Security Specialist Contracts in England

Security Specialist
UK > England

The median Security Specialist daily rate in England is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 437 457 566
Rank change year-on-year +20 +109 +106
Contract jobs requiring a Security Specialist 48 85 87
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.20% 0.23% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.25% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 43 51
10th Percentile - £278 £425
25th Percentile £513 £425 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £591
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -15.34% +11.44%
75th Percentile £651 £542 £680
90th Percentile £688 £595 £814
UK median daily rate £588 £500 £573
% change year-on-year +17.50% -12.66% +8.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 10
10th Percentile - - £32.56
25th Percentile £60.75 - £59.73
Median hourly rate £61.50 - £68.27
75th Percentile £62.24 - £73.44
90th Percentile - - £74.08
UK median hourly rate £61.50 - £68.27
% change year-on-year - - +15.71%

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 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 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
South East +18 25 £600 +33.33% 65
London +31 15 £575 +7.98% 45
Midlands +22 3 £651 +4.08% 49
West Midlands +14 3 £651 +4.08% 26
East of England - 2 £663 - 42
North of England +18 1 - - 64
North West - 1 - - 31
Security Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 25 (52.08%) Security Cleared
2 21 (43.75%) CISM
3 20 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (35.42%) DV Cleared
5 15 (31.25%) Cybersecurity
5 15 (31.25%) Information Security
6 14 (29.17%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 13 (27.08%) Risk Management
8 11 (22.92%) Public Sector
8 11 (22.92%) Social Skills
9 9 (18.75%) Threat Modelling
9 9 (18.75%) Management Information System
9 9 (18.75%) Telecoms
9 9 (18.75%) AWS
9 9 (18.75%) Security Architecture
9 9 (18.75%) SC Cleared
10 8 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
10 8 (16.67%) Incident Response
11 7 (14.58%) Decision-Making
11 7 (14.58%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (14.58%) CISSP
11 7 (14.58%) Microsoft
11 7 (14.58%) Azure
11 7 (14.58%) SIEM
11 7 (14.58%) Analytics
11 7 (14.58%) Vulnerability Management
12 6 (12.50%) Information Assurance
12 6 (12.50%) Firewall
12 6 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (12.50%) Problem-Solving

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 9 (18.75%) AWS
2 7 (14.58%) Azure
3 4 (8.33%) GCP
4 1 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.08%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.08%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.08%) IaaS
4 1 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (2.08%) PaaS
4 1 (2.08%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (12.50%) Firewall
2 4 (8.33%) Network Security
3 3 (6.25%) VPN
4 2 (4.17%) SD-WAN
4 2 (4.17%) WAN
5 1 (2.08%) BGP
5 1 (2.08%) DNS
5 1 (2.08%) DSL
5 1 (2.08%) FTP
5 1 (2.08%) HTTP
5 1 (2.08%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (2.08%) IPsec
5 1 (2.08%) MPLS
5 1 (2.08%) OSPF
5 1 (2.08%) SMTP
5 1 (2.08%) SSL
5 1 (2.08%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.08%) tcpdump
5 1 (2.08%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.08%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (2.08%) NonStop SQL
General
1 11 (22.92%) Public Sector
1 11 (22.92%) Social Skills
2 9 (18.75%) Telecoms
3 5 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (8.33%) Military
5 3 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (4.17%) Finance
6 2 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.17%) Legal
6 2 (4.17%) Local Government
7 1 (2.08%) Electronics
7 1 (2.08%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.08%) Marketing
7 1 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.08%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (2.08%) LDAP
1 1 (2.08%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.75%) Management Information System
2 6 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (8.33%) Security Posture
4 2 (4.17%) Cyber Security Posture
4 2 (4.17%) e-Learning
4 2 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.08%) CSOC
5 1 (2.08%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.08%) MISP
5 1 (2.08%) NHS
5 1 (2.08%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.08%) PKI
5 1 (2.08%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (2.08%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (2.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (2.08%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.17%) Linux
1 2 (4.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (31.25%) Cybersecurity
1 15 (31.25%) Information Security
2 14 (29.17%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 13 (27.08%) Risk Management
4 9 (18.75%) Security Architecture
4 9 (18.75%) Threat Modelling
5 8 (16.67%) Incident Response
5 8 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
6 7 (14.58%) Analytics
6 7 (14.58%) Decision-Making
6 7 (14.58%) SIEM
6 7 (14.58%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (14.58%) Vulnerability Management
7 6 (12.50%) Information Assurance
7 6 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (10.42%) Security Operations
9 4 (8.33%) Artificial Intelligence
9 4 (8.33%) Penetration Testing
9 4 (8.33%) Threat Detection
10 3 (6.25%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.17%) Bash
1 2 (4.17%) PowerShell
1 2 (4.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (52.08%) Security Cleared
2 21 (43.75%) CISM
3 17 (35.42%) DV Cleared
4 9 (18.75%) SC Cleared
5 7 (14.58%) CISSP
6 3 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (6.25%) Degree
7 2 (4.17%) CCNA
7 2 (4.17%) CEH
7 2 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (2.08%) AWS Certification
8 1 (2.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (2.08%) Azure Certification
8 1 (2.08%) CISA
8 1 (2.08%) Master's Degree
8 1 (2.08%) MCSE
8 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (2.08%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (10.42%) NCSC
2 5 (10.42%) NIST
3 3 (6.25%) GDPR
4 2 (4.17%) JSP 440
4 2 (4.17%) NIST 800
5 1 (2.08%) GRC
5 1 (2.08%) HIPAA
5 1 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1 (2.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.17%) Ansible
1 2 (4.17%) Nessus
1 2 (4.17%) QRadar
1 2 (4.17%) Terraform
2 1 (2.08%) CSIRT
2 1 (2.08%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.08%) Kibana
2 1 (2.08%) logstash
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.08%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 7 (14.58%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.33%) Qualys
3 3 (6.25%) Splunk
4 2 (4.17%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (4.17%) Fortinet
4 2 (4.17%) Google
4 2 (4.17%) IBM
4 2 (4.17%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.17%) Tenable
5 1 (2.08%) ArcSight
5 1 (2.08%) Ariba
5 1 (2.08%) Carbon Black
5 1 (2.08%) CyberArk
5 1 (2.08%) LogRhythm
5 1 (2.08%) Okta
5 1 (2.08%) Ping Identity
5 1 (2.08%) Rapid7
5 1 (2.08%) SAP
5 1 (2.08%) Tripwire