Security Specialist Contracts in the North of England

Security Specialist
England > North of England

The median Security Specialist daily rate in the North of England is £488 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 180 205 234
Rank change year-on-year +25 +29 -54
Contract jobs requiring a Security Specialist 2 11 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.043% 0.19% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% 0.20% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 10
10th Percentile £426 £413 £463
25th Percentile £447 £431 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £463 £650
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% -28.85% +25.24%
75th Percentile £522 £627 £675
90th Percentile £539 £794 £782
England median daily rate £500 £595 £550
% change year-on-year -16.01% +8.24% +7.32%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 4,355 5,423 6,874
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.21% 95.37% 96.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,722 3,816 5,034
10th Percentile £263 £281 £200
25th Percentile £388 £411 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £582 £600 £556
90th Percentile £675 £680 £640
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 399 156 290
10th Percentile £11.06 £14.13 £11.00
25th Percentile £12.53 £18.50 £14.25
Median hourly rate £20.74 £30.65 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.33% +61.30% +6.15%
75th Percentile £46.18 £50.72 £34.05
90th Percentile £62.50 £66.35 £58.75
England median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +95.65% +4.55%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in the North of England

Security Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Specialist in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Security Specialist in the North of England

Security Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Specialist in the North of England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Specialist in the North of England

Security Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Specialist in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Security Specialist in the North of England

Security Specialist
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Specialist within the North of England region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
Yorkshire +17 1 £425 -46.46% 1
North East - 1 £550 - 1
Security Specialist
England

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, 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 North of England region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Police
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) CISA
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) ISSAP
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) CCTV
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) COBIT

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) CCTV
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Line Management
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Change
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) CISA
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) COBIT
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) SLA