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 in the UK excluding London. 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 297 318 438
Rank change year-on-year +21 +120 -21
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 105 112 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.49% 0.49% 0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.73% 1.54% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 91 56
10th Percentile £463 £325 £463
25th Percentile £500 £413 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £615
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +36.67%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £763
90th Percentile £700 £763 -
UK median daily rate £600 £606 £620
% change year-on-year -0.99% -2.26% +24.00%
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 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,066 7,275 9,769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 28.45% 32.06% 32.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,573 4,875 6,837
10th Percentile £210 £220 £208
25th Percentile £375 £381 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
75th Percentile £600 £602 £586
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 764 409 422
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.90
25th Percentile £14.36 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £35.25 £22.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +60.23% +2.33% -4.44%
75th Percentile £62.81 £62.50 £45.00
90th Percentile £70.13 £74.40 £61.50
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 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 12 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 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
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
Scotland +37 3 £500 +10.50% 1
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 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 14 (13.33%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 9 (8.57%) Azure
2 5 (4.76%) AWS
2 5 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (0.95%) Amazon GuardDuty
3 1 (0.95%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 17 (16.19%) Network Security
2 16 (15.24%) Firewall
3 7 (6.67%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (2.86%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (1.90%) DNS
5 2 (1.90%) FTP
5 2 (1.90%) HTTP
5 2 (1.90%) SMTP
5 2 (1.90%) SSL
6 1 (0.95%) Internet
6 1 (0.95%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.86%) Big Data
General
1 19 (18.10%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (10.48%) Public Sector
3 10 (9.52%) Social Skills
4 8 (7.62%) Military
5 4 (3.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (3.81%) Manufacturing
6 3 (2.86%) Games
6 3 (2.86%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.90%) Banking
7 2 (1.90%) Finance
8 1 (0.95%) Electronics
8 1 (0.95%) Legal
8 1 (0.95%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 59 (56.19%) Analyst
2 52 (49.52%) SOC Analyst
3 13 (12.38%) SOC Engineer
4 12 (11.43%) Senior
4 12 (11.43%) SOC Manager
5 10 (9.52%) Lead
5 10 (9.52%) Security Analyst
5 10 (9.52%) Senior Analyst
6 8 (7.62%) Project Manager
7 6 (5.71%) Security Engineer
8 4 (3.81%) DV Cleared Project Manager
8 4 (3.81%) Operations Analyst
8 4 (3.81%) Security Operations Analyst
8 4 (3.81%) Team Leader
9 3 (2.86%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 3 (2.86%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 3 (2.86%) Data Engineer
9 3 (2.86%) Security Specialist
9 3 (2.86%) SIEM Analyst
9 3 (2.86%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.86%) Apache NiFi
2 2 (1.90%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 39 (37.14%) CSOC
2 18 (17.14%) Cyber Defence
3 16 (15.24%) Management Information System
4 12 (11.43%) Cyberattack
5 9 (8.57%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (6.67%) Security Posture
7 6 (5.71%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (3.81%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 3 (2.86%) Distributed Applications
10 2 (1.90%) CCTV
10 2 (1.90%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.90%) Operational Technology
11 1 (0.95%) Cloud Security Posture
11 1 (0.95%) Cybercrime
11 1 (0.95%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 24 (22.86%) Linux
1 24 (22.86%) Windows
2 3 (2.86%) Android
2 3 (2.86%) Apple iOS
2 3 (2.86%) Unix
3 2 (1.90%) Mac OS X
4 1 (0.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.95%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.95%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 82 (78.10%) Cybersecurity
3 63 (60.00%) Incident Response
4 58 (55.24%) SIEM
5 34 (32.38%) Use Case
6 27 (25.71%) Information Security
7 26 (24.76%) Analytics
7 26 (24.76%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (21.90%) Threat Intelligence
9 21 (20.00%) Time Management
10 20 (19.05%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 14 (13.33%) Security Architecture
12 12 (11.43%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 12 (11.43%) ITIL
13 10 (9.52%) Agile
14 9 (8.57%) Mentoring
14 9 (8.57%) SOAR
14 9 (8.57%) Vulnerability Management
15 8 (7.62%) Programme Management
16 7 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.76%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (1.90%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 81 (77.14%) Security Cleared
2 51 (48.57%) DV Cleared
3 27 (25.71%) Degree
4 22 (20.95%) SANS
5 17 (16.19%) SC Cleared
6 12 (11.43%) CISSP
7 8 (7.62%) CISM
8 3 (2.86%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.86%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.95%) CEH
10 1 (0.95%) CompTIA CySA+
10 1 (0.95%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.95%) GCIH
10 1 (0.95%) GIAC
10 1 (0.95%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (14.29%) NIST
2 12 (11.43%) GDPR
2 12 (11.43%) NIST 800
3 9 (8.57%) NCSC
4 3 (2.86%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.90%) SLA
6 1 (0.95%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.95%) HIPAA
System Software
1 3 (2.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.95%) Nessus
1 1 (0.95%) Puppet
1 1 (0.95%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (18.10%) Splunk
2 15 (14.29%) Darktrace
2 15 (14.29%) FireEye
3 14 (13.33%) LogRhythm
3 14 (13.33%) Microsoft
4 4 (3.81%) Cisco
5 3 (2.86%) Sage
5 3 (2.86%) Symantec
6 2 (1.90%) IronPort
7 1 (0.95%) ArcSight
7 1 (0.95%) Carbon Black
7 1 (0.95%) ForeScout
7 1 (0.95%) Proofpoint
7 1 (0.95%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.95%) SAP
7 1 (0.95%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.95%) Zscaler