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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 404 492 677
Rank change year-on-year +88 +185 -97
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 138 147 117
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.37% 0.31% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.23% 0.91% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 124 98
10th Percentile £463 £325 £463
25th Percentile £500 £498 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £629 £613 £620
Median % change year-on-year +2.65% -1.21% +37.78%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £763
90th Percentile £784 £775 £779
UK median daily rate £633 £606 £620
% change year-on-year +4.37% -2.26% +37.78%
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 11,251 16,100 23,959
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.47% 33.72% 33.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,318 11,239 17,150
10th Percentile £270 £313 £313
25th Percentile £415 £450 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 835 556 608
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.21 £10.63 £17.38
Median hourly rate £36.00 £22.49 £26.39
Median % change year-on-year +60.11% -14.78% +3.47%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.27 £49.25
90th Percentile £71.88 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £22.00 £26.98
% change year-on-year +59.09% -18.46% +5.80%

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 2 June 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 2 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
South West +63 68 £600 +4.35% 5
London +77 24 £600 -12.68% 13
Midlands +19 20 £618 +0.57% 6
West Midlands +18 19 £635 -5.93% 4
East of England +4 16 £650 +49.43% 6
North of England -1 4 £613 +1.07% 16
South East +6 3 £550 -8.33% 8
North West -4 3 £600 -0.99% 7
Yorkshire +8 1 £1,000 +60.64% 9
East Midlands +2 1 £567 -6.44% 2
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 (11.59%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 11 (7.97%) Azure
2 5 (3.62%) AWS
2 5 (3.62%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (0.72%) Amazon GuardDuty
3 1 (0.72%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 20 (14.49%) Network Security
2 17 (12.32%) Firewall
3 6 (4.35%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (2.17%) Cisco ISE
4 3 (2.17%) DNS
4 3 (2.17%) FTP
4 3 (2.17%) HTTP
4 3 (2.17%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.45%) DHCP
5 2 (1.45%) Internet
6 1 (0.72%) SMTP
6 1 (0.72%) SSL
6 1 (0.72%) tcpdump
6 1 (0.72%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.17%) Big Data
2 1 (0.72%) Data Lake
General
1 21 (15.22%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (13.04%) Social Skills
3 13 (9.42%) Finance
4 10 (7.25%) Public Sector
5 8 (5.80%) Military
6 5 (3.62%) Banking
7 4 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.90%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.17%) Games
8 3 (2.17%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.45%) Legal
10 1 (0.72%) Back Office
10 1 (0.72%) Electronics
10 1 (0.72%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.72%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 72 (52.17%) Analyst
2 66 (47.83%) SOC Analyst
3 16 (11.59%) Senior
3 16 (11.59%) SOC Engineer
4 13 (9.42%) Senior Analyst
4 13 (9.42%) SOC Manager
5 12 (8.70%) Lead
5 12 (8.70%) Security Analyst
6 11 (7.97%) Security Engineer
7 8 (5.80%) Project Manager
8 7 (5.07%) Architect
9 6 (4.35%) Security Architect
10 5 (3.62%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 5 (3.62%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 5 (3.62%) Operations Analyst
10 5 (3.62%) Security Operations Analyst
11 4 (2.90%) DV Cleared Project Manager
11 4 (2.90%) Security Specialist
11 4 (2.90%) Team Leader
12 3 (2.17%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.17%) Apache NiFi
2 1 (0.72%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 47 (34.06%) CSOC
2 22 (15.94%) Management Information System
3 21 (15.22%) Cyber Defence
4 15 (10.87%) Cyber Threat
4 15 (10.87%) Cyberattack
5 9 (6.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 8 (5.80%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 8 (5.80%) Security Posture
7 4 (2.90%) Operational Technology
8 3 (2.17%) Distributed Applications
9 2 (1.45%) CCTV
10 1 (0.72%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.72%) Cybercrime
10 1 (0.72%) Insider Threat
10 1 (0.72%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.72%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 30 (21.74%) Windows
2 28 (20.29%) Linux
3 3 (2.17%) Android
3 3 (2.17%) Apple iOS
3 3 (2.17%) Unix
4 2 (1.45%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.72%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 105 (76.09%) Cybersecurity
3 80 (57.97%) Incident Response
4 72 (52.17%) SIEM
5 46 (33.33%) Use Case
6 45 (32.61%) Information Security
7 32 (23.19%) Continuous Improvement
7 32 (23.19%) Threat Intelligence
8 30 (21.74%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 25 (18.12%) Analytics
10 21 (15.22%) Time Management
11 19 (13.77%) ITIL
11 19 (13.77%) Security Architecture
12 15 (10.87%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 14 (10.14%) Vulnerability Management
14 12 (8.70%) Incident Management
14 12 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
15 11 (7.97%) Cyber Resilience
15 11 (7.97%) Problem-Solving
16 10 (7.25%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.07%) Kusto Query Language
2 4 (2.90%) Search Processing Language
3 2 (1.45%) Perl
3 2 (1.45%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 92 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 59 (42.75%) DV Cleared
3 29 (21.01%) Degree
4 24 (17.39%) SANS
5 22 (15.94%) CISSP
6 21 (15.22%) SC Cleared
7 11 (7.97%) CISM
8 6 (4.35%) GIAC
9 5 (3.62%) CEH
9 5 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (2.17%) CCSP
11 3 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (2.17%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (1.45%) Azure Certification
12 2 (1.45%) CCNA
12 2 (1.45%) GCIA
12 2 (1.45%) GCIH
12 2 (1.45%) OSCP
12 2 (1.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (18.12%) NIST
2 22 (15.94%) GDPR
3 15 (10.87%) NCSC
4 14 (10.14%) NIST 800
5 5 (3.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (2.90%) SLA
7 3 (2.17%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.72%) HIPAA
System Software
1 3 (2.17%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (1.45%) CSIRT
1 2 (1.45%) QRadar
2 1 (0.72%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (0.72%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.72%) Puppet
2 1 (0.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (19.57%) Splunk
2 24 (17.39%) Microsoft
3 17 (12.32%) Darktrace
3 17 (12.32%) FireEye
4 16 (11.59%) LogRhythm
5 6 (4.35%) Cisco
6 3 (2.17%) ArcSight
6 3 (2.17%) Qualys
6 3 (2.17%) Sage
7 2 (1.45%) AlienVault
7 2 (1.45%) Proofpoint
7 2 (1.45%) Symantec
7 2 (1.45%) Veracode
8 1 (0.72%) IronPort
8 1 (0.72%) McAfee
8 1 (0.72%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.72%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.72%) SAP
8 1 (0.72%) Varonis
8 1 (0.72%) Zscaler