Security Specialist Contract Job Trends in Ipswich

Security Specialist
Suffolk > Ipswich

The median Security Specialist daily rate in Ipswich is £490, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Specialist 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Ipswich 4.88% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £482 - -
25th Percentile £485 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 - -
75th Percentile £495 - -
90th Percentile £498 - -
Suffolk median daily rate £490 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Ipswich

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Ipswich. 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 Ipswich with a recognized job title 40 48 97
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.56% 87.27% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 22 71
10th Percentile £300 £300 £250
25th Percentile £358 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.71% -7.89% -17.39%
75th Percentile £550 £534 £675
90th Percentile - £549 £745
Suffolk median daily rate £400 £375 £450
% change year-on-year +6.67% -16.67% -21.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 1
10th Percentile £15.84 - -
25th Percentile £16.36 £14.05 £13.50
Median hourly rate £17.46 £14.60 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.59% +4.29% -
75th Percentile £18.32 £15.15 £14.50
90th Percentile £18.68 - -
Suffolk median hourly rate £21.34 £47.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year -55.08% +239.29% -25.45%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

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

Security Specialist job vacancy trend in Ipswich

Security Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in Ipswich

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Specialist job vacancies in Ipswich

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich

For the 6 months to 14 November 2025, 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 Ipswich region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security Governance
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Modbus
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Modbus
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (50.00%) SCADA
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Fortinet