Security Operations Contracts in the UK excluding London

Security Operations (SecOps)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 160 232 290
Rank change year-on-year +72 +58 +26
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 273 228 228
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.35% 0.99% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.60% 1.10% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 161 182
10th Percentile £425 £400 £403
25th Percentile £477 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £613 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.94% +6.52% +12.20%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £694
90th Percentile £700 £775 £763
UK median daily rate £595 £606 £600
% change year-on-year -1.82% +1.00% +17.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile - £76.85 £44.70
25th Percentile - £82.25 £50.29
Median hourly rate £11.25 £92.50 £61.23
Median % change year-on-year -87.84% +51.08% +410.21%
75th Percentile - £96.88 £72.79
90th Percentile - £98.75 £78.77
UK median hourly rate £11.25 £84.50 £41.95
% change year-on-year -86.69% +101.43% +16.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,076 20,688 27,368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.26% 89.44% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,209 14,247 19,122
10th Percentile £250 £258 £235
25th Percentile £380 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,062 1,260 1,365
10th Percentile £12.34 £10.63 £12.30
25th Percentile £15.31 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.71 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Security Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in the UK excluding London

Security Operations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Security Operations in the UK excluding London

Security Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in the UK excluding London

Security Operations
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Security Operations in the UK excluding London

Security Operations
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 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
South West +81 126 £570 -6.94% 14
South East +39 50 £533 -14.72% 44
Midlands +10 38 £634 -0.12% 22
West Midlands +21 36 £635 -2.31% 13
Scotland +50 26 £500 +9.89% 18
East of England +4 19 £650 +8.33% 17
North of England -31 15 £625 +3.14% 40
North West -38 9 £625 +3.14% 15
Yorkshire +10 6 £784 +20.58% 25
East Midlands +10 2 £521 -14.03% 9
Security Operations
UK

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 16 (5.86%) CMS
2 2 (0.73%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.47%) Dynamics GP
2 3 (1.10%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 30 (10.99%) Azure
2 12 (4.40%) Azure Sentinel
3 11 (4.03%) AWS
3 11 (4.03%) Power Platform
4 8 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.10%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 2 (0.73%) GCP
6 2 (0.73%) GitHub
7 1 (0.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (0.37%) AWS CloudTrail
7 1 (0.37%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.37%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 33 (12.09%) Network Security
2 27 (9.89%) Firewall
3 16 (5.86%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (1.83%) SSL
4 5 (1.83%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.10%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (0.73%) Broadband
6 2 (0.73%) DNS
6 2 (0.73%) LAN
6 2 (0.73%) WAN
6 2 (0.73%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.76%) Big Data
2 3 (1.10%) Power BI
3 2 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 3 (1.10%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (0.73%) Bitbucket
2 2 (0.73%) GitLab
2 2 (0.73%) JIRA
General
1 48 (17.58%) Analytical Skills
2 46 (16.85%) Social Skills
3 31 (11.36%) Public Sector
4 15 (5.49%) Finance
5 13 (4.76%) Manufacturing
6 11 (4.03%) Military
7 9 (3.30%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.83%) Banking
10 3 (1.10%) Games
10 3 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.73%) Electronics
11 2 (0.73%) Marketing
12 1 (0.37%) Legal
Job Titles
1 129 (47.25%) Analyst
2 79 (28.94%) SOC Analyst
3 33 (12.09%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
4 26 (9.52%) Lead
4 26 (9.52%) Senior
5 25 (9.16%) Security Specialist
6 23 (8.42%) Security Analyst
7 21 (7.69%) SOC Engineer
8 20 (7.33%) Cyber Threat Analyst
8 20 (7.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
9 16 (5.86%) Architect
10 13 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
10 13 (4.76%) SOC Manager
11 10 (3.66%) IT Security Specialist
11 10 (3.66%) Lead Architect
11 10 (3.66%) Security Engineer
11 10 (3.66%) Security Operations Specialist
12 9 (3.30%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 9 (3.30%) Operations Analyst
12 9 (3.30%) Security Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.76%) Apache NiFi
2 4 (1.47%) AngularJS
2 4 (1.47%) CSS
2 4 (1.47%) HTML
2 4 (1.47%) SOAP
2 4 (1.47%) XML
3 3 (1.10%) LDAP
4 2 (0.73%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.73%) SAML
5 1 (0.37%) .NET
5 1 (0.37%) Ajax
5 1 (0.37%) JSON
5 1 (0.37%) Regular Expression
5 1 (0.37%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 119 (43.59%) Security Operations Centre
2 58 (21.25%) Management Information System
3 48 (17.58%) Cyber Threat
4 47 (17.22%) CSOC
5 32 (11.72%) Cyber Defence
6 15 (5.49%) Distributed Applications
7 14 (5.13%) Cyberattack
8 11 (4.03%) Security Posture
9 8 (2.93%) CESG
9 8 (2.93%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 8 (2.93%) Operational Technology
10 7 (2.56%) Onboarding
11 6 (2.20%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 6 (2.20%) PKI
12 5 (1.83%) CMDB
13 2 (0.73%) CCTV
13 2 (0.73%) Cloud Native
13 2 (0.73%) Distributed Systems
13 2 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
13 2 (0.73%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 54 (19.78%) Windows
2 46 (16.85%) Linux
3 11 (4.03%) Android
3 11 (4.03%) Apple iOS
3 11 (4.03%) Unix
4 9 (3.30%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.73%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (66.30%) Cybersecurity
2 135 (49.45%) SIEM
3 123 (45.05%) Incident Response
4 77 (28.21%) Information Security
5 69 (25.27%) Threat Intelligence
6 54 (19.78%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 50 (18.32%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 49 (17.95%) Vulnerability Management
9 43 (15.75%) Use Case
10 42 (15.38%) Analytics
11 39 (14.29%) SOAR
12 35 (12.82%) Agile
12 35 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
13 32 (11.72%) ITIL
14 30 (10.99%) OSINT
15 29 (10.62%) Malware Analysis
16 28 (10.26%) Open Source
17 27 (9.89%) Cyber Intelligence
17 27 (9.89%) Data Security
18 25 (9.16%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 8 (2.93%) PowerShell
1 8 (2.93%) Python
2 7 (2.56%) Kusto Query Language
3 5 (1.83%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.73%) Go
4 2 (0.73%) Java
4 2 (0.73%) Search Processing Language
5 1 (0.37%) Bash
5 1 (0.37%) C
5 1 (0.37%) C++
5 1 (0.37%) Perl
5 1 (0.37%) Ruby
5 1 (0.37%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 163 (59.71%) Security Cleared
2 110 (40.29%) DV Cleared
3 47 (17.22%) SC Cleared
4 43 (15.75%) Degree
5 27 (9.89%) CISSP
6 24 (8.79%) SANS
7 21 (7.69%) CISM
8 12 (4.40%) CompTIA Security+
8 12 (4.40%) ITIL Certification
9 11 (4.03%) CEH
9 11 (4.03%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (2.93%) CISA
10 8 (2.93%) CISMP
10 8 (2.93%) ISACA
10 8 (2.93%) MCSE
10 8 (2.93%) SSCP
11 5 (1.83%) Azure Certification
12 4 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.73%) CREST Certified
14 1 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (10.99%) GDPR
2 27 (9.89%) NIST
3 17 (6.23%) NCSC
4 15 (5.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (5.49%) PCI DSS
5 13 (4.76%) Actionable Recommendations
6 12 (4.40%) HIPAA
6 12 (4.40%) NIST 800
7 5 (1.83%) Disclosure Scotland
8 4 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.47%) QA
9 3 (1.10%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.73%) RMADS
10 2 (0.73%) SLA
11 1 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.37%) GRC
System Software
1 12 (4.40%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.20%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.73%) Docker
4 2 (0.73%) XenApp
5 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (2.20%) SCCM
2 4 (1.47%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 4 (1.47%) Nessus
3 3 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (1.10%) Terraform
4 2 (0.73%) Ansible
4 2 (0.73%) Kibana
4 2 (0.73%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.73%) logstash
4 2 (0.73%) Network Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.37%) Puppet
Vendors
1 56 (20.51%) Microsoft
2 33 (12.09%) LogRhythm
2 33 (12.09%) Splunk
3 21 (7.69%) Qualys
4 18 (6.59%) Darktrace
5 17 (6.23%) FireEye
5 17 (6.23%) Varonis
6 16 (5.86%) Forcepoint
7 13 (4.76%) Red Hat
8 8 (2.93%) ServiceNow
9 7 (2.56%) Virgin Media
10 6 (2.20%) Cisco
11 3 (1.10%) Sage
11 3 (1.10%) VMware
12 2 (0.73%) Atlassian
12 2 (0.73%) CheckPoint
12 2 (0.73%) Citrix
12 2 (0.73%) SAP
12 2 (0.73%) Zscaler
13 1 (0.37%) ForeScout