Chief Security Officer Contract Job Trends in London

Chief Security Officer
England > London

The median Chief Security Officer daily rate in London is £950, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 April 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 405 348 386
Rank change year-on-year -57 +38 +105
Contract jobs requiring a Chief Security Officer 10 2 8
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.057% 0.016% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.061% 0.017% 0.048%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 4
10th Percentile £750 - -
25th Percentile £806 £925 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £950 £950 £1,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £1,106 £975 £1,050
90th Percentile £1,148 - £1,140
England median daily rate £950 £950 £1,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +17.65%

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,261 11,918 16,636
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 93.51% 93.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,837 8,182 12,042
10th Percentile £350 £341 £325
25th Percentile £425 £434 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.24% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 146 342
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.73 £16.00
25th Percentile £24.63 £24.30 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £27.66
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +26.56% -21.55%
75th Percentile £63.26 £50.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £64.38 £64.45
England median hourly rate £45.46 £31.64 £35.50
% change year-on-year +43.68% -10.87% -21.11%

Chief Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Chief Security Officer job vacancy trend in London

Chief Security Officer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Chief Security Officer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Chief Security Officer job vacancies in London

Chief Security Officer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Chief Security Officer in London over the 6 months to 25 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Chief Security Officer in London

Chief Security Officer
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Chief Security Officer within the London region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Central London - 2 £1,025 -
Chief Security Officer
England

Chief Security Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 25 April 2026, Chief Security Officer 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 London region featuring Chief Security Officer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Information Security
2 5 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 5 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (40.00%) Data Protection
4 3 (30.00%) CISM
4 3 (30.00%) CISSP
4 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (30.00%) GDPR
4 3 (30.00%) Incident Response
4 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (30.00%) Security Monitoring
4 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (20.00%) Business Continuity
5 2 (20.00%) CRISC
5 2 (20.00%) Incident Management
5 2 (20.00%) NIST
5 2 (20.00%) PCI DSS
5 2 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (20.00%) Security Operations
5 2 (20.00%) Technology Strategy
5 2 (20.00%) VPN
6 1 (10.00%) Actionable Insight
6 1 (10.00%) Budgeting
6 1 (10.00%) Business Impact Analysis
6 1 (10.00%) COBIT
6 1 (10.00%) Cyber Resilience
6 1 (10.00%) Data Privacy
6 1 (10.00%) Degree
6 1 (10.00%) Identity Access Management

Chief Security Officer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 2 (20.00%) VPN
2 1 (10.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (30.00%) Local Government
1 3 (30.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Legal
3 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Security Posture
2 3 (30.00%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (10.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Information Security
2 5 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 5 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (40.00%) Data Protection
4 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (30.00%) Incident Response
4 3 (30.00%) Security Monitoring
4 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (20.00%) Business Continuity
5 2 (20.00%) Incident Management
5 2 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (20.00%) Security Operations
5 2 (20.00%) Technology Strategy
6 1 (10.00%) Actionable Insight
6 1 (10.00%) Data Privacy
6 1 (10.00%) Information Assurance
6 1 (10.00%) Information Governance
6 1 (10.00%) Project Management
6 1 (10.00%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) CISM
1 3 (30.00%) CISSP
2 2 (20.00%) CRISC
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) GDPR
1 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (20.00%) NIST
2 2 (20.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (10.00%) COBIT
3 1 (10.00%) NCSC