Security Operations Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Security Operations (SecOps)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Security Operations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 1.15% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.42% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £600 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile £800 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £484 £608 £584
% change year-on-year -20.36% +4.16% -10.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £45.46 - -
North West median hourly rate £45.46 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 211 148 162
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 80.53% 90.24% 84.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 76 73
10th Percentile £160 £381 £273
25th Percentile £339 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.76% -0.42% +2.38%
75th Percentile £676 £591 £650
90th Percentile £801 £630 £736
North West median daily rate £455 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -4.21% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 19 60
10th Percentile £34.57 £14.62 £15.83
25th Percentile £41.94 £23.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £45.46 £28.75 £37.63
Median % change year-on-year +58.12% -23.59% -11.47%
75th Percentile £71.50 £43.94 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £65.75 £48.04
North West median hourly rate £45.00 £32.00 £23.86
% change year-on-year +40.63% +34.14% -36.39%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Security Operations
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

Security Operations
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 22 March 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
Preston - 3 £700 - 1
Security Operations
North West

Security Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Security Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (66.67%) Blue Team
2 2 (66.67%) DevSecOps
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Red Team
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Register
2 2 (66.67%) SDLC
2 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) TOGAF
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CISM
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) CREST Certified
2 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST