Security Operations Contracts in Warwickshire

Security Operations (SecOps)
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Warwickshire requiring Security Operations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations over the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 45 37
Rank change year-on-year -7 -8 +4
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Security Operations 5 2 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Warwickshire 1.00% 0.48% 3.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 0.56% 3.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 11
10th Percentile - - £613
25th Percentile £763 - £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £750 £750
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - +36.36%
75th Percentile £788 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £625 £650 £675
% change year-on-year -3.85% -3.70% +22.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Warwickshire

Security Operations 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 Warwickshire.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 446 357 359
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire 88.84% 86.44% 89.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 236 247
10th Percentile £311 £375 £263
25th Percentile £400 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £660 £725
90th Percentile £683 £781 £750
West Midlands median daily rate £492 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -2.57% +1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 11 4
10th Percentile £16.13 £13.00 £16.05
25th Percentile £28.18 £13.84 £18.59
Median hourly rate £40.46 £14.70 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +175.24% -41.20% +44.93%
75th Percentile £50.00 £33.64 £31.13
90th Percentile - £35.00 £33.15
West Midlands median hourly rate £24.34 £21.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +15.90% -23.64% +62.60%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

Job postings citing Security Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Warwickshire

Security Operations
Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Security Operations.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Security Operations

Security Operations
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Warwickshire

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 Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 26 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Warwick +1 5 £775 +3.33% 1
Security Operations
West Midlands

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warwickshire 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 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
2 3 (60.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (40.00%) Network Security
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco Firepower
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Security Technical Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) SOC Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Security Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Workday Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (40.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (60.00%) SIEM
1 3 (60.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (40.00%) Data Security
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (40.00%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (40.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Threat Detection
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Load Balancing
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Proactive Management
3 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (40.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CEH
1 2 (40.00%) CISM
1 2 (40.00%) CISSP
2 1 (20.00%) CCIE
2 1 (20.00%) CCIE Security
2 1 (20.00%) CCSE
2 1 (20.00%) CCSM
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) Proofpoint
2 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) F5
2 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (20.00%) Zscaler