Security Operations Contract Job Trends in Cheltenham

Security Operations (SecOps)
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheltenham requiring Security Operations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheltenham 2.08% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.46% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £468 - -
25th Percentile £494 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £613 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Gloucestershire median daily rate £575 £550 £640
% change year-on-year +4.55% -14.06% -17.42%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheltenham

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 Cheltenham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 122 53 195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham 84.72% 89.83% 85.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 34 97
10th Percentile £380 £516 £370
25th Percentile £459 £550 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £615 £563
Median % change year-on-year -6.50% +9.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £625 £676 £670
90th Percentile £700 £745 £725
Gloucestershire median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 10
10th Percentile - - £64.55
25th Percentile £12.43 - £70.50
Median hourly rate £12.56 - £71.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.33%
75th Percentile £24.74 - £73.75
90th Percentile £52.75 - £73.88
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £36.25 £67.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -46.30% +92.86% -55.13%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Security Operations
Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

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

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

Security Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) CSOC
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Defence
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Security Posture
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
1 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Resilience
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security Management
3 1 (33.33%) ITSM
3 1 (33.33%) Security Management
3 1 (33.33%) Security Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Def Stans
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Incident Response Team