Security Operations Contracts in Bristol

Security Operations (SecOps)
South West > Bristol

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for Security Operations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 83 98
Rank change year-on-year +24 +15 -27
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 20 14 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 1.90% 1.10% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.29% 1.23% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 3
10th Percentile - £493 £625
25th Percentile £513 £531 £644
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £700
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -14.29% +77.78%
75th Percentile £637 £638 £764
90th Percentile £684 £694 £787
South West median daily rate £570 £625 £550
% change year-on-year -8.80% +13.64% +20.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £92.50 -
South West median hourly rate - £92.50 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Security Operations is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 872 1,135 1,259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 82.81% 89.09% 87.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 493 759 855
10th Percentile £250 £300 £313
25th Percentile £363 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £586
90th Percentile £686 £714 £661
South West median daily rate £525 £540 £500
% change year-on-year -2.78% +8.00% +6.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 225 104
10th Percentile £37.00 - -
25th Percentile £45.00 £9.80 £15.90
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £43.79
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% +40.46% -2.70%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £83.75 £66.80
South West median hourly rate £47.92 £61.50 £48.48
% change year-on-year -22.09% +26.86% +7.73%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing Security Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Bristol

Security Operations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for Security Operations in Bristol

Security Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Bristol over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in Bristol

Security Operations
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for Security Operations in Bristol

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) AWS
1 1 (5.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (5.00%) Firewall
1 1 (5.00%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 11 (55.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (15.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (10.00%) Electronics
3 2 (10.00%) Finance
3 2 (10.00%) Marketing
3 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (10.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (55.00%) Architect
1 11 (55.00%) Lead
2 8 (40.00%) Lead Architect
3 4 (20.00%) Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Data Architect
4 3 (15.00%) Security Architect
4 3 (15.00%) Security Solutions Architect
4 3 (15.00%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (10.00%) SIEM Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) SOC Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Cyber Defence Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Incident Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Security Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) SOAP
1 3 (15.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (40.00%) CESG
2 7 (35.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 6 (30.00%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (25.00%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (20.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (5.00%) Cloud Native
6 1 (5.00%) CSOC
6 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Linux
1 1 (5.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (5.00%) Ubuntu
1 1 (5.00%) Windows
1 1 (5.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
1 14 (70.00%) Information Security
2 11 (55.00%) Information Assurance
3 7 (35.00%) SIEM
4 5 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 5 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 5 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 5 (25.00%) SOAR
4 5 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 5 (25.00%) Use Case
5 4 (20.00%) Case Management
5 4 (20.00%) CRM
5 4 (20.00%) Incident Management
5 4 (20.00%) Protective Monitoring
5 4 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (15.00%) Architectural Patterns
6 3 (15.00%) Data Architecture
6 3 (15.00%) Data Integration
6 3 (15.00%) Data Security
6 3 (15.00%) Data Virtualisation
Qualifications
1 17 (85.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 8 (40.00%) CEH
3 8 (40.00%) CISA
3 8 (40.00%) CISM
3 8 (40.00%) CISMP
3 8 (40.00%) CISSP
3 8 (40.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 8 (40.00%) ISACA
3 8 (40.00%) SSCP
4 5 (25.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (60.00%) NIST
2 11 (55.00%) GDPR
2 11 (55.00%) HIPAA
3 8 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (40.00%) PCI DSS
4 4 (20.00%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Puppet
1 1 (5.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) SAP
3 1 (5.00%) ArcSight
3 1 (5.00%) Cisco
3 1 (5.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (5.00%) Sun