Security Specialist Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Security Specialist
Central London > City of London

The median Security Specialist daily rate in the City of London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 117 145
Rank change year-on-year +5 +28 -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Specialist 4 9 4
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.24% 0.43% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.46% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 3
10th Percentile - - £545
25th Percentile £513 £450 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £750
Median % change year-on-year - -30.00% -
75th Percentile £538 £625 £788
90th Percentile - - £795
Central London median daily rate £525 £525 £750
% change year-on-year - -30.00% -

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 1,593 1,973 2,694
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.93% 93.64% 94.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,095 1,217 1,871
10th Percentile £325 £363 £360
25th Percentile £423 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% +2.17%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £781 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +0.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 15 14
10th Percentile £16.85 £16.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.18 £25.06 £18.06
Median hourly rate £26.57 £57.50 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.79% +55.41% -8.64%
75th Percentile £36.00 £112.00 £48.25
90th Percentile £64.48 £137.50 £63.88
Central London median hourly rate £27.04 £35.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.76% -2.78% -11.11%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Security Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Security Specialist job vacancy trend in the City of London

Security Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Specialist job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Specialist job vacancies in the City of London

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 21 October 2025, Security Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of 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 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) CESG Certified Professional
2 2 (50.00%) CISSP
2 2 (50.00%) Confluence
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 2 (50.00%) JIRA
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) COBIT
3 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) NIST
3 1 (25.00%) Operations Management
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (25.00%) SLA
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Use Case

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Operations Management
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CESG Certified Professional
1 2 (50.00%) CISSP
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) COBIT
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow