Security Specialist Contracts in the City of London

Security Specialist
Central London > City of London

The median Security Specialist daily rate in the City of London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 119 170
Rank change year-on-year +1 +51 +19
Contract jobs requiring a Security Specialist 2 5 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.11% 0.23% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.24% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 1
10th Percentile £518 - -
25th Percentile £525 - £805
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £340 £810
Median % change year-on-year +61.76% -58.02% +35.00%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £815
90th Percentile £583 £670 -
Central London median daily rate £575 £340 £810
% change year-on-year +69.12% -58.02% +35.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 1,626 2,066 3,434
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.02% 95.08% 95.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,021 1,469 2,338
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -6.25% +6.19%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £820
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £590
% change year-on-year +4.55% -6.78% +5.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 23
10th Percentile £22.00 £15.62 £15.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £23.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% -34.29% -5.41%
75th Percentile £48.75 £27.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £92.75 £40.00 £87.64
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £25.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +16.28% -28.57% -6.04%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in the City of London

Security Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Specialist in the City of London

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 5 May 2025, 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 City of London region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Nessus
1 1 (50.00%) Tripwire
1 1 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) PKI
1 1 (50.00%) Qualys
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
1 1 (50.00%) PaaS
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (50.00%) IaaS
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
1 1 (50.00%) Tenable

Security Specialist 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (50.00%) IaaS
1 1 (50.00%) PaaS
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Qualys
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (50.00%) Tenable
1 1 (50.00%) Tripwire