Security Specialist Contracts in the Thames Valley

Security Specialist
South East > Thames Valley

The median Security Specialist daily rate in the Thames Valley is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 139 163
Rank change year-on-year +24 +24 -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Specialist 31 7 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.15% 0.24% 0.086%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 0.25% 0.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 1 2
10th Percentile - - £606
25th Percentile £165 - £616
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £553 £663
Median % change year-on-year -9.58% -16.53% -
75th Percentile £533 - £741
90th Percentile - - £769
South East median daily rate £450 £650 £404
% change year-on-year -30.77% +60.99% +21.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £74.00 -
South East median hourly rate - £74.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +34.55% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,507 2,756 3,352
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.30% 94.32% 95.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,434 1,908 2,284
10th Percentile £212 £313 £190
25th Percentile £370 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £489
% change year-on-year - +2.28% +8.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 75 103
10th Percentile £15.78 £17.27 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £21.33 £12.38
Median hourly rate £45.00 £48.40 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% +176.57% -16.86%
75th Percentile £63.29 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £85.33 £79.19 £64.48
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Security Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in the Thames Valley

Security Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Specialist in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Security Specialist in the Thames Valley

Security Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Specialist in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Specialist in the Thames Valley

Security Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Specialist in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Security Specialist in the Thames Valley

Security Specialist
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Specialist within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Berkshire +5 24 £533 -3.62% 1
Buckinghamshire - 7 £170 -
Security Specialist
South East

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Security Specialist 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 Thames Valley region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 20 (64.52%) Broadband
2 17 (54.84%) Web Services
2 17 (54.84%) Law
2 17 (54.84%) Stakeholder Management
2 17 (54.84%) GIAC
2 17 (54.84%) Penetration Testing
2 17 (54.84%) Security Testing
2 17 (54.84%) PCI DSS
2 17 (54.84%) Security Cleared
2 17 (54.84%) OWASP
2 17 (54.84%) SaaS
2 17 (54.84%) PaaS
2 17 (54.84%) IaaS
2 17 (54.84%) Mobile App
2 17 (54.84%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (54.84%) CREST Certified
2 17 (54.84%) SANS
2 17 (54.84%) Virgin Media
2 17 (54.84%) 5G
2 17 (54.84%) GDPR
2 17 (54.84%) NCSC
2 17 (54.84%) Organisational Skills
2 17 (54.84%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 17 (54.84%) Application Security
2 17 (54.84%) GPEN
2 17 (54.84%) OSCP
3 10 (32.26%) Microsoft
4 7 (22.58%) Information Security
4 7 (22.58%) Incident Management
4 7 (22.58%) Security Operations

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (9.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 17 (54.84%) IaaS
1 17 (54.84%) PaaS
1 17 (54.84%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (64.52%) Broadband
2 17 (54.84%) 5G
3 4 (12.90%) Network Security
General
1 17 (54.84%) Law
1 17 (54.84%) Organisational Skills
2 4 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (12.90%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.23%) Billing
3 1 (3.23%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (54.84%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (54.84%) Mobile App
2 4 (12.90%) Management Information System
3 3 (9.68%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 6 (19.35%) Linux
1 6 (19.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (54.84%) Application Security
1 17 (54.84%) Cybersecurity
1 17 (54.84%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 17 (54.84%) OWASP
1 17 (54.84%) Penetration Testing
1 17 (54.84%) Security Testing
1 17 (54.84%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (22.58%) Incident Management
2 7 (22.58%) Information Security
2 7 (22.58%) Security Operations
3 5 (16.13%) ISMS
4 4 (12.90%) Logistics
4 4 (12.90%) Risk Analysis
4 4 (12.90%) Risk Register
5 3 (9.68%) Migration
6 1 (3.23%) GAP Analysis
6 1 (3.23%) Information Security Management
6 1 (3.23%) ITIL
6 1 (3.23%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (3.23%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 17 (54.84%) CREST Certified
1 17 (54.84%) GIAC
1 17 (54.84%) GPEN
1 17 (54.84%) OSCP
1 17 (54.84%) SANS
1 17 (54.84%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (54.84%) GDPR
1 17 (54.84%) NCSC
1 17 (54.84%) PCI DSS
2 5 (16.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (12.90%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (12.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Vendors
1 17 (54.84%) Virgin Media
2 10 (32.26%) Microsoft
3 7 (22.58%) Splunk