Security Operations Manager Contract Job Trends in Reading

Security Operations Manager
Berkshire > Reading

The median Security Operations Manager daily rate in Reading is £536, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 92 -
Rank change year-on-year +24 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Operations Manager 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.31% 0.092% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.10% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £536 £600 -
% change year-on-year -10.67% - -

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 606 972 992
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 89.75% 92.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 538 661
10th Percentile £339 £333 £238
25th Percentile £450 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £570 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +8.57% +5.00%
75th Percentile £606 £650 £620
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £508 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 26 12
10th Percentile £14.50 £48.18 £58.98
25th Percentile £14.75 £56.56 £61.04
Median hourly rate £28.50 £62.38 £64.31
Median % change year-on-year -54.31% -3.01% +26.10%
75th Percentile £68.75 £99.38 £69.56
90th Percentile £81.00 £100.00 £75.23
Berkshire median hourly rate £26.33 £61.28 £61.79
% change year-on-year -57.04% -0.83% +49.99%

Security Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Security Operations Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Security Operations Manager job vacancy trend in Reading

Security Operations Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Security Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

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

1 2 (100.00%) ADO
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Change Control
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Logistics
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall

Security Operations Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Change Control
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Logistics
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall