IT Security Specialist Contracts in Farnborough

IT Security Specialist
Hampshire > Farnborough

The median IT Security Specialist daily rate in Farnborough is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 August 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
5 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Security Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Farnborough 1.05% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.12% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £450 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Farnborough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Farnborough. 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 Farnborough with a recognized job title 89 138 108
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.68% 78.41% 93.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 97 54
10th Percentile £366 £400 £278
25th Percentile £463 £513 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £600 £488
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% +23.08% -2.50%
75th Percentile £620 £675 £588
90th Percentile £675 £750 £659
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -6.52% +9.52% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 24
10th Percentile £69.75 £69.00 £35.35
25th Percentile - £74.06 £50.00
Median hourly rate £75.00 £75.00 £59.88
Median % change year-on-year - +25.26% +33.06%
75th Percentile - - £73.13
90th Percentile - - £76.75
Hampshire median hourly rate £50.00 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -12.82% +9.24% +110.00%

IT Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Specialist in Farnborough

IT Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Farnborough

For the 6 months to 5 August 2025, IT 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 Farnborough region featuring IT Security Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response

IT Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Farnborough 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk