Security Officer Contracts in Kent

Security Officer
South East > Kent

The median Security Officer daily rate in Kent is £475, 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 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Officer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 1.90% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £303 - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile £648 - -
South East median daily rate £632 £567 £550
% change year-on-year +11.48% +3.00% -8.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Kent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 95 187 214
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.48% 92.57% 97.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 118 175
10th Percentile £180 £203 £129
25th Percentile £205 £211 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £333 £388 £350
Median % change year-on-year -14.19% +10.71% -17.65%
75th Percentile £529 £523 £491
90th Percentile £668 £575 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 22 7
10th Percentile £16.19 £11.45 £37.48
25th Percentile £21.00 £19.50 £42.32
Median hourly rate £22.00 £55.20 £56.24
Median % change year-on-year -60.15% -1.84% +69.79%
75th Percentile £80.10 £78.58 £57.12
90th Percentile £88.58 £82.43 £61.35
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Officer in Kent

Security Officer
Daily Rate Histogram in Kent

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Officer in Kent over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Officer in Kent

Security Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Security Officer 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 Kent region featuring Security Officer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) CEH
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (50.00%) NHS
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) GIAC
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Local Government
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) HIPAA
2 1 (50.00%) OSCP
2 1 (50.00%) SABSA
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) SANS

Security Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Local Government
2 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Conflict Resolution
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) SABSA
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CEH
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) GIAC
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) OSCP
2 1 (50.00%) SANS
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) HIPAA
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001