Security Monitoring Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Security Monitoring
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Security Monitoring skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 61 77
Rank change year-on-year -19 +16 +10
Contract jobs citing Security Monitoring 2 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.15% 0.49% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.54% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £473 - -
25th Percentile £480 - £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 - £700
Median % change year-on-year - - +22.70%
75th Percentile £530 - £725
90th Percentile £534 - -
South West median daily rate £600 £550 £493
% change year-on-year +9.09% +11.68% -8.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £65.18
25th Percentile - - £67.31
Median hourly rate - - £72.75
75th Percentile - - £76.31
90th Percentile - - £77.33
South West median hourly rate - - £72.75

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

Security Monitoring 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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,049 560 891
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 78.52% 92.11% 79.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 522 300 486
10th Percentile £349 £233 £259
25th Percentile £413 £356 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £447 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.86% -10.60% -3.85%
75th Percentile £575 £559 £590
90th Percentile £644 £650 £675
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 283 84 207
10th Percentile £19.33 £18.51 £40.00
25th Percentile £52.50 £18.87 £49.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £50.57 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.55% -27.76% +24.44%
75th Percentile £68.00 £68.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £76.75 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £28.55 £55.00
% change year-on-year +101.40% -48.09% -6.22%

Security Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Security Monitoring job vacancy trend in Bristol

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Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Security Monitoring.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Security Monitoring

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Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Security Monitoring.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Security Monitoring

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (50.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (50.00%) Purple Team
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CEH
1 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Tenable