Security Operations Contracts in the South West

Security Operations (SecOps)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 130 156
Rank change year-on-year +77 +26 -15
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 116 31 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 3.57% 0.91% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.34% 1.02% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 28 10
10th Percentile £463 £413 £361
25th Percentile £513 £498 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £613 £588
Median % change year-on-year -6.94% +4.26% +54.61%
75th Percentile £655 £723 £717
90th Percentile £700 £738 £730
England median daily rate £600 £613 £600
% change year-on-year -2.04% +2.08% +14.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £92.50 -
England median hourly rate £11.25 £84.50 £30.01
% change year-on-year -86.69% +181.55% -16.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,671 3,035 3,260
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.31% 89.48% 88.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,698 2,209 2,327
10th Percentile £229 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 357 317 207
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £29.75 £15.25 £21.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £48.48
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +23.76% +7.73%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £63.68
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.70 £69.09
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year - +50.00% +11.11%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in the South West

Security Operations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Security Operations in the South West

Security Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in the South West over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in the South West

Security Operations
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Security Operations in the South West

Security Operations
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 29 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
Wiltshire +57 88 £570 -5.00% 1
Bristol +20 17 £525 -10.64% 5
Gloucestershire +1 4 £640 -17.42%
Somerset 0 4 - -
Security Operations
England

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (1.72%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.45%) AWS
1 4 (3.45%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 12 (10.34%) Network Security
2 5 (4.31%) Firewall
3 3 (2.59%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (0.86%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.86%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.86%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (1.72%) Rational DOORS
General
1 30 (25.86%) Social Skills
2 12 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (10.34%) Manufacturing
3 10 (8.62%) Public Sector
4 9 (7.76%) Military
5 6 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (4.31%) Finance
7 3 (2.59%) Banking
8 2 (1.72%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.86%) Electronics
9 1 (0.86%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 64 (55.17%) Analyst
2 33 (28.45%) SOC Analyst
3 29 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
4 19 (16.38%) Cyber Threat Analyst
4 19 (16.38%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
5 13 (11.21%) SOC Manager
6 12 (10.34%) Lead
7 11 (9.48%) SOC Engineer
8 10 (8.62%) Architect
9 8 (6.90%) Lead Architect
9 8 (6.90%) Project Manager
10 4 (3.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 4 (3.45%) DV Cleared Project Manager
10 4 (3.45%) Security Analyst
11 3 (2.59%) Security Specialist
11 3 (2.59%) SIEM Analyst
11 3 (2.59%) Support Specialist
12 2 (1.72%) Security Architect
12 2 (1.72%) Security Consultant
12 2 (1.72%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.72%) SOAP
1 2 (1.72%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 68 (58.62%) Security Operations Centre
2 45 (38.79%) CSOC
3 28 (24.14%) Cyber Threat
4 19 (16.38%) Management Information System
5 14 (12.07%) Cyber Defence
6 8 (6.90%) CESG
7 4 (3.45%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 3 (2.59%) Operational Technology
8 3 (2.59%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.86%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.86%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.45%) Linux
1 4 (3.45%) Windows
2 1 (0.86%) Mac OS X
2 1 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.86%) Ubuntu
2 1 (0.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (81.90%) Cybersecurity
2 68 (58.62%) SIEM
3 52 (44.83%) Threat Intelligence
4 48 (41.38%) Incident Response
5 44 (37.93%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 40 (34.48%) Use Case
7 39 (33.62%) Information Security
8 37 (31.90%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 33 (28.45%) Continuous Improvement
10 30 (25.86%) SOAR
11 25 (21.55%) Analytics
12 24 (20.69%) Open Source
12 24 (20.69%) OSINT
13 23 (19.83%) Cyber Intelligence
13 23 (19.83%) Malware Analysis
14 21 (18.10%) Time Management
15 20 (17.24%) ITIL
16 11 (9.48%) Security Architecture
17 10 (8.62%) Information Assurance
18 9 (7.76%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.72%) Java
1 2 (1.72%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (1.72%) Search Processing Language
2 1 (0.86%) C
2 1 (0.86%) C++
2 1 (0.86%) Perl
2 1 (0.86%) Python
2 1 (0.86%) Ruby
2 1 (0.86%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 100 (86.21%) Security Cleared
2 84 (72.41%) DV Cleared
3 24 (20.69%) SANS
4 23 (19.83%) Degree
5 20 (17.24%) SC Cleared
6 15 (12.93%) CISM
6 15 (12.93%) CISSP
7 9 (7.76%) CEH
8 8 (6.90%) CISA
8 8 (6.90%) CISMP
8 8 (6.90%) CompTIA Security+
8 8 (6.90%) ISACA
8 8 (6.90%) SSCP
9 2 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.72%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.86%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (24.14%) GDPR
2 22 (18.97%) NIST
3 15 (12.93%) NCSC
4 12 (10.34%) NIST 800
5 10 (8.62%) HIPAA
6 9 (7.76%) PCI DSS
7 8 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (1.72%) RMADS
8 2 (1.72%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (3.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.86%) Puppet
1 1 (0.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (6.03%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.45%) Splunk
3 3 (2.59%) Cisco
4 2 (1.72%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.86%) ArcSight
5 1 (0.86%) SAP