Security Specialist Contracts in England

Security Specialist
UK > England

The median Security Specialist daily rate in England is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 July 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
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 440 480 524
Rank change year-on-year +40 +44 +159
Contract jobs requiring a Security Specialist 54 73 110
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.21% 0.20% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.21% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 59 66
10th Percentile £450 £340 £425
25th Percentile £513 £425 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £533 £600
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% -11.17% +4.48%
75th Percentile £688 £663 £739
90th Percentile £721 £780 £835
UK median daily rate £613 £529 £600
% change year-on-year +15.78% -11.83% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 10
10th Percentile - - £32.56
25th Percentile £60.75 - £59.73
Median hourly rate £61.50 - £68.27
75th Percentile £62.24 - £73.59
90th Percentile - - £74.08
UK median hourly rate £61.50 - £68.27
% change year-on-year - - +8.37%

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 23,802 34,689 44,733
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.12% 92.93% 94.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,558 22,690 31,723
10th Percentile £293 £300 £313
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,110 2,587 1,360
10th Percentile £13.99 £12.87 £14.41
25th Percentile £17.90 £16.80 £19.50
Median hourly rate £28.34 £40.00 £43.93
Median % change year-on-year -29.15% -8.95% +75.72%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.52 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £37.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year -29.33% -12.79% +68.63%

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 2 July 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 2 July 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 +55 24 £675 +50.00% 33
London +23 17 £650 +19.27% 87
Midlands +12 7 £525 +5.00% 9
West Midlands +14 5 £651 +30.10% 4
North West +4 2 - - 17
North of England +1 2 - - 22
East Midlands - 2 £475 - 5
South West +34 1 £350 -58.82% 14
East of England - 1 £625 - 8
Security Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 July 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 26 (48.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 26 (48.15%) Security Cleared
2 24 (44.44%) CISM
3 22 (40.74%) Cybersecurity
4 18 (33.33%) SC Cleared
5 16 (29.63%) Information Security
6 15 (27.78%) Risk Management
6 15 (27.78%) Social Skills
7 14 (25.93%) Information Assurance
8 13 (24.07%) Security Architecture
9 12 (22.22%) Agile
10 11 (20.37%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 10 (18.52%) Network Security
11 10 (18.52%) Vulnerability Management
11 10 (18.52%) Incident Response
12 9 (16.67%) ISMS
12 9 (16.67%) Azure
13 8 (14.81%) AWS
13 8 (14.81%) SIEM
13 8 (14.81%) DV Cleared
13 8 (14.81%) CISSP
13 8 (14.81%) Microsoft
13 8 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
14 7 (12.96%) Threat Modelling
14 7 (12.96%) Analytics
14 7 (12.96%) NIST
14 7 (12.96%) Public Sector
14 7 (12.96%) Management Information System
14 7 (12.96%) Stakeholder Management
14 7 (12.96%) Customer Engagement

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:

Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 9 (16.67%) Azure
2 8 (14.81%) AWS
3 4 (7.41%) GCP
4 2 (3.70%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (3.70%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.70%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.70%) SaaS
5 1 (1.85%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.85%) IaaS
5 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.85%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (18.52%) Network Security
2 6 (11.11%) Firewall
3 1 (1.85%) DNS
3 1 (1.85%) DSL
3 1 (1.85%) FTP
3 1 (1.85%) HTTP
3 1 (1.85%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.85%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.85%) SMTP
3 1 (1.85%) SSL
3 1 (1.85%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.85%) tcpdump
3 1 (1.85%) VPN
3 1 (1.85%) WAN
3 1 (1.85%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.70%) Power BI
1 2 (3.70%) Tableau
2 1 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 2 (3.70%) JIRA
2 1 (1.85%) Git
2 1 (1.85%) Jenkins
General
1 15 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 8 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (12.96%) Public Sector
4 6 (11.11%) Telecoms
5 3 (5.56%) Finance
5 3 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.70%) Local Government
6 2 (3.70%) Military
7 1 (1.85%) Automotive
7 1 (1.85%) Banking
7 1 (1.85%) Electronics
7 1 (1.85%) Games
7 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.85%) Legal
7 1 (1.85%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.85%) Marketing
7 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.56%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.85%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (1.85%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.96%) Management Information System
2 6 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (3.70%) e-Learning
4 2 (3.70%) Operational Technology
4 2 (3.70%) PKI
4 2 (3.70%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.70%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.85%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.85%) CSOC
5 1 (1.85%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (1.85%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.85%) MISP
5 1 (1.85%) NHS
5 1 (1.85%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.85%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.85%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.85%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.70%) Linux
2 1 (1.85%) Android
2 1 (1.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (40.74%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (29.63%) Information Security
3 15 (27.78%) Risk Management
4 14 (25.93%) Information Assurance
5 13 (24.07%) Security Architecture
6 12 (22.22%) Agile
7 11 (20.37%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 10 (18.52%) Incident Response
8 10 (18.52%) Vulnerability Management
9 9 (16.67%) ISMS
10 8 (14.81%) SIEM
11 7 (12.96%) Analytics
11 7 (12.96%) Customer Engagement
11 7 (12.96%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (12.96%) Threat Modelling
12 6 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
12 6 (11.11%) Security Management
12 6 (11.11%) Security Operations
13 5 (9.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.41%) Python
2 3 (5.56%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.70%) Bash
4 1 (1.85%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 26 (48.15%) Security Cleared
2 24 (44.44%) CISM
3 18 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 8 (14.81%) CISSP
4 8 (14.81%) DV Cleared
5 5 (9.26%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (5.56%) Degree
7 2 (3.70%) Azure Certification
7 2 (3.70%) CCNA
7 2 (3.70%) CISA
7 2 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (3.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (1.85%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.85%) GCIA
8 1 (1.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 1 (1.85%) MCSE
8 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (48.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (12.96%) NIST
3 5 (9.26%) NCSC
4 3 (5.56%) GDPR
4 3 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 3 (5.56%) NIST 800
5 2 (3.70%) COBIT
6 1 (1.85%) AUTOSAR
6 1 (1.85%) GRC
6 1 (1.85%) HIPAA
System Software
1 2 (3.70%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.85%) Docker
2 1 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.85%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (5.56%) Ansible
2 2 (3.70%) Nessus
2 2 (3.70%) QRadar
2 2 (3.70%) RSA Archer
2 2 (3.70%) Terraform
3 1 (1.85%) CSIRT
3 1 (1.85%) Kibana
3 1 (1.85%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.85%) logstash
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.85%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 8 (14.81%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.41%) Qualys
2 4 (7.41%) Splunk
3 3 (5.56%) Rapid7
3 3 (5.56%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.70%) Alteryx
4 2 (3.70%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (3.70%) Google
4 2 (3.70%) IBM
4 2 (3.70%) Tenable
5 1 (1.85%) ArcSight
5 1 (1.85%) Ariba
5 1 (1.85%) Carbon Black
5 1 (1.85%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.85%) Okta
5 1 (1.85%) Ping Identity
5 1 (1.85%) QNX
5 1 (1.85%) SAP
5 1 (1.85%) Tripwire
5 1 (1.85%) VMware