Security Operations Centre Contracts in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Centre
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 284 333 440
Rank change year-on-year +49 +107 -33
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 114 114 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.55% 0.50% 0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.91% 1.54% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 93 57
10th Percentile £463 £273 £470
25th Percentile £500 £413 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year +2.08% -4.00% +38.89%
75th Percentile £700 £675 £763
90th Percentile - £760 -
UK median daily rate £633 £606 £620
% change year-on-year +4.37% -2.26% +37.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £11.25 - -
UK median hourly rate £11.25 £32.69 £22.53
% change year-on-year -65.59% +45.13% -

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,976 7,381 9,790
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 28.66% 32.21% 32.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,568 4,949 6,853
10th Percentile £208 £220 £208
25th Percentile £375 £384 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £586
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 743 412 428
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.64
25th Percentile £14.12 £10.63 £15.93
Median hourly rate £35.00 £21.88 £21.30
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% +2.70% -7.39%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.00 £44.16
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £61.50
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Security Operations Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Security Operations Centre in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations Centre in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Centre
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Security Operations Centre in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Centre
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
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
Scotland +29 3 £500 +10.50% 1
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 the UK excluding London 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 (14.04%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 9 (7.89%) Azure
2 5 (4.39%) AWS
2 5 (4.39%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (0.88%) Amazon GuardDuty
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 17 (14.91%) Network Security
2 15 (13.16%) Firewall
3 6 (5.26%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (2.63%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.88%) DNS
5 1 (0.88%) FTP
5 1 (0.88%) HTTP
5 1 (0.88%) SMTP
5 1 (0.88%) SSL
5 1 (0.88%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.63%) Big Data
General
1 19 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (10.53%) Public Sector
3 10 (8.77%) Social Skills
4 8 (7.02%) Military
5 4 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (3.51%) Manufacturing
6 3 (2.63%) Games
6 3 (2.63%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.75%) Banking
7 2 (1.75%) Finance
8 1 (0.88%) Electronics
8 1 (0.88%) Legal
8 1 (0.88%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 65 (57.02%) Analyst
2 59 (51.75%) SOC Analyst
3 14 (12.28%) Senior
4 13 (11.40%) SOC Engineer
4 13 (11.40%) SOC Manager
5 12 (10.53%) Senior Analyst
6 11 (9.65%) Security Analyst
7 10 (8.77%) Lead
8 8 (7.02%) Project Manager
9 6 (5.26%) Security Engineer
10 4 (3.51%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 4 (3.51%) DV Cleared Project Manager
10 4 (3.51%) Operations Analyst
10 4 (3.51%) Security Operations Analyst
10 4 (3.51%) Team Leader
11 3 (2.63%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 3 (2.63%) Data Engineer
11 3 (2.63%) Security Specialist
11 3 (2.63%) SIEM Analyst
11 3 (2.63%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.63%) Apache NiFi
2 1 (0.88%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 45 (39.47%) CSOC
2 23 (20.18%) Management Information System
3 18 (15.79%) Cyber Defence
4 14 (12.28%) Cyberattack
5 9 (7.89%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (7.02%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 6 (5.26%) Security Posture
8 4 (3.51%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 3 (2.63%) Distributed Applications
9 3 (2.63%) Operational Technology
10 2 (1.75%) CCTV
10 2 (1.75%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.88%) Cloud Security Posture
11 1 (0.88%) Cybercrime
11 1 (0.88%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 26 (22.81%) Linux
1 26 (22.81%) Windows
2 3 (2.63%) Android
2 3 (2.63%) Apple iOS
2 3 (2.63%) Unix
3 2 (1.75%) Mac OS X
4 1 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.88%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 90 (78.95%) Cybersecurity
3 71 (62.28%) Incident Response
4 59 (51.75%) SIEM
5 38 (33.33%) Use Case
6 34 (29.82%) Information Security
7 31 (27.19%) Continuous Improvement
8 28 (24.56%) Threat Intelligence
9 26 (22.81%) Analytics
9 26 (22.81%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 21 (18.42%) Time Management
11 19 (16.67%) ITIL
12 14 (12.28%) Security Architecture
13 11 (9.65%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 10 (8.77%) Agile
15 9 (7.89%) Cyber Resilience
15 9 (7.89%) Mentoring
15 9 (7.89%) SOAR
15 9 (7.89%) Vulnerability Management
16 8 (7.02%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.39%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (1.75%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 87 (76.32%) Security Cleared
2 57 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 27 (23.68%) Degree
4 22 (19.30%) SANS
5 18 (15.79%) SC Cleared
6 12 (10.53%) CISSP
7 8 (7.02%) CISM
8 3 (2.63%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.63%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.88%) CEH
10 1 (0.88%) CompTIA CySA+
10 1 (0.88%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.88%) GCIH
10 1 (0.88%) GIAC
10 1 (0.88%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (15.79%) GDPR
2 16 (14.04%) NIST
3 15 (13.16%) NCSC
4 12 (10.53%) NIST 800
5 4 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (2.63%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (1.75%) SLA
8 1 (0.88%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.88%) HIPAA
System Software
1 3 (2.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.88%) Nessus
1 1 (0.88%) Puppet
1 1 (0.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (18.42%) Splunk
2 17 (14.91%) Darktrace
2 17 (14.91%) FireEye
3 16 (14.04%) LogRhythm
4 14 (12.28%) Microsoft
5 4 (3.51%) Cisco
6 3 (2.63%) Sage
7 2 (1.75%) Symantec
8 1 (0.88%) ArcSight
8 1 (0.88%) Carbon Black
8 1 (0.88%) ForeScout
8 1 (0.88%) IronPort
8 1 (0.88%) Proofpoint
8 1 (0.88%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.88%) SAP
8 1 (0.88%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.88%) Zscaler