Security Monitoring Contracts in the South East

Security Monitoring
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Security Monitoring skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Monitoring over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 186 192
Rank change year-on-year +54 +6 +42
Contract jobs citing Security Monitoring 27 19 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.90% 0.34% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% 0.40% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 11 11
10th Percentile £450 £413 £443
25th Percentile £475 £431 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -4.76% +2.44%
75th Percentile £602 £539 £631
90th Percentile £688 £540 £675
England median daily rate £550 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £27.00
Median hourly rate - - £29.00
75th Percentile - - £31.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - £72.75 £81.40
% change year-on-year - -10.63% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Security Monitoring 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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,757 4,716 5,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.59% 84.85% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,756 2,743 3,594
10th Percentile £256 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
75th Percentile £600 £621 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 434 219
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £15.79 £18.23 £23.83
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.49 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.83
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Security Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Security Monitoring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Security Monitoring in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Monitoring in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Security Monitoring in the South East

Security Monitoring
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Monitoring in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Monitoring in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Monitoring in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Security Monitoring in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Monitoring within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +42 14 £500 +11.11% 22
Hampshire - 13 £640 - 11
Berkshire +29 12 £475 +8.57% 12
Buckinghamshire +17 2 £500 +4.17% 6
Security Monitoring
England

Security Monitoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (25.93%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (44.44%) Azure
2 7 (25.93%) Power Platform
3 6 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (14.81%) AWS
4 4 (14.81%) GCP
5 2 (7.41%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (3.70%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (3.70%) OCI
6 1 (3.70%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (48.15%) Firewall
2 11 (40.74%) Network Security
2 11 (40.74%) VPN
3 7 (25.93%) Internet
4 4 (14.81%) BGP
4 4 (14.81%) OSPF
4 4 (14.81%) TCP/IP
4 4 (14.81%) VLAN
5 1 (3.70%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (3.70%) IPFIX
5 1 (3.70%) Modbus
5 1 (3.70%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (25.93%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.70%) Git
2 1 (3.70%) GitLab
2 1 (3.70%) SonarQube
General
1 4 (14.81%) Public Sector
2 3 (11.11%) Military
2 3 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Legal
4 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (25.93%) IT Manager
1 7 (25.93%) IT Services Manager
1 7 (25.93%) Service Manager
2 6 (22.22%) Senior
3 5 (18.52%) Senior IT Manager
3 5 (18.52%) Senior Manager
3 5 (18.52%) Senior Service Manager
4 4 (14.81%) Analyst
4 4 (14.81%) SOC Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Lead
6 1 (3.70%) Azure Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Monitoring Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Network Services Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Network Systems Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Security Advisor
6 1 (3.70%) SIEM Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) SOC Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) SOC Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.93%) Video Conferencing
2 6 (22.22%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (14.81%) Security Posture
4 2 (7.41%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (7.41%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (3.70%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (3.70%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
5 1 (3.70%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.70%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (62.96%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (55.56%) SIEM
3 11 (40.74%) Security Operations
4 10 (37.04%) Incident Response
5 9 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
6 8 (29.63%) Analytics
6 8 (29.63%) Penetration Testing
7 7 (25.93%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (25.93%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 7 (25.93%) Threat Detection
7 7 (25.93%) Threat Intelligence
7 7 (25.93%) Vulnerability Management
8 6 (22.22%) Case Management
8 6 (22.22%) Contract Management
9 5 (18.52%) Antivirus Management
9 5 (18.52%) Proactive Monitoring
9 5 (18.52%) Server Management
9 5 (18.52%) Storage Management
10 4 (14.81%) Risk Management
10 4 (14.81%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (22.22%) Python
2 1 (3.70%) Bash
2 1 (3.70%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (40.74%) Security Cleared
2 6 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 5 (18.52%) CISSP
4 4 (14.81%) CCNP
4 4 (14.81%) CCSA
4 4 (14.81%) CCSE
4 4 (14.81%) Check Point Certification
4 4 (14.81%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (14.81%) DV Cleared
5 3 (11.11%) CEH
5 3 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (7.41%) CISM
7 1 (3.70%) Degree
7 1 (3.70%) GCFA
7 1 (3.70%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) NIST
2 3 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.70%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (3.70%) GDPR
3 1 (3.70%) NIST 800
3 1 (3.70%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 5 (18.52%) Ansible
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (11.11%) QRadar
3 1 (3.70%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (3.70%) CSIRT
3 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (29.63%) Microsoft
2 5 (18.52%) Palo Alto
2 5 (18.52%) Splunk
3 4 (14.81%) CheckPoint
3 4 (14.81%) Cisco
4 1 (3.70%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (3.70%) Darktrace
4 1 (3.70%) Rapid7