Senior Security Specialist Contract Job Trends in England

Senior Security Specialist
UK > England

The median Senior Security Specialist daily rate in England is £505, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 608 500 554
Rank change year-on-year -108 +54 +74
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Security Specialist 9 10 7
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.020% 0.037% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.041% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 6
10th Percentile £485 - £492
25th Percentile £501 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 - £533
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.17%
75th Percentile £573 - -
90th Percentile £642 - £742
UK median daily rate £505 - £533
% change year-on-year - - -11.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £61.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £61.50 -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 41,083 24,574 34,436
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 92.11% 92.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,165 16,017 22,554
10th Percentile £325 £290 £300
25th Percentile £419 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £638
90th Percentile £734 £747 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,941 1,164 2,498
10th Percentile £16.00 £13.85 £12.88
25th Percentile £22.00 £17.98 £16.83
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.71% -30.00% -8.95%
75th Percentile £67.84 £56.87 £63.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £74.11
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £26.45 £37.50
% change year-on-year +62.57% -29.47% -12.79%

Senior Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Security Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Senior Security Specialist job vacancy trend in England

Senior Security Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Security Specialist job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Security Specialist job vacancies 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 8 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Security Specialist in England

Senior Security Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Security Specialist job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Security Specialist job vacancies 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 8 July 2026. 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 - 8 £505 -
East of England - 1 £500 -
Senior Security Specialist
UK

Senior Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 8 July 2026, Senior Security Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Senior Security Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (44.44%) AI
1 4 (44.44%) Application Security
1 4 (44.44%) NIST
2 3 (33.33%) Agile
2 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 3 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
2 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (33.33%) LLM
2 3 (33.33%) NIST 800
2 3 (33.33%) PCI DSS
2 3 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
2 3 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 3 (33.33%) SOC 2
3 2 (22.22%) Information Security
3 2 (22.22%) Process Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Security Architecture
3 2 (22.22%) Security Operations
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (22.22%) Windows
4 1 (11.11%) AWS
4 1 (11.11%) Azure
4 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
4 1 (11.11%) CISA
4 1 (11.11%) CISM
4 1 (11.11%) CISSP
4 1 (11.11%) CRISC
4 1 (11.11%) DevSecOps
4 1 (11.11%) Generative AI

Senior Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
1 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (11.11%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) AI
1 4 (44.44%) Application Security
2 3 (33.33%) Agile
2 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 3 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
2 3 (33.33%) LLM
2 3 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
2 3 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 2 (22.22%) Information Security
3 2 (22.22%) Process Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Security Architecture
3 2 (22.22%) Security Operations
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (11.11%) DevSecOps
4 1 (11.11%) Machine Learning
4 1 (11.11%) OWASP
4 1 (11.11%) SDLC
4 1 (11.11%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) CISA
1 1 (11.11%) CISM
1 1 (11.11%) CISSP
1 1 (11.11%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) NIST
2 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (33.33%) NIST 800
2 3 (33.33%) PCI DSS
2 3 (33.33%) SOC 2
3 1 (11.11%) GRC