Communications Security (COMSEC)
England > South East
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Communications Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 165 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Communications Security | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the South East | - | 0.13% | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 0.15% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £588 | - |
| England median daily rate | £425 | £588 | £593 |
| % change year-on-year | -27.66% | -0.84% | +115.45% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £19.00 | - |
| England median hourly rate | - | £19.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -70.77% | +182.61% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
South East
Communications Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 3,725 | 3,287 | 4,498 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East | 85.18% | 88.29% | 89.78% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,436 | 2,048 | 2,911 |
| 10th Percentile | £221 | £250 | £213 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £400 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £513 | £520 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.44% | -1.44% | +1.46% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £625 | £614 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £688 | £688 |
| England median daily rate | £505 | £525 | £545 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.81% | -3.67% | -0.91% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 369 | 126 | 229 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.75 | £19.67 | £17.80 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.00 | £26.06 | £26.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.27 | £47.51 | £54.39 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -53.14% | -12.64% | +45.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £48.75 | £63.32 | £65.86 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £74.93 | £76.53 |
| England median hourly rate | £25.15 | £35.00 | £44.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.14% | -21.35% | +23.61% |
Communications Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Communications Security relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.
Communications Security
Daily Rate Trend in the South East
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Communications Security.
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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Communications Security.
