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 in England. 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 421 493 667
Rank change year-on-year +72 +174 -62
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 129 143 120
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.34% 0.30% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.14% 0.91% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 120 101
10th Percentile £423 £342 £463
25th Percentile £491 £498 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £613 £620
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% -1.21% +33.33%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £763
90th Percentile £776 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £600 £606 £620
% change year-on-year -0.99% -2.26% +24.00%
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 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,349 15,786 23,854
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.26% 33.56% 33.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,319 11,005 17,096
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £698 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 850 549 600
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.39 £10.63 £17.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £22.49 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.33% -15.15% +6.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.04
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £22.26 £27.00
% change year-on-year +60.15% -17.56% +8.00%

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 12 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 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
South West +46 61 £575 +15.00% 7
London +62 24 £588 -14.50% 7
Midlands +9 20 £618 +1.90% 4
West Midlands +19 19 £635 -0.39% 2
East of England +2 14 £650 +140.74% 4
South East +13 4 £525 -12.50% 5
North West -5 3 £600 -0.99% 5
North of England -14 3 £600 -0.99% 12
East Midlands -1 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 14 (10.85%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 10 (7.75%) Azure
2 5 (3.88%) AWS
2 5 (3.88%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (0.78%) Amazon GuardDuty
3 1 (0.78%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 20 (15.50%) Network Security
2 18 (13.95%) Firewall
3 7 (5.43%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (3.88%) DNS
4 5 (3.88%) FTP
4 5 (3.88%) HTTP
5 4 (3.10%) TCP/IP
6 3 (2.33%) Cisco ISE
6 3 (2.33%) DHCP
6 3 (2.33%) Internet
7 2 (1.55%) SMTP
7 2 (1.55%) SSL
8 1 (0.78%) tcpdump
8 1 (0.78%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.33%) Big Data
2 1 (0.78%) Data Lake
General
1 22 (17.05%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (14.73%) Social Skills
3 12 (9.30%) Finance
4 9 (6.98%) Public Sector
5 8 (6.20%) Military
6 5 (3.88%) Banking
7 4 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.10%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.33%) Games
8 3 (2.33%) Legal
8 3 (2.33%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.78%) Back Office
9 1 (0.78%) Electronics
9 1 (0.78%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.78%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 65 (50.39%) Analyst
2 58 (44.96%) SOC Analyst
3 16 (12.40%) SOC Engineer
4 13 (10.08%) Senior
5 12 (9.30%) Lead
5 12 (9.30%) Security Engineer
5 12 (9.30%) SOC Manager
6 11 (8.53%) Security Analyst
7 10 (7.75%) Senior Analyst
8 8 (6.20%) Project Manager
9 7 (5.43%) Architect
10 6 (4.65%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 6 (4.65%) Security Architect
11 5 (3.88%) Operations Analyst
11 5 (3.88%) Security Operations Analyst
12 4 (3.10%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 4 (3.10%) DV Cleared Project Manager
12 4 (3.10%) Security Specialist
12 4 (3.10%) Team Leader
13 3 (2.33%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.33%) Apache NiFi
2 2 (1.55%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 41 (31.78%) CSOC
2 21 (16.28%) Cyber Defence
3 15 (11.63%) Cyber Threat
3 15 (11.63%) Management Information System
4 13 (10.08%) Cyberattack
5 9 (6.98%) Security Posture
6 8 (6.20%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 7 (5.43%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (2.33%) Distributed Applications
8 3 (2.33%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.55%) CCTV
10 1 (0.78%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.78%) Cybercrime
10 1 (0.78%) Insider Threat
10 1 (0.78%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.78%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 27 (20.93%) Windows
2 26 (20.16%) Linux
3 3 (2.33%) Android
3 3 (2.33%) Apple iOS
3 3 (2.33%) Unix
4 2 (1.55%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.78%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 97 (75.19%) Cybersecurity
3 72 (55.81%) Incident Response
4 70 (54.26%) SIEM
5 41 (31.78%) Use Case
6 38 (29.46%) Information Security
7 27 (20.93%) Continuous Improvement
7 27 (20.93%) Threat Intelligence
8 25 (19.38%) Analytics
9 24 (18.60%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 21 (16.28%) Time Management
11 18 (13.95%) Security Architecture
12 16 (12.40%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 14 (10.85%) Vulnerability Management
14 12 (9.30%) Incident Management
14 12 (9.30%) ITIL
14 12 (9.30%) Problem-Solving
15 11 (8.53%) Stakeholder Management
16 10 (7.75%) SOAR
16 10 (7.75%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.43%) Kusto Query Language
2 4 (3.10%) Search Processing Language
3 3 (2.33%) Perl
3 3 (2.33%) Python
4 1 (0.78%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 86 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 53 (41.09%) DV Cleared
3 30 (23.26%) Degree
4 25 (19.38%) SANS
5 21 (16.28%) CISSP
6 20 (15.50%) SC Cleared
7 10 (7.75%) CISM
8 7 (5.43%) GIAC
9 5 (3.88%) CEH
9 5 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (3.10%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (3.10%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (2.33%) CCSP
11 3 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (2.33%) GCIA
11 3 (2.33%) GCIH
12 2 (1.55%) Azure Certification
12 2 (1.55%) CCNA
12 2 (1.55%) OSCP
12 2 (1.55%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (18.60%) NIST
2 16 (12.40%) GDPR
3 14 (10.85%) NIST 800
4 9 (6.98%) NCSC
5 4 (3.10%) SLA
6 3 (2.33%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.78%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.78%) HIPAA
System Software
1 3 (2.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (2.33%) CSIRT
2 2 (1.55%) QRadar
3 1 (0.78%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (0.78%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.78%) Puppet
3 1 (0.78%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (18.60%) Splunk
2 23 (17.83%) Microsoft
3 15 (11.63%) Darktrace
3 15 (11.63%) FireEye
4 14 (10.85%) LogRhythm
5 6 (4.65%) Cisco
6 3 (2.33%) Qualys
6 3 (2.33%) Sage
6 3 (2.33%) Symantec
7 2 (1.55%) ArcSight
7 2 (1.55%) IronPort
7 2 (1.55%) Proofpoint
7 2 (1.55%) Veracode
8 1 (0.78%) AlienVault
8 1 (0.78%) McAfee
8 1 (0.78%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.78%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.78%) SAP
8 1 (0.78%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.78%) Varonis