Security Monitoring Contracts in Central London

Security Monitoring
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 120 143 198
Rank change year-on-year +23 +55 -13
Contract jobs citing Security Monitoring 9 7 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.39% 0.23% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.26% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 9
10th Percentile £425 £500 £603
25th Percentile £428 - £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £650 £660
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% -1.52% +25.71%
75th Percentile £538 £875 £755
90th Percentile £558 £905 £764
London median daily rate £525 £630 £650
% change year-on-year -16.67% -3.08% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,145 2,702 4,475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 91.78% 89.44% 92.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,347 1,892 3,044
10th Percentile £363 £359 £358
25th Percentile £466 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.55%
75th Percentile £688 £695 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £788
London median daily rate £550 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% +6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 20 56
10th Percentile £19.50 £14.25 £18.25
25th Percentile £28.06 £17.00 £20.81
Median hourly rate £35.00 £31.25 £43.12
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -27.53% +32.68%
75th Percentile £74.38 £52.63 £57.50
90th Percentile £124.75 £69.25 £78.75
London median hourly rate £38.75 £39.09 £37.50
% change year-on-year -0.86% +4.23% +8.70%

Security Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Monitoring in Central London

Security Monitoring
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Monitoring in Central London

Security Monitoring
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Monitoring in Central London

Security Monitoring
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
City of London +28 9 £450 -30.77% 3
Security Monitoring
London

Security Monitoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (11.11%) IIS
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) Entra ID
3 1 (11.11%) AWS
3 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) Firewall
2 3 (33.33%) Internet
2 3 (33.33%) Network Security
3 2 (22.22%) WAN
3 2 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (11.11%) BIG-IP
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (11.11%) DHCP
4 1 (11.11%) DNS
4 1 (11.11%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 1 (11.11%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 1 (11.11%) SD-WAN
4 1 (11.11%) Wireless
4 1 (11.11%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) Security Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Information Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Information Security Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Monitoring Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Security Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Security Monitoring Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) SIEM Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Practitioner
3 1 (11.11%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 3 (33.33%) Data Centre
3 2 (22.22%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (22.22%) e-Learning
3 2 (22.22%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (11.11%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) Linux
3 3 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (77.78%) Information Security
2 6 (66.67%) Security Operations
3 4 (44.44%) Incident Response
3 4 (44.44%) SIEM
4 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 3 (33.33%) Incident Management
4 3 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 2 (22.22%) Analytics
5 2 (22.22%) Cloud Security
5 2 (22.22%) Cyber Threat Analysis
5 2 (22.22%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 2 (22.22%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (22.22%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (22.22%) Patch Management
5 2 (22.22%) Remediation Plan
5 2 (22.22%) Runbook
5 2 (22.22%) Threat Analysis
5 2 (22.22%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) CISM
2 2 (22.22%) CISSP
2 2 (22.22%) GCIA
2 2 (22.22%) GCIH
2 2 (22.22%) GIAC
3 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (33.33%) NCSC
3 2 (22.22%) COBIT
3 2 (22.22%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (22.22%) GDPR
3 2 (22.22%) PCI DSS
4 1 (11.11%) QA
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) CASB
1 2 (22.22%) CSIRT
1 2 (22.22%) Nessus
1 2 (22.22%) QRadar
1 2 (22.22%) SCCM
1 2 (22.22%) SCOrch
1 2 (22.22%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (11.11%) OPNET
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 3 (33.33%) Palo Alto
2 2 (22.22%) BeyondTrust
2 2 (22.22%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (22.22%) Imperva
2 2 (22.22%) Netskope
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle
2 2 (22.22%) Splunk
3 1 (11.11%) CheckPoint
3 1 (11.11%) CyberArk
3 1 (11.11%) F5
3 1 (11.11%) Infoblox
3 1 (11.11%) LogRhythm
3 1 (11.11%) Meraki
3 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow