Security Operations Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Security Operations (SecOps)
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Security Operations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 45 44
Rank change year-on-year +17 -1 +42
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 17 4 12
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 4.87% 1.44% 2.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.78% 1.65% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 4 11
10th Percentile £511 £514 -
25th Percentile £548 £522 £545
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £544 £615
Median % change year-on-year +7.59% -11.59% -7.52%
75th Percentile £643 £576 £650
90th Percentile £655 £606 -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £585 £560 £615
% change year-on-year +4.46% -8.94% -7.87%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 294 242 465
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 84.24% 87.05% 92.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 173 355
10th Percentile £224 £250 £275
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £550 £586 £600
90th Percentile £628 £656 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 15
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.01 £14.30
25th Percentile £23.81 £17.03 £19.25
Median hourly rate £29.61 £26.35 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.37% +9.79% +43.28%
75th Percentile £32.81 £36.50 £28.50
90th Percentile £36.00 £37.40 £30.00
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £23.88
% change year-on-year -30.14% +50.79% +54.03%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Security Operations
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Security Operations

Security Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in Milton Keynes

Security Operations
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Security Operations.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Security Operations

Security Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) AWS
1 1 (5.88%) Azure
1 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (5.88%) GCP
1 1 (5.88%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) Firewall
2 2 (11.76%) DNS
2 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.88%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Git
General
1 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
3 2 (11.76%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (64.71%) Analyst
2 10 (58.82%) SOC Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) Senior
3 4 (23.53%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) Business Change Manager
4 3 (17.65%) Business Manager
4 3 (17.65%) Change Manager
4 3 (17.65%) Lead
5 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Operations Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Security Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Security Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Security Operations Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) IT Change Manager
6 1 (5.88%) IT Manager
6 1 (5.88%) SOC Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Splunk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (76.47%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (23.53%) CSOC
2 4 (23.53%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (11.76%) Cyberattack
4 1 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Linux
1 3 (17.65%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) SIEM
2 9 (52.94%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (52.94%) Incident Response
3 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (17.65%) Change Management
4 3 (17.65%) Protective Monitoring
4 3 (17.65%) Risk Management
5 1 (5.88%) AI
5 1 (5.88%) Business Change Management
5 1 (5.88%) Computer Science
5 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 1 (5.88%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (5.88%) DevOps
5 1 (5.88%) Ethical Hacking
5 1 (5.88%) Forensic Analysis
5 1 (5.88%) High Availability
5 1 (5.88%) Open Source
5 1 (5.88%) Threat Detection
5 1 (5.88%) Threat Intelligence
5 1 (5.88%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (94.12%) Security Cleared
2 10 (58.82%) SC Cleared
3 9 (52.94%) DV Cleared
4 3 (17.65%) APMG
5 1 (5.88%) CEH
5 1 (5.88%) CISSP
5 1 (5.88%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (5.88%) Degree
5 1 (5.88%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) SLA
2 1 (5.88%) NIST
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Splunk
2 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.88%) LogRhythm
3 1 (5.88%) Qualys
3 1 (5.88%) Tenable