Security Monitoring Contracts in England

Security Monitoring
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Security Monitoring skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Monitoring over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 434 495 605
Rank change year-on-year +61 +110 -35
Contract jobs citing Security Monitoring 117 142 174
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.32% 0.30% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.33% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 91 118
10th Percentile £419 £438 £450
25th Percentile £463 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £586 £565
Median % change year-on-year -14.68% +3.72% +2.73%
75th Percentile £578 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £700 £754
UK median daily rate £500 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -13.04% - +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £65.18 £33.43 -
25th Percentile £67.31 £43.06 -
Median hourly rate £72.75 £63.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +15.02% - -
75th Percentile £76.31 £85.56 -
90th Percentile £77.33 £96.48 -
UK median hourly rate £72.75 £63.25 -
% change year-on-year +15.02% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Security Monitoring 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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,623 42,710 64,053
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.71% 89.97% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,632 29,989 45,672
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,323 1,520 1,714
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.74 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.32 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +49.28% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.48
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.05 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%

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 June 2024.

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 June 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
London +92 48 £500 -16.67% 20
South West +33 32 £495 -5.71% 4
South East -2 18 £490 -6.67% 7
Midlands +22 12 £550 +4.76% 6
West Midlands +13 12 £550 +4.76% 5
North of England -10 4 £676 +18.08% 18
North West +1 3 £676 +15.56% 15
Yorkshire +5 1 £625 +9.65% 3
East of England +5 1 £575 +21.05% 2
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 30 (25.64%) SharePoint
2 28 (23.93%) Confluence
2 28 (23.93%) SharePoint Server
3 5 (4.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.71%) IIS
5 1 (0.85%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 4 (3.42%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 47 (40.17%) Azure
2 29 (24.79%) Azure Stack
3 14 (11.97%) GCP
4 11 (9.40%) Google Compute Engine
4 11 (9.40%) Vertex AI
5 8 (6.84%) AWS
6 7 (5.98%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (5.13%) Entra ID
8 5 (4.27%) SaaS
9 4 (3.42%) IaaS
9 4 (3.42%) PaaS
10 3 (2.56%) Azure API Management
10 3 (2.56%) Azure Event Grid
10 3 (2.56%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (1.71%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 2 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (1.71%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (1.71%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.85%) AWS IoT
12 1 (0.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 46 (39.32%) Firewall
2 28 (23.93%) BGP
3 16 (13.68%) DNS
4 15 (12.82%) Network Security
4 15 (12.82%) WAN
5 12 (10.26%) TCP/IP
6 10 (8.55%) SD-WAN
7 7 (5.98%) DHCP
8 6 (5.13%) Internet
9 4 (3.42%) VPN
10 3 (2.56%) FTP
10 3 (2.56%) HTTP
10 3 (2.56%) ICMP
10 3 (2.56%) POP3
10 3 (2.56%) SMTP
10 3 (2.56%) SSH
10 3 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (1.71%) LAN
12 1 (0.85%) Intrusion Detection
12 1 (0.85%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (10.26%) BigQuery
2 3 (2.56%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (2.56%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.85%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.85%) Power BI
3 1 (0.85%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 28 (23.93%) JIRA
2 4 (3.42%) Visual Studio
3 3 (2.56%) Git
4 2 (1.71%) Artifactory
4 2 (1.71%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.85%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.85%) GitLab
5 1 (0.85%) NUnit
5 1 (0.85%) Subversion
General
1 51 (43.59%) Social Skills
2 14 (11.97%) Organisational Skills
3 7 (5.98%) Finance
4 5 (4.27%) Banking
5 4 (3.42%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.71%) Automotive
7 2 (1.71%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (17.95%) Analyst
2 14 (11.97%) Microsoft Engineer
3 13 (11.11%) Architect
3 13 (11.11%) Security Engineer
4 12 (10.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 10 (8.55%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 10 (8.55%) WAN Engineer
6 9 (7.69%) Senior
7 7 (5.98%) GCP Architect
8 6 (5.13%) GCP Engineer
8 6 (5.13%) Security Architect
9 5 (4.27%) 2nd Line Support
9 5 (4.27%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 5 (4.27%) Consultant
9 5 (4.27%) Principal Engineer
9 5 (4.27%) Security Analyst
9 5 (4.27%) Service Analyst
9 5 (4.27%) Service Management Analyst
9 5 (4.27%) SOC Analyst
9 5 (4.27%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.13%) .NET
2 3 (2.56%) Elastic Stack
2 3 (2.56%) Web Services
3 1 (0.85%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 30 (25.64%) Private Cloud
2 10 (8.55%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 8 (6.84%) Security Posture
4 7 (5.98%) Management Information System
5 5 (4.27%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (3.42%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (2.56%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (2.56%) Public Cloud
7 3 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.71%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.71%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.71%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.85%) CSOC
9 1 (0.85%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.85%) IoT
9 1 (0.85%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.85%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 1 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 59 (50.43%) Windows
2 26 (22.22%) Linux
3 14 (11.97%) Unix
3 14 (11.97%) Windows Server
4 9 (7.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (35.90%) Cybersecurity
2 31 (26.50%) ITIL
3 30 (25.64%) Capacity Management
3 30 (25.64%) Network Management
3 30 (25.64%) Service Management
4 28 (23.93%) ITSM
5 25 (21.37%) SIEM
6 22 (18.80%) Information Security
7 21 (17.95%) Cloud Security
7 21 (17.95%) Infrastructure as Code
8 19 (16.24%) Identity Access Management
8 19 (16.24%) Security Operations
9 16 (13.68%) Incident Response
10 14 (11.97%) Computer Science
10 14 (11.97%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (11.97%) Vulnerability Management
11 13 (11.11%) Analytics
12 12 (10.26%) Artificial Intelligence
12 12 (10.26%) Knowledge Transfer
12 12 (10.26%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (14.53%) Python
2 13 (11.11%) Bash
2 13 (11.11%) C#
3 10 (8.55%) Java
4 3 (2.56%) PHP
4 3 (2.56%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.56%) Ruby
4 3 (2.56%) SQL
5 1 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.85%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 53 (45.30%) Security Cleared
2 35 (29.91%) DV Cleared
3 20 (17.09%) Degree
4 11 (9.40%) SC Cleared
5 10 (8.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (7.69%) CISSP
7 6 (5.13%) CISM
7 6 (5.13%) GIAC
8 3 (2.56%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.56%) CISA
8 3 (2.56%) GCIA
8 3 (2.56%) GCIH
8 3 (2.56%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.56%) MBA
9 1 (0.85%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.85%) CCNA
9 1 (0.85%) CCSP
9 1 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.85%) ISSEP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (23.93%) Government Security Classifications
2 14 (11.97%) NIST
3 10 (8.55%) ISO 9000
4 6 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (5.13%) PCI DSS
5 4 (3.42%) COBIT
6 2 (1.71%) GDPR
6 2 (1.71%) NCSC
6 2 (1.71%) QA
7 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.85%) GLBA
7 1 (0.85%) GRC
7 1 (0.85%) ISAE 3402
7 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (10.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (8.55%) Active Directory
3 8 (6.84%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (5.98%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (5.98%) VMware NSX
5 5 (4.27%) Docker
6 3 (2.56%) Hyper-V
7 2 (1.71%) XenApp
8 1 (0.85%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 20 (17.09%) SCOM
2 14 (11.97%) Terraform
3 11 (9.40%) SCCM
4 7 (5.98%) Kubernetes
4 7 (5.98%) QRadar
4 7 (5.98%) vCenter Server
5 6 (5.13%) Nessus
6 5 (4.27%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (2.56%) CASB
7 3 (2.56%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 3 (2.56%) CSIRT
7 3 (2.56%) Kibana
7 3 (2.56%) logstash
8 2 (1.71%) Network Intrusion Detection System
8 2 (1.71%) RSA Archer
8 2 (1.71%) SCOrch
9 1 (0.85%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 55 (47.01%) Microsoft
2 30 (25.64%) Atlassian
3 14 (11.97%) Cisco
4 12 (10.26%) VMware
5 8 (6.84%) CrowdStrike
6 7 (5.98%) Veeam
7 6 (5.13%) Splunk
8 4 (3.42%) Fujitsu
8 4 (3.42%) Netskope
8 4 (3.42%) Oracle
8 4 (3.42%) Qualys
9 3 (2.56%) ArcSight
9 3 (2.56%) BeyondTrust
9 3 (2.56%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.71%) CheckPoint
10 2 (1.71%) Citrix
10 2 (1.71%) Imperva
10 2 (1.71%) Palo Alto
10 2 (1.71%) Red Hat
11 1 (0.85%) Darktrace