Security Monitoring Contracts in the Thames Valley

Security Monitoring
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Security Monitoring skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Monitoring 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 88 130 141
Rank change year-on-year +42 +11 +23
Contract jobs citing Security Monitoring 14 15 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.93% 0.56% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 0.64% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 7 3
10th Percentile - £408 £347
25th Percentile £450 £413 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -25.00% +18.69%
75th Percentile £563 £490 £675
90th Percentile £600 £532 -
South East median daily rate £538 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +7.50% -4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £27.00
Median hourly rate - - £29.00
75th Percentile - - £31.00
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - - £29.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Security Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Security Monitoring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Security Monitoring in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Monitoring in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Security Monitoring in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Monitoring in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Monitoring in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Monitoring in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Security Monitoring in the Thames Valley

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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 Security Monitoring within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Berkshire +29 12 £475 +8.57% 12
Buckinghamshire +17 2 £500 +4.17% 6
Security Monitoring
South East

Security Monitoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Azure
2 2 (14.29%) AWS
2 2 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (14.29%) GCP
3 1 (7.14%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (7.14%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) Firewall
1 5 (35.71%) Network Security
2 4 (28.57%) BGP
2 4 (28.57%) OSPF
2 4 (28.57%) TCP/IP
2 4 (28.57%) VLAN
2 4 (28.57%) VPN
3 1 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (7.14%) IPFIX
3 1 (7.14%) Modbus
3 1 (7.14%) SSL
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Git
1 1 (7.14%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (21.43%) Analyst
1 3 (21.43%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (7.14%) Azure Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) Security Advisor
3 1 (7.14%) Senior
3 1 (7.14%) SIEM Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) SOC Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Security Posture
2 3 (21.43%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (7.14%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
4 1 (7.14%) Operational Technology
4 1 (7.14%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) SIEM
2 8 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (57.14%) Security Operations
3 7 (50.00%) Incident Response
4 6 (42.86%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 6 (42.86%) Threat Intelligence
4 6 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
5 5 (35.71%) Threat Detection
6 4 (28.57%) Proactive Monitoring
6 4 (28.57%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 3 (21.43%) Incident Management
7 3 (21.43%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (21.43%) Threat Analysis
8 2 (14.29%) Cloud Security
8 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (14.29%) DevOps
8 2 (14.29%) Malware Analysis
8 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
8 2 (14.29%) SOAR
8 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) Python
2 1 (7.14%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) CCNP
1 4 (28.57%) CCSA
1 4 (28.57%) CCSE
1 4 (28.57%) Check Point Certification
1 4 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (28.57%) CISSP
2 2 (14.29%) CEH
2 2 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (7.14%) CISM
3 1 (7.14%) Degree
3 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) GCFA
3 1 (7.14%) GCIH
3 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (14.29%) NIST
2 1 (7.14%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (7.14%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 5 (35.71%) Ansible
2 3 (21.43%) QRadar
3 1 (7.14%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Palo Alto
2 4 (28.57%) CheckPoint
2 4 (28.57%) Cisco
2 4 (28.57%) Splunk
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (7.14%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (7.14%) Darktrace
4 1 (7.14%) Rapid7