Security Monitoring Contracts in the UK excluding London

Security Monitoring
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 294 301 351
Rank change year-on-year +7 +50 +89
Contract jobs citing Security Monitoring 42 98 112
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.33% 0.47% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.56% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 76 70
10th Percentile - £460 £325
25th Percentile £450 £463 £502
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -6.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £605 £575 £647
90th Percentile £652 £675 £739
UK median daily rate £544 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +3.57% -12.50% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £65.18 £32.50
25th Percentile - £67.31 £40.75
Median hourly rate - £72.75 £56.50
Median % change year-on-year - +28.76% -
75th Percentile - £76.31 £72.25
90th Percentile - £77.33 £80.50
UK median hourly rate - £72.75 £81.40
% change year-on-year - -10.63% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,543 17,602 21,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.42% 84.74% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,249 10,520 14,947
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 2,048 1,307
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.28 £16.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Security Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Security Monitoring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Monitoring in the UK excluding London

Security Monitoring
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Monitoring in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Security Monitoring in the UK excluding London

Security Monitoring
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Monitoring in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Monitoring in the UK excluding London

Security Monitoring
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Monitoring in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Security Monitoring in the UK excluding London

Security Monitoring
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
South East +54 27 £538 +7.50% 78
South West +9 7 £500 +1.01% 42
North of England +19 3 £600 -11.24% 68
East of England +29 2 - - 43
North West +16 2 £525 -22.34% 29
Midlands +13 2 £600 +9.09% 59
West Midlands +5 2 £600 +9.09% 32
Scotland -2 2 £475 -9.52% 12
North East - 1 £625 - 8
Security Monitoring
UK

Security Monitoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (16.67%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 16 (38.10%) Azure
2 9 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (16.67%) Power Platform
4 6 (14.29%) AWS
5 5 (11.90%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (9.52%) GCP
7 3 (7.14%) Entra ID
8 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (2.38%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 1 (2.38%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (2.38%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (2.38%) OCI
9 1 (2.38%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 15 (35.71%) Firewall
2 14 (33.33%) Network Security
3 13 (30.95%) VPN
4 7 (16.67%) Internet
5 4 (9.52%) BGP
5 4 (9.52%) OSPF
5 4 (9.52%) TCP/IP
5 4 (9.52%) VLAN
6 3 (7.14%) SSL
7 2 (4.76%) DNS
7 2 (4.76%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (2.38%) DKIM
8 1 (2.38%) IPFIX
8 1 (2.38%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (16.67%) Power BI
2 1 (2.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (7.14%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.38%) Git
2 1 (2.38%) GitLab
2 1 (2.38%) SonarQube
General
1 8 (19.05%) Public Sector
1 8 (19.05%) Social Skills
2 6 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (7.14%) Military
4 2 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.38%) Finance
5 1 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.38%) Legal
5 1 (2.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (23.81%) Analyst
2 8 (19.05%) SOC Analyst
3 7 (16.67%) IT Manager
3 7 (16.67%) IT Services Manager
3 7 (16.67%) Senior
3 7 (16.67%) Service Manager
4 5 (11.90%) Senior IT Manager
4 5 (11.90%) Senior Manager
4 5 (11.90%) Senior Service Manager
5 3 (7.14%) Azure Consultant
5 3 (7.14%) Consultant
5 3 (7.14%) Security Analyst
5 3 (7.14%) Security Engineer
6 2 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (4.76%) Junior
6 2 (4.76%) Junior Analyst
6 2 (4.76%) Lead
7 1 (2.38%) Administrator
7 1 (2.38%) Network Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 10 (23.81%) Security Operations Centre
2 8 (19.05%) Security Posture
3 7 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
4 6 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (7.14%) Management Information System
5 3 (7.14%) Operational Technology
6 2 (4.76%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
7 1 (2.38%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (2.38%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (2.38%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (2.38%) Data Centre
7 1 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (2.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (2.38%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (2.38%) Insider Threat
7 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
7 1 (2.38%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.14%) Windows
2 2 (4.76%) Windows 10
2 2 (4.76%) Windows Server
2 2 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (2.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (61.90%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (50.00%) SIEM
3 18 (42.86%) Incident Response
3 18 (42.86%) Security Operations
4 12 (28.57%) Analytics
4 12 (28.57%) Threat Detection
4 12 (28.57%) Threat Intelligence
5 11 (26.19%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 9 (21.43%) Disaster Recovery
7 8 (19.05%) Penetration Testing
7 8 (19.05%) Vulnerability Management
8 7 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (16.67%) Cloud Security
8 7 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (16.67%) Threat Analysis
9 6 (14.29%) Case Management
9 6 (14.29%) Contract Management
9 6 (14.29%) Incident Management
9 6 (14.29%) Proactive Monitoring
9 6 (14.29%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.05%) Python
2 3 (7.14%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (4.76%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.38%) Bash
4 1 (2.38%) Search Processing Language
4 1 (2.38%) Shell Script
4 1 (2.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (45.24%) Security Cleared
2 12 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 10 (23.81%) CISSP
4 7 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
5 6 (14.29%) DV Cleared
6 5 (11.90%) CISM
7 4 (9.52%) CCNP
7 4 (9.52%) CCSA
7 4 (9.52%) CCSE
7 4 (9.52%) Check Point Certification
7 4 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (9.52%) Degree
8 3 (7.14%) CEH
9 2 (4.76%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (4.76%) GCIA
10 1 (2.38%) GCFA
10 1 (2.38%) GCIH
10 1 (2.38%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 1 (2.38%) SANS
10 1 (2.38%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (14.29%) NIST
3 2 (4.76%) NIST 800
4 1 (2.38%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (2.38%) GDPR
4 1 (2.38%) NCSC
4 1 (2.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.76%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (11.90%) Ansible
3 3 (7.14%) QRadar
4 2 (4.76%) SCCM
5 1 (2.38%) CASB
5 1 (2.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (2.38%) CSIRT
5 1 (2.38%) Kubernetes
5 1 (2.38%) OPNET
5 1 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (2.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (30.95%) Microsoft
2 7 (16.67%) Splunk
3 6 (14.29%) Palo Alto
4 4 (9.52%) CheckPoint
4 4 (9.52%) Cisco
5 2 (4.76%) HP
5 2 (4.76%) Remedy
6 1 (2.38%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (2.38%) Darktrace
6 1 (2.38%) Forcepoint
6 1 (2.38%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.38%) Rapid7
6 1 (2.38%) ServiceNow