Security Operations Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Security Operations (SecOps)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Security Operations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 47 49
Rank change year-on-year +16 +2 +48
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 17 6 12
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 3.98% 1.64% 2.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.70% 1.90% 2.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 11
10th Percentile £511 £516 -
25th Percentile £548 £526 £545
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £560 £615
Median % change year-on-year +4.46% -8.94% -7.87%
75th Percentile £643 £625 £650
90th Percentile £655 £693 -
South East median daily rate £525 £575 £548
% change year-on-year -8.70% +5.02% +12.31%

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 362 315 508
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 84.78% 86.07% 92.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 227 380
10th Percentile £212 £234 £275
25th Percentile £350 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £550 £588 £600
90th Percentile £632 £656 £704
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £520
% change year-on-year -2.01% -1.88% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 6 18
10th Percentile - £15.35 £15.15
25th Percentile £15.91 £22.03 £19.44
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £23.88
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% +50.79% +54.03%
75th Percentile £29.61 £49.81 £29.25
90th Percentile £30.89 £55.63 £30.00
South East median hourly rate £22.38 £47.51 £54.56
% change year-on-year -52.89% -12.92% +45.49%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Security Operations
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Security Operations.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Security Operations

Security Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in Buckinghamshire

Security Operations
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Security Operations.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Security Operations

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 21 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 +17 17 £585 +7.59% 6
Security Operations
South East

Security Operations
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) AWS
1 1 (5.88%) Azure
1 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (5.88%) GCP
1 1 (5.88%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) Firewall
2 2 (11.76%) DNS
2 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.88%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Git
General
1 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
3 2 (11.76%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (64.71%) Analyst
2 10 (58.82%) SOC Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) Senior
3 4 (23.53%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) Business Change Manager
4 3 (17.65%) Business Manager
4 3 (17.65%) Change Manager
4 3 (17.65%) Lead
5 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Operations Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Security Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Security Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Security Operations Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) IT Change Manager
6 1 (5.88%) IT Manager
6 1 (5.88%) SOC Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Splunk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (76.47%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (23.53%) CSOC
2 4 (23.53%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (11.76%) Cyberattack
4 1 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Linux
1 3 (17.65%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) SIEM
2 9 (52.94%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (52.94%) Incident Response
3 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (17.65%) Change Management
4 3 (17.65%) Protective Monitoring
4 3 (17.65%) Risk Management
5 1 (5.88%) AI
5 1 (5.88%) Business Change Management
5 1 (5.88%) Computer Science
5 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 1 (5.88%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (5.88%) DevOps
5 1 (5.88%) Ethical Hacking
5 1 (5.88%) Forensic Analysis
5 1 (5.88%) High Availability
5 1 (5.88%) Open Source
5 1 (5.88%) Threat Detection
5 1 (5.88%) Threat Intelligence
5 1 (5.88%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (94.12%) Security Cleared
2 10 (58.82%) SC Cleared
3 9 (52.94%) DV Cleared
4 3 (17.65%) APMG
5 1 (5.88%) CEH
5 1 (5.88%) CISSP
5 1 (5.88%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (5.88%) Degree
5 1 (5.88%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) SLA
2 1 (5.88%) NIST
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Splunk
2 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.88%) LogRhythm
3 1 (5.88%) Qualys
3 1 (5.88%) Tenable