IT Security Specialist Contracts in Guildford

IT Security Specialist
Surrey > Guildford

The median IT Security Specialist daily rate in Guildford is £450, 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 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Security Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Guildford 2.38% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.38% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
Surrey median daily rate £450 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Guildford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Guildford. 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 Guildford with a recognized job title 42 75 52
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 90.36% 94.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 67 40
10th Percentile £250 £310 £263
25th Percentile £273 £390 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.71% -2.38% +31.25%
75th Percentile £581 £647 £602
90th Percentile £588 £768 £738
Surrey median daily rate £463 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -7.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 0
10th Percentile £23.00 - -
25th Percentile £26.50 £16.25 -
Median hourly rate £28.00 £17.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% - -
75th Percentile - £18.75 -
90th Percentile £30.30 - -
Surrey median hourly rate £25.15 £28.37 £45.00
% change year-on-year -11.33% -36.97% +109.64%

IT Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Specialist in Guildford

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Guildford 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%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
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%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Compliance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk and Compliance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
1 1 (100.00%) CSIRT
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

IT Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Guildford 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
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Compliance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk and Compliance Management
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
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk