Security Operations Contracts in England

Security Operations (SecOps)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Security Operations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations over the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 231 277 373
Rank change year-on-year +46 +96 +48
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 382 434 509
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.02% 0.92% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 1.03% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 321 383
10th Percentile £425 £400 £450
25th Percentile £463 £505 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £613 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +2.08% +14.29%
75th Percentile £688 £731 £700
90th Percentile £775 £835 £775
UK median daily rate £590 £603 £588
% change year-on-year -2.16% +2.64% +11.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile - £44.86 £22.76
25th Percentile - £63.11 £25.01
Median hourly rate £11.25 £84.50 £30.01
Median % change year-on-year -86.69% +181.55% -16.63%
75th Percentile £35.00 £95.31 £35.01
90th Percentile £49.25 £98.13 £37.25
UK median hourly rate £11.25 £84.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -86.69% +125.33% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,030 42,283 63,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.40% 89.90% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,779 29,697 45,496
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,363 1,526 1,693
10th Percentile £12.79 £10.69 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.01 £15.75 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.59 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.71 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in England

Security Operations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Security Operations in England

Security Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in England over the 6 months to 20 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in England

Security Operations
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Operations in England

Security Operations
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Operations in England over the 6 months to 20 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Operations in England

Security Operations
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 Operations within the England region over the 6 months to 20 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 +22 136 £600 -4.00% 81
South West +69 104 £570 -5.00% 20
South East +40 55 £517 -17.36% 29
Midlands +3 40 £635 -1.85% 13
West Midlands +13 39 £640 -1.54% 9
East of England +1 17 £650 +140.74% 12
North of England -49 16 £625 +6.38% 31
North West -41 9 £625 +6.38% 17
Yorkshire +1 7 £625 +9.65% 9
East Midlands -1 1 £567 -6.44% 4
Security Operations
UK

Security Operations
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 14 (3.66%) CMS
2 4 (1.05%) Confluence
3 2 (0.52%) Apache
3 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.52%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.26%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 47 (12.30%) Azure
2 21 (5.50%) AWS
3 15 (3.93%) Azure Sentinel
4 14 (3.66%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (2.09%) Entra ID
6 7 (1.83%) IaaS
6 7 (1.83%) Power Platform
7 6 (1.57%) SaaS
8 5 (1.31%) GCP
8 5 (1.31%) PaaS
9 4 (1.05%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.52%) Azure Stack
11 2 (0.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.52%) GitHub
12 1 (0.26%) Akamai
12 1 (0.26%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 1 (0.26%) AWS KMS
12 1 (0.26%) Azure AKS
12 1 (0.26%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 47 (12.30%) Network Security
2 38 (9.95%) Firewall
3 26 (6.81%) Intrusion Detection
4 11 (2.88%) DNS
4 11 (2.88%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.83%) Internet
6 6 (1.57%) HTTP
7 5 (1.31%) DHCP
7 5 (1.31%) FTP
8 4 (1.05%) VPN
8 4 (1.05%) WAN
9 3 (0.79%) Cisco ISE
9 3 (0.79%) LAN
9 3 (0.79%) SMTP
10 2 (0.52%) Broadband
10 2 (0.52%) SSL
10 2 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.52%) Wireless
11 1 (0.26%) EIGRP
11 1 (0.26%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.45%) Big Data
2 6 (1.57%) Elasticsearch
2 6 (1.57%) Power BI
3 2 (0.52%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.52%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.26%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 5 (1.31%) Git
2 4 (1.05%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.05%) JIRA
3 3 (0.79%) Burp Suite
3 3 (0.79%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.52%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.52%) GitLab
4 2 (0.52%) Rational DOORS
General
1 63 (16.49%) Social Skills
2 57 (14.92%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (10.73%) Finance
4 26 (6.81%) Public Sector
5 23 (6.02%) Banking
6 11 (2.88%) Manufacturing
6 11 (2.88%) Telecoms
7 10 (2.62%) Military
8 8 (2.09%) Legal
9 7 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.31%) Law
11 3 (0.79%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.79%) Games
12 2 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.52%) Marketing
13 1 (0.26%) Advertising
13 1 (0.26%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.26%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.26%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 138 (36.13%) Analyst
2 83 (21.73%) SOC Analyst
3 31 (8.12%) Lead
3 31 (8.12%) Senior
4 30 (7.85%) Security Analyst
5 29 (7.59%) Architect
5 29 (7.59%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
6 28 (7.33%) Security Engineer
7 22 (5.76%) SOC Engineer
8 21 (5.50%) Security Specialist
9 18 (4.71%) Consultant
10 17 (4.45%) Cyber Threat Analyst
10 17 (4.45%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
11 15 (3.93%) Security Manager
11 15 (3.93%) SOC Manager
12 14 (3.66%) Security Architect
13 13 (3.40%) Operations Analyst
13 13 (3.40%) Security Operations Analyst
13 13 (3.40%) Senior Analyst
14 11 (2.88%) Security Operations Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.45%) Apache NiFi
2 6 (1.57%) AngularJS
2 6 (1.57%) CSS
2 6 (1.57%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (1.57%) LDAP
3 5 (1.31%) HTML
3 5 (1.31%) XML
4 4 (1.05%) SOAP
5 3 (0.79%) JSON
5 3 (0.79%) SAML
5 3 (0.79%) Web Services
5 3 (0.79%) YAML
6 2 (0.52%) Ajax
6 2 (0.52%) PySpark
7 1 (0.26%) .NET
7 1 (0.26%) JDBC
7 1 (0.26%) OAuth
7 1 (0.26%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.26%) Regular Expression
7 1 (0.26%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 129 (33.77%) Security Operations Centre
2 68 (17.80%) Cyber Threat
3 63 (16.49%) Management Information System
4 44 (11.52%) Cyber Defence
5 43 (11.26%) CSOC
6 31 (8.12%) Security Posture
7 19 (4.97%) Cyberattack
7 19 (4.97%) Distributed Applications
8 16 (4.19%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 12 (3.14%) Onboarding
10 11 (2.88%) Operational Technology
11 9 (2.36%) CMDB
11 9 (2.36%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 7 (1.83%) CESG
13 6 (1.57%) Product Ownership
14 5 (1.31%) Cloud Security Posture
14 5 (1.31%) Data Centre
14 5 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
15 4 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
15 4 (1.05%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 70 (18.32%) Windows
2 60 (15.71%) Linux
3 17 (4.45%) Unix
4 15 (3.93%) Android
4 15 (3.93%) Apple iOS
5 7 (1.83%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.79%) Kali Linux
7 2 (0.52%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.52%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (59.16%) Cybersecurity
2 173 (45.29%) SIEM
3 160 (41.88%) Incident Response
4 117 (30.63%) Information Security
5 82 (21.47%) Threat Intelligence
6 72 (18.85%) Vulnerability Management
7 65 (17.02%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 52 (13.61%) Analytics
8 52 (13.61%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 52 (13.61%) Use Case
9 43 (11.26%) Continuous Improvement
10 37 (9.69%) Incident Management
10 37 (9.69%) Security Architecture
10 37 (9.69%) SOAR
11 36 (9.42%) Problem-Solving
12 33 (8.64%) Agile
12 33 (8.64%) Cyber Intelligence
13 31 (8.12%) Data Loss Prevention
13 31 (8.12%) Data Security
14 30 (7.85%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 29 (7.59%) PowerShell
2 20 (5.24%) Python
3 12 (3.14%) JavaScript
4 10 (2.62%) Kusto Query Language
5 7 (1.83%) Bash
6 5 (1.31%) Perl
7 4 (1.05%) Search Processing Language
8 3 (0.79%) Java
8 3 (0.79%) SQL
9 2 (0.52%) C
9 2 (0.52%) C++
9 2 (0.52%) Go
9 2 (0.52%) Ruby
9 2 (0.52%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.26%) C#
Qualifications
1 178 (46.60%) Security Cleared
2 106 (27.75%) DV Cleared
3 64 (16.75%) SC Cleared
4 54 (14.14%) CISSP
5 53 (13.87%) Degree
6 28 (7.33%) CISM
7 27 (7.07%) SANS
8 20 (5.24%) CEH
9 15 (3.93%) GIAC
10 12 (3.14%) CompTIA Security+
10 12 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (2.09%) CISA
11 8 (2.09%) GCIA
11 8 (2.09%) GCIH
12 7 (1.83%) CISMP
12 7 (1.83%) ISACA
12 7 (1.83%) SSCP
13 6 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (12.30%) NIST
2 34 (8.90%) GDPR
3 27 (7.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (4.97%) PCI DSS
5 17 (4.45%) Actionable Recommendations
5 17 (4.45%) NIST 800
6 12 (3.14%) NCSC
7 10 (2.62%) HIPAA
8 7 (1.83%) GRC
9 5 (1.31%) Data Quality
10 4 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (1.05%) QA
10 4 (1.05%) SLA
11 2 (0.52%) COBIT
11 2 (0.52%) RMADS
12 1 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 18 (4.71%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.88%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.79%) Docker
4 2 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.52%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 13 (3.40%) Terraform
2 10 (2.62%) CSIRT
2 10 (2.62%) Nessus
3 7 (1.83%) Kubernetes
4 6 (1.57%) Kibana
4 6 (1.57%) logstash
4 6 (1.57%) QRadar
4 6 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.31%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 4 (1.05%) CASB
6 4 (1.05%) SCCM
7 3 (0.79%) Ansible
7 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.52%) Network Intrusion Detection System
8 2 (0.52%) SCOrch
8 2 (0.52%) WSUS
9 1 (0.26%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.26%) Grafana
9 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.26%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 94 (24.61%) Microsoft
2 36 (9.42%) Splunk
3 31 (8.12%) LogRhythm
4 21 (5.50%) Qualys
5 19 (4.97%) Varonis
6 18 (4.71%) ServiceNow
7 17 (4.45%) Red Hat
8 16 (4.19%) Darktrace
8 16 (4.19%) Forcepoint
9 15 (3.93%) FireEye
10 11 (2.88%) CrowdStrike
11 10 (2.62%) Cisco
12 7 (1.83%) Palo Alto
12 7 (1.83%) Virgin Media
13 5 (1.31%) Oracle
13 5 (1.31%) Rapid7
14 4 (1.05%) BeyondTrust
15 3 (0.79%) ForeScout
15 3 (0.79%) Sage
15 3 (0.79%) Symantec