Security Operations Contract Job Trends in Luton

Security Operations (SecOps)
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Luton requiring Security Operations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 3.82% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.23% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £600 £500 -
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Luton

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 Luton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 142 89 149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 90.45% 95.70% 88.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 47 105
10th Percentile £313 £266 £450
25th Percentile £413 £469 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% - -
75th Percentile £588 £644 £560
90th Percentile £638 £700 £615
Bedfordshire median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 12 3
10th Percentile £63.00 £22.31 £53.00
25th Percentile £75.25 £47.69 £53.75
Median hourly rate £88.00 £56.58 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.55% +2.86% -1.48%
75th Percentile £91.50 £64.95 £60.25
90th Percentile £93.20 £67.95 £61.90
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £84.75 £50.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +69.50% -9.09% +0.64%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Luton

Security Operations
Daily Rate Trend in Luton

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

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

Security Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton 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 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (83.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Azure
1 5 (83.33%) Azure Sentinel
1 5 (83.33%) Entra ID
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Purview
1 5 (83.33%) OneDrive
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Design Engineer
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 5 (83.33%) Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) IT Security Officer
2 1 (16.67%) Security Officer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Data Loss Prevention
1 5 (83.33%) Identity Access Management
1 5 (83.33%) Identity Management
1 5 (83.33%) Impact Analysis
1 5 (83.33%) Knowledge Transfer
1 5 (83.33%) Privileged Identity Management
1 5 (83.33%) Zero Trust
2 4 (66.67%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Response
3 1 (16.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 1 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (16.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 1 (16.67%) Threat Management
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) GDPR
1 5 (83.33%) HIPAA
1 5 (83.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (83.33%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft