Head of IT Security Contracts in London

Head of IT Security
England > London

The median Head of IT Security daily rate in London is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 390 504 594
Rank change year-on-year +114 +90 -
Contract jobs requiring a Head of IT Security 3 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.017% 0.007% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.008% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile - £588 £758
25th Percentile - £606 £769
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £675 £875
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -22.86% -
75th Percentile £719 £756 £1,006
90th Percentile £790 £783 £1,033
England median daily rate £600 £675 £875
% change year-on-year -11.11% -22.86% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 16,716 26,473 37,451
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.10% 95.27% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,077 19,090 27,318
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £440 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.84%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £788 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 346 303 458
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.59 £16.50
25th Percentile £19.94 £22.24 £22.05
Median hourly rate £27.66 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.99% - +12.90%
75th Percentile £44.50 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £64.77 £76.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £34.21 £43.63 £22.29
% change year-on-year -21.59% +95.74% -0.58%

Head of IT Security
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of IT Security in London

Head of IT Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Head of IT Security in London.

Daily rate trend for Head of IT Security in London

Head of IT Security
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Head of IT Security in London over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Head of IT Security in London

Head of IT Security
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 Head of IT Security within the London region over the 6 months to 16 April 2024. 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 - 1 £825 -
Head of IT Security
England

Head of IT Security Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 16 April 2024, Head of IT Security 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 London region featuring Head of IT Security in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (66.67%) IT Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 2 (66.67%) NHS
2 2 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (66.67%) Data Security
3 1 (33.33%) Security Management
3 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security Management
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) COBIT
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
3 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation

Head of IT Security Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (33.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) NHS
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 2 (66.67%) Data Security
2 2 (66.67%) IT Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
3 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security Management
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Security Management
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (33.33%) COBIT
3 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft