Security Operations Contracts in the East of England

Security Operations (SecOps)
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for Security Operations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 90 91 142
Rank change year-on-year +1 +51 -39
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 17 27 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.89% 1.30% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 1.50% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 25 6
10th Percentile £460 - £415
25th Percentile £575 £260 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £513
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +17.07% -6.82%
75th Percentile - £631 £609
90th Percentile £680 - £725
England median daily rate £600 £613 £600
% change year-on-year -2.04% +2.08% +18.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £11.25 - -
England median hourly rate £11.25 £76.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -85.29% +104.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

Security Operations is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,649 1,803 2,271
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 86.24% 87.10% 88.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 729 1,065 1,268
10th Percentile £212 £200 £185
25th Percentile £350 £313 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £467
Median % change year-on-year - +1.82% +9.76%
75th Percentile £563 £600 £550
90th Percentile £675 £700 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 599 341 390
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.34 £14.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £24.62 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.47% +58.84% -11.43%
75th Percentile £63.13 £65.00 £37.17
90th Percentile £75.25 £70.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.25 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.00% +56.25% -

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Security Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in the East of England

Security Operations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Security Operations in the East of England

Security Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in the East of England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in the East of England

Security Operations
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Security Operations in the East of England

Security Operations
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
Hertfordshire -8 12 £650 +8.33% 7
Cambridgeshire 0 2 £750 - 1
Suffolk - 2 - - 1
Bedfordshire -6 1 £513 -
Security Operations
England

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (52.94%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Firewall
1 2 (11.76%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
1 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (88.24%) Analyst
2 12 (70.59%) SOC Analyst
3 10 (58.82%) Senior
3 10 (58.82%) Senior Analyst
4 5 (29.41%) Security Analyst
5 3 (17.65%) Operations Analyst
5 3 (17.65%) Security Operations Analyst
6 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (11.76%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (11.76%) Senior Security Analyst
7 1 (5.88%) Developer
7 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow Developer
7 1 (5.88%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (82.35%) Security Operations Centre
2 9 (52.94%) Cyberattack
3 8 (47.06%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 2 (11.76%) CCTV
4 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
5 1 (5.88%) CSOC
Operating Systems
1 11 (64.71%) Linux
1 11 (64.71%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (70.59%) Incident Response
3 4 (23.53%) Vulnerability Management
4 3 (17.65%) Mentoring
4 3 (17.65%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (11.76%) Blue Team
5 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (11.76%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (11.76%) Decision-Making
5 2 (11.76%) GAP Analysis
5 2 (11.76%) ITIL
5 2 (11.76%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (11.76%) Problem Management
5 2 (11.76%) Red Team
5 2 (11.76%) Risk Management
5 2 (11.76%) Service Management
5 2 (11.76%) SIEM
5 2 (11.76%) Threat Modelling
5 2 (11.76%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 9 (52.94%) Security Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) CISSP
3 1 (5.88%) Degree
3 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 11 (64.71%) Darktrace
2 10 (58.82%) FireEye
2 10 (58.82%) Splunk
3 9 (52.94%) LogRhythm
4 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
5 1 (5.88%) Cisco
5 1 (5.88%) Sage
5 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow
5 1 (5.88%) Varonis