Security Operations Contract Job Trends in East London

Security Operations (SecOps)
London > East London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East London requiring Security Operations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 25 36
Rank change year-on-year - +11 -
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 0 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in East London - 1.54% 1.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 1.68% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 5
10th Percentile - - £628
25th Percentile - - £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £600 £725
Median % change year-on-year - -17.24% -
75th Percentile - - £763
90th Percentile - - £1,040
London median daily rate £538 £575 £650
% change year-on-year -6.52% -11.54% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
East London

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 East London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 94 119 257
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 90.38% 91.54% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 102 231
10th Percentile £190 £300 £340
25th Percentile £416 £400 £498
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £500 £561
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% -10.84% +12.15%
75th Percentile £638 £593 £650
90th Percentile £932 £650 £763
London median daily rate £526 £550 £565
% change year-on-year -4.45% -2.65% -4.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 5
10th Percentile £23.33 - -
25th Percentile £24.24 - £14.18
Median hourly rate £34.50 - £16.85
Median % change year-on-year - - -77.97%
75th Percentile £58.75 - £18.93
90th Percentile £80.36 - -
London median hourly rate £31.00 £36.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year -13.90% +5.88% -11.39%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

Security Operations job vacancy trend in East London

Security Operations
Daily Rate Trend in East London

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

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