Security Operations Centre Contracts in the South East

Security Operations Centre
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 196 209 251
Rank change year-on-year +13 +42 -37
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 4 6 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.070% 0.11% 0.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.25% 0.31% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 10
10th Percentile £465 £456 £474
25th Percentile £488 £528 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £578
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +3.90% +35.88%
75th Percentile £559 £625 £621
90th Percentile £576 £663 £641
England median daily rate £600 £613 £620
% change year-on-year -2.04% -1.21% +33.33%

All Generic Skills
South East

Security Operations Centre falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,624 1,926 2,561
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 28.23% 34.01% 33.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 963 1,308 1,650
10th Percentile £210 £205 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% +0.10% +8.11%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £719 £675
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 93 117
10th Percentile £11.79 £17.82 £13.95
25th Percentile £18.35 £21.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 £54.37 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% +152.88% -40.45%
75th Percentile £61.30 £67.50 £49.18
90th Percentile £75.16 £75.00 £63.25
England median hourly rate £36.50 £22.49 £26.50
% change year-on-year +62.33% -15.15% +6.00%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in the South East

Security Operations Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Security Operations Centre in the South East

Security Operations Centre
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 12 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
Thames Valley +11 4 £525 -12.50% 1
Berkshire -7 3 £500 +25.00%
Buckinghamshire +26 1 £550 -8.33% 1
Security Operations Centre
England

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Internet
1 1 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
1 2 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) SOC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (25.00%) CSOC
2 1 (25.00%) Cybercrime
2 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) SIEM
2 2 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (25.00%) Advanced Persistent Threat
3 1 (25.00%) Blue Team
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (25.00%) Open Source
3 1 (25.00%) OSINT
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (25.00%) Red Team
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft