Security Monitoring Contracts in England

Security Monitoring
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Security Monitoring skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Monitoring over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 408 412 496
Rank change year-on-year +4 +84 +113
Contract jobs citing Security Monitoring 77 130 157
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.32% 0.35% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.40% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 101 110
10th Percentile £434 £419 £500
25th Percentile £453 £463 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £620 £669
90th Percentile £715 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £544 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +3.57% -12.50% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - £65.18 £42.54
25th Percentile - £67.31 £65.85
Median hourly rate - £72.75 £81.40
Median % change year-on-year - -10.63% -
75th Percentile - £76.31 £90.44
90th Percentile - £77.33 £98.43
UK median hourly rate - £72.75 £81.40
% change year-on-year - -10.63% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Security Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Security Monitoring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Monitoring in England

Security Monitoring
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Monitoring in England.

Daily rate trend for Security Monitoring in England

Security Monitoring
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Monitoring in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Monitoring in England

Security Monitoring
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Monitoring in England.

Hourly rate trend for Security Monitoring in England

Security Monitoring
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
London +23 33 £525 -6.67% 70
South East +54 27 £538 +7.50% 76
South West +9 7 £500 +1.01% 39
North of England +19 3 £600 -11.24% 72
East of England +29 2 - - 43
North West +16 2 £525 -22.34% 29
Midlands +13 2 £600 +9.09% 57
West Midlands +5 2 £600 +9.09% 31
North East - 1 £625 - 7
Security Monitoring
UK

Security Monitoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 7 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.30%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 31 (40.26%) Azure
2 13 (16.88%) AWS
3 12 (15.58%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (11.69%) Azure Sentinel
5 7 (9.09%) Power Platform
6 5 (6.49%) GCP
7 3 (3.90%) Entra ID
7 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.30%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 1 (1.30%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.30%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.30%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.30%) Datadog
8 1 (1.30%) Mimecast
8 1 (1.30%) OCI
8 1 (1.30%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.30%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.30%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 30 (38.96%) Firewall
2 17 (22.08%) Network Security
3 14 (18.18%) VPN
4 7 (9.09%) Internet
5 5 (6.49%) DNS
5 5 (6.49%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (5.19%) BGP
6 4 (5.19%) OSPF
6 4 (5.19%) SD-WAN
6 4 (5.19%) TCP/IP
6 4 (5.19%) VLAN
6 4 (5.19%) WAN
7 3 (3.90%) SSL
7 3 (3.90%) Wireless
8 2 (2.60%) BIG-IP
8 2 (2.60%) DHCP
8 2 (2.60%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 2 (2.60%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 2 (2.60%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (2.60%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.09%) Power BI
2 1 (1.30%) BigQuery
2 1 (1.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (3.90%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.30%) Git
2 1 (1.30%) GitLab
2 1 (1.30%) SonarQube
General
1 18 (23.38%) Social Skills
2 11 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (10.39%) Public Sector
4 6 (7.79%) Finance
5 3 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (3.90%) Legal
5 3 (3.90%) Military
6 2 (2.60%) Local Government
6 2 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.30%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (20.78%) Analyst
2 13 (16.88%) Senior
3 12 (15.58%) Security Engineer
4 11 (14.29%) SOC Analyst
5 8 (10.39%) Architect
5 8 (10.39%) Security Architect
6 7 (9.09%) IT Manager
6 7 (9.09%) IT Services Manager
6 7 (9.09%) Senior Manager
6 7 (9.09%) Service Manager
7 5 (6.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (6.49%) Network Engineer
7 5 (6.49%) Senior IT Manager
7 5 (6.49%) Senior Service Manager
8 4 (5.19%) Consultant
8 4 (5.19%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 4 (5.19%) Security Analyst
9 3 (3.90%) Azure Consultant
9 3 (3.90%) Lead
9 3 (3.90%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.30%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (1.30%) OAuth
1 1 (1.30%) SAML
1 1 (1.30%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 16 (20.78%) Security Posture
2 15 (19.48%) Security Operations Centre
3 7 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (9.09%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (5.19%) Cyber Defence
4 4 (5.19%) Management Information System
5 3 (3.90%) Data Centre
5 3 (3.90%) Operational Technology
6 2 (2.60%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (2.60%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.30%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.30%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (1.30%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (1.30%) Insider Threat
7 1 (1.30%) IoT
7 1 (1.30%) PKI
7 1 (1.30%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.30%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (9.09%) Windows
2 5 (6.49%) Linux
2 5 (6.49%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.90%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (2.60%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (49.35%) SIEM
2 37 (48.05%) Cybersecurity
2 37 (48.05%) Incident Response
3 31 (40.26%) Security Operations
4 23 (29.87%) Threat Detection
5 22 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
6 18 (23.38%) Threat Intelligence
7 15 (19.48%) Cloud Security
8 14 (18.18%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 14 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
9 13 (16.88%) Analytics
9 13 (16.88%) Incident Management
9 13 (16.88%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (12.99%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 10 (12.99%) Risk Management
11 9 (11.69%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (11.69%) Disaster Recovery
11 9 (11.69%) Threat Analysis
12 8 (10.39%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 7 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 14 (18.18%) Python
2 8 (10.39%) PowerShell
3 4 (5.19%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (2.60%) Bash
5 1 (1.30%) C++
5 1 (1.30%) Java
5 1 (1.30%) Kotlin
5 1 (1.30%) Rust
5 1 (1.30%) Search Processing Language
5 1 (1.30%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.30%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (32.47%) Security Cleared
2 18 (23.38%) SC Cleared
3 12 (15.58%) CISSP
4 10 (12.99%) CompTIA Security+
5 8 (10.39%) Degree
6 6 (7.79%) DV Cleared
7 5 (6.49%) CISM
8 4 (5.19%) CCNP
8 4 (5.19%) CCSA
8 4 (5.19%) CCSE
8 4 (5.19%) Check Point Certification
8 4 (5.19%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (5.19%) GCIA
8 4 (5.19%) GCIH
9 3 (3.90%) CEH
9 3 (3.90%) GCFA
10 2 (2.60%) GIAC
11 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (1.30%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (16.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (15.58%) NIST
3 7 (9.09%) GDPR
4 3 (3.90%) HIPAA
4 3 (3.90%) NCSC
4 3 (3.90%) PCI DSS
5 2 (2.60%) NIST 800
6 1 (1.30%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.30%) GRC
System Software
1 7 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.90%) Hyper-V
2 3 (3.90%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (11.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (7.79%) SCCM
3 5 (6.49%) Ansible
4 4 (5.19%) QRadar
5 3 (3.90%) OPNET
5 3 (3.90%) Terraform
6 2 (2.60%) CASB
6 2 (2.60%) CSIRT
6 2 (2.60%) SCOrch
7 1 (1.30%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (1.30%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (32.47%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.69%) Palo Alto
2 9 (11.69%) Splunk
3 7 (9.09%) Cisco
4 6 (7.79%) CheckPoint
5 4 (5.19%) Rapid7
6 3 (3.90%) ServiceNow
7 2 (2.60%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (2.60%) F5
7 2 (2.60%) Fortinet
7 2 (2.60%) HP
7 2 (2.60%) Infoblox
7 2 (2.60%) Meraki
7 2 (2.60%) Remedy
8 1 (1.30%) Alibaba
8 1 (1.30%) Darktrace
8 1 (1.30%) Dell
8 1 (1.30%) EMC
8 1 (1.30%) Netskope
8 1 (1.30%) Zscaler