Head of Security Contracts in London

Head of Security
England > London

The median Head of Security daily rate in London is £900 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 381 481 593
Rank change year-on-year +100 +112 -130
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Security 10 18 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.056% 0.066% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.069% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 10 7
10th Percentile £600 £654 £613
25th Percentile £766 £663 £631
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 £700 £800
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -12.50% +18.52%
75th Percentile £975 £797 £906
90th Percentile £976 £839 £983
England median daily rate £900 £750 £675
% change year-on-year +20.00% +11.11% -1.82%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,618 26,148 37,443
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.14% 95.28% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,014 18,877 27,349
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £441 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £788 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 342 297 456
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.99 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £22.08
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% - +12.90%
75th Percentile £44.50 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £64.95 £76.95 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £43.86 £22.40
% change year-on-year -20.20% +95.80% -0.09%

Head of Security
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Security in London

Head of Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Head of Security in London.

Daily rate trend for Head of Security in London

Head of Security
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Head of Security in London over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Head of Security in London

Head of Security
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Security within the London region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Central London - 1 £825 - 1
Head of Security
England

Head of Security Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Head of Security 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 London region featuring Head of Security in the job title.

1 9 (90.00%) Information Security
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (40.00%) GRC
3 3 (30.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 3 (30.00%) Data Security
3 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (20.00%) Security Management
4 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (20.00%) CISSP
4 2 (20.00%) NHS
4 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security
4 2 (20.00%) Security Posture
4 2 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (20.00%) Security Operations
4 2 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (20.00%) IT Strategy
4 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
5 1 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
5 1 (10.00%) Technology Strategy
5 1 (10.00%) Business Strategy
5 1 (10.00%) Threat Intelligence

Head of Security Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 1 (10.00%) AWS
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Firewall
1 1 (10.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (20.00%) NHS
1 2 (20.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (10.00%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (10.00%) Hedge funds
2 1 (10.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Information Security
2 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (30.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 3 (30.00%) Data Security
4 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security
4 2 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (20.00%) IT Strategy
4 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (20.00%) Security Management
4 2 (20.00%) Security Operations
4 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (10.00%) Knowledge Management
5 1 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Security Architecture
5 1 (10.00%) SIEM
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) CISSP
2 1 (10.00%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) GRC
2 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
4 1 (10.00%) COBIT
4 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) CASB
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft