Security Advisor Contracts

Security Adviser
UK

The median Security Adviser daily rate in the UK is £595 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 559 712 822
Rank change year-on-year +153 +110 -174
Contract jobs requiring a Security Advisor 27 10 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.062% 0.017% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% 0.018% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 7 7
10th Percentile £545 £480 £473
25th Percentile £563 £530 £536
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year +8.18% -1.79% +24.44%
75th Percentile £641 £588 £581
90th Percentile £945 £643 £793
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £550 £568
% change year-on-year +4.55% -3.08% +28.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £20.70 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £20.70 -

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%

Security Advisor
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Advisor in the UK

Security Advisor
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Security Advisor in the UK

Security Advisor
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Advisor over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Advisor in the UK

Security Advisor
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Advisor in the UK

Security Advisor
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Advisor 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
UK excluding London +82 20 £575 +4.55% 3
Scotland +36 16 £575 +4.55% 1
England +126 11 £628 +11.56% 2
Work from Home +130 10 £588 +4.44%
London +111 7 £628 - 1
North of England +34 2 £1,000 - 1
South East +13 2 £574 -18.04%
Yorkshire - 2 £1,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Security Advisor 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 Advisor in the job title.

1 14 (51.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 14 (51.85%) Security Cleared
1 14 (51.85%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (44.44%) Public Sector
3 11 (40.74%) Threat Modelling
4 9 (33.33%) Information Security
5 8 (29.63%) SC Cleared
5 8 (29.63%) NIST
6 7 (25.93%) Risk Management
6 7 (25.93%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (25.93%) Security Architecture
7 6 (22.22%) Management Information System
7 6 (22.22%) Cyber Intelligence
7 6 (22.22%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (22.22%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 6 (22.22%) CISSP
7 6 (22.22%) ISMS
7 6 (22.22%) Threat Intelligence
7 6 (22.22%) Business Process Analysis
8 5 (18.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 5 (18.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
8 5 (18.52%) DV Cleared
8 5 (18.52%) Business Continuity
8 5 (18.52%) Risk Assessment
9 4 (14.81%) Social Engineering
9 4 (14.81%) Product Ownership
9 4 (14.81%) NCSC
10 3 (11.11%) Decision-Making
10 3 (11.11%) Internal Audit

Security Advisor 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 (7.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (11.11%) MS Visio
1 3 (11.11%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) SCCP
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 12 (44.44%) Public Sector
2 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
3 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Cyber Threat
1 6 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 4 (14.81%) Product Ownership
3 2 (7.41%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (7.41%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.70%) IoT
4 1 (3.70%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.70%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.70%) Public Cloud
4 1 (3.70%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (51.85%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (40.74%) Threat Modelling
3 9 (33.33%) Information Security
4 7 (25.93%) Risk Management
4 7 (25.93%) Security Architecture
5 6 (22.22%) Business Process Analysis
5 6 (22.22%) Cyber Intelligence
5 6 (22.22%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 6 (22.22%) ISMS
5 6 (22.22%) Threat Intelligence
6 5 (18.52%) Business Continuity
6 5 (18.52%) Risk Assessment
7 4 (14.81%) Social Engineering
8 3 (11.11%) Decision-Making
8 3 (11.11%) Internal Audit
9 2 (7.41%) Impact Assessments
9 2 (7.41%) Risk Register
9 2 (7.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 1 (3.70%) Process Improvement
10 1 (3.70%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 14 (51.85%) Security Cleared
2 8 (29.63%) SC Cleared
3 6 (22.22%) CISSP
4 5 (18.52%) DV Cleared
4 5 (18.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 5 (18.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (3.70%) CISM
5 1 (3.70%) CLAS
5 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (51.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (29.63%) NIST
3 7 (25.93%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (14.81%) NCSC
5 2 (7.41%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (7.41%) PMO
5 2 (7.41%) RMADS
6 1 (3.70%) GDPR
6 1 (3.70%) GRC
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 2 (7.41%) Atlassian
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.70%) Remedy