Security Officer Contracts in England

Security Officer
UK > England

The median Security Officer daily rate in England is £542 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 506 608 721
Rank change year-on-year +102 +113 -121
Contract jobs requiring a Security Officer 33 37 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.090% 0.076% 0.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.097% 0.080% 0.066%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 33 33
10th Percentile £206 £261 £283
25th Percentile £475 £563 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £542 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year -16.69% +18.18% +2.51%
75th Percentile £700 £750 £600
90th Percentile £1,000 £885 £682
UK median daily rate £533 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -18.00% +18.18% +10.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £13.40 - -
25th Percentile £16.25 - -
Median hourly rate £21.00 - £25.68
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £21.00 - £30.34

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 34,087 46,245 67,040
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.62% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,605 32,838 47,758
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 £645 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £761 £740
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,443 1,370 1,849
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.49 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £44.77 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.23% +94.63% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £64.80
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.27%

Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Officer in England

Security Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Security Officer in England

Security Officer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Officer in England over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Officer in England

Security Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Officer in England

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 Security Officer within the England region over the 6 months to 11 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 +98 17 £550 -24.14% 4
South East +24 7 £567 -5.58% 9
South West - 3 - - 6
North of England +32 2 - - 4
North West - 2 - - 3
East of England +9 1 - - 4
Security Officer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, 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 Security Officer in the job title.

1 23 (69.70%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (63.64%) Information Security
3 16 (48.48%) Security Cleared
4 13 (39.39%) Social Skills
5 11 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (33.33%) CISSP
6 10 (30.30%) Public Sector
7 9 (27.27%) CISM
8 8 (24.24%) Risk Management
9 7 (21.21%) Information Security Management
9 7 (21.21%) Security Management
9 7 (21.21%) Management Information System
9 7 (21.21%) DV Cleared
10 6 (18.18%) Cloud Security
10 6 (18.18%) NIST
11 5 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (15.15%) Security Operations
11 5 (15.15%) Microsoft
12 4 (12.12%) CCSP
12 4 (12.12%) CCNP
12 4 (12.12%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (12.12%) Telecoms
12 4 (12.12%) Cisco
12 4 (12.12%) Information Management
12 4 (12.12%) Information Assurance
12 4 (12.12%) AWS
12 4 (12.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 4 (12.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (12.12%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (12.12%) Onboarding

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.06%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.12%) AWS
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.06%) DNS
1 2 (6.06%) SNMP
2 1 (3.03%) Broadband
2 1 (3.03%) Internet
2 1 (3.03%) Intranet
2 1 (3.03%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) Power BI
General
1 13 (39.39%) Social Skills
2 10 (30.30%) Public Sector
3 4 (12.12%) Telecoms
4 3 (9.09%) Finance
5 2 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.03%) French Language
6 1 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Law
6 1 (3.03%) Legal
6 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) Management Information System
2 4 (12.12%) Onboarding
2 4 (12.12%) Security Posture
3 2 (6.06%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (6.06%) Operational Technology
3 2 (6.06%) Virtual Team
4 1 (3.03%) BBC
4 1 (3.03%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (3.03%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (69.70%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (63.64%) Information Security
3 8 (24.24%) Risk Management
4 7 (21.21%) Information Security Management
4 7 (21.21%) Security Management
5 6 (18.18%) Cloud Security
6 5 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (15.15%) Security Operations
7 4 (12.12%) Information Assurance
7 4 (12.12%) Information Management
8 3 (9.09%) Business Case
8 3 (9.09%) Data Analysis
8 3 (9.09%) Data Protection
8 3 (9.09%) Ethical Hacking
8 3 (9.09%) Incident Management
8 3 (9.09%) Incident Response
8 3 (9.09%) Information Security Governance
8 3 (9.09%) SABSA
8 3 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (9.09%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 16 (48.48%) Security Cleared
2 11 (33.33%) CISSP
3 9 (27.27%) CISM
4 7 (21.21%) DV Cleared
5 4 (12.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (12.12%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (12.12%) CCNP
5 4 (12.12%) CCSK
5 4 (12.12%) CCSP
5 4 (12.12%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (9.09%) CEH
6 3 (9.09%) SC Cleared
7 2 (6.06%) CISA
7 2 (6.06%) Degree
7 2 (6.06%) GIAC
8 1 (3.03%) CCA
8 1 (3.03%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (18.18%) NIST
3 4 (12.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 3 (9.09%) Def Stans
4 3 (9.09%) GRC
4 3 (9.09%) PMO
5 2 (6.06%) QA
6 1 (3.03%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (3.03%) GDPR
6 1 (3.03%) PCI DSS
6 1 (3.03%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 5 (15.15%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.12%) Cisco