Protective Monitoring Contracts in England

Protective Monitoring
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Protective Monitoring skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Protective Monitoring over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 452 584 762
Rank change year-on-year +132 +178 -119
Contract jobs citing Protective Monitoring 91 54 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.24% 0.11% 0.035%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.13% 0.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 26 22
10th Percentile £513 £488 £463
25th Percentile £582 £513 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £690 £550 £618
Median % change year-on-year +25.45% -10.93% +26.02%
75th Percentile £850 £620 £738
90th Percentile - £688 £772
UK median daily rate £675 £550 £538
% change year-on-year +22.77% +2.33% +0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - £51.70 -
25th Percentile - £54.74 £47.02
Median hourly rate - £59.80 £48.27
Median % change year-on-year - +23.89% -
75th Percentile - £60.25 £49.52
90th Percentile - £60.52 -
UK median hourly rate - £59.80 £48.27
% change year-on-year - +23.89% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Protective 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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,789 42,321 64,118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.46% 89.92% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,644 29,706 45,695
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £548
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.46% +9.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,352 1,534 1,708
10th Percentile £12.81 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.73 £15.30
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +41.18% +13.33%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.63 £49.77
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.35 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%

Protective Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Protective Monitoring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Protective Monitoring in England

Protective Monitoring
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Protective Monitoring in England.

Daily rate trend for Protective Monitoring in England

Protective Monitoring
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Protective Monitoring in England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Protective Monitoring in England

Protective Monitoring
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Protective Monitoring in England.

Hourly rate trend for Protective Monitoring in England

Protective Monitoring
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Protective Monitoring within the England region over the 6 months to 9 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
South West +55 47 £650 +8.33% 2
South East +45 31 £750 +27.66% 1
Yorkshire +32 21 £800 +14.29% 5
North of England +21 21 £800 +36.17% 8
Midlands +17 8 £538 -0.83%
West Midlands +13 8 £538 -17.23%
London +84 3 £750 +33.33% 2
Protective Monitoring
UK

Protective Monitoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 6 (6.59%) Azure
1 6 (6.59%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.10%) Firewall
1 1 (1.10%) Network Security
1 1 (1.10%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.59%) Elasticsearch
General
1 61 (67.03%) Social Skills
2 12 (13.19%) Telecoms
3 10 (10.99%) Public Sector
4 7 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.20%) Electronics
5 2 (2.20%) Finance
5 2 (2.20%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.20%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 35 (38.46%) Analyst
2 22 (24.18%) Cyber Defence Analyst
3 15 (16.48%) Consultant
4 13 (14.29%) SIEM Consultant
5 11 (12.09%) Lead
6 7 (7.69%) SOC Analyst
7 4 (4.40%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 4 (4.40%) Security Analyst
8 3 (3.30%) Incident Analyst
8 3 (3.30%) SIEM Analyst
9 2 (2.20%) Architect
9 2 (2.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (2.20%) Migration Architect
9 2 (2.20%) Security Consultant
9 2 (2.20%) SIEM Engineer
9 2 (2.20%) Support Consultant
10 1 (1.10%) Network Engineer
10 1 (1.10%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 1 (1.10%) Security Engineer
10 1 (1.10%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (18.68%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 86 (94.51%) Cyber Threat
2 78 (85.71%) Cyber Defence
3 74 (81.32%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 45 (49.45%) Management Information System
5 6 (6.59%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (3.30%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.30%) Windows
2 1 (1.10%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (95.60%) Cybersecurity
2 75 (82.42%) SIEM
3 70 (76.92%) Incident Management
4 69 (75.82%) Incident Response
5 64 (70.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 60 (65.93%) Mentoring
7 54 (59.34%) Case Management
8 53 (58.24%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 53 (58.24%) Threat Intelligence
9 52 (57.14%) Information Security
9 52 (57.14%) Root Cause Analysis
10 48 (52.75%) SOAR
10 48 (52.75%) Use Case
11 46 (50.55%) CRM
12 14 (15.38%) Security Operations
13 7 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
14 6 (6.59%) Dashboard Development
14 6 (6.59%) Ethical Hacking
14 6 (6.59%) Threat Detection
14 6 (6.59%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 88 (96.70%) Security Cleared
2 82 (90.11%) DV Cleared
3 10 (10.99%) SC Cleared
4 6 (6.59%) CEH
4 6 (6.59%) CISSP
4 6 (6.59%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (6.59%) Degree
5 3 (3.30%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (59.34%) NIST
1 54 (59.34%) NIST 800
2 2 (2.20%) RMADS
System Software
1 1 (1.10%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (17.58%) Kibana
1 16 (17.58%) logstash
2 1 (1.10%) QRadar
Vendors
1 74 (81.32%) Microsoft
2 12 (13.19%) Tanium
3 2 (2.20%) SAP
4 1 (1.10%) LogRhythm
4 1 (1.10%) Splunk