Security Operations Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Security Operations (SecOps)
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stevenage requiring Security Operations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 29 35
Rank change year-on-year -1 +6 +10
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 14 3 8
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 4.62% 2.24% 3.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.76% 2.52% 3.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £680 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.00%
Hertfordshire median daily rate £602 £550 £613
% change year-on-year +9.36% -10.20% +2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 2
10th Percentile £45.00 - -
25th Percentile £50.25 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £49.00
75th Percentile £75.00 - -
90th Percentile £83.75 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £72.50 £49.00
% change year-on-year -10.34% +47.96% -24.62%

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 243 119 210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 80.20% 88.81% 92.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 14 28
10th Percentile £165 £266 £217
25th Percentile £450 £293 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £343 £464
Median % change year-on-year +53.28% -26.15% -11.58%
75th Percentile £584 £495 £544
90th Percentile £756 £565 £650
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 68 139
10th Percentile £41.25 £38.50 £38.74
25th Percentile £50.00 £60.00 £49.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% +0.77% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £95.00 £90.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £43.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -33.85% - -

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Operations relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage.

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Stevenage

Security Operations
Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Security Operations.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Security Operations

Security Operations
Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Security Operations.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Security Operations

Security Operations
Hourly Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Operations in Stevenage over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Operations in Stevenage

Security Operations
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 13 (92.86%) DNS
1 13 (92.86%) FTP
1 13 (92.86%) HTTP
1 13 (92.86%) Network Security
1 13 (92.86%) SMTP
1 13 (92.86%) SSL
General
1 13 (92.86%) Analytical Skills
1 13 (92.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Law
Job Titles
1 14 (100.00%) Analyst
1 14 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Senior
2 1 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (92.86%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (100.00%) CSOC
1 14 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 14 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 13 (92.86%) Analytical Mindset
2 13 (92.86%) Cyberattack
2 13 (92.86%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 14 (100.00%) Information Management
1 14 (100.00%) Threat Detection
2 13 (92.86%) AI
2 13 (92.86%) Analytics
2 13 (92.86%) Behavioural Analytics
2 13 (92.86%) Incident Response
2 13 (92.86%) Information Security
2 13 (92.86%) Machine Learning
2 13 (92.86%) Network Packet Capture
2 13 (92.86%) SIEM
3 12 (85.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (85.71%) Root Cause Analysis
3 12 (85.71%) Runbook
3 12 (85.71%) SOAR
3 12 (85.71%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 12 (85.71%) PowerShell
1 12 (85.71%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (78.57%) SC Cleared
1 11 (78.57%) Security Cleared
2 10 (71.43%) DV Cleared