GCIA
3 1 (6.67%) GCIH
3 1 (6.67%) GIAC
3 1 (6.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) NIST
2 3 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (13.33%) GDPR
3 2 (13.33%) SLA
4 1 (6.67%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (6.67%) ISO 9001
4 1 (6.67%) NIST 800
4 1 (6.67%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) QRadar
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) Cisco
2 3 (20.00%) Splunk
3 2 (13.33%) Aruba
3 2 (13.33%) Palo Alto
4 1 (6.67%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (6.67%) Kenna
4 1 (6.67%) Rapid7