Security Operations Contracts in the South West

Security Operations (SecOps)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Security Operations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations 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 99 45 134
Rank change year-on-year -54 +89 +28
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 12 127 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.72% 3.97% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 4.78% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 81 30
10th Percentile £352 £463 £413
25th Percentile £525 £513 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £570 £625
Median % change year-on-year +14.04% -8.80% +19.05%
75th Percentile £688 £650 £715
90th Percentile - £700 £738
England median daily rate £575 £600 £622
% change year-on-year -4.17% -3.54% +3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £76.85
25th Percentile - - £82.25
Median hourly rate - - £92.50
75th Percentile - - £96.88
90th Percentile - - £98.75
England median hourly rate £67.59 £11.25 £84.50
% change year-on-year +500.78% -86.69% +125.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,516 2,656 3,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.35% 83.03% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 965 1,696 2,395
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £644
90th Percentile £688 £700 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 336 335
10th Percentile £18.33 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.48 £27.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.36
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in the South West

Security Operations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Security Operations in the South West

Security Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in the South West

Security Operations
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Operations in the South West

Security Operations
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West 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
Wiltshire -35 6 £670 +17.54% 7
Bristol +4 5 £359 -31.57% 14
Gloucestershire +16 1 £550 -14.06% 24
Security Operations
England

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 7 (58.33%) AWS
1 7 (58.33%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Firewall
1 1 (8.33%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Electronics
4 1 (8.33%) Legal
4 1 (8.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Architect
2 5 (41.67%) Security Architect
3 4 (33.33%) Cloud Architect
3 4 (33.33%) Cloud Security Architect
4 2 (16.67%) Lead
4 2 (16.67%) Security Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) SIEM Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Contracts Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Information Security Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Lead Architect
5 1 (8.33%) Project Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Security Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Security Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Senior
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Architect
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Cloud Architect
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
1 2 (16.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (8.33%) CESG
2 1 (8.33%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (8.33%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Linux
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (58.33%) Incident Response
3 6 (50.00%) Cloud Security
3 6 (50.00%) Security Architecture
3 6 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
4 4 (33.33%) Roadmaps
5 3 (25.00%) SIEM
6 2 (16.67%) Information Security
6 2 (16.67%) ITIL
6 2 (16.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 2 (16.67%) Security Management
6 2 (16.67%) Security Monitoring
6 2 (16.67%) SOAR
6 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
7 1 (8.33%) Red Team
7 1 (8.33%) Security Analytics
7 1 (8.33%) Threat Intelligence
7 1 (8.33%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (91.67%) Security Cleared
2 9 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 6 (50.00%) DV Cleared
4 5 (41.67%) AWS Certification
4 5 (41.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 3 (25.00%) CISM
5 3 (25.00%) CISSP
6 2 (16.67%) CISA
6 2 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (8.33%) A+ Certification
7 1 (8.33%) CEH
7 1 (8.33%) CISMP
7 1 (8.33%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (8.33%) Degree
7 1 (8.33%) ISACA
7 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (8.33%) SANS
7 1 (8.33%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (8.33%) Def Stans
2 1 (8.33%) GDPR
2 1 (8.33%) Government Security Classifications
2 1 (8.33%) GRC
2 1 (8.33%) HIPAA
2 1 (8.33%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) OPNET
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) SAP