Security Operations Contracts in Central London

Security Operations (SecOps)
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for Security Operations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 149 163
Rank change year-on-year +31 +14 -2
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 19 25 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.79% 0.67% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 0.74% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 18 21
10th Percentile £423 £463 £513
25th Percentile £462 £510 £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £620
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -3.23% +24.00%
75th Percentile £725 £692 £725
90th Percentile £779 £816 £760
London median daily rate £650 £625 £600
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Security Operations is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,175 3,386 4,120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.81% 91.29% 92.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,537 2,291 3,136
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £565
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +6.19% +7.62%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £688
90th Percentile £799 £813 £775
London median daily rate £550 £590 £575
% change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 27 45
10th Percentile £20.22 £14.85 £18.50
25th Percentile £23.03 £17.56 £25.25
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% -15.66% +107.50%
75th Percentile £32.09 £53.38 £55.25
90th Percentile £41.65 £88.30 £62.50
London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.21 £35.50
% change year-on-year -28.59% +10.45% +8.07%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Security Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Central London

Security Operations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Security Operations in Central London

Security Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Central London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in Central London

Security Operations
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Security Operations in Central London

Security Operations
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
City of London +38 18 £650 +8.33% 6
West End of London - 1 - -
Security Operations
London

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) Azure
1 2 (10.53%) Entra ID
2 1 (5.26%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (26.32%) Firewall
2 3 (15.79%) Network Security
3 2 (10.53%) Internet
3 2 (10.53%) WAN
3 2 (10.53%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.26%) Finance
3 1 (5.26%) Financial Institution
3 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (21.05%) Analyst
1 4 (21.05%) Architect
2 3 (15.79%) SOC Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) SOC Architect
2 3 (15.79%) SOC Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Lead
3 2 (10.53%) Security Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Security Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Threat and Vulnerability Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Vulnerability Manager
4 1 (5.26%) DevSecOps Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Incident Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Information Security Officer
4 1 (5.26%) IT Operations Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) IT Security Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Operations Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Security Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) Ajax
1 1 (5.26%) AngularJS
1 1 (5.26%) CSS
1 1 (5.26%) HTML
1 1 (5.26%) JSON
1 1 (5.26%) SOAP
1 1 (5.26%) Web Services
1 1 (5.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Cyber Threat
1 5 (26.32%) Management Information System
2 3 (15.79%) Security Posture
2 3 (15.79%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (10.53%) Data Centre
3 2 (10.53%) Product Ownership
3 2 (10.53%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (10.53%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (5.26%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (5.26%) CMDB
4 1 (5.26%) CSOC
4 1 (5.26%) Cyberattack
4 1 (5.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (5.26%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (26.32%) Linux
1 5 (26.32%) Windows
2 2 (10.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (42.11%) Incident Response
3 7 (36.84%) Cloud Security
3 7 (36.84%) Security Monitoring
3 7 (36.84%) SIEM
4 6 (31.58%) Information Security
4 6 (31.58%) Vulnerability Management
5 5 (26.32%) Incident Management
5 5 (26.32%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 3 (15.79%) Agile
6 3 (15.79%) Computer Science
6 3 (15.79%) Cyber Threat Analysis
6 3 (15.79%) Information Assurance
6 3 (15.79%) Patch Management
6 3 (15.79%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (15.79%) Remediation Plan
6 3 (15.79%) SOAR
6 3 (15.79%) Threat Analysis
7 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) JavaScript
1 4 (21.05%) PowerShell
2 3 (15.79%) Python
3 1 (5.26%) Bash
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) CISSP
1 4 (21.05%) GIAC
1 4 (21.05%) SC Cleared
1 4 (21.05%) Security Cleared
2 3 (15.79%) Degree
2 3 (15.79%) GCIA
2 3 (15.79%) GCIH
3 2 (10.53%) CISM
4 1 (5.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (5.26%) CCSP
4 1 (5.26%) CEH
4 1 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (5.26%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (10.53%) COBIT
2 2 (10.53%) GDPR
2 2 (10.53%) NCSC
2 2 (10.53%) NIST
2 2 (10.53%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (26.32%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (10.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (31.58%) CSIRT
2 3 (15.79%) Nessus
2 3 (15.79%) QRadar
3 2 (10.53%) CASB
3 2 (10.53%) SCCM
3 2 (10.53%) SCOrch
3 2 (10.53%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes
4 1 (5.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
1 5 (26.32%) Palo Alto
2 4 (21.05%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (15.79%) BeyondTrust
3 3 (15.79%) Oracle
4 2 (10.53%) Imperva
4 2 (10.53%) Netskope
4 2 (10.53%) ServiceNow