Security Specialist Contracts in Central London

Security Specialist
London > Central London

The median Security Specialist daily rate in Central London is £340 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 131 174 195
Rank change year-on-year +43 +21 -41
Contract jobs requiring a Security Specialist 4 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.16% 0.026% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.027% 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £805 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £810 £600
Median % change year-on-year -58.02% +35.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £430 £815 -
90th Percentile £592 - -
London median daily rate £533 £570 £598
% change year-on-year -6.58% -4.60% +8.64%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,328 3,667 4,279
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.37% 95.32% 94.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,660 2,513 3,258
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £560
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +4.46% +6.67%
75th Percentile £685 £725 £675
90th Percentile £798 £813 £763
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 26 52
10th Percentile £19.92 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £21.63 £18.93 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -6.04% +107.23%
75th Percentile £27.81 £58.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £40.00 £86.65 £65.43
London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% - +11.64%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in Central London

Security Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Specialist in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Security Specialist in Central London

Security Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Specialist in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Specialist in Central London

Security Specialist
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 1 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
City of London +49 4 £340 -58.02% 1
Security Specialist
London

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 across the Central London region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 4 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (75.00%) Due Diligence
2 3 (75.00%) NIST
2 3 (75.00%) Validation
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (25.00%) SaaS
3 1 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (25.00%) CRISC
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Data Privacy
3 1 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Architectural Design
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Assurance
3 1 (25.00%) Scorecard
3 1 (25.00%) CISSP
3 1 (25.00%) CISM

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 4 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 4 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (75.00%) Due Diligence
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Management
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (75.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Architectural Design
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Assurance
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Data Privacy
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (25.00%) Scorecard
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CISM
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
1 1 (25.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (75.00%) NIST
2 1 (25.00%) QA