Security Advisor Contracts in the UK excluding London

Security Adviser
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Adviser daily rate in the UK excluding London is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 385 443 523
Rank change year-on-year +58 +80 -117
Contract jobs requiring a Security Advisor 20 9 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.096% 0.037% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.039% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 8 5
10th Percentile £535 £491 -
25th Percentile £561 £532 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -1.79% +26.61%
75th Percentile £602 £588 £588
90th Percentile £1,050 £629 £895
UK median daily rate £595 £550 £560
% change year-on-year +8.18% -1.79% +24.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £20.70 -
UK median hourly rate - £20.70 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,296 22,932 30,081
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 94.05% 95.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,881 16,071 21,102
10th Percentile £213 £224 £200
25th Percentile £363 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £594 £573
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,186 1,194 1,502
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.02
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.10 £14.25
Median hourly rate £36.27 £42.26 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.17% +116.72% +2.63%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £41.38
90th Percentile £73.75 £74.85 £59.01
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.88
% change year-on-year -22.22% +96.68% -0.52%

Security Advisor
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Advisor in the UK excluding London

Security Advisor
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Advisor in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Security Advisor in the UK excluding London

Security Advisor
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Advisor in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Advisor in the UK excluding London

Security Advisor
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Advisor in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Security Advisor in the UK excluding London

Security Advisor
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Advisor within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 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
Scotland +47 16 £575 +4.55% 2
North of England +36 2 £1,000 - 2
South East +24 2 £574 -18.04%
Yorkshire - 2 £1,000 -
Security Advisor
UK

Security Advisor Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, Security Advisor 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 UK excluding London region featuring Security Advisor in the job title.

1 14 (70.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (55.00%) Threat Modelling
3 11 (55.00%) Public Sector
4 8 (40.00%) NIST
4 8 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 8 (40.00%) Information Security
5 7 (35.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (30.00%) Threat Intelligence
6 6 (30.00%) Cyber Intelligence
6 6 (30.00%) Business Process Analysis
6 6 (30.00%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (30.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 6 (30.00%) Management Information System
6 6 (30.00%) CISSP
6 6 (30.00%) Security Architecture
6 6 (30.00%) ISMS
7 5 (25.00%) Risk Management
7 5 (25.00%) Business Continuity
7 5 (25.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 5 (25.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
8 4 (20.00%) Product Ownership
8 4 (20.00%) NCSC
8 4 (20.00%) Social Engineering
8 4 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
8 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
9 3 (15.00%) DV Cleared
9 3 (15.00%) JIRA
9 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills

Security Advisor Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (15.00%) MS Visio
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) SCCP
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) JIRA
General
1 11 (55.00%) Public Sector
2 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Cyber Threat
1 6 (30.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (20.00%) Product Ownership
3 2 (10.00%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (10.00%) Security Posture
4 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
4 1 (5.00%) Public Cloud
4 1 (5.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (55.00%) Threat Modelling
3 8 (40.00%) Information Security
4 6 (30.00%) Business Process Analysis
4 6 (30.00%) Cyber Intelligence
4 6 (30.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 6 (30.00%) ISMS
4 6 (30.00%) Security Architecture
4 6 (30.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 5 (25.00%) Business Continuity
5 5 (25.00%) Risk Management
6 4 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
6 4 (20.00%) Social Engineering
7 3 (15.00%) Internal Audit
8 2 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
8 2 (10.00%) Risk Register
8 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 1 (5.00%) Cloud Security
9 1 (5.00%) Problem-Solving
9 1 (5.00%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 8 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (30.00%) CISSP
3 5 (25.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 5 (25.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 3 (15.00%) DV Cleared
6 1 (5.00%) CISM
6 1 (5.00%) CLAS
6 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (5.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (70.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (40.00%) NIST
3 7 (35.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (20.00%) NCSC
5 2 (10.00%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (10.00%) PMO
5 2 (10.00%) RMADS
6 1 (5.00%) GDPR
6 1 (5.00%) GRC
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Atlassian
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft