Security Operations (SecOps)
South Yorkshire > Sheffield
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring Security Operations skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 74 | - | 50 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Security Operations | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield | 0.34% | - | 0.73% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.36% | - | 0.76% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £625 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £700 | - | £700 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £775 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South Yorkshire median daily rate | £700 | £700 | £700 |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Sheffield
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 Sheffield.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 553 | 363 | 397 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield | 94.85% | 88.75% | 96.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 363 | 189 | 255 |
| 10th Percentile | £291 | £381 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £370 | £445 | £474 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £466 | £520 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.38% | -13.33% | +15.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £594 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £613 | £650 | £745 |
| South Yorkshire median daily rate | £463 | £520 | £587 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.06% | -11.48% | +17.49% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 9 | 6 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.77 | £15.88 | £13.90 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.00 | £20.13 | £18.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.21 | £21.00 | £20.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.31% | +5.00% | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £18.87 | £21.88 | £22.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £22.00 | £27.85 |
| South Yorkshire median hourly rate | £18.21 | £12.83 | £20.25 |
| % change year-on-year | +41.89% | -36.64% | +25.58% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield
Job postings citing Security Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.
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Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Security Operations.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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: