Chief Security Officer Contracts in England

Chief Security Officer
UK > England

The median Chief Security Officer daily rate in England is £950, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 July 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
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 497 548 610
Rank change year-on-year +51 +62 +176
Contract jobs requiring a Chief Security Officer 5 1 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.018% 0.003% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.003% 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 11
10th Percentile £865 - £825
25th Percentile £888 £900 £863
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £950 £1,100 £900
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +22.22% +10.77%
75th Percentile £975 £1,300 £1,063
90th Percentile - - £1,075
UK median daily rate £950 £1,100 £1,025
% change year-on-year -13.64% +7.32% +26.15%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 25,199 33,243 44,363
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.84% 92.98% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,389 21,876 31,340
10th Percentile £290 £300 £310
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £628 £638 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,249 2,255 1,389
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.25 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.38 £41.27 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.66% -6.22% +76.00%
75th Percentile £56.44 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -6.98% +67.45%

Chief Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Chief Security Officer in England

Chief Security Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Chief Security Officer in England.

Daily rate trend for Chief Security Officer in England

Chief Security Officer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Chief Security Officer within the England region over the 6 months to 20 July 2025. 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
London - 3 £950 - 2
South East +33 1 £900 -18.18% 2
North of England - 1 - - 2
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
Chief Security Officer
UK

Chief Security Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 20 July 2025, Chief 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 England region featuring Chief Security Officer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
2 3 (60.00%) GDPR
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Security Posture
2 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) NIST
3 2 (40.00%) Business Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Fintech
4 1 (20.00%) Retail Banking
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (20.00%) SOC 2
4 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
4 1 (20.00%) Legal
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (20.00%) CISSP
4 1 (20.00%) CISA
4 1 (20.00%) CISM
4 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
4 1 (20.00%) SaaS
4 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture

Chief Security Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (20.00%) SaaS
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
3 1 (20.00%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
2 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (40.00%) Business Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Fintech
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CISA
1 1 (20.00%) CISM
1 1 (20.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) GDPR
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (40.00%) NIST
3 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (20.00%) SOC 2