Security Operations Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Security Operations (SecOps)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire with a requirement for Security Operations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 73 68
Rank change year-on-year +32 -5 -4
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 9 7 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 1.87% 0.79% 1.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.25% 0.84% 1.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 9
10th Percentile - £575 £463
25th Percentile £355 £592 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year -13.11% -3.85% +52.94%
75th Percentile £590 £639 £700
90th Percentile £592 £690 £875
South East median daily rate £500 £605 £513
% change year-on-year -17.36% +18.05% +7.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

Security Operations 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 Buckinghamshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 400 830 702
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 83.16% 94.10% 86.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 276 675 518
10th Percentile £253 £285 £213
25th Percentile £400 £409 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £468
Median % change year-on-year - +1.55% +1.14%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £550
90th Percentile £700 £650 £638
South East median daily rate £501 £506 £500
% change year-on-year -1.14% +1.25% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 1 36
10th Percentile £15.85 - £10.56
25th Percentile £18.50 £9.50 £10.77
Median hourly rate £25.00 £10.00 £11.14
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -10.19% -14.35%
75th Percentile £30.00 £10.50 £14.88
90th Percentile £48.75 - £25.36
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -12.62%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Buckinghamshire

Security Operations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Daily rate trend for Security Operations in Buckinghamshire

Security Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in Buckinghamshire

Security Operations
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 Security Operations within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 26 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
Milton Keynes +29 5 £578 -7.15% 4
Security Operations
South East

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

General
1 7 (77.78%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) SOC Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Operations Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Security Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Security Operations Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Chief Information Security Officer
3 1 (11.11%) Chief Risk Officer
3 1 (11.11%) Chief Security Officer
3 1 (11.11%) Information Security Officer
3 1 (11.11%) IT Security Officer
3 1 (11.11%) Risk Officer
3 1 (11.11%) Security Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (22.22%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Linux
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (44.44%) SIEM
3 3 (33.33%) Design Thinking
3 3 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Business Case
4 1 (11.11%) Cryptography
4 1 (11.11%) Culture Change
4 1 (11.11%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (11.11%) Data Sharing
4 1 (11.11%) Information Security
4 1 (11.11%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (11.11%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 3 (33.33%) Splunk
2 1 (11.11%) LogRhythm
2 1 (11.11%) TippingPoint
2 1 (11.11%) Trend Micro