Security Operations Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Security Operations (SecOps)
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Knutsford requiring Security Operations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 25 32
Rank change year-on-year -23 +7 +13
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 11 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 3.44% 2.56% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.57% 2.65% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 1
10th Percentile £275 £595 -
25th Percentile £405 £601 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £625 £567
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +10.23% -10.00%
75th Percentile £628 £632 -
90th Percentile £763 £635 -
Cheshire median daily rate £450 £626 £567
% change year-on-year -28.12% +10.41% -11.41%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Knutsford

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 Knutsford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 308 113 123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 96.25% 96.58% 93.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 101 104
10th Percentile £335 £349 £366
25th Percentile £391 £356 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £381 £500
Median % change year-on-year +19.42% -23.80% -9.09%
75th Percentile £581 £500 £582
90th Percentile £653 £600 £624
Cheshire median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £80.00 -
Cheshire median hourly rate £22.85 £32.95 £21.84
% change year-on-year -30.65% +50.87% -4.13%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Knutsford

Security Operations
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

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

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

Security Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in Knutsford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Knutsford over the 6 months to 18 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in Knutsford

Security Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) Confluence
2 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) AWS
1 4 (36.36%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) GCP
3 2 (18.18%) Apigee
3 2 (18.18%) Azure API Management
3 2 (18.18%) Kong
4 1 (9.09%) Akamai
4 1 (9.09%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) SSH
2 1 (9.09%) DNS
2 1 (9.09%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) JIRA
2 1 (9.09%) Git
General
1 5 (45.45%) Finance
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Banking
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Analyst
1 3 (27.27%) Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Security Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Security Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Data Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Monitoring Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Data Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Security Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) JWT
1 2 (18.18%) OAuth
1 2 (18.18%) OAuth2
1 2 (18.18%) OpenID
2 1 (9.09%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) CMDB
1 1 (9.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
1 1 (9.09%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Unix
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) OWASP
2 4 (36.36%) CI/CD
2 4 (36.36%) ITIL
3 3 (27.27%) Agile
3 3 (27.27%) API Integration
3 3 (27.27%) Cryptography
3 3 (27.27%) DevSecOps
3 3 (27.27%) Fintech
3 3 (27.27%) Information Security
3 3 (27.27%) SIEM
3 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (27.27%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 2 (18.18%) Analytics
4 2 (18.18%) Configuration Management
4 2 (18.18%) Data Security
4 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (18.18%) Microservices
4 2 (18.18%) SABSA
4 2 (18.18%) Security Architecture
4 2 (18.18%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) Python
2 1 (9.09%) Bash
2 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
2 1 (9.09%) Shell Script
2 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) CISSP
2 2 (18.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (18.18%) GIAC
2 2 (18.18%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (9.09%) CISM
3 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (9.09%) Degree
3 1 (9.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
3 1 (9.09%) PMP
3 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) GDPR
2 1 (9.09%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (9.09%) GRC
2 1 (9.09%) HIPAA
2 1 (9.09%) NIST
2 1 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Ansible
1 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
1 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Gemalto
1 3 (27.27%) Thales
2 2 (18.18%) MuleSoft
2 2 (18.18%) ServiceNow
3 1 (9.09%) CyberArk
3 1 (9.09%) IBM
3 1 (9.09%) Oracle
3 1 (9.09%) Qualys
3 1 (9.09%) Rapid7
3 1 (9.09%) Splunk
3 1 (9.09%) Tenable
3 1 (9.09%) Varonis