Security Monitoring Contracts in the South East

Security Monitoring
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Security Monitoring skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Monitoring over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 185 195 230
Rank change year-on-year +10 +35 -42
Contract jobs citing Security Monitoring 19 28 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.34% 0.48% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.53% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 11 28
10th Percentile £413 £443 -
25th Percentile £431 - £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +13.89%
75th Percentile £539 £631 £600
90th Percentile £540 £675 -
England median daily rate £520 £600 £588
% change year-on-year -13.33% +2.13% +6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £29.00 -
England median hourly rate £72.75 £81.40 -
% change year-on-year -10.63% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Security Monitoring 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 South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,752 5,254 6,998
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 85.22% 89.52% 89.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,779 3,636 4,730
10th Percentile £229 £250 £226
25th Percentile £400 £405 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £615 £588
90th Percentile £699 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 221 290
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.25 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.26 £23.15 £16.25
Median hourly rate £46.87 £50.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.26% +122.22% -11.76%
75th Percentile £62.48 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.79 £63.80
England median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +56.25% -

Security Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Security Monitoring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Security Monitoring in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Monitoring in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Security Monitoring in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Monitoring in the South East over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Monitoring in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Monitoring in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Security Monitoring in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Monitoring within the South East region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
Thames Valley +12 15 £450 -25.00% 9
Berkshire -4 14 £438 -10.71% 8
Kent - 4 £536 -
Buckinghamshire +29 1 £480 -20.00% 1
Security Monitoring
England

Security Monitoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 7 (36.84%) Azure
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (10.53%) AWS
3 2 (10.53%) Azure API Management
3 2 (10.53%) Azure Event Grid
3 2 (10.53%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (10.53%) Entra ID
3 2 (10.53%) IaaS
3 2 (10.53%) PaaS
3 2 (10.53%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (36.84%) Firewall
1 7 (36.84%) WAN
2 5 (26.32%) DNS
2 5 (26.32%) Network Security
2 5 (26.32%) SD-WAN
3 2 (10.53%) LAN
3 2 (10.53%) TCP/IP
3 2 (10.53%) VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Automotive
2 3 (15.79%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 5 (26.32%) Security Engineer
1 5 (26.32%) WAN Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) Head of Information
2 3 (15.79%) Head of Information Security
2 3 (15.79%) Head of Operations
2 3 (15.79%) Head of Security
2 3 (15.79%) Information Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) Information Security Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) Junior
2 3 (15.79%) Security Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) Senior
2 3 (15.79%) Senior Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) Senior Information Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) Senior Information Security Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) Senior Security Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Lead
4 1 (5.26%) Azure Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) .NET
1 2 (10.53%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Operational Technology
2 2 (10.53%) Public Cloud
3 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (57.89%) Windows
2 6 (31.58%) Linux
3 3 (15.79%) Unix
3 3 (15.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (73.68%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (36.84%) Information Security
3 6 (31.58%) Cloud Security
3 6 (31.58%) Security Architecture
4 5 (26.32%) Identity Access Management
4 5 (26.32%) Network Monitoring
4 5 (26.32%) Proactive Monitoring
5 4 (21.05%) Change Management
5 4 (21.05%) Incident Management
5 4 (21.05%) Incident Response
5 4 (21.05%) Network Architecture
5 4 (21.05%) Risk Assessment
5 4 (21.05%) SIEM
6 3 (15.79%) Energy Management
6 3 (15.79%) Mentoring
6 3 (15.79%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 3 (15.79%) Security Operations
6 3 (15.79%) Vulnerability Management
7 2 (10.53%) Microservices
7 2 (10.53%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) C#
1 2 (10.53%) Java
1 2 (10.53%) PHP
1 2 (10.53%) Python
1 2 (10.53%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) Security Cleared
2 3 (15.79%) SC Cleared
3 2 (10.53%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (26.32%) ISO 9000
2 4 (21.05%) PCI DSS
3 1 (5.26%) COBIT
3 1 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (26.32%) Active Directory
2 4 (21.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (10.53%) Docker
3 2 (10.53%) Hyper-V
3 2 (10.53%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (10.53%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 3 (15.79%) Nessus
2 2 (10.53%) Kubernetes
2 2 (10.53%) Network Intrusion Detection System
2 2 (10.53%) RSA Archer
2 2 (10.53%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (5.26%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (57.89%) Microsoft
2 7 (36.84%) Cisco
3 4 (21.05%) VMware
4 3 (15.79%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (10.53%) CheckPoint
5 2 (10.53%) Citrix
5 2 (10.53%) ServiceNow
5 2 (10.53%) Splunk
6 1 (5.26%) Fujitsu
6 1 (5.26%) Netskope
6 1 (5.26%) Salesforce