Security Operations Contracts in the Midlands

Security Operations (SecOps)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 119 177
Rank change year-on-year +32 +58 -35
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 45 44 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.64% 1.29% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.99% 1.45% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 26 27
10th Percentile £485 £400 £458
25th Percentile £584 £522 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £618 £647 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.56% +12.52% +4.55%
75th Percentile £681 £744 £675
90th Percentile £850 £781 £1,100
England median daily rate £600 £613 £600
% change year-on-year -2.04% +2.08% +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,260 3,027 4,425
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.30% 88.51% 88.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,511 2,116 3,276
10th Percentile £250 £250 £250
25th Percentile £356 £370 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £498 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.52% +4.74% +16.56%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £565
90th Percentile £700 £680 £653
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 121 146
10th Percentile £11.06 £12.00 £10.50
25th Percentile £13.71 £15.10 £13.74
Median hourly rate £19.00 £18.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% +5.71% +10.34%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.75 £22.21
90th Percentile £55.00 £53.75 £34.75
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.15 £24.35
% change year-on-year -1.75% +52.57% +3.62%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in the Midlands

Security Operations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Security Operations in the Midlands

Security Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in the Midlands over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in the Midlands

Security Operations
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Operations in the Midlands

Security Operations
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 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
West Midlands +27 42 £629 -3.17% 14
East Midlands +14 3 £567 -7.65% 6
Security Operations
England

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 5 (11.11%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 7 (15.56%) Azure
1 7 (15.56%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (2.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 1 (2.22%) AWS
2 1 (2.22%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 18 (40.00%) Network Security
2 13 (28.89%) Intrusion Detection
3 12 (26.67%) Firewall
4 1 (2.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (28.89%) Big Data
2 2 (4.44%) Elasticsearch
General
1 21 (46.67%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 3 (6.67%) Games
3 3 (6.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.22%) Military
Job Titles
1 19 (42.22%) Analyst
2 18 (40.00%) SOC Analyst
3 5 (11.11%) SOC Engineer
4 4 (8.89%) Lead
4 4 (8.89%) Security Analyst
4 4 (8.89%) Security Engineer
4 4 (8.89%) Splunk Engineer
5 3 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) Data Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) Operations Analyst
6 2 (4.44%) Security Operations Analyst
6 2 (4.44%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) Team Leader
7 1 (2.22%) Architect
7 1 (2.22%) Lead Architect
7 1 (2.22%) Lead Security Architect
7 1 (2.22%) Project Manager
7 1 (2.22%) Security Architect
7 1 (2.22%) Security Project Manager
7 1 (2.22%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (28.89%) Apache NiFi
2 2 (4.44%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 28 (62.22%) Security Operations Centre
2 18 (40.00%) Cyber Defence
3 15 (33.33%) Management Information System
4 14 (31.11%) Distributed Applications
5 8 (17.78%) Security Posture
6 5 (11.11%) Cyberattack
7 3 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (4.44%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (4.44%) Onboarding
9 1 (2.22%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 17 (37.78%) Linux
1 17 (37.78%) Windows
2 11 (24.44%) Android
2 11 (24.44%) Apple iOS
2 11 (24.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (73.33%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (62.22%) SIEM
3 19 (42.22%) Analytics
4 18 (40.00%) Actionable Insight
5 17 (37.78%) Information Security
6 16 (35.56%) Incident Response
7 13 (28.89%) Data Engineering
7 13 (28.89%) Data Management
7 13 (28.89%) Data Pipeline
7 13 (28.89%) Security Architecture
8 11 (24.44%) Computer Science
8 11 (24.44%) Data Analysis
8 11 (24.44%) Kalman Filter
8 11 (24.44%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (20.00%) Threat Detection
10 8 (17.78%) Threat Intelligence
11 7 (15.56%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 6 (13.33%) Data Analytics
13 4 (8.89%) Event Correlation
13 4 (8.89%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.11%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 41 (91.11%) Security Cleared
2 20 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 15 (33.33%) DV Cleared
4 11 (24.44%) CISSP
4 11 (24.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (24.44%) Degree
5 9 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (11.11%) Azure Certification
6 5 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (4.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (4.44%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (28.89%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials
Systems Management
1 2 (4.44%) Kibana
1 2 (4.44%) logstash
Vendors
1 11 (24.44%) Red Hat
2 9 (20.00%) Splunk
3 7 (15.56%) Microsoft
4 5 (11.11%) Darktrace
4 5 (11.11%) FireEye
4 5 (11.11%) LogRhythm
5 2 (4.44%) Sage