Security Operations Centre Contracts with Work from Home Options

Security Operations Centre
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months to 10 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 317 395 556
Rank change year-on-year +78 +161 -80
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 21 54 70
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.14% 0.23% 0.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.49% 0.72% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 34 61
10th Percentile £413 £400 £400
25th Percentile £494 £525 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £616 £625
Median % change year-on-year -2.52% -1.52% +34.41%
75th Percentile £663 £763 £763
90th Percentile £725 £813 -
UK median daily rate £625 £606 £620
% change year-on-year +3.14% -2.26% +24.00%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,308 7,539 13,938
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 29.15% 31.58% 31.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,931 5,341 10,063
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £433 £455 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £684 £650
90th Percentile £825 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 145 224
10th Percentile £15.88 £19.00 £15.10
25th Percentile £25.50 £25.00 £20.94
Median hourly rate £51.00 £52.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +17.98% +28.91%
75th Percentile £69.38 £70.00 £62.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £22.26 £27.00
% change year-on-year +59.51% -17.57% +8.00%

Security Operations Centre
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Security Operations Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Security Operations Centre trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Security Operations Centre.

Security Operations Centre daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Security Operations Centre over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Security Operations Centre daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (9.52%) Azure
1 2 (9.52%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (28.57%) Firewall
2 3 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (9.52%) Network Security
4 1 (4.76%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Data Lake
General
1 4 (19.05%) Finance
2 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Banking
4 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Law
4 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Analyst
2 4 (19.05%) Security Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Security Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Security Specialist
3 3 (14.29%) Senior
3 3 (14.29%) SOC Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Support Specialist
4 2 (9.52%) Architect
4 2 (9.52%) Consultant
4 2 (9.52%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 2 (9.52%) IT Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) IT Security Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Security Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Security Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) SOC Architect
5 1 (4.76%) IT Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Management Information System
2 4 (19.05%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (9.52%) CSOC
3 2 (9.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 2 (9.52%) Security Posture
4 1 (4.76%) Cloud Native
4 1 (4.76%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (4.76%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (4.76%) Operational Technology
4 1 (4.76%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Linux
1 3 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (4.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (4.76%) Ubuntu
2 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 15 (71.43%) SIEM
3 14 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
5 8 (38.10%) Incident Response
5 8 (38.10%) Information Security
6 6 (28.57%) Risk Management
7 5 (23.81%) Cloud Security
7 5 (23.81%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 5 (23.81%) Penetration Testing
7 5 (23.81%) Threat Intelligence
8 4 (19.05%) Security Monitoring
9 3 (14.29%) Blue Team
9 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (14.29%) Critical Thinking
9 3 (14.29%) Decision-Making
9 3 (14.29%) Mentoring
9 3 (14.29%) Privileged Access Management
9 3 (14.29%) Red Team
9 3 (14.29%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) CISSP
1 7 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 7 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) Degree
3 2 (9.52%) CISM
3 2 (9.52%) GCIH
4 1 (4.76%) CCNA
4 1 (4.76%) CCSP
4 1 (4.76%) CEH
4 1 (4.76%) CISA
4 1 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.76%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.76%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) DBS Check
4 1 (4.76%) GCIA
4 1 (4.76%) GIAC
4 1 (4.76%) ISSEP
4 1 (4.76%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.76%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (28.57%) NIST
2 3 (14.29%) GDPR
3 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.76%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Nessus
1 1 (4.76%) Puppet
1 1 (4.76%) QRadar
1 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
1 2 (9.52%) Qualys
1 2 (9.52%) Splunk
2 1 (4.76%) ArcSight
2 1 (4.76%) Cisco
2 1 (4.76%) ForeScout
2 1 (4.76%) Red Hat