Security Specialist Contracts in England

Security Specialist
UK > England

The median Security Specialist daily rate in England is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 489 563 686
Rank change year-on-year +74 +123 -120
Contract jobs requiring a Security Specialist 59 93 104
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.19% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.20% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 57 78
10th Percentile £286 £425 £310
25th Percentile £425 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £591 £533
Median % change year-on-year -15.34% +10.91% +2.60%
75th Percentile £553 £700 £766
90th Percentile £618 £823 £850
UK median daily rate £500 £583 £535
% change year-on-year -14.21% +8.94% -1.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 6
10th Percentile - £32.56 £26.34
25th Percentile - £59.73 £36.68
Median hourly rate - £68.27 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year - +15.71% -1.67%
75th Percentile - £73.44 £69.12
90th Percentile - £74.08 £70.46
UK median hourly rate - £68.27 £59.00
% change year-on-year - +15.71% +7.27%

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 34,362 47,263 67,966
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.69% 94.63% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,836 33,555 48,392
10th Percentile £280 £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 £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £760 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,442 1,404 1,879
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £44.32 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.64% +96.98% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.86 £77.00 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in England

Security Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Security Specialist in England

Security Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Specialist in England

Security Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Specialist in England

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 Security Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 6 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
South East +32 26 £450 -30.77% 5
London +101 23 £540 -5.26% 11
South West +6 4 £530 -33.12% 4
Midlands +29 3 £625 +20.54% 5
West Midlands +21 3 £625 +7.53% 3
North of England +17 2 £488 +2.63% 3
Yorkshire +19 1 £425 -46.46% 1
North East - 1 £550 - 1
Security Specialist
UK

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

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

1 23 (38.98%) Microsoft
2 22 (37.29%) Information Security
3 20 (33.90%) Security Operations
4 18 (30.51%) Cybersecurity
5 16 (27.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (25.42%) Vulnerability Management
6 15 (25.42%) Management Information System
7 13 (22.03%) SIEM
8 12 (20.34%) Incident Response
9 11 (18.64%) Qualys
10 10 (16.95%) Incident Management
10 10 (16.95%) Data Security
10 10 (16.95%) Finance
10 10 (16.95%) Data Loss Prevention
11 8 (13.56%) Identity Access Management
11 8 (13.56%) Varonis
11 8 (13.56%) LogRhythm
11 8 (13.56%) Analytical Skills
11 8 (13.56%) Risk Management
11 8 (13.56%) CISSP
11 8 (13.56%) Forcepoint
11 8 (13.56%) Windows
11 8 (13.56%) SC Cleared
11 8 (13.56%) Security Cleared
11 8 (13.56%) Splunk
12 7 (11.86%) Linux
12 7 (11.86%) Social Skills
12 7 (11.86%) NIST
13 6 (10.17%) Cyber Essentials
13 6 (10.17%) CISM

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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.78%) Azure
2 2 (3.39%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (3.39%) Entra ID
2 2 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (3.39%) Power Platform
2 2 (3.39%) SaaS
3 1 (1.69%) AWS
3 1 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (1.69%) Mimecast
3 1 (1.69%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.47%) Network Security
2 3 (5.08%) Broadband
2 3 (5.08%) Firewall
3 1 (1.69%) Ethernet
3 1 (1.69%) IPsec
3 1 (1.69%) LAN
3 1 (1.69%) VPN
3 1 (1.69%) WAN
3 1 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.69%) Wireless
3 1 (1.69%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.39%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.69%) Power BI
2 1 (1.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (1.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Artifactory
General
1 10 (16.95%) Finance
2 8 (13.56%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (11.86%) Social Skills
4 4 (6.78%) Banking
4 4 (6.78%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.39%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.69%) Billing
6 1 (1.69%) Legal
6 1 (1.69%) Police
6 1 (1.69%) Retail
6 1 (1.69%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.69%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 15 (25.42%) Management Information System
2 3 (5.08%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (5.08%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (5.08%) Wiki
3 2 (3.39%) Learning Management System
3 2 (3.39%) PKI
3 2 (3.39%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.69%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.69%) CCTV
4 1 (1.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (1.69%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (1.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.69%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.69%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 8 (13.56%) Windows
2 7 (11.86%) Linux
3 1 (1.69%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (37.29%) Information Security
2 20 (33.90%) Security Operations
3 18 (30.51%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (25.42%) Vulnerability Management
5 13 (22.03%) SIEM
6 12 (20.34%) Incident Response
7 10 (16.95%) Data Loss Prevention
7 10 (16.95%) Data Security
7 10 (16.95%) Incident Management
8 8 (13.56%) Identity Access Management
8 8 (13.56%) Risk Management
9 6 (10.17%) Risk Assessment
10 5 (8.47%) ISMS
10 5 (8.47%) Migration
10 5 (8.47%) Stakeholder Management
11 4 (6.78%) Agile
11 4 (6.78%) Logistics
11 4 (6.78%) Problem-Solving
11 4 (6.78%) Risk Analysis
11 4 (6.78%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.69%) Bash
1 1 (1.69%) C#
1 1 (1.69%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (13.56%) CISSP
1 8 (13.56%) SC Cleared
1 8 (13.56%) Security Cleared
2 6 (10.17%) CISM
3 5 (8.47%) Degree
4 3 (5.08%) CISA
5 2 (3.39%) CEH
5 2 (3.39%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (1.69%) CCSP
6 1 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.69%) CRISC
6 1 (1.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (1.69%) ISSAP
6 1 (1.69%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.69%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (27.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (11.86%) NIST
3 6 (10.17%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (8.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (3.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (3.39%) GDPR
5 2 (3.39%) QA
5 2 (3.39%) SLA
6 1 (1.69%) COBIT
6 1 (1.69%) GRC
6 1 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (1.69%) JSP 440
System Software
1 3 (5.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (38.98%) Microsoft
2 11 (18.64%) Qualys
3 8 (13.56%) Forcepoint
3 8 (13.56%) LogRhythm
3 8 (13.56%) Splunk
3 8 (13.56%) Varonis
4 1 (1.69%) Cisco
4 1 (1.69%) Darktrace
4 1 (1.69%) Extreme Networks
4 1 (1.69%) Fortinet
4 1 (1.69%) Juniper
4 1 (1.69%) Oracle
4 1 (1.69%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.69%) Tripwire
4 1 (1.69%) Veracode