Security Operations Contract Job Trends in West London

Security Operations (SecOps)
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West London requiring Security Operations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 27 41
Rank change year-on-year -16 +14 +14
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 3 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in West London 0.96% 0.93% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.09% 1.12% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile - £455 -
25th Percentile £416 £463 £825
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £475 £850
Median % change year-on-year -11.05% -44.12% +25.93%
75th Percentile £464 £488 £875
90th Percentile £486 £495 -
London median daily rate £538 £575 £650
% change year-on-year -6.52% -11.54% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
West London

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 West London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 274 178 374
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 88.10% 83.18% 90.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 126 284
10th Percentile £204 £220 £202
25th Percentile £358 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £418 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.72% -20.43% +2.69%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £600
90th Percentile £638 £588 £666
London median daily rate £530 £550 £565
% change year-on-year -3.64% -2.65% -4.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 10 23
10th Percentile £19.54 £20.20 £17.10
25th Percentile £21.46 £21.13 £31.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.93 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% -58.31% -11.29%
75th Percentile £30.56 £28.63 £69.50
90th Percentile £37.88 £37.53 £83.00
London median hourly rate £31.49 £36.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year -12.53% +5.88% -12.54%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Operations relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West London.

Security Operations job vacancy trend in West London

Security Operations
Daily Rate Trend in West London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Security Operations

Security Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Purview
1 2 (66.67%) Mimecast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) BigQuery
1 1 (33.33%) Looker
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Operations Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (66.67%) DevSecOps
1 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) CMMI
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Document Management
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Runbook
2 1 (33.33%) Service Catalogue
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (66.67%) CCSP
1 2 (66.67%) CEH
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (66.67%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) CASB
1 2 (66.67%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Tenable