Security Monitoring Contract Job Trends in Central London

Security Monitoring
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Security Monitoring skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 129 157
Rank change year-on-year +8 +28 +38
Contract jobs citing Security Monitoring 5 6 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.25% 0.26% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.28% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 9
10th Percentile £473 - £580
25th Percentile £488 £425 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £675
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -33.33% +6.30%
75th Percentile £614 £475 £820
90th Percentile £660 £513 £875
London median daily rate £575 £525 £630
% change year-on-year +9.52% -16.67% +0.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Security 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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,850 2,127 3,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.81% 92.12% 90.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,235 1,387 2,095
10th Percentile £323 £375 £359
25th Percentile £419 £475 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £785 £813
London median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 27 15
10th Percentile £19.05 £17.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.75 £22.56 £15.43
Median hourly rate £29.07 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.94% +27.27% -35.29%
75th Percentile £50.75 £41.25 £47.41
90th Percentile £63.75 £110.50 £62.45
London median hourly rate £31.75 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -9.29% -12.50% +7.79%

Security Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Security Monitoring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Monitoring in Central London

Security Monitoring
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Security Monitoring.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Security Monitoring

Security Monitoring
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Monitoring in Central London over the 6 months to 13 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Monitoring in Central London

Security Monitoring
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Security Monitoring.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Security Monitoring

Security Monitoring
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Monitoring within the Central London region over the 6 months to 13 September 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
City of London +5 5 £525 +16.67% 7
Security Monitoring
London

Security Monitoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) AWS
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (40.00%) GCP
3 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
1 3 (60.00%) Network Security
2 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (40.00%) VPN
3 1 (20.00%) BGP
3 1 (20.00%) DNS
3 1 (20.00%) OSPF
3 1 (20.00%) SSL
3 1 (20.00%) Wireshark
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Firewall Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Firewall Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) SIEM Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) SAML
1 1 (20.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (20.00%) SCADA
1 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
1 1 (20.00%) STIX
1 1 (20.00%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) SIEM
2 3 (60.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (40.00%) Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (40.00%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Threat Detection
4 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (20.00%) Network Design
4 1 (20.00%) Network Segmentation
4 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (20.00%) Security Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Target Operating Model
4 1 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Ticket Management
4 1 (20.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (40.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (20.00%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (20.00%) CISSP
1 1 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (20.00%) GCFA
1 1 (20.00%) GCIA
1 1 (20.00%) GCIH
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (20.00%) QRadar
1 1 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) Splunk
2 1 (20.00%) AlgoSec
2 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (20.00%) Exabeam
2 1 (20.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (20.00%) Tufin
2 1 (20.00%) Zscaler