Security Operations Contracts in Hertfordshire

Security Operations (SecOps)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Security Operations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations over the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 55 51
Rank change year-on-year +28 -4 +20
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 25 7 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 5.88% 0.98% 3.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.54% 1.13% 3.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 20
10th Percentile - £605 -
25th Percentile £244 - £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £650 £613
Median % change year-on-year -17.31% +6.12% -2.00%
75th Percentile £648 - £631
90th Percentile £680 £718 -
East of England median daily rate £613 £650 £613
% change year-on-year -5.77% +6.12% +22.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile £29.51 - -
25th Percentile £37.81 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £81.01 - -
90th Percentile £82.10 - -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 382 622 650
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 89.88% 87.36% 87.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 200 353
10th Percentile £261 £213 £260
25th Percentile £446 £306 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £405 £538
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -24.65% +7.50%
75th Percentile £575 £566 £675
90th Percentile £675 £650 £748
East of England median daily rate £500 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 276 143
10th Percentile £16.95 £28.00 £17.73
25th Percentile £30.61 £38.12 £49.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -23.08% +18.18%
75th Percentile £67.00 £63.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.75 £70.00 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -6.25% +90.48% +5.00%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Hertfordshire

Security Operations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in Hertfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Security Operations in Hertfordshire

Security Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 4 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in Hertfordshire

Security Operations
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in Hertfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Security Operations in Hertfordshire

Security Operations
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Operations in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 4 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Operations in Hertfordshire

Security Operations
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 4 August 2025. 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
Stevenage +21 18 £653 +0.38% 2
Watford - 5 £249 -
Security Operations
East of England

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (12.00%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) 1Password
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (4.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (56.00%) DNS
1 14 (56.00%) FTP
1 14 (56.00%) HTTP
1 14 (56.00%) SMTP
1 14 (56.00%) SSL
2 13 (52.00%) Network Security
General
1 13 (52.00%) Analytical Skills
1 13 (52.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (12.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 18 (72.00%) Analyst
2 17 (68.00%) SOC Analyst
3 3 (12.00%) Junior
3 3 (12.00%) Junior Analyst
3 3 (12.00%) Senior
3 3 (12.00%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) Compliance Consultant
4 2 (8.00%) Consultant
4 2 (8.00%) Information Security Consultant
4 2 (8.00%) Lead
4 2 (8.00%) Security Consultant
5 1 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 1 (4.00%) Information Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Information Security Compliance Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Information Security Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Risk Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Security Compliance Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Security Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Security Specialist
5 1 (4.00%) SOC Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (56.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 22 (88.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 17 (68.00%) Cyber Threat
3 13 (52.00%) CSOC
3 13 (52.00%) Cyberattack
4 11 (44.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 11 (44.00%) Management Information System
5 3 (12.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (12.00%) Security Posture
6 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
6 1 (4.00%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Linux
1 3 (12.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (84.00%) Incident Response
2 20 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
3 19 (76.00%) Information Security
4 15 (60.00%) Threat Detection
5 14 (56.00%) SIEM
6 13 (52.00%) Information Management
7 11 (44.00%) Analytics
7 11 (44.00%) Artificial Intelligence
7 11 (44.00%) Behavioural Analytics
7 11 (44.00%) Machine Learning
7 11 (44.00%) Network Packet Capture
8 9 (36.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (32.00%) SOAR
9 8 (32.00%) Threat Modelling
10 7 (28.00%) Root Cause Analysis
10 7 (28.00%) Runbook
10 7 (28.00%) Vulnerability Management
11 4 (16.00%) Roadmaps
12 3 (12.00%) Information Security Governance
12 3 (12.00%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 7 (28.00%) PowerShell
1 7 (28.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 15 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (36.00%) DV Cleared
3 6 (24.00%) CISSP
4 4 (16.00%) CISM
5 3 (12.00%) OSCP
6 2 (8.00%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (8.00%) GCIA
7 1 (4.00%) CEH
7 1 (4.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (24.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (24.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 4 (16.00%) GDPR
2 4 (16.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (16.00%) NIST
2 4 (16.00%) PCI DSS
3 3 (12.00%) COBIT
3 3 (12.00%) GRC
4 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (4.00%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) CASB
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Darktrace
1 3 (12.00%) FireEye
1 3 (12.00%) LogRhythm
1 3 (12.00%) Splunk
1 3 (12.00%) Sun
2 1 (4.00%) IronPort
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.00%) Netskope
2 1 (4.00%) Rapid7
2 1 (4.00%) Symantec