Security Operations Contract Job Trends in Preston

Security Operations (SecOps)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Security Operations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 3.30% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.23% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £600 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile £800 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median daily rate £700 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £45.46 - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 71 65 56
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 78.02% 91.55% 94.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 39 14
10th Percentile £248 £318 £350
25th Percentile £550 £447 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.85% +0.95% +30.43%
75th Percentile £793 £569 £636
90th Percentile £881 £636 £734
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £535 £538
% change year-on-year +2.76% -0.42% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 11 40
10th Percentile £39.53 £24.76 £13.53
25th Percentile £40.74 £26.88 -
Median hourly rate £42.69 £28.75 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +48.47% +79.02% -62.06%
75th Percentile £69.80 £31.07 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £43.39 £48.20
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 £28.75 £37.63
% change year-on-year +58.12% -23.59% -11.47%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Preston

Security Operations
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Security Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Security Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (66.67%) Blue Team
2 2 (66.67%) DevSecOps
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Red Team
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Register
2 2 (66.67%) SDLC
2 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) TOGAF
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CISM
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) CREST Certified
2 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST