Information Security Specialist
UK
The median Information Security Specialist daily rate in the UK is £488 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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 25 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 572 | 693 | 816 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +121 | +123 | -147 |
| Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Specialist | 14 | 29 | 15 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.032% | 0.048% | 0.017% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.035% | 0.051% | 0.018% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 10 | 19 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £547 | £463 |
| 25th Percentile | £165 | £606 | £489 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £488 | £650 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -25.00% | +8.33% | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £500 | £738 | £775 |
| 90th Percentile | £531 | £814 | £900 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £170 | £700 | £750 |
| % change year-on-year | -75.71% | -6.67% | +114.29% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £74.00 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £74.00 | - |
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 | 40,482 | 56,783 | 84,604 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.77% | 94.58% | 95.49% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,407 | 39,621 | 59,331 |
| 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 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,642 | 1,607 | 2,111 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.28 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.45 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.68 | £45.00 | £23.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.71% | +95.65% | +1.41% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.75 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.60 | £63.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £37.50 | £42.50 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.76% | +117.95% | +2.63% |
Information Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Information Security Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Information Security Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Security Specialist.
Information Security Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security Specialist over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.
Information Security Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Security Specialist.
Information Security Specialist
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 Information Security Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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 |
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| England | +106 | 12 | £488 | -30.36% | 1 |
| UK excluding London | +55 | 8 | £170 | -75.71% | 2 |
| South East | +8 | 7 | £170 | -75.71% | |
| Work from Home | +118 | 6 | £170 | -73.85% | 1 |
| London | +109 | 5 | £500 | -20.00% | |
| Scotland | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Information Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Information 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 featuring Information Security Specialist in the job title.
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Information Security Specialist 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: