Security Monitoring Contracts

Security Monitoring
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 437 429 522
Rank change year-on-year -8 +93 +146
Contract jobs citing Security Monitoring 83 154 197
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.35% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.41% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 117 143
10th Percentile £445 £425 £425
25th Percentile £456 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -12.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £611 £638 £669
90th Percentile £703 £735 £748
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +7.32% -6.82% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - £65.18 £42.54
25th Percentile - £67.31 £65.85
Median hourly rate - £72.75 £81.40
Median % change year-on-year - -10.63% -
75th Percentile - £76.31 £90.44
90th Percentile - £77.33 £98.43
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £72.75 £56.50
% change year-on-year - +28.76% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Security Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Security Monitoring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Security Monitoring in the UK

Security Monitoring
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Security Monitoring in the UK

Security Monitoring
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Monitoring in the UK

Security Monitoring
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Monitoring in the UK

Security Monitoring
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 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
England +4 77 £550 +10.00% 127
UK excluding London +7 42 £550 +7.32% 86
Work from Home +30 35 £500 - 76
London +23 33 £525 -6.67% 61
South East +54 27 £538 +7.50% 24
South West +9 7 £500 +1.01% 12
North of England +19 3 £600 -11.24% 24
East of England +29 2 - - 6
North West +16 2 £525 -22.34% 8
Midlands +13 2 £600 +9.09% 12
West Midlands +5 2 £600 +9.09% 7
Scotland -2 2 £475 -9.52% 10
North East - 1 £625 - 1

Security Monitoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (8.43%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.20%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 32 (38.55%) Azure
2 13 (15.66%) AWS
2 13 (15.66%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (10.84%) Azure Sentinel
4 7 (8.43%) Power Platform
5 5 (6.02%) GCP
6 4 (4.82%) Entra ID
6 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.41%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.20%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.20%) Datadog
8 1 (1.20%) Google Compute Engine
8 1 (1.20%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.20%) IaaS
8 1 (1.20%) Mimecast
8 1 (1.20%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.20%) PaaS
8 1 (1.20%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.20%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 31 (37.35%) Firewall
2 18 (21.69%) Network Security
3 14 (16.87%) VPN
4 7 (8.43%) Internet
5 5 (6.02%) DNS
5 5 (6.02%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (4.82%) BGP
6 4 (4.82%) OSPF
6 4 (4.82%) SD-WAN
6 4 (4.82%) TCP/IP
6 4 (4.82%) VLAN
6 4 (4.82%) WAN
7 3 (3.61%) SSL
7 3 (3.61%) Wireless
8 2 (2.41%) BIG-IP
8 2 (2.41%) DHCP
8 2 (2.41%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 2 (2.41%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 2 (2.41%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (2.41%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.43%) Power BI
2 1 (1.20%) BigQuery
2 1 (1.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (3.61%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.20%) Git
2 1 (1.20%) GitLab
2 1 (1.20%) SonarQube
General
1 20 (24.10%) Social Skills
2 13 (15.66%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (10.84%) Public Sector
4 6 (7.23%) Finance
5 3 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (3.61%) Legal
5 3 (3.61%) Military
6 2 (2.41%) Local Government
6 2 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.20%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (22.89%) Analyst
2 13 (15.66%) Senior
3 12 (14.46%) Security Engineer
3 12 (14.46%) SOC Analyst
4 10 (12.05%) Architect
4 10 (12.05%) Security Architect
5 7 (8.43%) IT Manager
5 7 (8.43%) IT Services Manager
5 7 (8.43%) Security Analyst
5 7 (8.43%) Senior Manager
5 7 (8.43%) Service Manager
6 5 (6.02%) Consultant
6 5 (6.02%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 5 (6.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (6.02%) Network Engineer
6 5 (6.02%) Senior IT Manager
6 5 (6.02%) Senior Service Manager
7 4 (4.82%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 4 (4.82%) Security Solutions Architect
7 4 (4.82%) Security Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.20%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (1.20%) OAuth
1 1 (1.20%) SAML
1 1 (1.20%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 17 (20.48%) Security Operations Centre
1 17 (20.48%) Security Posture
2 8 (9.64%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (8.43%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (6.02%) Management Information System
5 4 (4.82%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (3.61%) Data Centre
6 3 (3.61%) Operational Technology
7 2 (2.41%) Cloud Security Posture
7 2 (2.41%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.41%) PKI
7 2 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.20%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.20%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.20%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (1.20%) IoT
8 1 (1.20%) Public Cloud
8 1 (1.20%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.43%) Windows
2 5 (6.02%) Linux
2 5 (6.02%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.61%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (2.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (50.60%) Incident Response
2 41 (49.40%) SIEM
3 40 (48.19%) Cybersecurity
4 34 (40.96%) Security Operations
5 25 (30.12%) Vulnerability Management
6 24 (28.92%) Threat Detection
7 19 (22.89%) Threat Intelligence
8 17 (20.48%) Cloud Security
9 15 (18.07%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 14 (16.87%) Analytics
10 14 (16.87%) Penetration Testing
10 14 (16.87%) Problem-Solving
11 13 (15.66%) Incident Management
12 11 (13.25%) Risk Management
13 10 (12.05%) Continuous Improvement
13 10 (12.05%) MITRE ATT&CK
14 9 (10.84%) Disaster Recovery
14 9 (10.84%) Threat Analysis
15 8 (9.64%) Vulnerability Assessment
16 7 (8.43%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 15 (18.07%) Python
2 10 (12.05%) PowerShell
3 4 (4.82%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (2.41%) Bash
5 1 (1.20%) C++
5 1 (1.20%) Java
5 1 (1.20%) Kotlin
5 1 (1.20%) Rust
5 1 (1.20%) Search Processing Language
5 1 (1.20%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.20%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (31.33%) Security Cleared
2 19 (22.89%) SC Cleared
3 15 (18.07%) CISSP
4 12 (14.46%) CompTIA Security+
5 10 (12.05%) Degree
6 7 (8.43%) CISM
7 6 (7.23%) DV Cleared
8 4 (4.82%) CCNP
8 4 (4.82%) CCSA
8 4 (4.82%) CCSE
8 4 (4.82%) CEH
8 4 (4.82%) Check Point Certification
8 4 (4.82%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (4.82%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (4.82%) GCIA
8 4 (4.82%) GCIH
9 3 (3.61%) GCFA
10 2 (2.41%) CompTIA CySA+
10 2 (2.41%) GIAC
11 1 (1.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (16.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (14.46%) NIST
3 7 (8.43%) GDPR
4 3 (3.61%) HIPAA
4 3 (3.61%) NCSC
4 3 (3.61%) PCI DSS
5 2 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (2.41%) NIST 800
6 1 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.20%) GRC
System Software
1 7 (8.43%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.82%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (3.61%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (12.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (9.64%) SCCM
3 5 (6.02%) Ansible
4 4 (4.82%) QRadar
5 3 (3.61%) CASB
5 3 (3.61%) OPNET
5 3 (3.61%) Terraform
6 2 (2.41%) CSIRT
6 2 (2.41%) SCOrch
7 1 (1.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (1.20%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 27 (32.53%) Microsoft
2 11 (13.25%) Splunk
3 9 (10.84%) Palo Alto
4 7 (8.43%) Cisco
5 6 (7.23%) CheckPoint
6 5 (6.02%) ServiceNow
7 4 (4.82%) Rapid7
8 2 (2.41%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (2.41%) F5
8 2 (2.41%) Fortinet
8 2 (2.41%) HP
8 2 (2.41%) Infoblox
8 2 (2.41%) Meraki
8 2 (2.41%) Remedy
9 1 (1.20%) Alibaba
9 1 (1.20%) Darktrace
9 1 (1.20%) Dell
9 1 (1.20%) Forcepoint
9 1 (1.20%) Netskope
9 1 (1.20%) Zscaler