Security Operations Specialist Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Security Operations Specialist
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

As of 4 October 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Security Operations Specialist daily rate in Stevenage.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Operations Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 0.22% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £85.00 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £85.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Stevenage

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Stevenage. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Stevenage with a recognized job title 446 162 284
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.59% 79.02% 98.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 38 64
10th Percentile £334 £225 £307
25th Percentile £450 £417 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% +18.60%
75th Percentile £647 £700 £575
90th Percentile £814 £808 -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £531 £475
% change year-on-year -1.13% +11.79% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 91 142
10th Percentile £30.11 £36.00 £40.85
25th Percentile £55.00 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £72.25 £67.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £70.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £64.00 £48.29 £50.00
% change year-on-year +32.53% -3.42% -23.08%

Security Operations Specialist Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage

For the 6 months to 4 October 2026, Security Operations Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Stevenage region featuring Security Operations Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Behavioural Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) FTP
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Network Packet Capture
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SMTP
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection

Security Operations Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) FTP
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SMTP
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Cyberattack
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) YARA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Behavioural Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Network Packet Capture
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared