Security Specialist
UK
The median Security Specialist daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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 27 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 490 | 612 | 716 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +122 | +104 | -132 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Security Specialist | 108 | 107 | 133 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.25% | 0.18% | 0.15% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.27% | 0.19% | 0.16% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 45 | 58 | 101 |
| 10th Percentile | £294 | £425 | £310 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £500 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £573 | £530 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.66% | +8.02% | -0.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £650 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £620 | £804 | £850 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £564 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.21% | +15.69% | +8.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £32.56 | £26.34 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £59.73 | £36.68 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £68.27 | £59.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +15.71% | +7.27% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £73.44 | £69.12 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £74.08 | £70.46 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £72.40 | £63.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +14.91% | +26.00% |
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 | 40,172 | 56,583 | 84,829 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.78% | 94.61% | 95.49% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,161 | 39,538 | 59,512 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £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 | £731 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.93% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,642 | 1,585 | 2,099 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.27 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.50 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.83 | £45.00 | £23.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.38% | +95.65% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.75 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £76.00 | £63.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £37.50 | £42.50 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.76% | +117.95% | +2.55% |
Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Security Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Security Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Specialist.
Security Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Specialist over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
Security Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Specialist.
Security Specialist
Top 12 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 27 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 | +139 | 96 | £488 | -17.46% | 35 |
| UK excluding London | +92 | 83 | £450 | -20.21% | 26 |
| Work from Home | +169 | 71 | £450 | -18.40% | 15 |
| South East | +76 | 65 | £450 | -30.77% | 3 |
| London | +91 | 21 | £525 | -10.26% | 13 |
| Scotland | +35 | 9 | £481 | -12.50% | 5 |
| South West | +10 | 4 | £530 | -33.12% | 2 |
| West Midlands | +32 | 3 | £625 | +31.58% | 6 |
| Midlands | +22 | 3 | £625 | +25.82% | 6 |
| North of England | +24 | 2 | £488 | +5.41% | 1 |
| Yorkshire | +19 | 1 | £425 | -52.78% | 1 |
| North East | - | 1 | £550 | - |
Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 27 April 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 featuring Security Specialist in the job title.
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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:
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