IT Security Specialist Contracts in England

IT Security Specialist
UK > England

The median IT Security Specialist daily rate in England is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 535 657 776
Rank change year-on-year +122 +119 -166
Contract jobs requiring an IT Security Specialist 15 8 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.040% 0.016% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.017% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 7 7
10th Percentile £340 £413 £178
25th Percentile £425 £425 £301
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% -25.86%
75th Percentile £475 £513 £529
90th Percentile - - £532
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £465
% change year-on-year - -3.23% -29.28%

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 34,508 48,174 68,262
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.56% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,974 34,135 48,471
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,404 1,457 1,922
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.33 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.49
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.00 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +0.94%

IT Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Specialist in England

IT Security Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Security Specialist in England.

Daily rate trend for IT Security Specialist in England

IT Security Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Security Specialist in England over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Security Specialist in England

IT Security Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Security Specialist in England.

Hourly rate trend for IT Security Specialist in England

IT Security Specialist
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 IT Security Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
South East - 11 £450 - 1
London - 4 £340 - 1
IT Security Specialist
UK

IT Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, IT 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 England region featuring IT Security Specialist in the job title.

1 10 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
1 10 (66.67%) Security Operations
1 10 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (53.33%) Forcepoint
3 8 (53.33%) Data Security
3 8 (53.33%) Management Information System
3 8 (53.33%) Qualys
3 8 (53.33%) LogRhythm
3 8 (53.33%) Varonis
3 8 (53.33%) SIEM
3 8 (53.33%) Data Loss Prevention
4 5 (33.33%) Finance
5 4 (26.67%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (20.00%) Performance Management
6 3 (20.00%) Validation
6 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
6 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
6 3 (20.00%) Due Diligence
6 3 (20.00%) NIST
7 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
7 1 (6.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
7 1 (6.67%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (6.67%) Threat Intelligence
7 1 (6.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (6.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services

IT Security Specialist 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 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
1 1 (6.67%) PaaS
1 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
1 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 5 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (6.67%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Incident Response
1 10 (66.67%) Security Operations
1 10 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
2 8 (53.33%) Data Loss Prevention
2 8 (53.33%) Data Security
2 8 (53.33%) SIEM
3 4 (26.67%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (20.00%) Due Diligence
4 3 (20.00%) Performance Management
4 3 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (20.00%) Validation
5 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (6.67%) ERP
5 1 (6.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 1 (6.67%) Order to Cash
5 1 (6.67%) Record to Report
5 1 (6.67%) Supply Chain Management
5 1 (6.67%) Threat Intelligence
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (20.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (53.33%) Forcepoint
2 8 (53.33%) LogRhythm
2 8 (53.33%) Qualys
2 8 (53.33%) Varonis