Security Officer
UK
The median Security Officer daily rate in the UK is £533 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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 4 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 554 | 674 | 801 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +120 | +127 | -137 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Security Officer | 37 | 44 | 53 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.086% | 0.074% | 0.060% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.092% | 0.079% | 0.063% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18 | 37 | 35 |
| 10th Percentile | £200 | £210 | £260 |
| 25th Percentile | £348 | £500 | £394 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £533 | £650 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.00% | +18.18% | +13.92% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £750 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £1,000 | £888 | £677 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £517 | £525 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.62% | -8.70% | +31.43% |
| 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 | 40,021 | 55,966 | 84,699 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.75% | 94.62% | 95.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,056 | 39,104 | 59,482 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £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 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,666 | 1,571 | 2,084 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.30 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £23.81 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +89.04% | +5.80% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.29 | £65.75 | £49.19 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £76.00 | £63.71 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.26 | £19.52 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.35% | +116.50% | +2.74% |
Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Security Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Officer.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Officer over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Officer.
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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 4 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 |
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| England | +107 | 34 | £542 | -16.69% | 33 |
| London | +101 | 17 | £550 | -24.14% | 3 |
| UK excluding London | +63 | 16 | £517 | -1.62% | 38 |
| South East | +28 | 7 | £567 | -5.58% | 9 |
| Work from Home | +124 | 4 | £431 | -49.26% | 8 |
| South West | - | 4 | - | - | 9 |
| Scotland | +42 | 3 | £174 | -66.80% | 4 |
| North of England | +24 | 2 | - | - | 9 |
| North West | - | 2 | - | - | 8 |
| East of England | +6 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Wales | - | 1 | £363 | - | 1 |
Security Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 4 May 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.
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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: