Chief Information Security Officer Contracts

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
UK

The median Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) daily rate in the UK is £750 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 562 679 849
Rank change year-on-year +117 +170 -183
Contract jobs requiring a Chief Information Security Officer 17 21 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.039% 0.035% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.037% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 15 7
10th Percentile £713 £705 £668
25th Percentile £725 £713 £781
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £800 £1,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -20.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £1,000 £888 £1,319
90th Percentile £1,040 £895 £1,405
UK excluding London median daily rate £675 £700 £1,138
% change year-on-year -3.57% -38.46% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 40,413 56,730 84,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,320 39,605 59,435
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £726
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,653 1,602 2,109
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.28 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £42.37 £19.50
% change year-on-year -10.30% +117.26% +2.47%

Chief Information Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Chief Information Security Officer in the UK

Chief Information Security Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Chief Information Security Officer in the UK

Chief Information Security Officer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Chief Information Security Officer over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Chief Information Security Officer in the UK

Chief Information Security Officer
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Chief Information Security Officer within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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
England +109 15 £875 +12.90% 3
London +108 13 £875 +9.38% 2
UK excluding London +69 3 £675 -3.57% 1
Scotland - 3 £675 -
Work from Home +112 2 - - 1
South East +26 2 - -

Chief Information Security Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Chief Information 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 featuring Chief Information Security Officer in the job title.

1 16 (94.12%) Information Security
1 16 (94.12%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (64.71%) Risk Management
3 7 (41.18%) DV Cleared
3 7 (41.18%) Security Cleared
4 6 (35.29%) Finance
4 6 (35.29%) Information Security Management
4 6 (35.29%) Security Management
4 6 (35.29%) Management Information System
5 5 (29.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (29.41%) Public Sector
6 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
6 4 (23.53%) Data Flow Diagram
6 4 (23.53%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 4 (23.53%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (23.53%) Threat Modelling
6 4 (23.53%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (23.53%) Incident Management
6 4 (23.53%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (23.53%) CISM
6 4 (23.53%) Identity Management
6 4 (23.53%) Unix
6 4 (23.53%) Windows
6 4 (23.53%) Linux
6 4 (23.53%) CISSP
6 4 (23.53%) Data Management
6 4 (23.53%) Information Management
7 2 (11.76%) Matrix Organization
7 2 (11.76%) Decision-Making

Chief Information Security Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (23.53%) Cloud Computing
General
1 6 (35.29%) Finance
2 5 (29.41%) Public Sector
3 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Banking
4 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Management Information System
2 4 (23.53%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (11.76%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (5.88%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) Linux
1 4 (23.53%) Unix
1 4 (23.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (94.12%) Cybersecurity
1 16 (94.12%) Information Security
2 11 (64.71%) Risk Management
3 6 (35.29%) Information Security Management
3 6 (35.29%) Security Management
4 5 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (23.53%) Data Flow Diagram
5 4 (23.53%) Data Management
5 4 (23.53%) Identity Management
5 4 (23.53%) Incident Management
5 4 (23.53%) Information Management
5 4 (23.53%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 4 (23.53%) Threat Modelling
5 4 (23.53%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (11.76%) Business Case
6 2 (11.76%) Decision-Making
6 2 (11.76%) Incident Response
6 2 (11.76%) Matrix Organization
6 2 (11.76%) Security Operations
6 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) DV Cleared
1 7 (41.18%) Security Cleared
2 4 (23.53%) CISM
2 4 (23.53%) CISSP
3 2 (11.76%) CISA
3 2 (11.76%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (11.76%) GRC
3 1 (5.88%) SOC 2