Security Operations Contract Job Trends in Leatherhead

Security Operations (SecOps)
Surrey > Leatherhead

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leatherhead requiring Security Operations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leatherhead 3.95% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.76% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £429 - -
25th Percentile £453 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 - -
75th Percentile £506 - -
90th Percentile £512 - -
Surrey median daily rate £419 £500 £753
% change year-on-year -16.16% -33.55% +20.40%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leatherhead

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 Leatherhead.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 63 25 72
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leatherhead 82.89% 100.00% 97.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 25 47
10th Percentile £351 £180 £177
25th Percentile £463 £208 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.37% -9.52% +162.50%
75th Percentile £538 £506 £638
90th Percentile £621 £560 £688
Surrey median daily rate £475 £475 £463
% change year-on-year - +2.70% -11.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 11
10th Percentile £60.00 - -
25th Percentile - - £30.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 - £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +51.72%
75th Percentile £78.75 - £70.00
90th Percentile - - -
Surrey median hourly rate £66.99 £28.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +139.25% -37.78% -5.26%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Leatherhead

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

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Leatherhead

Security Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leatherhead 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Intranet
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
1 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Detection
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (33.33%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Qualys
2 1 (33.33%) Tenable
2 1 (33.33%) Zscaler