Security Officer Contracts in England

Security Officer
UK > England

The median Security Officer daily rate in England is £529 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 512 599 720
Rank change year-on-year +87 +121 -111
Contract jobs requiring a Security Officer 25 38 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.068% 0.080% 0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.073% 0.085% 0.064%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 34 33
10th Percentile £204 £286 £283
25th Percentile £425 £572 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year -18.62% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £575 £747 £619
90th Percentile £600 £884 £808
UK median daily rate £525 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -19.23% +18.18% +2.33%
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 44,948 67,278
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.59% 95.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,534 31,954 48,043
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.91%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,538 1,319 1,809
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +91.49% +9.30%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +87.50% +6.90%

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 29 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 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
London +77 10 £542 -25.31% 4
South East +10 5 £567 -5.58% 9
South West - 3 - - 7
North of England +28 2 - - 3
North West - 2 - - 2
Midlands +14 1 £500 -23.08% 4
East of England +4 1 - - 3
East Midlands - 1 £500 - 4
Security Officer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 15 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (52.00%) Information Security
3 11 (44.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 10 (40.00%) Social Skills
5 9 (36.00%) CISSP
6 7 (28.00%) CISM
6 7 (28.00%) NIST
7 6 (24.00%) Cloud Security
8 5 (20.00%) Public Sector
8 5 (20.00%) Microsoft
9 4 (16.00%) CCSP
9 4 (16.00%) CCNP
9 4 (16.00%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (16.00%) Cisco
9 4 (16.00%) Risk Management
9 4 (16.00%) Telecoms
9 4 (16.00%) Information Assurance
9 4 (16.00%) AWS
9 4 (16.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (16.00%) CCSK
9 4 (16.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (16.00%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (16.00%) Onboarding
10 3 (12.00%) Security Posture
10 3 (12.00%) SABSA
10 3 (12.00%) Def Stans
10 3 (12.00%) Security Operations
10 3 (12.00%) PMO
10 3 (12.00%) Incident Management

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 (8.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.00%) AWS
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.00%) DNS
1 2 (8.00%) SNMP
2 1 (4.00%) Broadband
2 1 (4.00%) Internet
2 1 (4.00%) Intranet
2 1 (4.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Power BI
General
1 10 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 4 (16.00%) Telecoms
4 3 (12.00%) Finance
5 2 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.00%) French Language
6 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.00%) Law
6 1 (4.00%) Legal
6 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) Onboarding
2 3 (12.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (12.00%) Security Posture
3 2 (8.00%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (8.00%) Operational Technology
3 2 (8.00%) Virtual Team
4 1 (4.00%) BBC
4 1 (4.00%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (4.00%) Data Centre
4 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (52.00%) Information Security
3 6 (24.00%) Cloud Security
4 4 (16.00%) Information Assurance
4 4 (16.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (12.00%) Data Analysis
5 3 (12.00%) Data Protection
5 3 (12.00%) Ethical Hacking
5 3 (12.00%) Incident Management
5 3 (12.00%) Information Security Governance
5 3 (12.00%) SABSA
5 3 (12.00%) Security Operations
5 3 (12.00%) TOGAF
6 2 (8.00%) Incident Response
6 2 (8.00%) Information Security Management
6 2 (8.00%) Security Management
6 2 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (8.00%) Strategic Planning
6 2 (8.00%) Virtual Team Management
6 2 (8.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 10 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (36.00%) CISSP
3 7 (28.00%) CISM
4 4 (16.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 4 (16.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (16.00%) CCNP
4 4 (16.00%) CCSK
4 4 (16.00%) CCSP
4 4 (16.00%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (12.00%) CEH
5 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
6 2 (8.00%) Degree
6 2 (8.00%) GIAC
7 1 (4.00%) CCA
7 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (44.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (28.00%) NIST
3 4 (16.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 3 (12.00%) Def Stans
4 3 (12.00%) PMO
5 2 (8.00%) GRC
5 2 (8.00%) QA
6 1 (4.00%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (4.00%) GDPR
6 1 (4.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.00%) Cisco