Security Operations Contract Job Trends in Hemel Hempstead

Security Operations (SecOps)
Hertfordshire > Hemel Hempstead

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hemel Hempstead requiring Security Operations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 6 22
Rank change year-on-year -5 +16 -
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 1 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in Hemel Hempstead 2.50% 16.00% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.03% 18.18% 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £800 £275
Median % change year-on-year -28.13% +190.91% -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £564 £600 £613
% change year-on-year -6.00% -2.04% +2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £72.50 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £59.97 £49.00
% change year-on-year +8.39% +22.39% -24.62%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hemel Hempstead

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 Hemel Hempstead.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33 22 61
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hemel Hempstead 82.50% 88.00% 84.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 17 54
10th Percentile £363 £363 £408
25th Percentile £425 £400 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% -15.38% -
75th Percentile £638 £588 £750
90th Percentile £648 £600 £810
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £513 £488
% change year-on-year +2.44% +5.13% -11.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £72.50 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £28.00 £66.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -57.58% +1.54% -

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Hemel Hempstead

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

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Hemel Hempstead

Security Operations
Daily Rate Trend in Hemel Hempstead

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hemel Hempstead citing Security Operations

Security Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hemel Hempstead 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Compliance Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Governance Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001