Security Officer Contracts in London

Security Officer
England > London

The median Security Officer daily rate in London is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 377 478 574
Rank change year-on-year +101 +96 -130
Contract jobs requiring a Security Officer 17 17 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.095% 0.062% 0.051%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.065% 0.054%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 17 16
10th Percentile £490 - £394
25th Percentile £525 £650 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £725 £550
Median % change year-on-year -24.14% +31.82% -6.38%
75th Percentile £1,000 £875 £588
90th Percentile £1,040 £888 £805
England median daily rate £550 £650 £531
% change year-on-year -15.38% +22.35% +10.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £25.68
England median hourly rate £21.00 - £18.06

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 16,640 26,016 37,232
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.14% 95.31% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,027 18,790 27,160
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £442 £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 342 295 454
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.99 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.01 £22.57 £22.03
Median hourly rate £27.66 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.99% - +12.90%
75th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £64.45 £77.30 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -22.22% +100.00% +0.36%

Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Officer in London

Security Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Officer in London

Security Officer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Officer in London over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Officer in London

Security Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Officer in London

Security Officer
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 Security Officer within the London region over the 6 months to 23 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 +45 6 £533 -7.30% 1
Security Officer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 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 London region featuring Security Officer in the job title.

1 14 (82.35%) Information Security
2 12 (70.59%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (41.18%) CISSP
3 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
4 6 (35.29%) Information Security Management
4 6 (35.29%) Security Management
4 6 (35.29%) Management Information System
4 6 (35.29%) DV Cleared
4 6 (35.29%) Security Cleared
5 5 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (29.41%) Risk Management
5 5 (29.41%) CISM
6 4 (23.53%) Information Management
6 4 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (23.53%) Public Sector
6 4 (23.53%) Cloud Security
6 4 (23.53%) Security Posture
7 3 (17.65%) NIST
7 3 (17.65%) GRC
7 3 (17.65%) Security Operations
8 2 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (11.76%) Virtual Team Management
8 2 (11.76%) Virtual Team
8 2 (11.76%) AWS
8 2 (11.76%) Security Architecture
8 2 (11.76%) SIEM
8 2 (11.76%) Vulnerability Management
8 2 (11.76%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 2 (11.76%) GIAC
8 2 (11.76%) Cisco Certification

Security Officer 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) DNS
1 2 (11.76%) SNMP
2 1 (5.88%) Internet
2 1 (5.88%) TCP/IP
General
1 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Public Sector
3 2 (11.76%) Finance
3 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.88%) French Language
4 1 (5.88%) Legal
4 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Management Information System
2 4 (23.53%) Security Posture
3 2 (11.76%) Operational Technology
3 2 (11.76%) Virtual Team
4 1 (5.88%) BBC
4 1 (5.88%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (5.88%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (82.35%) Information Security
2 12 (70.59%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (35.29%) Information Security Management
3 6 (35.29%) Security Management
4 5 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (29.41%) Risk Management
5 4 (23.53%) Cloud Security
5 4 (23.53%) Information Management
6 3 (17.65%) Security Operations
7 2 (11.76%) Incident Response
7 2 (11.76%) Security Architecture
7 2 (11.76%) SIEM
7 2 (11.76%) Virtual Team Management
7 2 (11.76%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 2 (11.76%) Vulnerability Management
8 1 (5.88%) Actionable Insight
8 1 (5.88%) Decision-Making
8 1 (5.88%) Matrix Organization
8 1 (5.88%) Proactive Monitoring
8 1 (5.88%) Security Monitoring
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) CISSP
2 6 (35.29%) DV Cleared
2 6 (35.29%) Security Cleared
3 5 (29.41%) CISM
4 2 (11.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (11.76%) CCNP
4 2 (11.76%) CCSK
4 2 (11.76%) CCSP
4 2 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (11.76%) GIAC
5 1 (5.88%) CCA
5 1 (5.88%) CEH
5 1 (5.88%) CISA
5 1 (5.88%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (17.65%) GRC
2 3 (17.65%) NIST
3 2 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (5.88%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (5.88%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Cisco
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft