Security Operations Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Security Operations (SecOps)
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring Security Operations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - 30
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 1.92% - 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.27% - 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £408 - -
25th Percentile £409 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £475
75th Percentile £438 - £488
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £438 - £475
% change year-on-year - - -38.71%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 132 82 134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 84.62% 86.32% 82.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 55 99
10th Percentile £131 £205 £198
25th Percentile £360 £275 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £463 £380
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% +21.71% -3.80%
75th Percentile £588 £555 £575
90th Percentile £638 £699 £645
East Midlands median daily rate £446 £425 £425
% change year-on-year +4.94% - -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 6
10th Percentile £13.84 £22.13 £11.88
25th Percentile £19.25 £23.44 £12.50
Median hourly rate £22.00 £26.25 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -16.19% +43.84% -10.80%
75th Percentile £28.75 £28.44 £27.50
90th Percentile £30.25 £29.38 £42.38
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.87 £22.05 £17.50
% change year-on-year -14.40% +25.97% +3.98%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Security Operations
Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

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

Security Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Retail
2 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Senior
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Service Assurance Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Service Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Service Assurance Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Service Manager
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Logistics
1 3 (100.00%) Operational Stability
1 3 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (66.67%) Proactive Monitoring
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared