Security Officer Contracts in England

Security Officer
UK > England

The median Security Officer daily rate in England is £542 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 506 618 740
Rank change year-on-year +112 +122 -129
Contract jobs requiring a Security Officer 34 37 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.092% 0.075% 0.064%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.100% 0.080% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 33 34
10th Percentile £206 £261 £287
25th Percentile £475 £563 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £542 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year -16.69% +18.18% +10.43%
75th Percentile £700 £750 £600
90th Percentile £1,000 £885 £679
UK median daily rate £533 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -18.00% +18.18% +13.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £13.40 - -
25th Percentile £16.25 - -
Median hourly rate £21.00 - £25.68
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £21.00 - £30.34

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,105 46,424 66,840
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.69% 94.64% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,627 32,967 47,588
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £640
90th Percentile £750 £760 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,443 1,373 1,839
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.26 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.92 £15.50
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £22.55
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +99.60% +2.48%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.40 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%

Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Security Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Officer in England

Security Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Security Officer in England

Security Officer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Officer in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Officer in England

Security Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Officer in England

Security Officer
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 Security Officer within the England region over the 6 months to 9 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
London +88 17 £550 -24.14% 5
South East +31 7 £567 -5.58% 9
South West - 4 - - 5
North of England +27 2 - - 6
North West - 2 - - 5
East of England +4 1 - - 4
Security Officer
UK

Security Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Security Officer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Security Officer in the job title.

1 24 (70.59%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (61.76%) Information Security
3 17 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 13 (38.24%) Social Skills
5 12 (35.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (32.35%) CISSP
7 10 (29.41%) Public Sector
8 9 (26.47%) CISM
9 8 (23.53%) Risk Management
10 7 (20.59%) Information Security Management
10 7 (20.59%) Security Management
10 7 (20.59%) Management Information System
10 7 (20.59%) DV Cleared
11 6 (17.65%) Cloud Security
11 6 (17.65%) NIST
12 5 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
12 5 (14.71%) Security Operations
12 5 (14.71%) Onboarding
12 5 (14.71%) Information Assurance
12 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
13 4 (11.76%) CCSP
13 4 (11.76%) CCNP
13 4 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (11.76%) Telecoms
13 4 (11.76%) Cisco
13 4 (11.76%) Information Management
13 4 (11.76%) AWS
13 4 (11.76%) SC Cleared
13 4 (11.76%) Security Posture
13 4 (11.76%) CCSK

Security Officer Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.76%) AWS
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.94%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.88%) DNS
1 2 (5.88%) SNMP
2 1 (2.94%) Broadband
2 1 (2.94%) Internet
2 1 (2.94%) Intranet
2 1 (2.94%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) Power BI
General
1 13 (38.24%) Social Skills
2 10 (29.41%) Public Sector
3 4 (11.76%) Telecoms
4 3 (8.82%) Finance
5 2 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.94%) French Language
6 1 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.94%) Law
6 1 (2.94%) Legal
6 1 (2.94%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.59%) Management Information System
2 5 (14.71%) Onboarding
3 4 (11.76%) Security Posture
4 2 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (5.88%) Operational Technology
4 2 (5.88%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.94%) BBC
5 1 (2.94%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (2.94%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (2.94%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (70.59%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (61.76%) Information Security
3 8 (23.53%) Risk Management
4 7 (20.59%) Information Security Management
4 7 (20.59%) Security Management
5 6 (17.65%) Cloud Security
6 5 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (14.71%) Information Assurance
6 5 (14.71%) Security Operations
7 4 (11.76%) Information Management
8 3 (8.82%) Business Case
8 3 (8.82%) Data Analysis
8 3 (8.82%) Data Protection
8 3 (8.82%) Ethical Hacking
8 3 (8.82%) Incident Management
8 3 (8.82%) Incident Response
8 3 (8.82%) Information Security Governance
8 3 (8.82%) SABSA
8 3 (8.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (8.82%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 17 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (32.35%) CISSP
3 9 (26.47%) CISM
4 7 (20.59%) DV Cleared
5 4 (11.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (11.76%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (11.76%) CCNP
5 4 (11.76%) CCSK
5 4 (11.76%) CCSP
5 4 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (11.76%) SC Cleared
6 3 (8.82%) CEH
7 2 (5.88%) CISA
7 2 (5.88%) Degree
7 2 (5.88%) GIAC
8 1 (2.94%) CCA
8 1 (2.94%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (35.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (17.65%) NIST
3 4 (11.76%) Def Stans
3 4 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 4 (11.76%) PMO
4 3 (8.82%) GRC
5 2 (5.88%) QA
6 1 (2.94%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (2.94%) GDPR
6 1 (2.94%) PCI DSS
6 1 (2.94%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.76%) Cisco