Protective Monitoring Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Protective Monitoring
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Protective Monitoring skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 50 55
Rank change year-on-year +5 +5 -
Contract jobs citing Protective Monitoring 3 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.71% 0.54% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.63% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £512 £514 £565
25th Percentile £512 £522 £572
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £539 £593
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% -9.07% -
75th Percentile £549 £552 £612
90th Percentile £556 £557 £618
South East median daily rate £525 £539 £593
% change year-on-year -2.55% -9.07% -10.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

Protective 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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 358 318 501
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 84.63% 85.95% 92.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 228 373
10th Percentile £211 £234 £275
25th Percentile £350 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £610
90th Percentile £633 £656 £713
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £523
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.91% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 7 20
10th Percentile - £16.02 £15.72
25th Percentile £15.91 £25.35 £18.54
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.17 £23.13
Median % change year-on-year -30.46% +56.39% +49.19%
75th Percentile £29.61 £45.88 £27.75
90th Percentile £30.89 £55.25 £30.00
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £47.78 £53.50
% change year-on-year -52.91% -10.69% +42.67%

Protective Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Protective Monitoring job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Protective Monitoring
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Protective Monitoring.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Protective Monitoring

Protective Monitoring
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Protective Monitoring within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Milton Keynes +4 3 £525 -2.55% 1
Protective Monitoring
South East

Protective Monitoring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Lead
3 1 (33.33%) Senior
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (66.67%) CSOC
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CEH
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft