Protective Monitoring Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Protective Monitoring
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Protective Monitoring skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 117 141
Rank change year-on-year -6 +24 +23
Contract jobs citing Protective Monitoring 3 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.15% 0.11% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.12% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £512 £514 £565
25th Percentile £512 £522 £572
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £539 £593
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% -9.07% -
75th Percentile £549 £552 £612
90th Percentile £556 £557 £618
South East median daily rate £525 £539 £593
% change year-on-year -2.55% -9.07% -10.57%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Protective 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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,775 1,603 2,214
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.83% 90.26% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,175 927 1,423
10th Percentile £267 £261 £213
25th Percentile £400 £407 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £635 £600
90th Percentile £650 £672 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £517
% change year-on-year -1.96% -1.40% +3.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 45 102
10th Percentile £15.62 £21.98 £19.03
25th Percentile £18.87 £38.00 £25.44
Median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £50.39
Median % change year-on-year -55.68% +12.61% +93.82%
75th Percentile £58.00 £63.00 £64.20
90th Percentile £94.75 £67.30 £72.33
South East median hourly rate £23.58 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -44.53% -22.73% +24.29%

Protective Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Protective Monitoring relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Protective Monitoring job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Protective Monitoring
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Protective Monitoring.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Protective Monitoring

Protective Monitoring
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Protective Monitoring within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
Buckinghamshire 0 3 £525 -2.55% 1
Protective Monitoring
South East

Protective Monitoring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Lead
3 1 (33.33%) Senior
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (66.67%) CSOC
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CEH
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft