Security Monitoring Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Security Monitoring
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring Security Monitoring skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 45 54
Rank change year-on-year -20 +9 +18
Contract jobs citing Security Monitoring 3 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 0.50% 0.29% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.31% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £429 - £543
25th Percentile £453 £513 £588
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £675
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% -22.22% -
75th Percentile £518 £538 £713
90th Percentile £530 - £728
South East median daily rate £600 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +19.90% -4.76% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Surrey

Security Monitoring 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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 521 322 483
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 86.54% 94.43% 84.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 332 218 354
10th Percentile £200 £204 £203
25th Percentile £363 £275 £301
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £561
90th Percentile £637 £600 £675
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £519
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.57% +0.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 34 49
10th Percentile £16.33 £17.96 £11.71
25th Percentile £45.75 £25.86 £18.35
Median hourly rate £67.47 £52.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.51% +16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £57.50 £71.90
90th Percentile £78.75 £61.00 £76.86
South East median hourly rate £53.95 £23.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year +129.57% -59.02% +14.70%

Security Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Security Monitoring job vacancy trend in Surrey

Security Monitoring
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Security Monitoring.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Security Monitoring

Security Monitoring
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Monitoring within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 23 August 2026. 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
Leatherhead -8 1 £495 -5.71%
Redhill - 1 £525 - 1
Security Monitoring
South East

Security Monitoring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Security Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) SIEM Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Splunk Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Splunk Support
1 1 (33.33%) Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Unix
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
1 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Detection
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Google
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (33.33%) Splunk