Security Operations Contract Job Trends in Wokingham

Security Operations (SecOps)
Berkshire > Wokingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wokingham requiring Security Operations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 25 -
Rank change year-on-year -31 - -
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 7 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wokingham 1.66% 1.71% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.96% 1.92% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile - £570 -
25th Percentile - £575 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £584 -
Median % change year-on-year -40.02% - -
75th Percentile £519 £592 -
90th Percentile £620 £597 -
Berkshire median daily rate £425 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -19.05% -1.50% +18.44%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wokingham

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 Wokingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 357 104 87
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wokingham 84.60% 88.89% 96.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 270 60 60
10th Percentile £236 £325 £310
25th Percentile £325 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £484
Median % change year-on-year -5.61% -6.88% -0.82%
75th Percentile £500 £568 £575
90th Percentile £585 £630 £623
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -1.77%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

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

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Wokingham

Security Operations
Daily Rate Trend in Wokingham

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

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

Security Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in Wokingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Wokingham over the 6 months to 24 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in Wokingham

Security Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wokingham 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 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Administrator
1 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 2 (28.57%) Lead
1 2 (28.57%) Security Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (42.86%) Onboarding
3 2 (28.57%) CSOC
3 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (14.29%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Incident Response
2 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (57.14%) Agile
4 3 (42.86%) SIEM
5 2 (28.57%) Change Management
5 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (28.57%) DevSecOps
5 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
5 2 (28.57%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 1 (14.29%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) CISSP
1 4 (57.14%) CREST Certified
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
1 4 (57.14%) GIAC
2 2 (28.57%) CISM
2 2 (28.57%) SANS
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Virgin Media