Security Monitoring Contracts in the South East

Security Monitoring
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Security Monitoring skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Monitoring over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 175 175 225
Rank change year-on-year 0 +50 -14
Contract jobs citing Security Monitoring 18 31 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.33% 0.55% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.62% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 11 27
10th Percentile £413 £443 -
25th Percentile £453 - £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +2.44% +13.89%
75th Percentile £540 £631 £588
90th Percentile £544 £675 £600
England median daily rate £500 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £29.00 -
England median hourly rate £72.75 £63.25 -
% change year-on-year +15.02% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Security Monitoring is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,584 4,983 6,843
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.28% 89.17% 89.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,667 3,471 4,653
10th Percentile £250 £250 £228
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.57% +1.60% +8.70%
75th Percentile £625 £615 £594
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 436 213 284
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.25 £12.10
25th Percentile £18.20 £22.16 £14.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +132.56% -21.82%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £61.05
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +7.71%

Security Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Security Monitoring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Security Monitoring in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Security Monitoring in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Monitoring in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Monitoring in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Monitoring in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Thames Valley +3 15 £475 -20.83% 2
Berkshire -9 14 £463 -5.61% 2
Kent - 3 £540 -
Buckinghamshire +29 1 £480 -20.00%
Security Monitoring
England

Security Monitoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 7 (38.89%) Azure
2 3 (16.67%) AWS
2 3 (16.67%) Azure API Management
2 3 (16.67%) Azure Event Grid
2 3 (16.67%) Azure Logic Apps
2 3 (16.67%) Entra ID
2 3 (16.67%) IaaS
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (16.67%) PaaS
2 3 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (38.89%) WAN
2 6 (33.33%) Firewall
3 5 (27.78%) DNS
3 5 (27.78%) Network Security
3 5 (27.78%) SD-WAN
4 3 (16.67%) VPN
5 2 (11.11%) LAN
5 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Automotive
2 2 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 5 (27.78%) WAN Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Security Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Head of Information
3 3 (16.67%) Head of Information Security
3 3 (16.67%) Head of Operations
3 3 (16.67%) Head of Security
3 3 (16.67%) Lead
4 2 (11.11%) Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Information Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Information Security Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Junior
4 2 (11.11%) Security Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Senior
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Information Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Information Security Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Security Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) .NET
1 3 (16.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Public Cloud
2 2 (11.11%) Operational Technology
3 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 10 (55.56%) Windows
2 6 (33.33%) Linux
3 3 (16.67%) Windows Server
4 2 (11.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 6 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 6 (33.33%) Information Security
2 6 (33.33%) Security Architecture
3 5 (27.78%) Network Architecture
3 5 (27.78%) Network Monitoring
3 5 (27.78%) Proactive Monitoring
4 4 (22.22%) Incident Response
4 4 (22.22%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 4 (22.22%) SIEM
5 3 (16.67%) Affinity Analysis
5 3 (16.67%) API Management
5 3 (16.67%) Continuous Deployment
5 3 (16.67%) DevSecOps
5 3 (16.67%) High Availability
5 3 (16.67%) Key Management
5 3 (16.67%) Security Operations
5 3 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (16.67%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) C#
1 3 (16.67%) Java
1 3 (16.67%) PHP
1 3 (16.67%) Python
1 3 (16.67%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 3 (16.67%) Azure Certification
2 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) ISO 9000
2 4 (22.22%) PCI DSS
3 1 (5.56%) COBIT
3 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (27.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (16.67%) Docker
3 3 (16.67%) Hyper-V
3 3 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (11.11%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 3 (16.67%) Kubernetes
1 3 (16.67%) Nessus
1 3 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (11.11%) Network Intrusion Detection System
2 2 (11.11%) RSA Archer
3 1 (5.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 7 (38.89%) Cisco
3 5 (27.78%) VMware
4 3 (16.67%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (11.11%) CheckPoint
5 2 (11.11%) Citrix
5 2 (11.11%) ServiceNow
5 2 (11.11%) Splunk
6 1 (5.56%) Fujitsu
6 1 (5.56%) Netskope
6 1 (5.56%) Salesforce