Hybrid/Remote Security Operations Centre Contract Job Trends

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 22 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 266 297 372
Rank change year-on-year +31 +75 +179
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 51 33 52
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.53% 0.26% 0.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.50% 0.86% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 20 32
10th Percentile £241 £461 £438
25th Percentile £459 £509 £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £588 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% -9.62% +26.83%
75th Percentile £618 £722 £703
90th Percentile £775 £800 £809
UK median daily rate £575 £625 £613
% change year-on-year -8.00% +2.04% +6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £27.93 - -
25th Percentile £28.52 - -
Median hourly rate £31.49 - -
75th Percentile £34.16 - -
90th Percentile £34.58 - -
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £72.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -37.93% +11.54% -

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 3,406 3,823 6,287
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 35.32% 30.48% 30.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,189 2,492 4,498
10th Percentile £329 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £800 £850 £775
UK median daily rate £515 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -4.63% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 89 140
10th Percentile £13.89 £20.12 £19.99
25th Percentile £24.77 £30.50 £25.09
Median hourly rate £34.00 £63.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.46% +20.95% -2.78%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £85.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.50 £50.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.00% +12.36% +71.15%

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 Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Security Operations Centre.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Security Operations Centre

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 22 September 2025.

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

Security Operations Centre
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Security Operations Centre.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Security Operations Centre

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 13 (25.49%) SaaS
2 11 (21.57%) AWS
2 11 (21.57%) Azure
3 9 (17.65%) Amazon EC2
3 9 (17.65%) Amazon S3
3 9 (17.65%) Amazon SQS
4 4 (7.84%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (5.88%) GCP
6 2 (3.92%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (3.92%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 1 (1.96%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (1.96%) Amazon Macie
7 1 (1.96%) AWS CloudTrail
7 1 (1.96%) Cloudflare
7 1 (1.96%) IaaS
7 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.96%) OpenDNS
7 1 (1.96%) PaaS
7 1 (1.96%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 1 (1.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (21.57%) Firewall
1 11 (21.57%) Network Security
2 8 (15.69%) DNS
2 8 (15.69%) TCP/IP
3 6 (11.76%) 4G
3 6 (11.76%) DHCP
3 6 (11.76%) LAN
3 6 (11.76%) VPN
3 6 (11.76%) WAN
3 6 (11.76%) Wireless
4 2 (3.92%) HTTP
5 1 (1.96%) tcpdump
5 1 (1.96%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.92%) BigQuery
1 2 (3.92%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Git
1 1 (1.96%) JIRA
1 1 (1.96%) Metasploit
General
1 13 (25.49%) Social Skills
2 8 (15.69%) Documentation Skills
2 8 (15.69%) Public Sector
3 5 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.88%) Finance
5 2 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.96%) Banking
6 1 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.96%) Legal
6 1 (1.96%) Military
6 1 (1.96%) Retail
6 1 (1.96%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.96%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 17 (33.33%) Analyst
2 15 (29.41%) Architect
3 12 (23.53%) Security Architect
4 11 (21.57%) SOC Analyst
5 10 (19.61%) Senior
6 5 (9.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (9.80%) Security Analyst
6 5 (9.80%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (5.88%) Consultant
7 3 (5.88%) Operations Analyst
7 3 (5.88%) Security Operations Analyst
7 3 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (5.88%) SIEM Architect
8 2 (3.92%) Compliance Consultant
8 2 (3.92%) Developer
8 2 (3.92%) Information Security Consultant
8 2 (3.92%) Security Consultant
8 2 (3.92%) SOC Architect
8 2 (3.92%) SOC Engineer
8 2 (3.92%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.88%) REST
2 2 (3.92%) SOAP
3 1 (1.96%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 14 (27.45%) CSOC
2 11 (21.57%) Security Posture
3 9 (17.65%) Onboarding
4 6 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (7.84%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 4 (7.84%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (3.92%) Cloud Native
6 2 (3.92%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (3.92%) Management Information System
6 2 (3.92%) YARA
7 1 (1.96%) MISP
7 1 (1.96%) NHS
7 1 (1.96%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 10 (19.61%) Windows
2 5 (9.80%) Linux
3 2 (3.92%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 34 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (66.67%) SIEM
3 26 (50.98%) Incident Response
4 22 (43.14%) SOAR
5 14 (27.45%) Use Case
6 13 (25.49%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 13 (25.49%) Threat Intelligence
7 12 (23.53%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 10 (19.61%) Mentoring
9 9 (17.65%) Incident Management
9 9 (17.65%) Threat Detection
10 8 (15.69%) Vulnerability Management
11 7 (13.73%) Data Privacy
12 6 (11.76%) Business Continuity
12 6 (11.76%) High Availability
12 6 (11.76%) Information Security
12 6 (11.76%) Infrastructure Management
12 6 (11.76%) Software Licensing
12 6 (11.76%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 7 (13.73%) Python
2 4 (7.84%) Bash
3 3 (5.88%) Kusto Query Language
3 3 (5.88%) PowerShell
4 2 (3.92%) Search Processing Language
4 2 (3.92%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 19 (37.25%) Security Cleared
2 18 (35.29%) SC Cleared
3 14 (27.45%) CISSP
4 8 (15.69%) CISM
5 6 (11.76%) GCIH
6 4 (7.84%) CCNA
6 4 (7.84%) CCNP
6 4 (7.84%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (7.84%) GCIA
7 3 (5.88%) CEH
7 3 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (5.88%) Degree
7 3 (5.88%) GIAC
7 3 (5.88%) OSCP
8 2 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (3.92%) SSCP
9 1 (1.96%) GCFA
9 1 (1.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (1.96%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (19.61%) NIST
3 9 (17.65%) GDPR
4 6 (11.76%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (11.76%) PCI DSS
5 4 (7.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (7.84%) GRC
6 3 (5.88%) COBIT
6 3 (5.88%) NCSC
6 3 (5.88%) SOC 2
7 2 (3.92%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (1.96%) HIPAA
8 1 (1.96%) ISO 9001
8 1 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (1.96%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.96%) Docker
1 1 (1.96%) Snort
1 1 (1.96%) Squid
Systems Management
1 6 (11.76%) FortiGate
2 3 (5.88%) Kubernetes
3 2 (3.92%) Nessus
3 2 (3.92%) QRadar
3 2 (3.92%) Terraform
4 1 (1.96%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (1.96%) Nexpose
4 1 (1.96%) SCCM
4 1 (1.96%) Suricata
Vendors
1 23 (45.10%) Splunk
2 15 (29.41%) Microsoft
3 5 (9.80%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (7.84%) Google
5 3 (5.88%) ArcSight
5 3 (5.88%) Tenable
6 2 (3.92%) Darktrace
6 2 (3.92%) LogRhythm
6 2 (3.92%) Palo Alto
6 2 (3.92%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.96%) Barracuda Networks
7 1 (1.96%) Blue Coat
7 1 (1.96%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.96%) Cisco
7 1 (1.96%) FireEye
7 1 (1.96%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.96%) IBM
7 1 (1.96%) Intel
7 1 (1.96%) Qualys
7 1 (1.96%) Varonis