Senior Security Specialist Contracts in England

Senior Security Specialist
UK > England

The median Senior Security Specialist daily rate in England is £533 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 534 656 792
Rank change year-on-year +122 +136 -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Security Specialist 8 7 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.021% 0.013% 0.001%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.014% 0.001%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £552 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £591 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.76% - -
75th Percentile - £671 -
90th Percentile £603 £696 -
UK median daily rate £533 £591 -
% change year-on-year -9.76% - -

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 34,601 49,033 68,659
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.64% 94.53% 95.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,060 34,723 48,793
10th Percentile £275 £308 £311
25th Percentile £412 £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 2,374 1,484 1,927
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.58 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £34.21 £43.63 £22.29
Median % change year-on-year -21.59% +95.74% -0.58%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.63 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.42 £75.75 £61.56
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -

Senior Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Specialist in England

Senior Security Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Security Specialist in England

Senior Security Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Specialist in England over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Security Specialist in England

Senior 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 Senior Security Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 16 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 +28 7 £533 -9.76% 1
London +110 1 - -
Senior Security Specialist
UK

Senior Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 16 April 2024, Senior 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 Senior Security Specialist in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Splunk
1 7 (87.50%) Security Operations
1 7 (87.50%) Incident Management
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 6 (75.00%) Linux
3 4 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 4 (50.00%) Network Security
4 3 (37.50%) Broadband
5 1 (12.50%) Oracle
5 1 (12.50%) ITIL
5 1 (12.50%) Information Security
5 1 (12.50%) Configuration Management
5 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
5 1 (12.50%) Agile
5 1 (12.50%) Banking
5 1 (12.50%) Requirements Management
5 1 (12.50%) Matrix Organization
5 1 (12.50%) Security Monitoring
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
5 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills

Senior 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Network Security
2 3 (37.50%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
General
1 4 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Linux
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Incident Management
1 7 (87.50%) Security Operations
2 1 (12.50%) Agile
2 1 (12.50%) Configuration Management
2 1 (12.50%) Information Security
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (12.50%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (12.50%) Requirements Management
2 1 (12.50%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
1 7 (87.50%) Splunk
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle