Security Operations Contract Job Trends in Exeter

Security Operations (SecOps)
Devon > Exeter

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Exeter requiring Security Operations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 15 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 20 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Exeter 9.26% 3.95% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.64% 4.92% -
Number of daily rates quoted 13 0 0
10th Percentile £780 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 - -
75th Percentile £838 - -
90th Percentile £848 - -
Devon median daily rate £800 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Exeter

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 Exeter.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 188 61 99
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Exeter 87.04% 80.26% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 29 75
10th Percentile £316 £299 £143
25th Percentile £424 £313 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +18.67% -14.29% -10.64%
75th Percentile £655 £550 £650
90th Percentile £800 £588 £685
Devon median daily rate £525 £400 £501
% change year-on-year +31.25% -20.10% -1.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £13.17 - -
25th Percentile £13.86 - -
Median hourly rate £15.00 - -
75th Percentile £17.39 - -
90th Percentile £18.82 - -
Devon median hourly rate £18.50 £25.15 £65.00
% change year-on-year -26.44% -61.31% +89.64%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

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

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Exeter

Security Operations
Daily Rate Trend in Exeter

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

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

Security Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (35.00%) AWS
1 7 (35.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 14 (70.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (15.00%) Military
2 3 (15.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (60.00%) Operational Security Manager
1 12 (60.00%) Operations Manager
1 12 (60.00%) Security Manager
1 12 (60.00%) Security Operations Manager
2 11 (55.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 10 (50.00%) SOC Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Head of Cybersecurity
4 1 (5.00%) Head of Operations
4 1 (5.00%) Head of Security
Miscellaneous
1 14 (70.00%) Cyber Threat
1 14 (70.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 8 (40.00%) CSOC
3 5 (25.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (10.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (70.00%) ITIL
2 14 (70.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 11 (55.00%) Incident Response
4 9 (45.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 8 (40.00%) Cyber Resilience
6 7 (35.00%) Cloud Security
6 7 (35.00%) Incident Management
6 7 (35.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 7 (35.00%) Security Monitoring
6 7 (35.00%) Use Case
7 6 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (25.00%) Information Security
8 5 (25.00%) SIEM
8 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (20.00%) Service Management
10 3 (15.00%) Open Source
10 3 (15.00%) People Management
10 3 (15.00%) Performance Metrics
10 3 (15.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 13 (65.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 7 (35.00%) CISM
3 7 (35.00%) CISSP
4 3 (15.00%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (35.00%) GDPR
1 7 (35.00%) NCSC