Senior Security Specialist Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Senior Security Specialist
England > East of England

The median Senior Security Specialist daily rate in the East of England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 April 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Security Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.048% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
England median daily rate £563 - £533
% change year-on-year - - -9.76%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 1,931 851 1,685
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.66% 89.67% 89.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 872 463 820
10th Percentile £193 £213 £208
25th Percentile £335 £375 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £551
90th Percentile £675 £688 £662
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 549 161 523
10th Percentile £13.70 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.46 £16.30
Median hourly rate £25.15 £60.00 £40.28
Median % change year-on-year -58.08% +48.98% +15.07%
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.75 £64.63
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £75.25
England median hourly rate £42.59 £32.66 £33.07
% change year-on-year +30.43% -1.24% -24.42%

Senior Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Senior Security Specialist job vacancy trend in the East of England

Senior Security Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Security Specialist job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Security Specialist job vacancies in the East of England

Senior Security Specialist
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Security Specialist within the East of England region over the 6 months to 8 April 2026. 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
Norfolk - 1 £500 -
Senior Security Specialist
England

Senior Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 8 April 2026, Senior 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 East of England region featuring Senior Security Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling

Senior Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST