Security Monitoring Contracts in London

Security Monitoring
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Security Monitoring skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Monitoring over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 320 343 435
Rank change year-on-year +23 +92 +59
Contract jobs citing Security Monitoring 33 48 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.26% 0.27% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.30% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 36 47
10th Percentile £358 £409 £500
25th Percentile £456 £453 £548
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -6.25% -
75th Percentile £650 £744 £675
90th Percentile £728 £888 £753
England median daily rate £550 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £80.05
25th Percentile - - £81.91
Median hourly rate - - £88.15
75th Percentile - - £97.51
90th Percentile - - £101.26
England median hourly rate - £72.75 £81.40
% change year-on-year - -10.63% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Security Monitoring 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Security Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Security Monitoring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Monitoring in London

Security Monitoring
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Monitoring in London.

Daily rate trend for Security Monitoring in London

Security Monitoring
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Monitoring in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Monitoring in London

Security Monitoring
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Monitoring in London.

Hourly rate trend for Security Monitoring in London

Security Monitoring
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Monitoring within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Central London -4 3 £525 -27.59% 4
North London - 2 £650 -
South London +7 1 £450 -
Security Monitoring
England

Security Monitoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 13 (39.39%) Azure
2 5 (15.15%) AWS
3 3 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.03%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (3.03%) Datadog
5 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.03%) GCP
5 1 (3.03%) Google Compute Engine
5 1 (3.03%) Google Workspace
5 1 (3.03%) IaaS
5 1 (3.03%) Mimecast
5 1 (3.03%) OneDrive
5 1 (3.03%) PaaS
5 1 (3.03%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (3.03%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 12 (36.36%) Firewall
2 4 (12.12%) SD-WAN
2 4 (12.12%) WAN
3 3 (9.09%) DNS
3 3 (9.09%) Network Security
3 3 (9.09%) Wireless
4 2 (6.06%) BIG-IP
4 2 (6.06%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (6.06%) DHCP
4 2 (6.06%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 2 (6.06%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 2 (6.06%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (6.06%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (6.06%) Wireshark
5 1 (3.03%) NAS
5 1 (3.03%) SAN
5 1 (3.03%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) BigQuery
General
1 10 (30.30%) Social Skills
2 5 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (12.12%) Finance
4 2 (6.06%) Legal
4 2 (6.06%) Local Government
5 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (21.21%) Analyst
1 7 (21.21%) Architect
1 7 (21.21%) Security Architect
1 7 (21.21%) Security Engineer
2 4 (12.12%) Network Engineer
2 4 (12.12%) Senior
3 3 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 3 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (9.09%) Security Analyst
3 3 (9.09%) SOC Analyst
4 2 (6.06%) IT Architect
4 2 (6.06%) Network Security Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Project Manager
4 2 (6.06%) Security Specialist
4 2 (6.06%) Senior Manager
4 2 (6.06%) Senior Network Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (6.06%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (6.06%) Technical Architect
4 2 (6.06%) Technical Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) OAuth
1 1 (3.03%) SAML
1 1 (3.03%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) Security Posture
2 4 (12.12%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (6.06%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (6.06%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (6.06%) Data Centre
3 2 (6.06%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.03%) IoT
4 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.03%) PKI
4 1 (3.03%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.12%) Linux
1 4 (12.12%) Windows
2 3 (9.09%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (54.55%) Incident Response
2 14 (42.42%) SIEM
2 14 (42.42%) Vulnerability Management
3 11 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (33.33%) Security Operations
4 9 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (27.27%) Threat Detection
5 8 (24.24%) Cloud Security
6 7 (21.21%) Artificial Intelligence
7 6 (18.18%) Incident Management
7 6 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
7 6 (18.18%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 5 (15.15%) Information Security
8 5 (15.15%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 5 (15.15%) Risk Management
9 4 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 4 (12.12%) Security Management
9 4 (12.12%) Security Patching
9 4 (12.12%) Threat Intelligence
9 4 (12.12%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.12%) PowerShell
1 4 (12.12%) Python
2 1 (3.03%) Bash
2 1 (3.03%) C++
2 1 (3.03%) Java
2 1 (3.03%) Kotlin
2 1 (3.03%) Rust
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 6 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 5 (15.15%) Degree
3 4 (12.12%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (12.12%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (6.06%) CISSP
4 2 (6.06%) GCFA
4 2 (6.06%) GCIA
4 2 (6.06%) GCIH
4 2 (6.06%) GIAC
5 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.03%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.18%) GDPR
1 6 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (15.15%) NIST
3 3 (9.09%) HIPAA
4 2 (6.06%) NCSC
4 2 (6.06%) PCI DSS
5 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (3.03%) GRC
System Software
1 3 (9.09%) Active Directory
1 3 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (3.03%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (12.12%) SCCM
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (6.06%) CASB
3 2 (6.06%) OPNET
3 2 (6.06%) SCOrch
3 2 (6.06%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.09%) Cisco
2 3 (9.09%) Palo Alto
3 2 (6.06%) CheckPoint
3 2 (6.06%) F5
3 2 (6.06%) Infoblox
3 2 (6.06%) Meraki
3 2 (6.06%) Rapid7
3 2 (6.06%) ServiceNow
3 2 (6.06%) Splunk
4 1 (3.03%) Alibaba
4 1 (3.03%) CyberArk
4 1 (3.03%) Dell
4 1 (3.03%) EMC
4 1 (3.03%) Fortinet
4 1 (3.03%) Google
4 1 (3.03%) Netskope
4 1 (3.03%) SAP
4 1 (3.03%) SonicWALL
4 1 (3.03%) VMware