Security Officer Contracts

Security Officer
UK

The median Security Officer daily rate in the UK is £533 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 541 655 808
Rank change year-on-year +114 +153 -164
Contract jobs requiring a Security Officer 38 45 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.087% 0.075% 0.059%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.094% 0.079% 0.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 38 34
10th Percentile £192 £210 £258
25th Percentile £348 £500 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £650 £506
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +28.40% +8.29%
75th Percentile £600 £747 £597
90th Percentile £1,000 £888 £653
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £513 £506
% change year-on-year -2.44% +1.23% +15.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £13.40 - £13.06
25th Percentile £16.25 - £17.79
Median hourly rate £21.00 - £25.68
75th Percentile - - £30.34
90th Percentile - - £33.14
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.00 - £10.45

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%

Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Officer in the UK

Security Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Security Officer in the UK

Security Officer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Officer in the UK

Security Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Officer in the UK

Security Officer
Top 11 Contract Locations

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 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 +110 34 £550 -15.38% 39
London +112 18 £550 -24.14% 5
UK excluding London +66 17 £500 -2.44% 42
South East +30 7 £567 +3.00% 7
Work from Home +115 4 £431 -49.26% 6
Scotland +36 4 £167 -68.16% 4
South West - 4 - - 16
North of England +25 2 - - 9
North West - 2 - - 8
East of England +9 1 - - 1
Wales - 1 £363 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 26 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 featuring Security Officer in the job title.

1 25 (65.79%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (57.89%) Information Security
3 18 (47.37%) Security Cleared
4 16 (42.11%) Social Skills
5 12 (31.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (31.58%) CISSP
6 11 (28.95%) Public Sector
7 10 (26.32%) CISM
8 9 (23.68%) Risk Management
9 8 (21.05%) Management Information System
9 8 (21.05%) DV Cleared
10 7 (18.42%) Information Security Management
10 7 (18.42%) Security Management
11 6 (15.79%) Cloud Security
11 6 (15.79%) NIST
11 6 (15.79%) Microsoft
12 5 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
12 5 (13.16%) Information Assurance
12 5 (13.16%) SC Cleared
13 4 (10.53%) AWS
13 4 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 4 (10.53%) CCSP
13 4 (10.53%) CCNP
13 4 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (10.53%) Cisco
13 4 (10.53%) Telecoms
13 4 (10.53%) Information Management
13 4 (10.53%) Onboarding
13 4 (10.53%) Security Posture
13 4 (10.53%) GRC

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.53%) AWS
2 2 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.63%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.26%) DNS
1 2 (5.26%) SNMP
2 1 (2.63%) Broadband
2 1 (2.63%) Firewall
2 1 (2.63%) Internet
2 1 (2.63%) Network Security
2 1 (2.63%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.63%) VPN
General
1 16 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 11 (28.95%) Public Sector
3 4 (10.53%) Telecoms
4 3 (7.89%) Finance
5 2 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.63%) French Language
6 1 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Law
6 1 (2.63%) Legal
6 1 (2.63%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 8 (21.05%) Management Information System
2 4 (10.53%) Onboarding
2 4 (10.53%) Security Posture
3 2 (5.26%) Cyber Security Posture
3 2 (5.26%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (5.26%) Operational Technology
3 2 (5.26%) Virtual Team
4 1 (2.63%) BBC
4 1 (2.63%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (2.63%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (65.79%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (57.89%) Information Security
3 9 (23.68%) Risk Management
4 7 (18.42%) Information Security Management
4 7 (18.42%) Security Management
5 6 (15.79%) Cloud Security
6 5 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (13.16%) Information Assurance
7 4 (10.53%) Information Management
7 4 (10.53%) Security Operations
7 4 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (7.89%) Data Analysis
8 3 (7.89%) Data Protection
8 3 (7.89%) Ethical Hacking
8 3 (7.89%) Incident Management
8 3 (7.89%) Information Security Governance
8 3 (7.89%) SABSA
8 3 (7.89%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (7.89%) TOGAF
8 3 (7.89%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 18 (47.37%) Security Cleared
2 12 (31.58%) CISSP
3 10 (26.32%) CISM
4 8 (21.05%) DV Cleared
5 5 (13.16%) SC Cleared
6 4 (10.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (10.53%) CCNP
6 4 (10.53%) CCSK
6 4 (10.53%) CCSP
6 4 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (7.89%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (7.89%) CEH
8 2 (5.26%) CISA
8 2 (5.26%) CRISC
8 2 (5.26%) Degree
8 2 (5.26%) GIAC
9 1 (2.63%) CCA
9 1 (2.63%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (31.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (15.79%) NIST
3 4 (10.53%) Def Stans
3 4 (10.53%) GRC
3 4 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 4 (10.53%) PMO
4 2 (5.26%) QA
5 1 (2.63%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (2.63%) GDPR
5 1 (2.63%) PCI DSS
5 1 (2.63%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 6 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.53%) Cisco
3 1 (2.63%) Barracuda Networks