Security Officer Contracts in the City of London

Security Officer
Central London > City of London

The median Security Officer daily rate in the City of London is £533 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 120 169 187
Rank change year-on-year +49 +18 -32
Contract jobs requiring a Security Officer 5 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.23% 0.028% 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.030% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £517 - £373
25th Percentile £523 £563 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.30% - +27.78%
75th Percentile £869 £588 £588
90th Percentile £1,068 - -
Central London median daily rate £533 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -7.30% - +9.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 2,071 3,377 3,976
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.04% 95.10% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,468 2,292 3,001
10th Percentile £348 £350 £363
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £820 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £590 £563
% change year-on-year -6.78% +4.89% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 22 52
10th Percentile £15.62 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% -2.78% +105.71%
75th Percentile £27.25 £58.75 £51.00
90th Percentile £40.00 £87.97 £65.43
Central London median hourly rate £25.78 £35.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year -26.34% -5.41% +108.60%

Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Officer in the City of London

Security Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Officer in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Security Officer in the City of London

Security Officer
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Officer in the City of London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Officer in the City of London

Security Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Officer in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Security Officer in the City of London

Security Officer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 8 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 across the City of London region featuring Security Officer in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Information Security
2 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (40.00%) CISSP
3 2 (40.00%) CISM
3 2 (40.00%) Information Security Management
3 2 (40.00%) Security Management
4 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Information Security Governance
4 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (20.00%) CISA
4 1 (20.00%) Information Management
4 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
4 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (20.00%) NIST

Security Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Information Security
2 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (40.00%) Information Security Management
3 2 (40.00%) Security Management
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (20.00%) Information Management
4 1 (20.00%) Information Security Governance
4 1 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CISM
1 2 (40.00%) CISSP
2 1 (20.00%) CISA
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft