Head of IT Security Contracts in the Thames Valley

Head of IT Security
South East > Thames Valley

The median Head of IT Security daily rate in the Thames Valley is £1,000 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 135 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Head of IT Security 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.038% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £1,000 - -
South East median daily rate £1,000 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,473 2,738 3,376
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.04% 94.48% 95.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,427 1,897 2,306
10th Percentile £206 £313 £190
25th Percentile £370 £409 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £491
% change year-on-year - +1.83% +9.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 77 101
10th Percentile £15.67 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £21.00 £13.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £48.40 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% +176.57% -16.86%
75th Percentile £63.09 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £85.45 £79.19 £57.38
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £47.79 £20.00
% change year-on-year -0.61% +138.95% -20.00%

Head of IT Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of IT Security in the Thames Valley

Head of IT Security
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 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
Berkshire - 1 £1,000 -
Head of IT Security
South East

Head of IT Security Skill Set
Top 6 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 5 May 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 Thames Valley region featuring Head of IT Security in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams

Head of IT Security Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams