Security Operations Contract Job Trends in Devon

Security Operations (SecOps)
South West > Devon

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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 22 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 20 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 6.49% 1.95% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.69% 2.26% -
Number of daily rates quoted 13 0 0
10th Percentile £780 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 - -
75th Percentile £838 - -
90th Percentile £848 - -
South West median daily rate £616 £513 £688
% change year-on-year +20.24% -25.45% +10.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 260 133 188
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 84.42% 86.36% 81.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 69 114
10th Percentile £283 £145 £143
25th Percentile £413 £150 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £400 £501
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -20.10% -1.12%
75th Percentile £655 £538 £600
90th Percentile £800 £588 £685
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 26 16
10th Percentile £12.71 - £41.25
25th Percentile £14.31 - £55.63
Median hourly rate £18.50 £25.15 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.44% -61.31% +89.64%
75th Percentile £19.78 - £72.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £28.90 -
South West median hourly rate £62.00 £25.15 £67.50
% change year-on-year +146.52% -62.74% +7.14%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Devon

Security Operations
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

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

Security Operations
Contract Job Locations in Devon

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 Devon region over the 6 months to 17 September 2026. 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
Exeter -2 20 £800 - 5
Security Operations
South West

Security Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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 7 (35.00%) AWS
1 7 (35.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 14 (70.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (15.00%) Military
2 3 (15.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (60.00%) Operational Security Manager
1 12 (60.00%) Operations Manager
1 12 (60.00%) Security Manager
1 12 (60.00%) Security Operations Manager
2 11 (55.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 10 (50.00%) SOC Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Head of Cybersecurity
4 1 (5.00%) Head of Operations
4 1 (5.00%) Head of Security
Miscellaneous
1 14 (70.00%) Cyber Threat
1 14 (70.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 8 (40.00%) CSOC
3 5 (25.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (10.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (70.00%) ITIL
2 14 (70.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 11 (55.00%) Incident Response
4 9 (45.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 8 (40.00%) Cyber Resilience
6 7 (35.00%) Cloud Security
6 7 (35.00%) Incident Management
6 7 (35.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 7 (35.00%) Security Monitoring
6 7 (35.00%) Use Case
7 6 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (25.00%) Information Security
8 5 (25.00%) SIEM
8 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (20.00%) Service Management
10 3 (15.00%) Open Source
10 3 (15.00%) People Management
10 3 (15.00%) Performance Metrics
10 3 (15.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 13 (65.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 7 (35.00%) CISM
3 7 (35.00%) CISSP
4 3 (15.00%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (35.00%) GDPR
1 7 (35.00%) NCSC