Security Operations Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Security Operations (SecOps)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Security Operations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 1.48% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.90% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £678 - -
25th Percentile £756 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £800 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 211 149 163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 77.86% 92.55% 76.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 126 134
10th Percentile £250 £198 £191
25th Percentile £305 £293 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £403 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.59% -19.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £519 £560
90th Percentile £775 £625 £643
South Wales median daily rate £425 £413 £500
% change year-on-year +3.03% -17.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 5 3
10th Percentile - - £13.00
25th Percentile - £12.21 £14.88
Median hourly rate £12.21 £22.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.73% +25.00% +22.26%
75th Percentile £18.74 £23.75 £35.88
90th Percentile £21.00 £41.75 £46.60
South Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £20.62 £22.68
% change year-on-year +3.07% -9.09% +25.03%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Security Operations
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

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

Security Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Cardiff over the 6 months to 26 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in Cardiff

Security Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Consultant
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 3 (75.00%) Operations Consultant
1 3 (75.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) SIEM
2 2 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (25.00%) Remediation Plan
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) SOAR
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Modelling