Security Operations Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Security Operations (SecOps)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Security Operations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 32 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 6 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 2.59% 0.56% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.97% 0.68% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £575 £550 £613
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.20% +2.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

Security Operations falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 202 148 207
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 87.07% 83.15% 90.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 73 142
10th Percentile £198 £214 £350
25th Percentile £412 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £558
90th Percentile £638 £700 £625
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 19 4
10th Percentile £37.50 £25.65 £51.63
25th Percentile £57.38 £30.39 £52.19
Median hourly rate £84.75 £50.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.50% -9.09% +0.64%
75th Percentile £91.50 £61.25 £58.88
90th Percentile - £67.60 £61.35
East of England median hourly rate £21.00 £27.67 £21.00
% change year-on-year -24.11% +31.76% -6.67%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Operations relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Security Operations
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Security Operations.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Security Operations

Security Operations
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 29 November 2025. 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
Luton - 6 £600 - 1
Security Operations
East of England

Security Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (83.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Azure
1 5 (83.33%) Azure Sentinel
1 5 (83.33%) Entra ID
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Purview
1 5 (83.33%) OneDrive
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Design Engineer
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 5 (83.33%) Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) IT Security Officer
2 1 (16.67%) Security Officer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Data Loss Prevention
1 5 (83.33%) Identity Access Management
1 5 (83.33%) Identity Management
1 5 (83.33%) Impact Analysis
1 5 (83.33%) Knowledge Transfer
1 5 (83.33%) Privileged Identity Management
1 5 (83.33%) Zero Trust
2 4 (66.67%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Response
3 1 (16.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 1 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (16.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 1 (16.67%) Threat Management
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) GDPR
1 5 (83.33%) HIPAA
1 5 (83.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (83.33%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft