Security Operations Centre Contracts in England

Security Operations Centre
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 390 490 672
Rank change year-on-year +100 +182 -96
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 141 156 105
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.39% 0.32% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.26% 0.96% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 131 88
10th Percentile £463 £325 £451
25th Percentile £500 £509 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £613 £623
Median % change year-on-year - -1.61% +38.33%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £763
90th Percentile £769 £775 £791
UK median daily rate £625 £613 £625
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% +38.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.26
Median hourly rate £11.25 £32.69 £22.53
Median % change year-on-year -65.59% +45.13% -
75th Percentile - - £23.79
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £11.25 £32.69 £22.53
% change year-on-year -65.59% +45.13% -

All Generic Skills
England

Security Operations Centre is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,164 16,311 24,112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.67% 33.66% 33.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,326 11,352 17,202
10th Percentile £266 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £571 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +3.77% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £696 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 815 573 638
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.03
Median hourly rate £34.21 £22.49 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +52.15% -15.15% +1.92%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.60
UK median hourly rate £31.50 £22.26 £27.00
% change year-on-year +41.54% -17.57% +3.85%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in England

Security Operations Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Centre in England.

Daily rate trend for Security Operations Centre in England

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations Centre in England

Security Operations Centre
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Centre in England.

Hourly rate trend for Security Operations Centre in England

Security Operations Centre
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
South West +60 73 £575 -8.00% 6
London +73 22 £600 -11.11% 12
Midlands +13 21 £625 +1.79% 10
West Midlands +25 20 £630 +0.80% 7
East of England +4 16 £650 +8.33% 7
North of England +2 4 £613 +1.07% 19
North West -2 3 £600 -0.99% 3
South East +16 2 £563 -6.25% 12
East Midlands +9 1 £567 -6.44% 3
Yorkshire +6 1 £1,000 +60.64% 16
Security Operations Centre
UK

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 16 (11.35%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 12 (8.51%) Azure
2 5 (3.55%) AWS
2 5 (3.55%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (0.71%) Amazon GuardDuty
3 1 (0.71%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 21 (14.89%) Network Security
2 18 (12.77%) Firewall
3 6 (4.26%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (2.13%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (1.42%) Internet
5 2 (1.42%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.71%) DHCP
6 1 (0.71%) DNS
6 1 (0.71%) FTP
6 1 (0.71%) HTTP
6 1 (0.71%) tcpdump
6 1 (0.71%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.13%) Big Data
2 1 (0.71%) Data Lake
General
1 21 (14.89%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (12.77%) Social Skills
3 14 (9.93%) Finance
4 11 (7.80%) Public Sector
5 8 (5.67%) Military
6 5 (3.55%) Banking
7 4 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.84%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.13%) Games
9 2 (1.42%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.71%) Back Office
10 1 (0.71%) Electronics
10 1 (0.71%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.71%) Legal
10 1 (0.71%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 73 (51.77%) Analyst
2 67 (47.52%) SOC Analyst
3 21 (14.89%) SOC Engineer
4 15 (10.64%) Senior
5 13 (9.22%) Lead
5 13 (9.22%) Security Analyst
5 13 (9.22%) SOC Manager
6 12 (8.51%) Security Engineer
6 12 (8.51%) Senior Analyst
7 8 (5.67%) Project Manager
8 7 (4.96%) Architect
9 6 (4.26%) Operations Analyst
9 6 (4.26%) Security Architect
9 6 (4.26%) Security Operations Analyst
10 5 (3.55%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 4 (2.84%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 4 (2.84%) DV Cleared Project Manager
11 4 (2.84%) Team Leader
12 3 (2.13%) Security Specialist
12 3 (2.13%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.13%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 47 (33.33%) CSOC
2 22 (15.60%) Management Information System
3 21 (14.89%) Cyber Defence
4 15 (10.64%) Cyber Threat
4 15 (10.64%) Cyberattack
5 9 (6.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 8 (5.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 8 (5.67%) Security Posture
7 4 (2.84%) Operational Technology
8 3 (2.13%) Distributed Applications
9 2 (1.42%) CCTV
10 1 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.71%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.71%) Insider Threat
10 1 (0.71%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 30 (21.28%) Windows
2 28 (19.86%) Linux
3 3 (2.13%) Android
3 3 (2.13%) Apple iOS
3 3 (2.13%) Unix
4 2 (1.42%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.71%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.71%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 105 (74.47%) Cybersecurity
3 81 (57.45%) Incident Response
4 77 (54.61%) SIEM
5 46 (32.62%) Use Case
6 44 (31.21%) Information Security
7 32 (22.70%) Threat Intelligence
8 31 (21.99%) Continuous Improvement
9 30 (21.28%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 25 (17.73%) Analytics
11 21 (14.89%) Time Management
12 19 (13.48%) ITIL
12 19 (13.48%) Security Architecture
13 15 (10.64%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 15 (10.64%) SOAR
14 14 (9.93%) Vulnerability Management
15 12 (8.51%) Stakeholder Management
16 11 (7.80%) Cyber Resilience
16 11 (7.80%) Incident Management
17 10 (7.09%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.96%) Kusto Query Language
2 4 (2.84%) Search Processing Language
3 2 (1.42%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.71%) Perl
4 1 (0.71%) Python
Qualifications
1 95 (67.38%) Security Cleared
2 64 (45.39%) DV Cleared
3 28 (19.86%) Degree
4 23 (16.31%) SANS
5 21 (14.89%) CISSP
6 20 (14.18%) SC Cleared
7 10 (7.09%) CISM
8 5 (3.55%) CEH
8 5 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (3.55%) GIAC
9 4 (2.84%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (2.13%) CCSP
10 3 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (1.42%) Azure Certification
11 2 (1.42%) CCNA
11 2 (1.42%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (1.42%) OSCP
11 2 (1.42%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.71%) CCNA CyberOps
12 1 (0.71%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (17.02%) NIST
2 22 (15.60%) GDPR
3 15 (10.64%) NCSC
4 14 (9.93%) NIST 800
5 5 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (2.84%) SLA
7 3 (2.13%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.71%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.71%) HIPAA
System Software
1 3 (2.13%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (1.42%) QRadar
2 1 (0.71%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (0.71%) CSIRT
2 1 (0.71%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.71%) Puppet
2 1 (0.71%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (19.86%) Microsoft
2 27 (19.15%) Splunk
3 17 (12.06%) Darktrace
3 17 (12.06%) FireEye
4 16 (11.35%) LogRhythm
5 6 (4.26%) Cisco
6 3 (2.13%) ArcSight
6 3 (2.13%) Qualys
6 3 (2.13%) Sage
7 2 (1.42%) AlienVault
7 2 (1.42%) Proofpoint
7 2 (1.42%) Veracode
8 1 (0.71%) McAfee
8 1 (0.71%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.71%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.71%) SAP
8 1 (0.71%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.71%) Symantec
8 1 (0.71%) Varonis
8 1 (0.71%) Zscaler