Security Operations Centre Contracts with Work from Home Options

Security Operations Centre
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months to 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 324 404 553
Rank change year-on-year +80 +149 -79
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 21 53 68
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.14% 0.22% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.49% 0.69% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 33 59
10th Percentile £413 £400 £400
25th Percentile £550 £525 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £645
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.10% +43.33%
75th Percentile £675 £775 £763
90th Percentile £725 £813 -
UK median daily rate £625 £613 £625
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% +38.89%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,251 7,725 14,023
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 28.92% 31.50% 31.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,909 5,468 10,048
10th Percentile £325 £371 £361
25th Percentile £440 £456 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £675 £685 £650
90th Percentile £825 £796 £750
UK median daily rate £539 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.09% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 151 225
10th Percentile £15.88 £19.00 £14.08
25th Percentile £25.50 £25.71 £20.75
Median hourly rate £51.00 £52.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +17.98% +42.74%
75th Percentile £69.38 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £31.50 £22.26 £27.00
% change year-on-year +41.54% -17.57% +3.85%

Security Operations Centre
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Security Operations Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Security Operations Centre trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Security Operations Centre.

Security Operations Centre daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Security Operations Centre over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

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

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 2 (9.52%) Azure
1 2 (9.52%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (28.57%) Firewall
2 2 (9.52%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (9.52%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Data Lake
General
1 4 (19.05%) Finance
2 2 (9.52%) Banking
2 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Law
3 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Analyst
2 4 (19.05%) Security Analyst
2 4 (19.05%) Security Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Security Specialist
3 3 (14.29%) Senior
3 3 (14.29%) SOC Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Support Specialist
4 2 (9.52%) Architect
4 2 (9.52%) Consultant
4 2 (9.52%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 2 (9.52%) IT Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) IT Security Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Lead
4 2 (9.52%) Security Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Security Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) SOC Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Management Information System
2 4 (19.05%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (9.52%) CSOC
3 2 (9.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (4.76%) Cloud Native
4 1 (4.76%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (4.76%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (4.76%) Operational Technology
4 1 (4.76%) Security Posture
4 1 (4.76%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Linux
1 3 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (4.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (4.76%) Ubuntu
2 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 15 (71.43%) SIEM
3 14 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
5 8 (38.10%) Information Security
6 7 (33.33%) Incident Response
7 6 (28.57%) Risk Management
8 5 (23.81%) Cloud Security
8 5 (23.81%) Penetration Testing
9 4 (19.05%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 4 (19.05%) Security Monitoring
9 4 (19.05%) Threat Intelligence
10 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (14.29%) Critical Thinking
10 3 (14.29%) Decision-Making
10 3 (14.29%) Mentoring
10 3 (14.29%) Privileged Access Management
10 3 (14.29%) Threat Detection
10 3 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
10 3 (14.29%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) CISSP
1 7 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 7 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) Degree
3 2 (9.52%) CISM
3 2 (9.52%) GCIH
4 1 (4.76%) CCNA
4 1 (4.76%) CCSP
4 1 (4.76%) CEH
4 1 (4.76%) CISA
4 1 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.76%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.76%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) DBS Check
4 1 (4.76%) GCIA
4 1 (4.76%) GIAC
4 1 (4.76%) ISSEP
4 1 (4.76%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.76%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (28.57%) NIST
2 3 (14.29%) GDPR
3 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.76%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Nessus
1 1 (4.76%) Puppet
1 1 (4.76%) QRadar
1 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
1 2 (9.52%) Qualys
1 2 (9.52%) Splunk
2 1 (4.76%) ArcSight
2 1 (4.76%) Cisco
2 1 (4.76%) ForeScout
2 1 (4.76%) Red Hat