Security Operations Analyst Contract Job Trends in Reading

Security Operations Analyst
Berkshire > Reading

The median Security Operations Analyst daily rate in Reading is £423, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 - 86
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Operations Analyst 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.17% - 0.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% - 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 - £550
75th Percentile - - £575
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £423 - £400

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Reading with a recognized job title 526 983 1,075
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.64% 88.64% 93.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 339 547 713
10th Percentile £348 £333 £301
25th Percentile £423 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £580 £540
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% +7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £608 £650 £638
90th Percentile £650 £713 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £501 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -7.74% +3.33% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 36 18
10th Percentile - £48.59 £38.80
25th Percentile £14.75 £57.19 £54.81
Median hourly rate £24.13 £66.26 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.59% +0.40% +89.17%
75th Percentile £53.13 £90.00 £74.59
90th Percentile £68.75 £100.00 £75.77
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.05 £61.60 £56.47
% change year-on-year -47.97% +9.08% +61.86%

Security Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings that featured Security Operations Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Analyst in Reading

Security Operations Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Operations Analyst job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Operations Analyst job vacancies in Reading

Security Operations Analyst Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, Security Operations Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring Security Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Benchmarking
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology

Security Operations Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Benchmarking
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation