Computer Security Contracts

Computer Security (COMPUSEC)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Computer Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Computer Security over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 579 670 820
Rank change year-on-year +91 +150 -152
Contract jobs citing Computer Security 4 26 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.045% 0.024%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.011% 0.050% 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 18 14
10th Percentile - £350 £478
25th Percentile - £353 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £385 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -30.00% +15.79%
75th Percentile - £496 £598
90th Percentile - £631 £695
UK excluding London median daily rate - £350 £525
% change year-on-year - -33.33% +27.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £75.75 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £75.75 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Computer Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,868 52,242 79,883
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.23% 89.82% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,721 36,208 56,080
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,429 1,718 1,919
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.22 £15.52
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -6.98%

Computer Security
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Computer Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Security in the UK

Computer Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Computer Security in the UK

Computer Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Computer Security in the UK

Computer Security
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Security within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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
UK excluding London +60 4 - - 6
Scotland - 4 - - 4

Computer Security
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:

Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Security Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Risk Management