Security Operations Contract Job Trends in Essex

Security Operations (SecOps)
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Security Operations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 20 -
Rank change year-on-year -18 - -
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 0.53% 0.86% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 0.99% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £497 - -
25th Percentile £519 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £571 - -
75th Percentile £632 - -
90th Percentile £658 - -
East of England median daily rate £550 £577 £600
% change year-on-year -4.60% -3.92% -2.04%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 284 101 99
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 75.94% 87.07% 77.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 41 47
10th Percentile £309 £153 £178
25th Percentile £353 £230 £222
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £318
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +41.51% -36.40%
75th Percentile £575 £525 £450
90th Percentile £613 £613 £550
East of England median daily rate £500 £501 £450
% change year-on-year -0.10% +11.22% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 29 14
10th Percentile £14.03 £13.25 £17.19
25th Percentile £16.12 - £23.44
Median hourly rate £20.00 £18.87 £29.17
Median % change year-on-year +5.99% -35.31% -47.44%
75th Percentile £30.35 £39.50 £76.44
90th Percentile £71.80 £75.00 £77.50
East of England median hourly rate £47.25 £21.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +125.00% -30.00% +50.00%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Essex

Security Operations
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Security Operations

Security Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in Essex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Essex over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in Essex

Security Operations
Contract Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex region over the 6 months to 11 October 2026. 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
Southend-on-Sea - 1 £650 -
Colchester - 1 £492 -
Security Operations
East of England

Security Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) SMTP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Service Design Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SOC Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Content Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (50.00%) Product Management
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Service Design
1 1 (50.00%) Target Operating Model
1 1 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Clearswift
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Proofpoint