Security Operations Contracts in the South East

Security Operations (SecOps)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Security Operations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 155 189 200
Rank change year-on-year +34 +11 -44
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 50 28 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.90% 0.48% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 0.54% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 19 51
10th Percentile - £425 £456
25th Percentile £425 £550 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £513
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +17.07% +7.89%
75th Percentile £594 £638 £675
90th Percentile £690 £710 £775
England median daily rate £600 £613 £600
% change year-on-year -2.04% +2.08% +18.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £78.25
Median hourly rate - - £80.50
75th Percentile - - £82.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £11.25 £76.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -85.29% +104.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Security Operations is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,729 5,219 6,940
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.98% 89.43% 89.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,757 3,621 4,692
10th Percentile £238 £250 £226
25th Percentile £400 £406 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £619 £588
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 432 221 286
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.25 £12.23
25th Percentile £18.20 £23.15 £16.15
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -11.76%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.00 £62.95
England median hourly rate £35.25 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.00% +56.25% -

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in the South East

Security Operations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Security Operations in the South East

Security Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in the South East over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in the South East

Security Operations
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Operations in the South East

Security Operations
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 Operations within the South East region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
West Sussex - 23 £450 -
Thames Valley +11 22 £535 -2.80% 26
Berkshire -13 13 £533 +10.75% 22
Buckinghamshire +31 9 £543 -11.33% 4
Hampshire -1 2 £575 -5.74% 2
Sussex -2 2 £450 -28.00%
Surrey +13 1 £500 -16.67% 5
Security Operations
England

Security Operations
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (8.00%) Azure
2 3 (6.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (2.00%) AWS
3 1 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.00%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 6 (12.00%) Network Security
2 3 (6.00%) Broadband
2 3 (6.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (4.00%) Firewall
3 2 (4.00%) LAN
3 2 (4.00%) WAN
General
1 8 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (10.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.00%) Finance
3 1 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (34.00%) Security Specialist
2 11 (22.00%) Analyst
2 11 (22.00%) Senior
3 10 (20.00%) IT Security Specialist
3 10 (20.00%) Security Operations Specialist
4 8 (16.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 7 (14.00%) Lead
5 7 (14.00%) Senior Security Specialist
5 7 (14.00%) SOC Analyst
6 4 (8.00%) Head of Operations
6 4 (8.00%) Head of Security
6 4 (8.00%) Security Analyst
6 4 (8.00%) SOC Engineer
6 4 (8.00%) Splunk Specialist
7 3 (6.00%) Head of Information
7 3 (6.00%) Head of Information Security
7 3 (6.00%) Operations Analyst
7 3 (6.00%) Security Operations Analyst
7 3 (6.00%) SOC Specialist
8 2 (4.00%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.00%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 18 (36.00%) Management Information System
2 7 (14.00%) Onboarding
3 5 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (6.00%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (2.00%) CSOC
Operating Systems
1 14 (28.00%) Windows
2 12 (24.00%) Linux
3 2 (4.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (66.00%) Incident Response
2 29 (58.00%) SIEM
3 28 (56.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 24 (48.00%) Data Security
5 19 (38.00%) Data Loss Prevention
6 16 (32.00%) Cybersecurity
7 10 (20.00%) Incident Management
8 8 (16.00%) Information Security
9 7 (14.00%) Proactive Monitoring
10 4 (8.00%) Agile
10 4 (8.00%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (8.00%) Technology Transformation
11 3 (6.00%) Design Thinking
11 3 (6.00%) Identity Access Management
11 3 (6.00%) Security Monitoring
12 2 (4.00%) Analytics
12 2 (4.00%) Kalman Filter
12 2 (4.00%) Line Management
12 2 (4.00%) Risk Management
12 2 (4.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (4.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (16.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (14.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (4.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (4.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (8.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 3 (6.00%) Nessus
3 2 (4.00%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 32 (64.00%) Microsoft
2 17 (34.00%) LogRhythm
3 16 (32.00%) Forcepoint
3 16 (32.00%) Qualys
3 16 (32.00%) Varonis
4 13 (26.00%) Splunk
5 7 (14.00%) Virgin Media
6 2 (4.00%) CheckPoint
6 2 (4.00%) Cisco
6 2 (4.00%) Citrix
6 2 (4.00%) VMware
7 1 (2.00%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (2.00%) Netskope
7 1 (2.00%) TippingPoint
7 1 (2.00%) Trend Micro
7 1 (2.00%) Zscaler