Security Operations Contracts in Stevenage

Security Operations (SecOps)
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stevenage 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 14 48 -
Rank change year-on-year +34 - -
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 14 10 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage 11.20% 2.18% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.76% 2.34% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £628 - -
90th Percentile £634 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £600 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £80.34 - -
Median hourly rate £80.68 - -
75th Percentile £81.56 - -
90th Percentile £81.88 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £80.68 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 119 427 269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 95.20% 93.23% 91.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 41 60
10th Percentile £348 £80 £273
25th Percentile £450 £258 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £375 £388
Median % change year-on-year +44.00% -3.23% -16.22%
75th Percentile £625 £525 £504
90th Percentile £628 £650 £607
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +29.41% -15.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 298 133
10th Percentile £40.00 £38.12 £49.20
25th Percentile £55.00 £43.00 £53.75
Median hourly rate £66.75 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.50% -23.08% +16.07%
75th Percentile £81.35 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £77.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +26.00% -23.08% +27.83%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

Job postings citing Security Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Stevenage.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Stevenage

Security Operations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in Stevenage.

Daily rate trend for Security Operations in Stevenage

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage 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 4 (28.57%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (71.43%) DNS
1 10 (71.43%) FTP
1 10 (71.43%) HTTP
1 10 (71.43%) SMTP
1 10 (71.43%) SSL
2 8 (57.14%) Network Security
General
1 8 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Law
Job Titles
1 13 (92.86%) Analyst
1 13 (92.86%) SOC Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Junior
2 3 (21.43%) Junior Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Senior
2 3 (21.43%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 1 (7.14%) Security Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Security Specialist
3 1 (7.14%) SOC Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (71.43%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 12 (85.71%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (64.29%) Cyberattack
4 8 (57.14%) CSOC
5 6 (42.86%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (42.86%) Management Information System
6 4 (28.57%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (7.14%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Linux
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (85.71%) Incident Response
3 10 (71.43%) Threat Detection
4 8 (57.14%) Information Management
4 8 (57.14%) SIEM
5 7 (50.00%) Information Security
6 6 (42.86%) Analytics
6 6 (42.86%) Artificial Intelligence
6 6 (42.86%) Behavioural Analytics
6 6 (42.86%) Machine Learning
6 6 (42.86%) Network Packet Capture
7 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (14.29%) Security Monitoring
7 2 (14.29%) Threat Analysis
Qualifications
1 12 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 10 (71.43%) SC Cleared
3 6 (42.86%) DV Cleared
4 2 (14.29%) CISSP
4 2 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (14.29%) GCIA
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Darktrace
1 4 (28.57%) FireEye
1 4 (28.57%) LogRhythm
1 4 (28.57%) Splunk
2 2 (14.29%) IronPort
2 2 (14.29%) Symantec