Security Operations Contract Job Trends in Gloucester

Security Operations (SecOps)
Gloucestershire > Gloucester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucester requiring Security Operations skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 20 -
Rank change year-on-year -4 - -
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucester 3.00% 1.27% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.19% 1.32% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile £510 - -
Gloucestershire median daily rate £475 £525 £650
% change year-on-year -9.52% -19.23% +73.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Gloucester

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 Gloucester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 94 76 141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucester 94.00% 96.20% 97.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 55 95
10th Percentile £221 £378 £413
25th Percentile £350 £461 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £675
90th Percentile £700 £750 £725
Gloucestershire median daily rate £500 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 9
10th Percentile £21.66 £18.00 £66.10
25th Percentile £22.97 £18.75 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £21.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.76% -73.08% -
75th Percentile £41.95 £22.75 -
90th Percentile £52.03 £23.20 £90.00
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £35.17 £37.52 £75.00
% change year-on-year -6.25% -49.98% +95.44%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucester

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Gloucester

Security Operations
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucester

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

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

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucester 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Application Security
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (33.33%) Protective Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Norton AntiVirus
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) McAfee
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Symantec