Security Monitoring Contracts

Security Monitoring
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Security Monitoring skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Monitoring over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 436 527 663
Rank change year-on-year +91 +136 -36
Contract jobs citing Security Monitoring 149 171 186
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.31% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.34% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 121 127
10th Percentile £418 £413 £450
25th Percentile £463 £500 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £570 £575
Median % change year-on-year -11.62% -0.87% +4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £638
90th Percentile £701 £688 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +4.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £65.18 - -
25th Percentile £67.31 - -
Median hourly rate £72.75 - -
75th Percentile £76.31 - -
90th Percentile £77.33 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £72.75 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Security Monitoring falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,178 49,770 79,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.13% 89.61% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,737 34,458 55,587
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,678 1,852
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%
75th Percentile £61.28 £65.00 £50.15
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
% change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -

Security Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Security Monitoring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Security Monitoring in the UK

Security Monitoring
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Security Monitoring in the UK

Security Monitoring
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Monitoring over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Monitoring in the UK

Security Monitoring
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Monitoring in the UK

Security Monitoring
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 12 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
England +76 130 £500 -13.04% 56
UK excluding London +16 90 £508 -3.33% 51
London +87 53 £500 -16.67% 13
Work from Home +96 49 £500 -9.09% 34
South West +26 30 £495 -7.91% 4
South East +6 18 £490 -6.67% 10
Scotland +54 15 £515 +14.44% 10
North of England -6 14 £567 -0.92% 13
North West +5 13 £567 -3.08% 11
West Midlands +13 12 £550 +5.77% 7
Midlands +12 12 £550 +5.77% 10
East of England +5 1 £575 +21.05% 4
Yorkshire +1 1 £625 +9.65% 2

Security Monitoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 32 (21.48%) Confluence
2 29 (19.46%) SharePoint
3 26 (17.45%) SharePoint Server
4 6 (4.03%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.34%) IIS
6 1 (0.67%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 4 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 53 (35.57%) Azure
2 27 (18.12%) Azure Stack
3 17 (11.41%) AWS
4 14 (9.40%) GCP
5 11 (7.38%) Google Compute Engine
5 11 (7.38%) SaaS
5 11 (7.38%) Vertex AI
6 8 (5.37%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (4.03%) Entra ID
8 4 (2.68%) IaaS
8 4 (2.68%) PaaS
9 3 (2.01%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 3 (2.01%) Azure API Management
9 3 (2.01%) Azure Event Grid
9 3 (2.01%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.34%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.34%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.34%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 49 (32.89%) Firewall
2 26 (17.45%) BGP
3 16 (10.74%) DNS
3 16 (10.74%) Network Security
4 15 (10.07%) WAN
5 12 (8.05%) TCP/IP
6 10 (6.71%) SD-WAN
7 7 (4.70%) DHCP
8 6 (4.03%) Internet
9 4 (2.68%) VPN
10 3 (2.01%) FTP
10 3 (2.01%) HTTP
10 3 (2.01%) ICMP
10 3 (2.01%) POP3
10 3 (2.01%) SMTP
10 3 (2.01%) SSH
10 3 (2.01%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (1.34%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (1.34%) LAN
12 1 (0.67%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.05%) BigQuery
2 3 (2.01%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (2.01%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.67%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.67%) Power BI
3 1 (0.67%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 32 (21.48%) JIRA
2 5 (3.36%) Bitbucket
3 4 (2.68%) Visual Studio
4 3 (2.01%) Git
5 2 (1.34%) Artifactory
5 2 (1.34%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.67%) GitLab
6 1 (0.67%) NUnit
6 1 (0.67%) Subversion
General
1 51 (34.23%) Social Skills
2 19 (12.75%) Public Sector
3 18 (12.08%) Finance
4 14 (9.40%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (8.72%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (4.03%) Banking
7 3 (2.01%) Automotive
8 2 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.34%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.67%) Law
9 1 (0.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 35 (23.49%) Analyst
2 19 (12.75%) Security Analyst
3 15 (10.07%) Consultant
3 15 (10.07%) Senior
4 14 (9.40%) Architect
4 14 (9.40%) Security Engineer
5 13 (8.72%) Microsoft Engineer
6 12 (8.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 11 (7.38%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 10 (6.71%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 10 (6.71%) WAN Engineer
9 9 (6.04%) Senior Analyst
10 8 (5.37%) Lead
10 8 (5.37%) Senior Security Analyst
11 7 (4.70%) GCP Architect
11 7 (4.70%) Security Architect
12 6 (4.03%) GCP Engineer
12 6 (4.03%) Integration Consultant
12 6 (4.03%) SaaS Consultant
13 5 (3.36%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.03%) .NET
2 3 (2.01%) Elastic Stack
2 3 (2.01%) Web Services
3 1 (0.67%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 28 (18.79%) Private Cloud
2 23 (15.44%) Management Information System
3 16 (10.74%) Security Posture
4 12 (8.05%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (6.71%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 9 (6.04%) Public Cloud
7 7 (4.70%) Security Operations Centre
8 4 (2.68%) Cloud Security Posture
8 4 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.34%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.34%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.34%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.67%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.67%) CSOC
10 1 (0.67%) Hedge funds
10 1 (0.67%) IoT
10 1 (0.67%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 1 (0.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 63 (42.28%) Windows
2 27 (18.12%) Linux
3 18 (12.08%) Unix
4 14 (9.40%) Windows Server
5 9 (6.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (47.65%) Cybersecurity
2 41 (27.52%) SIEM
3 40 (26.85%) Information Security
4 30 (20.13%) ITIL
5 28 (18.79%) Capacity Management
5 28 (18.79%) ITSM
5 28 (18.79%) Network Management
5 28 (18.79%) Service Management
6 27 (18.12%) Vulnerability Management
7 25 (16.78%) Computer Science
8 24 (16.11%) Security Operations
9 23 (15.44%) Cloud Security
9 23 (15.44%) Infrastructure as Code
10 22 (14.77%) Incident Response
11 21 (14.09%) Identity Access Management
12 19 (12.75%) Penetration Testing
13 17 (11.41%) Continuous Improvement
13 17 (11.41%) Incident Management
14 16 (10.74%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 15 (10.07%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 17 (11.41%) Python
2 13 (8.72%) Bash
2 13 (8.72%) C#
3 10 (6.71%) Java
4 4 (2.68%) SQL
5 3 (2.01%) PHP
5 3 (2.01%) PowerShell
5 3 (2.01%) Ruby
6 1 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 57 (38.26%) Security Cleared
2 34 (22.82%) DV Cleared
3 31 (20.81%) Degree
4 15 (10.07%) CISSP
5 14 (9.40%) SC Cleared
6 13 (8.72%) CISM
7 11 (7.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (5.37%) CISA
9 7 (4.70%) GIAC
10 6 (4.03%) GCIH
11 5 (3.36%) GCIA
12 4 (2.68%) Azure Certification
12 4 (2.68%) CGEIT
12 4 (2.68%) CRISC
12 4 (2.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 3 (2.01%) Master's Degree
13 3 (2.01%) MBA
14 2 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
15 1 (0.67%) CEH
15 1 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (17.45%) Government Security Classifications
2 25 (16.78%) NIST
3 22 (14.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (6.71%) ISO 9000
5 9 (6.04%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 7 (4.70%) PCI DSS
7 4 (2.68%) COBIT
7 4 (2.68%) GDPR
7 4 (2.68%) NCSC
8 2 (1.34%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (1.34%) QA
9 1 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.67%) GLBA
9 1 (0.67%) GRC
9 1 (0.67%) ISAE 3402
9 1 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (8.72%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (6.71%) Active Directory
3 9 (6.04%) Docker
3 9 (6.04%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (4.70%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (4.70%) VMware NSX
5 3 (2.01%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.34%) XenApp
7 1 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 18 (12.08%) SCOM
2 14 (9.40%) Terraform
3 11 (7.38%) SCCM
4 8 (5.37%) Nessus
4 8 (5.37%) QRadar
5 7 (4.70%) Kubernetes
5 7 (4.70%) vCenter Server
6 5 (3.36%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (2.68%) CSIRT
8 3 (2.01%) CASB
8 3 (2.01%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 3 (2.01%) Kibana
8 3 (2.01%) logstash
9 2 (1.34%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 2 (1.34%) RSA Archer
9 2 (1.34%) SCOrch
10 1 (0.67%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 60 (40.27%) Microsoft
2 32 (21.48%) Atlassian
3 14 (9.40%) Cisco
4 13 (8.72%) VMware
5 9 (6.04%) CrowdStrike
6 8 (5.37%) ServiceNow
7 7 (4.70%) Veeam
8 6 (4.03%) Salesforce
8 6 (4.03%) Splunk
9 5 (3.36%) Oracle
10 4 (2.68%) BeyondTrust
10 4 (2.68%) Fujitsu
10 4 (2.68%) Netskope
10 4 (2.68%) Qualys
11 3 (2.01%) ArcSight
12 2 (1.34%) Citrix
12 2 (1.34%) Databricks
12 2 (1.34%) Imperva
12 2 (1.34%) Palo Alto
12 2 (1.34%) Red Hat