Security Operations Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Security Operations (SecOps)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire 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 32 45 73
Rank change year-on-year +13 +28 -9
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 6 9 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 2.54% 1.89% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.74% 2.29% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 7
10th Percentile £375 - £575
25th Percentile £408 £355 £592
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £543 £625
Median % change year-on-year -3.79% -13.11% -3.85%
75th Percentile £545 £590 £639
90th Percentile £555 £592 £690
South East median daily rate £525 £517 £619
% change year-on-year +1.65% -16.56% +20.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 219 393 821
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 92.80% 82.56% 93.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 271 663
10th Percentile £281 £255 £307
25th Percentile £400 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year +5.37% -1.04% +1.05%
75th Percentile £588 £580 £575
90th Percentile £646 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 31 1
10th Percentile - £15.85 -
25th Percentile - £18.50 £9.50
Median hourly rate £14.20 £25.00 £10.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.20% +150.00% -7.15%
75th Percentile £39.13 £30.00 £10.50
90th Percentile £62.50 £48.75 -
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 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 +11 3 £528 -8.66% 7
Marlow - 2 £400 - 2
Bletchley - 1 £550 -
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) Internet
1 2 (33.33%) MPLS
1 2 (33.33%) Network Security
1 2 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Lead
3 2 (33.33%) Network Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) Security Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (33.33%) CSOC
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (66.67%) SIEM
2 2 (33.33%) Change Management
2 2 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (33.33%) Protective Monitoring
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Response
3 1 (16.67%) Information Security
3 1 (16.67%) Information Security Management
3 1 (16.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (16.67%) Quality Management
3 1 (16.67%) Security Management
3 1 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) SLA
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (16.67%) ISO 9001
2 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (16.67%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Aruba
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco
1 2 (33.33%) Palo Alto