Security Operations Contracts in Bristol

Security Operations (SecOps)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring Security Operations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 54 87
Rank change year-on-year +4 +33 +12
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 5 20 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.93% 1.89% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 2.28% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 11
10th Percentile £320 - £493
25th Percentile £327 £513 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £359 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year -31.57% -12.50% -14.29%
75th Percentile £397 £637 £638
90th Percentile £407 £684 £694
South West median daily rate £650 £570 £625
% change year-on-year +14.04% -8.80% +19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £76.85
25th Percentile - - £82.25
Median hourly rate - - £92.50
75th Percentile - - £96.88
90th Percentile - - £98.75
South West median hourly rate - - £92.50

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 493 879 1,117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 91.81% 83.16% 89.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 484 750
10th Percentile £222 £250 £300
25th Percentile £355 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -2.91% +3.00%
75th Percentile £567 £602 £631
90th Percentile £657 £688 £713
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 184 220
10th Percentile £18.51 £40.00 -
25th Percentile £42.51 £45.00 £9.80
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year - +5.69% +36.67%
75th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.00 £83.88
South West median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Bristol

Security Operations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Security Operations in Bristol

Security Operations
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Operations in Bristol

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Electronics
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
3 1 (20.00%) Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Contracts Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) SIEM Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) CESG
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Information Security
2 2 (40.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Security Management
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) SIEM
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) CISA
3 2 (40.00%) CISM
3 2 (40.00%) CISSP
4 1 (20.00%) CEH
4 1 (20.00%) CISMP
4 1 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (20.00%) ISACA
4 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (20.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (40.00%) NIST
2 1 (20.00%) Def Stans
2 1 (20.00%) GDPR
2 1 (20.00%) Government Security Classifications
2 1 (20.00%) GRC
2 1 (20.00%) HIPAA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) SAP