Security Operations Contracts in Lancashire

Security Operations (SecOps)
North West > Lancashire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 35 36
Rank change year-on-year +6 +1 -
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 2 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 1.02% 0.80% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 0.92% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £929 £431 -
25th Percentile £934 £526 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £963 £693 £625
Median % change year-on-year +38.99% +10.80% -
75th Percentile £984 £851 £638
90th Percentile £986 £940 -
North West median daily rate £625 £606 £650
% change year-on-year +3.14% -6.77% +52.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 155 217 228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 78.68% 87.15% 91.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 116 153
10th Percentile £248 £297 £222
25th Percentile £413 £401 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £649 £602 £588
90th Percentile £720 £700 £700
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 47 39
10th Percentile - £25.04 £13.70
25th Percentile £16.06 £29.30 £16.93
Median hourly rate £25.60 £42.50 £36.75
Median % change year-on-year -39.76% +15.65% +44.12%
75th Percentile £45.88 £51.19 £47.64
90th Percentile £47.64 £56.38 £69.38
North West median hourly rate £23.50 £36.00 £23.55
% change year-on-year -34.72% +52.90% +27.82%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Lancashire

Security Operations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Daily rate trend for Security Operations in Lancashire

Security Operations
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
Preston - 2 £963 -
Security Operations
North West

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) SOC Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Intel