Security Operations Contracts in the UK excluding London

Security Operations (SecOps)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Security Operations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 167 263 324
Rank change year-on-year +96 +61 -26
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 268 199 200
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.29% 0.82% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.52% 0.92% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 145 156
10th Percentile £425 £385 £425
25th Percentile £500 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £610 £568
Median % change year-on-year -6.56% +7.49% +13.50%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £706
90th Percentile £700 £783 £775
UK median daily rate £600 £613 £600
% change year-on-year -2.04% +2.08% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile - £76.85 -
25th Percentile - £82.25 £78.25
Median hourly rate £11.25 £92.50 £80.50
Median % change year-on-year -87.84% +14.91% +570.83%
75th Percentile - £96.88 £82.75
90th Percentile - £98.75 -
UK median hourly rate £11.25 £76.50 £51.75
% change year-on-year -85.29% +47.83% +43.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Security Operations is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,628 21,692 27,683
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.82% 89.60% 88.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,612 15,031 19,309
10th Percentile £246 £252 £231
25th Percentile £380 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.83%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,028 1,339 1,383
10th Percentile £12.30 £11.00 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.16 £16.25 £14.00
Median hourly rate £35.65 £37.30 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% +86.50% -8.09%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.62 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in the UK excluding London

Security Operations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Operations in the UK excluding London

Security Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in the UK excluding London

Security Operations
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Operations in the UK excluding London

Security Operations
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 Operations within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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 West +91 127 £570 -8.80% 19
South East +34 50 £500 -16.67% 37
Midlands +42 43 £618 -5.00% 19
West Midlands +38 40 £629 -3.17% 15
Scotland +34 20 £500 - 14
East of England +5 17 £650 +8.33% 7
North of England -2 13 £650 +6.12% 27
North West -20 7 £650 +8.33% 17
Yorkshire +20 6 £784 +43.15% 10
East Midlands +13 3 £567 -13.63% 4
Security Operations
UK

Security Operations
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 12 (4.48%) CMS
2 2 (0.75%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.12%) Dynamics GP
1 3 (1.12%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 27 (10.07%) Azure
2 13 (4.85%) Azure Sentinel
3 8 (2.99%) AWS
4 7 (2.61%) Power Platform
5 6 (2.24%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.12%) GitHub
7 2 (0.75%) GCP
8 1 (0.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.37%) AWS CloudTrail
8 1 (0.37%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.37%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.37%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 37 (13.81%) Network Security
2 26 (9.70%) Firewall
3 16 (5.97%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (1.87%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.12%) Broadband
5 3 (1.12%) Cisco ISE
5 3 (1.12%) SSL
6 2 (0.75%) DNS
6 2 (0.75%) LAN
6 2 (0.75%) WAN
6 2 (0.75%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.85%) Big Data
2 3 (1.12%) Power BI
3 2 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 3 (1.12%) GitLab
1 3 (1.12%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (0.75%) Bitbucket
2 2 (0.75%) JIRA
General
1 52 (19.40%) Analytical Skills
1 52 (19.40%) Social Skills
2 22 (8.21%) Public Sector
3 15 (5.60%) Finance
4 13 (4.85%) Manufacturing
5 11 (4.10%) Military
6 8 (2.99%) Telecoms
7 6 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.49%) Banking
9 3 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.75%) Electronics
10 2 (0.75%) Marketing
11 1 (0.37%) Games
Job Titles
1 120 (44.78%) Analyst
2 72 (26.87%) SOC Analyst
3 33 (12.31%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
4 27 (10.07%) Senior
5 26 (9.70%) SOC Engineer
6 24 (8.96%) Security Specialist
7 22 (8.21%) Lead
8 20 (7.46%) Architect
8 20 (7.46%) Cyber Threat Analyst
8 20 (7.46%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
8 20 (7.46%) Security Analyst
9 13 (4.85%) SOC Manager
10 12 (4.48%) Senior Analyst
11 10 (3.73%) IT Security Specialist
11 10 (3.73%) Lead Architect
11 10 (3.73%) Security Operations Specialist
12 9 (3.36%) Operations Analyst
12 9 (3.36%) Project Manager
12 9 (3.36%) Security Engineer
12 9 (3.36%) Security Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.85%) Apache NiFi
2 3 (1.12%) AngularJS
2 3 (1.12%) CSS
2 3 (1.12%) HTML
2 3 (1.12%) LDAP
2 3 (1.12%) SOAP
2 3 (1.12%) XML
3 2 (0.75%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (0.75%) SAML
4 1 (0.37%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 120 (44.78%) Security Operations Centre
2 60 (22.39%) Management Information System
3 47 (17.54%) CSOC
4 42 (15.67%) Cyber Threat
5 32 (11.94%) Cyber Defence
6 15 (5.60%) Distributed Applications
7 13 (4.85%) Security Posture
8 12 (4.48%) Cyberattack
9 11 (4.10%) Operational Technology
10 9 (3.36%) Onboarding
11 8 (2.99%) CESG
11 8 (2.99%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 6 (2.24%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 4 (1.49%) CMDB
13 4 (1.49%) PKI
14 2 (0.75%) CCTV
14 2 (0.75%) Distributed Systems
14 2 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
14 2 (0.75%) Product Ownership
15 1 (0.37%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 48 (17.91%) Windows
2 43 (16.04%) Linux
3 12 (4.48%) Unix
4 11 (4.10%) Android
4 11 (4.10%) Apple iOS
5 7 (2.61%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.37%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (66.04%) Cybersecurity
2 141 (52.61%) SIEM
3 119 (44.40%) Incident Response
4 76 (28.36%) Information Security
5 68 (25.37%) Threat Intelligence
6 53 (19.78%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 50 (18.66%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 48 (17.91%) Analytics
9 42 (15.67%) Use Case
9 42 (15.67%) Vulnerability Management
10 38 (14.18%) SOAR
11 33 (12.31%) Continuous Improvement
12 30 (11.19%) Problem-Solving
13 29 (10.82%) Agile
13 29 (10.82%) Open Source
14 28 (10.45%) ITIL
14 28 (10.45%) Malware Analysis
14 28 (10.45%) OSINT
15 27 (10.07%) Data Security
16 25 (9.33%) Cyber Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 11 (4.10%) Kusto Query Language
2 9 (3.36%) PowerShell
2 9 (3.36%) Python
3 4 (1.49%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.12%) Java
5 2 (0.75%) Go
5 2 (0.75%) Perl
5 2 (0.75%) Search Processing Language
6 1 (0.37%) Bash
6 1 (0.37%) C
6 1 (0.37%) C++
6 1 (0.37%) Ruby
6 1 (0.37%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.37%) SQL
Qualifications
1 168 (62.69%) Security Cleared
2 110 (41.04%) DV Cleared
3 54 (20.15%) SC Cleared
4 45 (16.79%) Degree
5 34 (12.69%) CISSP
6 24 (8.96%) SANS
7 20 (7.46%) CISM
8 19 (7.09%) CompTIA Security+
9 12 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (4.48%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (4.10%) CEH
11 8 (2.99%) CISA
11 8 (2.99%) CISMP
11 8 (2.99%) ISACA
11 8 (2.99%) ITIL Certification
11 8 (2.99%) SSCP
12 6 (2.24%) Azure Certification
13 5 (1.87%) MCSE
14 3 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
15 2 (0.75%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (10.82%) GDPR
2 27 (10.07%) NIST
3 15 (5.60%) NCSC
3 15 (5.60%) PCI DSS
4 13 (4.85%) Actionable Recommendations
5 12 (4.48%) NIST 800
6 11 (4.10%) HIPAA
6 11 (4.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.49%) QA
9 3 (1.12%) Data Quality
9 3 (1.12%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.75%) RMADS
10 2 (0.75%) SLA
11 1 (0.37%) GRC
System Software
1 10 (3.73%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.49%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.75%) Docker
4 2 (0.75%) XenApp
5 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (1.49%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 4 (1.49%) SCCM
2 3 (1.12%) Nessus
2 3 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (1.12%) Terraform
3 2 (0.75%) Ansible
3 2 (0.75%) Kibana
3 2 (0.75%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.75%) logstash
3 2 (0.75%) Network Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.37%) Puppet
Vendors
1 57 (21.27%) Microsoft
2 35 (13.06%) Splunk
3 29 (10.82%) LogRhythm
4 21 (7.84%) Qualys
5 17 (6.34%) Varonis
6 16 (5.97%) Forcepoint
7 14 (5.22%) Darktrace
8 13 (4.85%) FireEye
8 13 (4.85%) Red Hat
9 7 (2.61%) Virgin Media
10 6 (2.24%) Cisco
10 6 (2.24%) ServiceNow
11 3 (1.12%) Sage
11 3 (1.12%) VMware
12 2 (0.75%) Atlassian
12 2 (0.75%) CheckPoint
12 2 (0.75%) Citrix
12 2 (0.75%) SAP
13 1 (0.37%) TippingPoint
13 1 (0.37%) Trend Micro