Security Operations Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Security Operations (SecOps)
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside 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 41 21 -
Rank change year-on-year -20 - -
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 3 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 0.92% 2.47% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 3.03% -
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 -
North West median daily rate £518 £588 £613
% change year-on-year -11.90% -4.08% +11.36%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 259 132 134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 79.45% 81.48% 69.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 83 72
10th Percentile £144 £129 £155
25th Percentile £255 £173 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £423
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +0.59% -15.50%
75th Percentile £538 £531 £495
90th Percentile £660 £660 £588
North West median daily rate £492 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +6.38% -7.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 11 12
10th Percentile £17.46 - £16.65
25th Percentile £24.89 £12.21 £18.08
Median hourly rate £25.38 £17.30 £27.69
Median % change year-on-year +46.71% -37.52% +1.79%
75th Percentile £39.32 £17.44 £37.19
90th Percentile £43.96 - £52.60
North West median hourly rate £50.00 £27.90 £33.61
% change year-on-year +79.20% -16.97% +1.83%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Security Operations
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

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

Security Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in Merseyside

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in Merseyside

Security Operations
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 2 August 2026. 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
Liverpool -18 3 £625 +56.25% 3
Security Operations
North West

Security Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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