Security Operations Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Security Operations (SecOps)
South West > Gloucestershire

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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 37 53
Rank change year-on-year -3 +16 +2
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 4 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 1.14% 0.41% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 0.47% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £468 - -
25th Percentile £494 £525 £620
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £640
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -14.06% -17.42%
75th Percentile £613 £575 £660
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £588 £658 £570
% change year-on-year -10.65% +15.35% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £28.00 - -
South West median hourly rate £28.00 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -56.92% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 304 213 402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 86.36% 88.38% 86.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 152 229
10th Percentile £227 £218 £363
25th Percentile £380 £319 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £613 £653 £638
90th Percentile £750 £767 £720
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 19 41
10th Percentile £12.72 £24.99 £15.50
25th Percentile £26.69 £31.50 £28.00
Median hourly rate £36.25 £67.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.30% +92.86% -55.13%
75th Percentile £51.21 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £57.50 £75.00 £73.75
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £32.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +79.69% -41.82% -4.35%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Security Operations
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

Security Operations
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 17 June 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
Cheltenham - 3 £575 - 2
Filton - 1 - -
Security Operations
South West

Security Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 1 (25.00%) Google Workspace
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Fire and Rescue
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Lead
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) CSOC
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Defence
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 2 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 2 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (75.00%) Information Security
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 2 (50.00%) Security Management
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security Management
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Systems Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Def Stans
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Google
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft