21 of 21 Contract Security Operations Jobs in England

Information & Cyber Security Manager - SC Cleared - Inside IR35

Hiring Organisation
SR2
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500 - £550/day
Information & Cyber Security Manager Inside IR35: £500 - £550 per day Hybrid: 2 days per week on site in London Active SC is a prerequisite We are supporting a large-scale national technology transformation programme delivering a secure, resilient communications and data platform used across the UK public sector. This … role sits within the Security Operations pillar, providing senior operational leadership and acting as a key interface between the programme, delivery partners, and outsourced security service providers. This is not a traditional in-house SOC role. The programme operates a hybrid SOC model, where monitoring and core ...

Director / Head of SOC - Greenfield SOC (Gov.)

Hiring Organisation
GCS
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£1000/day
Director/Head of Security Operations (Greenfield SOC Build - Central Government) Contract: 2+ Years Location: UK Hybrid/Remote Clearance: SC Desirable Sector: Central Government/Cyber Security Leadership Position Overview This appointment represents a rare opportunity to lead the establishment of a new, world-class Security Operations capability for a major central government organisation. The Director/Head of Security Operations will take ownership of defining the vision, shaping the security operating environment, and leading the implementation of a fully modernised SOC that underpins high-assurance digital services at national scale. ...

SOC Analyst

Hiring Organisation
Experis
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£400 - £500/day
prior to onboarding) Day rate: £400 - £500 Candidates must be eligible for SC clearance Our client is seeking a SOC Analyst to join a security operations team in London. The role is focused on real-time monitoring, investigation, and incident response across a modern enterprise security environment. … Responsibilities Monitor, triage, and respond to security alerts across multiple platforms, including Microsoft and endpoint security tools. Conduct in-depth investigations of security events, escalating and containing incidents as required. Optimise and tune detection rules, policies, and alerting mechanisms to improve SOC efficiency. Collaborate with internal teams ...

SOC Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Experis
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£400 - £500/day
onboarding) Day rate: £400 - £500 Candidates must hold or be eligible for SC clearance Our client is seeking a SOC Analyst to join a security operations team in London. The role is focused on real-time monitoring, investigation, and incident response across a modern enterprise security environment. … Responsibilities Monitor, triage, and respond to security alerts across multiple platforms, including Microsoft and endpoint security tools. Conduct in-depth investigations of security events, escalating and containing incidents as required. Optimise and tune detection rules, policies, and alerting mechanisms to improve SOC efficiency. Collaborate with internal teams ...

Security Operations Manager

Hiring Organisation
Hays
Location
Reading, Berkshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
Up to £280.0 per day + £280 Per Day Inside IR35
Lead the front-line defence of a National Charity as Security Operations Manager £280 per day 10-month Contract Work from home! (100% REMOTE WORKING) Your new company We are one of the UK's most respected charities, known for transforming lives through mobility, independence and inclusion. … continue to evolve our digital and security capabilities, we're investing in a robust operational security function to protect our people, data and services. This is a rare opportunity to lead the front-line defence of a nationally recognised organisation, where your expertise will directly impact the safety ...

Senior SOC Analyst (Contract, Outside)

Hiring Organisation
NSD
Location
Farnborough, Hampshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£575 - £625 per day
within highly secure environments, delivering mission critical digital and cyber services to complex organisations. They are investing in the growth and maturity of their Security Operations Centre and are seeking an experienced Senior SOC Analyst to support this next phase of development. The benefits Long term engagement within … stable SOC environment Opportunity to influence SOC processes, controls and maturity Work alongside experienced cyber and operational security professionals The Senior SOC Analyst role As a Senior SOC Analyst, you will play a key role in delivering effective SOC services across multiple platforms and projects. You will provide hands ...

Microsoft Defender Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Experis
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500 - £550 per day
Engineer - Microsoft Defender Security Operations 3 months London - onsite Inside IR35 - Umbrella only Role Overview We are seeking an accomplished IT Engineer with specialist expertise in the Microsoft Defender security ecosystem. The successful candidate will strengthen cyber defence across endpoints, identities, cloud services, and hybrid infrastructure. … Responsibilities Security operations and threat defence Manage and optimise Microsoft Defender across Endpoint, Identity, Cloud Apps, Office 365, and Cloud Security Posture Management. Monitor alerts and conduct threat investigations. Support incident response with containment and remediation. Conduct proactive threat hunting. Platform administration and governance Configure policy baselines ...

Senior Programme Manager - SOC (Government)

Hiring Organisation
GCS
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£1000/day
Build (Greenfield Government SOC Programme) Contract: 2+ Years Location: UK Hybrid/Remote Clearance: SC (or willing to obtain) Sector: Central Government/Cyber Security Programme Value: Multi-year, multi-million-pound SOC transformation programme Role Summary The Senior Programme Manager will lead the end-to-end delivery … greenfield Security Operations Centre (SOC) for a major central government organisation. This includes replacing legacy security services, modernising fragmented tooling, and delivering an integrated, end-to-end cyber capability across cloud-based digital platforms. This role is suited to a senior delivery leader with deep experience building ...

SOC Threat Detection Analyst

Hiring Organisation
Certain Advantage
Location
Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£45 - £85/hour Overtime Rate of time and a quarter
currently looking to recruit 8x SOC Threat Detection Analyst subcontractors on an initial 6 month contract. This role can start on an SC Security Clearance basis, however DV Clearance will be required down the line. This role would suit someone from a Cyber Security Analyst, SOC Analyst … Initially may not be expected to do nights until team grows. SOC Threat Detection Analyst Job Description: An opportunity has arisen in the cyber security operations centre (SOC) within Information Management (IM) for a SOC Threat Detection Analyst. Supporting the Senior SOC analysts in assisting IM meet ...

Cybersecurity Consultant

Hiring Organisation
Verify Europe
Location
WV10, Coven Heath, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£800/day
Security Specialist This role is outside IR35 We are seeking an experienced hands-on Senior Cybersecurity Consultant to support a major enterprise customer in delivering a Cybersecurity Assessment & Resilience Programme. This full-time, 6+ month project, combines senior-level customer engagement and leadership with practical, day-to-day delivery. … will not simply define strategy, but also actively conduct assessments, produce security artefacts, support remediation activities, and work alongside customer teams to implement improvements. The successful candidate will be comfortable operating both at the whiteboard and in the detail, acting as a trusted advisor while remaining directly accountable ...

Senior SOC Analyst

Hiring Organisation
Hays
Location
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
containment steps and escalate confirmed threats to senior analysts. Record incidents thoroughly in tickets and reports to support investigations. Help maintain and fine-tune security tools to improve detection and response capabilities. What you'll need to succeed Experience within Security Operations Strong attention to detail … British nationality (single nationality only), with residency in the UK for at least 5 of the past 10 years. Ability to obtain UK Government Security Clearance. A commitment to working onsite What you'll get in return 12 Month Contract £570 per day via Umbrella Company (inside IR35) Fully ...

SIEM Technical Consultant (Architect)

Hiring Organisation
Sanderson Government and Defence
Location
Corsham, Wiltshire, South West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
existing on-site consultant steps up into an Architect role. This is a crucial position, ensuring continuity, capability, and momentum across the security operations environment. You'll be working hands-on with the Elastic product suite, configuring, optimising, and enabling the MOD to get maximum value from their ...

Microsoft Defender Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Experis
Location
City, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP 500 - 550 Daily
Engineer - Microsoft Defender Security Operations 3 months London - onsite Inside IR35 - Umbrella only Role Overview We are seeking an accomplished IT Engineer with specialist expertise in the Microsoft Defender security ecosystem click apply for full job details ...

SIEM Technical Consultant (Architect)

Hiring Organisation
Sanderson Government and Defence
Location
Corsham, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP Annual
existing on-site consultant steps up into an Architect role. This is a crucial position, ensuring continuity, capability, and momentum across the security operations environment. You'll be working hands-on with the Elastic product suite, configuring, optimising, and ena click apply for full job details ...

Cyber Assurance Officer

Hiring Organisation
Rise Technical Recruitment Limited
Location
Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£19.78 - £23.82 per hour
Cyber Assurance AnalystNorwich (On-site)£19.78-£23.82 per hour (Contract/Public Sector) Excellent opportunity for a Cyber Security Analyst with strong assurance/risk experience to join a large public sector organisation in a critical environment, offering a varied role across alert triage, compliance, risk assessments and incident … support + maintaining SOPs and security tooling (e.g., AV/firewalls) The Person: *Cyber security experience (assurance/risk/compliance or SecOps background)*Good knowledge of security frameworks, risk assessment and governance*Strong communication skills with non-technical stakeholders*Happy with on-site working in Norwich ...

ServiceNow CMDB Specialist (DV cleared and Outside of IR35)

Hiring Organisation
LA International Computer Consultants Ltd
Location
Farnborough, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP Annual
ServiceNow Configuration Management Database (CMDB). This role ensures accurate, reliable, and actionable configuration data to support IT Service Management (ITSM), IT Operations Management (ITOM), Asset Management, and broader enterprise service workflows. The consultant works closely with stakeholders across IT, security, and operations to define data models … strategies Identify data quality issues and drive corrective actions Support CI life cycle management and dependency mapping Optimize CMDB usage to support ITSM, ITOM, SecOps, and Asset Management use cases Stakeholder Collaboration Engage with technical and business stakeholders to gather requirements Provide guidance on CMDB best practices and ServiceNow standards ...

Part Time M365 IT & Security Support Engineer Up to £300 p/d Outside IR35 Onsite

Hiring Organisation
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£300 per day
Part Time | M365 IT & Security Support Engineer | Up to £300 p/d | Outside IR35 | Onsite We’re recruiting an experienced M365 IT & Security Support Engineer to assist our client through a busy transitional period. This 2-month contract is determined as Outside IR35 and offers a daily … position (2–4 days per week) requires onsite attendance in central London on all working days.The successful candidate will work closely with the IT & Security Manager to reduce ticket backlog, coordinate with the MSP and wider business, and deliver hands-on 2nd to 3rd line support across infrastructure, Microsoft ...

ServiceNow Architect

Hiring Organisation
IBU CONSULTING LTD
Location
Berkshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Responsibilities Lead workshops/discovery sessions with stakeholders (business, operations, IT) to understand current-state processes, define future-state vision, uncover requirements, constraints, and opportunities. Design end-to-end ServiceNow solutions and technical architectures that align with organizations strategic goals, considering scalability, performance, security, maintainability, integrations, data model … architecture. Some roles require more depending on seniority. Deep experience across multiple ServiceNow modules/workflows (for example, ITSM, ITOM, Discovery, ITAM, CSM, HRSD, SecOps, GRC, etc.). Strong integration experience: REST/SOAP APIs, IntegrationHub, MID Server, custom integrations. Understanding of data modeling, CMDB, metadata, core data, data governance ...

ServiceNow Architect

Hiring Organisation
Experis
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£700 - £800/day
ServiceNow Architect Remote/some London travel 6 months £(Apply online only) per day - umbrella only Candidates must be eligible for SC clearance. Required skills: IRM and SecOps. Strong technical skills in ServiceNow Experience of ...

Enterprise Architect

Hiring Organisation
Meritus Talent
Location
Andover, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£700 - £800 per day
assurance voice, ensuring that all technology and data decisions align with the long-term enterprise strategy for one of the UK's most critical security operations. This is not just about documentation; it's about leading change and mitigating risk. They require candidates to hold an active SC Clearance. … business, technology, and data decisions are fully aligned with the overarching Enterprise Architecture strategy. Champion and apply best-practice principles for solution and data security (OWASP, NCSC, GDPR) at every stage of the delivery lifecycle. Required Skills: Active SC Security Clearance is a strict necessity, coupled with extensive ...

ServiceNow Architect

Hiring Organisation
Syntax Consultancy Limited
Location
Reading, Berkshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
525/day (Outside IR35)
depth hands-on ServiceNow Architecture expertise including design, configuration + implementation. Deep ServiceNow modules + workflows experience including: ITSM, ITOM, Discovery, ITAM, CSM, HRSD, SecOps, GRC). Managing integrations between ServiceNow and other systems (via REST, SOAP APIs, IntegrationHub, MID Server, custom integrations), ensuring reliability, security, latency, error handling ...