Security Operations Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 - 53
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 20 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 2.73% - 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.87% - 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 0 1
10th Percentile £411 - -
25th Percentile £530 - £950
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 - £1,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £681 - £1,050
90th Percentile £700 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £569 - £1,000
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%

All Process & 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 696 237 365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 94.95% 93.31% 95.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 470 134 226
10th Percentile £326 £220 £379
25th Percentile £404 £413 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £515 £545
Median % change year-on-year -6.55% -5.50% -0.91%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £625
90th Percentile £633 £675 £720
South Yorkshire median daily rate £481 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -3.75% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 10
10th Percentile £16.11 £12.44 £10.90
25th Percentile £19.50 £13.49 £11.33
Median hourly rate £25.15 £16.19 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year +55.34% -23.81% +11.84%
75th Percentile - £18.58 £23.75
90th Percentile - £19.43 £24.50
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £16.19 £20.00
% change year-on-year +55.34% -19.05% +104.08%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Security Operations
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

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

Security Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Sheffield over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in Sheffield

Security Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 11 (55.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 5 (25.00%) AWS
2 4 (20.00%) Akamai
2 4 (20.00%) Azure
3 3 (15.00%) Cloudflare
4 1 (5.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (5.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (30.00%) Kerberos
2 4 (20.00%) Firewall
3 3 (15.00%) HTTP
3 3 (15.00%) HTTPS
Development Applications
1 11 (55.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (40.00%) Finance
2 3 (15.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (60.00%) Architect
2 9 (45.00%) Security Architect
3 8 (40.00%) Lead
3 8 (40.00%) Lead Architect
3 8 (40.00%) Solutions Architect
4 7 (35.00%) Lead Solutions Architect
5 6 (30.00%) Lead Security Architect
5 6 (30.00%) Security Solutions Architect
6 4 (20.00%) Design Engineer
7 2 (10.00%) CyberArk Architect
7 2 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 1 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 1 (5.00%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (35.00%) OAuth
1 7 (35.00%) SAML
2 3 (15.00%) JSON
2 3 (15.00%) REST
2 3 (15.00%) XML
3 1 (5.00%) LDAP
3 1 (5.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 9 (45.00%) Cloud Native
2 6 (30.00%) Management Information System
3 4 (20.00%) Security Posture
4 1 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (85.00%) Incident Response
2 16 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (80.00%) Identity Access Management
3 15 (75.00%) Cryptography
3 15 (75.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 15 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 13 (65.00%) SABSA
4 13 (65.00%) Secrets Management
4 13 (65.00%) TOGAF
5 12 (60.00%) Privileged Access Management
6 11 (55.00%) Decision-Making
6 11 (55.00%) Technical Debt
6 11 (55.00%) Thought Leadership
7 10 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
7 10 (50.00%) Computer Science
7 10 (50.00%) Software Engineering
7 10 (50.00%) UML
7 10 (50.00%) Visualisation
8 9 (45.00%) Project Governance
9 8 (40.00%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) SQL
2 1 (5.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (70.00%) CISM
1 14 (70.00%) CISSP
2 13 (65.00%) TOGAF Certification
3 10 (50.00%) Degree
3 10 (50.00%) Master's Degree
3 10 (50.00%) PhD
4 3 (15.00%) CEH
4 3 (15.00%) GIAC
4 3 (15.00%) GWAPT
5 1 (5.00%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) GDPR
1 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (5.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 7 (35.00%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (5.00%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 10 (50.00%) BiZZdesign
1 10 (50.00%) CyberArk
2 9 (45.00%) Centrify
3 4 (20.00%) F5
4 3 (15.00%) Imperva
5 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
6 1 (5.00%) SAP