Security Operations Contracts in the Thames Valley

Security Operations (SecOps)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Security Operations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 132 132
Rank change year-on-year +23 0 +9
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 23 18 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.87% 0.63% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 0.69% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 12 26
10th Percentile £355 £550 £519
25th Percentile £518 £569 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £622 £615
Median % change year-on-year -13.80% +1.14% +44.71%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £675
90th Percentile £614 - £756
South East median daily rate £517 £638 £575
% change year-on-year -18.98% +10.87% +16.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Security Operations 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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,268 2,599 3,223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.88% 90.75% 89.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,245 1,764 2,187
10th Percentile £213 £317 £235
25th Percentile £375 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £485
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +4.12% +7.78%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £585
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £510 £504 £500
% change year-on-year +1.29% +0.70% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 70 89
10th Percentile £14.09 £16.25 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £24.86 £12.25
Median hourly rate £46.25 £52.30 £17.42
Median % change year-on-year -11.57% +200.23% -17.24%
75th Percentile £64.42 £72.69 £24.42
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £63.27
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.99
% change year-on-year -9.52% +138.80% -20.05%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Security Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in the Thames Valley

Security Operations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Security Operations in the Thames Valley

Security Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in the Thames Valley

Security Operations
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Security Operations in the Thames Valley

Security Operations
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Berkshire +1 16 £537 -2.45% 9
Buckinghamshire +29 7 £536 -14.21% 3
Security Operations
South East

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (4.35%) Azure
1 1 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) Network Security
2 2 (8.70%) Broadband
2 2 (8.70%) Firewall
2 2 (8.70%) LAN
2 2 (8.70%) TCP/IP
2 2 (8.70%) WAN
General
1 8 (34.78%) Telecoms
2 7 (30.43%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (17.39%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (43.48%) Senior
2 6 (26.09%) Security Specialist
2 6 (26.09%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 6 (26.09%) Senior Security Specialist
3 4 (17.39%) Analyst
3 4 (17.39%) Head of Operations
3 4 (17.39%) Head of Security
3 4 (17.39%) SOC Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Splunk Specialist
4 3 (13.04%) Head of Information
4 3 (13.04%) Head of Information Security
4 3 (13.04%) Operations Analyst
4 3 (13.04%) Security Analyst
4 3 (13.04%) Security Operations Analyst
4 3 (13.04%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
5 1 (4.35%) Head of IT
5 1 (4.35%) Head of IT Operations
5 1 (4.35%) Lead
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 8 (34.78%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (13.04%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (4.35%) CSOC
3 1 (4.35%) Cybercrime
3 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 12 (52.17%) Windows
2 10 (43.48%) Linux
3 2 (8.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (65.22%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (43.48%) Incident Response
3 8 (34.78%) Incident Management
3 8 (34.78%) SIEM
4 7 (30.43%) Information Security
4 7 (30.43%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (17.39%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 4 (17.39%) OSINT
5 4 (17.39%) Risk Management
5 4 (17.39%) Threat Intelligence
6 3 (13.04%) Actionable Insight
6 3 (13.04%) Behavioural Analysis
6 3 (13.04%) Cyber Intelligence
6 3 (13.04%) Design Thinking
6 3 (13.04%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (13.04%) Mentoring
6 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (13.04%) Runbook
6 3 (13.04%) Security Monitoring
6 3 (13.04%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 5 (21.74%) SC Cleared
1 5 (21.74%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.04%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Active Directory
1 2 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (8.70%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 3 (13.04%) Nessus
3 2 (8.70%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 12 (52.17%) Microsoft
2 11 (47.83%) Splunk
3 2 (8.70%) CheckPoint
3 2 (8.70%) Cisco
3 2 (8.70%) Citrix
3 2 (8.70%) VMware
4 1 (4.35%) LogRhythm
4 1 (4.35%) TippingPoint
4 1 (4.35%) Trend Micro