Head of Security Contracts in England

Head of Security
UK > England

The median Head of Security daily rate in England is £875 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 535 611 741
Rank change year-on-year +76 +130 -114
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Security 19 34 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.052% 0.069% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.073% 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 22 28
10th Percentile £606 £651 £611
25th Percentile £716 £672 £631
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £875 £750 £750
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £975 £838 £875
90th Percentile £994 £850 £954
UK median daily rate £875 £700 £683
% change year-on-year +25.00% +2.56% -2.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 34,147 46,484 67,372
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.64% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,648 32,994 47,972
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £639
90th Percentile £750 £758 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,443 1,382 1,859
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.37
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +100.00% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.45 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.50 £62.80
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%

Head of Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Security in England

Head of Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Head of Security in England.

Daily rate trend for Head of Security in England

Head of Security
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Head of Security in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Head of Security in England

Head of Security
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 Head of Security within the England region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. 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 +93 11 £900 +28.57% 11
South East +15 7 £875 +34.62% 5
East Midlands - 1 £625 - 1
Midlands - 1 £625 - 4
Head of Security
UK

Head of Security Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Head of Security 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 Head of Security in the job title.

1 15 (78.95%) Information Security
2 12 (63.16%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (36.84%) Finance
4 6 (31.58%) Security Operations
5 5 (26.32%) Identity Access Management
5 5 (26.32%) SIEM
5 5 (26.32%) Vulnerability Management
5 5 (26.32%) Incident Management
5 5 (26.32%) Cyber Resilience
5 5 (26.32%) Incident Response
6 4 (21.05%) GRC
6 4 (21.05%) Data Loss Prevention
6 4 (21.05%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 4 (21.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
6 4 (21.05%) PCI DSS
7 3 (15.79%) Firewall
7 3 (15.79%) Data Security
7 3 (15.79%) Windows
7 3 (15.79%) CISSP
7 3 (15.79%) Management Information System
7 3 (15.79%) Nessus
7 3 (15.79%) Security Monitoring
7 3 (15.79%) Cloud Security
7 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
8 2 (10.53%) Security Posture
8 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
8 2 (10.53%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (10.53%) IT Strategy
8 2 (10.53%) Scenario Testing

Head of Security 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 (5.26%) AWS
1 1 (5.26%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) Firewall
2 2 (10.53%) LAN
2 2 (10.53%) TCP/IP
2 2 (10.53%) WAN
3 1 (5.26%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Data Warehouse
General
1 7 (36.84%) Finance
2 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.26%) Banking
4 1 (5.26%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.53%) NHS
2 2 (10.53%) Security Posture
3 1 (5.26%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (5.26%) Hedge funds
3 1 (5.26%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.79%) Windows
2 2 (10.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (78.95%) Information Security
2 12 (63.16%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (31.58%) Security Operations
4 5 (26.32%) Cyber Resilience
4 5 (26.32%) Identity Access Management
4 5 (26.32%) Incident Management
4 5 (26.32%) Incident Response
4 5 (26.32%) SIEM
4 5 (26.32%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (21.05%) Data Loss Prevention
6 3 (15.79%) Cloud Security
6 3 (15.79%) Data Security
6 3 (15.79%) Security Monitoring
7 2 (10.53%) Business Continuity
7 2 (10.53%) Data Protection
7 2 (10.53%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (10.53%) ITIL
7 2 (10.53%) Risk Management
7 2 (10.53%) Security Management
7 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) CISSP
2 1 (5.26%) CISM
2 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.26%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) GRC
1 4 (21.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (21.05%) PCI DSS
2 2 (10.53%) COBIT
2 2 (10.53%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (5.26%) Accessibility
3 1 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (5.26%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) Active Directory
1 2 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (10.53%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (21.05%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 3 (15.79%) Nessus
3 2 (10.53%) Network Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (5.26%) CASB
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) CheckPoint
2 2 (10.53%) Cisco
2 2 (10.53%) Citrix
2 2 (10.53%) Splunk
2 2 (10.53%) VMware