Security Operations Contract Job Trends in Liverpool

Security Operations (SecOps)
Merseyside > Liverpool

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Liverpool 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 39 21 -
Rank change year-on-year -18 - -
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 3 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Liverpool 1.04% 3.03% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 3.74% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 0
10th Percentile £533 £269 -
25th Percentile £563 £353 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +56.25% - -
75th Percentile £713 £409 -
90th Percentile £758 £426 -
Merseyside median daily rate £625 £400 -
% change year-on-year +56.25% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Liverpool

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 Liverpool.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 232 107 111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool 80.28% 81.06% 73.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 62 54
10th Percentile £144 £158 £153
25th Percentile £299 £303 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £430 £325
Median % change year-on-year +2.21% +32.31% -33.67%
75th Percentile £541 £575 £481
90th Percentile £671 £680 £564
Merseyside median daily rate £438 £425 £423
% change year-on-year +2.94% +0.59% -15.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 11 9
10th Percentile £16.51 - £17.70
25th Percentile £22.79 £12.21 £18.11
Median hourly rate £25.38 £17.30 £22.88
Median % change year-on-year +46.71% -24.37% -0.97%
75th Percentile £43.96 £17.44 £36.00
90th Percentile - - £37.00
Merseyside median hourly rate £25.38 £17.30 £27.69
% change year-on-year +46.71% -37.52% +1.79%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Liverpool

Security Operations
Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

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

Security Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in Liverpool

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Liverpool over the 6 months to 2 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in Liverpool

Security Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool 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 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) SOC Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (33.33%) MISP
2 1 (33.33%) STIX
2 1 (33.33%) TAXII
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
1 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (33.33%) OSINT
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Darktrace
Security Operations jobs