Security Operations Centre Contracts in the Thames Valley

Security Operations Centre
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 141 160
Rank change year-on-year +14 +19 -11
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 3 4 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.11% 0.14% 0.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.39% 0.43% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 5
10th Percentile £510 £453 £569
25th Percentile £525 £531 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £605
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -0.83% +42.35%
75th Percentile £569 £656 £625
90th Percentile £580 £713 £723
South East median daily rate £550 £600 £580
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% +36.47%

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 766 928 1,075
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 29.05% 32.42% 30.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 457 614 675
10th Percentile £205 £301 £225
25th Percentile £306 £410 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £518 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +3.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £662
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 24 32
10th Percentile £11.79 £18.08 £17.42
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £60.88 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.36% +204.38% -42.03%
75th Percentile £59.64 £73.69 £35.50
90th Percentile £65.00 £77.93 £67.49
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £52.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -4.76% +144.19% -41.58%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in the Thames Valley

Security Operations Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Security Operations Centre in the Thames Valley

Security Operations Centre
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 31 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
Berkshire -7 2 £538 +34.38% 2
Buckinghamshire +28 1 £550 -8.33% 2
Security Operations Centre
South East

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) SOC Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (33.33%) CSOC
2 1 (33.33%) Cybercrime
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) Advanced Persistent Threat
3 1 (33.33%) Blue Team
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (33.33%) Open Source
3 1 (33.33%) OSINT
3 1 (33.33%) Red Team
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft