Security Monitoring Contract Job Trends in East London

Security Monitoring
London > East London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East London requiring Security Monitoring skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - +7
Contract jobs citing Security Monitoring 1 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in East London 0.98% - 3.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.09% - 3.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £540
25th Percentile £725 - £543
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.73%
75th Percentile £775 - £600
90th Percentile - - £625
London median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -20.63%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East 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 East London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 92 105 160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 90.20% 94.59% 95.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 86 143
10th Percentile £215 £203 £300
25th Percentile £406 £316 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £718 £585 £588
90th Percentile £784 £675 £650
London median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 2
10th Percentile £18.19 £17.20 £21.11
25th Percentile £21.11 £23.33 £21.13
Median hourly rate £24.43 £32.00 £21.80
Median % change year-on-year -23.67% +46.82% +21.83%
75th Percentile £26.44 £38.50 £23.09
90th Percentile £28.00 £49.00 £23.48
London median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.61
% change year-on-year +20.34% -17.15% -12.67%

Security Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Monitoring relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in East London.

Security Monitoring job vacancy trend in East London

Security Monitoring
Daily Rate Trend in East London

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

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

Security Monitoring
Contract Job Locations in East 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 East London region over the 6 months to 13 August 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
Tower Hamlets - 1 £750 -
Security Monitoring
London

Security Monitoring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East London 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 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST