Security Monitoring Contracts in the Thames Valley

Security Monitoring
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 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 125 136 167
Rank change year-on-year +11 +31 -33
Contract jobs citing Security Monitoring 15 10 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.56% 0.34% 0.058%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.37% 0.065%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 2
10th Percentile £408 £347 £487
25th Percentile £413 £414 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £600 £506
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +18.69% +34.80%
75th Percentile £490 £675 £516
90th Percentile £532 - £522
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +13.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £29.00 -
South East median hourly rate - £29.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,359 2,692 3,087
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.31% 91.91% 88.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,317 1,870 2,083
10th Percentile £213 £320 £225
25th Percentile £363 £413 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 62 86
10th Percentile £15.52 £18.60 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.94 £24.86 £12.10
Median hourly rate £45.00 £51.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +192.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.21 £25.55
90th Percentile £85.61 £79.19 £66.88
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -11.76%

Security Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Monitoring in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Monitoring in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Security Monitoring in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Monitoring in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Monitoring in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Monitoring in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Security Monitoring in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 25 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
Berkshire -8 14 £438 -10.71% 8
Buckinghamshire +26 1 £480 -20.00% 1
Security Monitoring
South East

Security Monitoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) AWS
2 2 (13.33%) Azure API Management
2 2 (13.33%) Azure Event Grid
2 2 (13.33%) Azure Logic Apps
2 2 (13.33%) Entra ID
2 2 (13.33%) IaaS
2 2 (13.33%) PaaS
2 2 (13.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (46.67%) WAN
2 5 (33.33%) DNS
2 5 (33.33%) SD-WAN
3 4 (26.67%) Firewall
4 2 (13.33%) LAN
4 2 (13.33%) Network Security
4 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
4 2 (13.33%) VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (20.00%) Automotive
1 3 (20.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 5 (33.33%) Security Engineer
1 5 (33.33%) WAN Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Head of Information
2 3 (20.00%) Head of Information Security
2 3 (20.00%) Head of Operations
2 3 (20.00%) Head of Security
2 3 (20.00%) Junior
3 2 (13.33%) Lead
4 1 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Head of Cybersecurity
4 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) IT Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) IT Security Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) .NET
1 2 (13.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Operational Technology
2 2 (13.33%) Public Cloud
3 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (73.33%) Windows
2 6 (40.00%) Linux
3 3 (20.00%) Unix
3 3 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (86.67%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 5 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
2 5 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
3 4 (26.67%) Incident Response
3 4 (26.67%) Network Architecture
3 4 (26.67%) SIEM
4 3 (20.00%) Energy Management
4 3 (20.00%) Information Security
4 3 (20.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 3 (20.00%) Security Operations
4 3 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (13.33%) Affinity Analysis
5 2 (13.33%) Cryptography
5 2 (13.33%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (13.33%) Data Protection
5 2 (13.33%) ITSM
5 2 (13.33%) Migration
5 2 (13.33%) Security Architecture
5 2 (13.33%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) C#
1 2 (13.33%) Java
1 2 (13.33%) PHP
1 2 (13.33%) Python
1 2 (13.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (33.33%) ISO 9000
2 4 (26.67%) PCI DSS
3 1 (6.67%) COBIT
3 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (26.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (13.33%) Docker
3 2 (13.33%) Hyper-V
3 2 (13.33%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (13.33%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 3 (20.00%) Nessus
2 2 (13.33%) Kubernetes
2 2 (13.33%) Network Intrusion Detection System
2 2 (13.33%) RSA Archer
2 2 (13.33%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (6.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) Cisco
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (26.67%) VMware
3 3 (20.00%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (13.33%) CheckPoint
4 2 (13.33%) Citrix
4 2 (13.33%) ServiceNow
4 2 (13.33%) Splunk
5 1 (6.67%) Fujitsu
5 1 (6.67%) Netskope
5 1 (6.67%) Salesforce