Security Specialist Contracts in the South West

Security Specialist
England > South West

The median Security Specialist daily rate in the South West is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 June 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
26 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 155 135
Rank change year-on-year +43 -20 +29
Contract jobs requiring a Security Specialist 1 3 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.057% 0.091% 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.099% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 16
10th Percentile - - £600
25th Percentile £325 - £681
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £793
Median % change year-on-year - - +291.36%
75th Percentile £375 - £835
90th Percentile - - £865
England median daily rate £638 £523 £600
% change year-on-year +22.01% -12.92% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £59.73
Median hourly rate - - £64.15
75th Percentile - - £69.67
90th Percentile - - £71.65
England median hourly rate £61.50 - £68.27
% change year-on-year - - +44.62%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 South West with a recognized job title 1,584 3,042 3,215
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.00% 92.57% 92.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 979 1,907 2,335
10th Percentile £220 £250 £300
25th Percentile £363 £400 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £619 £613 £650
90th Percentile £688 £700 £724
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 458 253
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.86 £17.54
25th Percentile £18.51 £27.63 £46.75
Median hourly rate £33.00 £55.25 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.27% -12.30% +30.52%
75th Percentile £67.63 £71.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £72.25 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £28.17 £39.78 £43.32
% change year-on-year -29.19% -8.17% +73.26%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in the South West

Security Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Specialist in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Security Specialist in the South West

Security Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Specialist in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Security Specialist in the South West

Security Specialist
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 26 June 2025. 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
Bristol - 1 £350 - 2
Security Specialist
England

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 26 June 2025, 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 South West region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB