Security Operations Centre Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Security Operations Centre
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in remote or hybrid contract work. 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 275 321 428
Rank change year-on-year +46 +107 +138
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 29 24 49
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.29% 0.16% 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.89% 0.54% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 15 32
10th Percentile £468 £548 £400
25th Percentile £500 £600 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £615 £672
Median % change year-on-year -14.63% -8.46% +3.76%
75th Percentile £600 £719 £778
90th Percentile £615 £800 £824
UK median daily rate £550 £618 £613
% change year-on-year -10.93% +0.82% -1.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.31 - -
Median hourly rate £47.44 - -
75th Percentile £48.57 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £80.68 £11.25 £32.69
% change year-on-year +617.11% -65.59% +45.13%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,272 4,408 8,138
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 33.03% 28.73% 31.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,222 2,974 5,725
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £431 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - +2.33%
75th Percentile £680 £675 £688
90th Percentile £825 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 199 151
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.48 £19.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.50 £31.38
Median hourly rate £41.75 £51.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.14% -11.30% +29.21%
75th Percentile £64.57 £65.02 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.13 £72.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

Security Operations Centre
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Security Operations Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Security Operations Centre trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Security Operations Centre.

Security Operations Centre daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Security Operations Centre over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Security Operations Centre daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 5 (17.24%) Azure
2 1 (3.45%) Akamai
2 1 (3.45%) AWS
2 1 (3.45%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (3.45%) Cloudflare
2 1 (3.45%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (27.59%) Firewall
2 5 (17.24%) DHCP
2 5 (17.24%) TCP/IP
3 4 (13.79%) VPN
4 3 (10.34%) 4G
4 3 (10.34%) DNS
4 3 (10.34%) LAN
4 3 (10.34%) Network Security
4 3 (10.34%) WAN
4 3 (10.34%) Wireless
5 2 (6.90%) HTTP
5 2 (6.90%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (6.90%) SMTP
6 1 (3.45%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) SonarQube
General
1 14 (48.28%) Social Skills
2 7 (24.14%) Public Sector
3 6 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (17.24%) Finance
5 3 (10.34%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 13 (44.83%) Analyst
2 7 (24.14%) Operations Analyst
2 7 (24.14%) Security Analyst
2 7 (24.14%) Security Operations Analyst
3 6 (20.69%) Incident Analyst
3 6 (20.69%) Incident Responder
3 6 (20.69%) Security Incident Analyst
3 6 (20.69%) SOC Analyst
4 4 (13.79%) Senior
5 3 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Consultant
6 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Lead
6 2 (6.90%) SOC Consultant
6 2 (6.90%) SOC Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Audit Consultant
7 1 (3.45%) DevSecOps Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Splunk Consultant
7 1 (3.45%) Vulnerability Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (24.14%) Security Posture
2 4 (13.79%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (13.79%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (6.90%) Cyberattack
3 2 (6.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (3.45%) Client/Server
4 1 (3.45%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.45%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (3.45%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (3.45%) Insider Threat
4 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.45%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 7 (24.14%) Windows
2 4 (13.79%) Linux
3 2 (6.90%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 20 (68.97%) SIEM
3 19 (65.52%) Incident Response
4 18 (62.07%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (58.62%) Incident Management
6 10 (34.48%) Threat Intelligence
7 9 (31.03%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 7 (24.14%) Threat Detection
9 6 (20.69%) Mentoring
9 6 (20.69%) Vulnerability Management
10 5 (17.24%) Security Monitoring
11 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
11 4 (13.79%) SOAR
12 3 (10.34%) Business Strategy
12 3 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 3 (10.34%) Inventory Management
12 3 (10.34%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 3 (10.34%) Proactive Management
12 3 (10.34%) Roadmaps
12 3 (10.34%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.69%) Kusto Query Language
1 6 (20.69%) PowerShell
1 6 (20.69%) Python
2 3 (10.34%) Bash
3 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (31.03%) SC Cleared
1 9 (31.03%) Security Cleared
2 8 (27.59%) CISSP
3 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (17.24%) CISM
4 5 (17.24%) GIAC
5 3 (10.34%) CCNA
5 3 (10.34%) CCNP
5 3 (10.34%) CEH
5 3 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (10.34%) GCIH
6 1 (3.45%) CISA
6 1 (3.45%) Degree
6 1 (3.45%) GCIA
6 1 (3.45%) GSEC
6 1 (3.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (3.45%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) NIST
2 4 (13.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (6.90%) GDPR
3 2 (6.90%) PCI DSS
4 1 (3.45%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (3.45%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) FortiGate
1 3 (10.34%) QRadar
2 1 (3.45%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 11 (37.93%) Splunk
2 9 (31.03%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.90%) IBM
3 2 (6.90%) Palo Alto
3 2 (6.90%) Rapid7
4 1 (3.45%) ArcSight
4 1 (3.45%) Cisco
4 1 (3.45%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (3.45%) F5
4 1 (3.45%) Imperva
4 1 (3.45%) Kenna
4 1 (3.45%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.45%) Tenable
4 1 (3.45%) Veracode
4 1 (3.45%) VMware