Security Specialist Contracts in the UK excluding London

Security Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Specialist daily rate in the UK excluding London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 May 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 293 334 393
Rank change year-on-year +41 +59 +82
Contract jobs requiring a Security Specialist 41 60 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.32% 0.29% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.31% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 30 42
10th Percentile £453 £165 £426
25th Percentile £497 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £595
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -24.41% +22.11%
75th Percentile £641 £532 £758
90th Percentile £673 £539 £835
UK median daily rate £588 £500 £591
% change year-on-year +17.50% -15.34% +11.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 9
10th Percentile - - £54.06
25th Percentile £60.75 - £59.73
Median hourly rate £61.50 - £72.40
75th Percentile £62.24 - £73.59
90th Percentile - - £74.16
UK median hourly rate £61.50 - £68.27
% change year-on-year - - +15.71%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 11,771 19,161 22,551
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 92.57% 94.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,545 11,699 15,818
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 836 2,248 1,160
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.79 £15.75 £18.08
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.22% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.88 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% -19.07% +94.45%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in the UK excluding London

Security Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Specialist in the UK excluding London

Security Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Specialist in the UK excluding London

Security Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Specialist in the UK excluding London

Security Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
South East +19 25 £600 +33.33% 18
Scotland +11 9 £494 +2.60% 3
Midlands +18 3 £651 +4.08% 4
West Midlands +13 3 £651 +4.08% 2
East of England - 2 £663 - 10
North of England +10 1 - - 16
North West - 1 - - 9
Wales - 1 £488 - 2
Security Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 21 (51.22%) Security Cleared
2 18 (43.90%) CISM
3 17 (41.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (39.02%) DV Cleared
5 15 (36.59%) Cybersecurity
5 15 (36.59%) Risk Management
6 14 (34.15%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 14 (34.15%) Public Sector
7 13 (31.71%) Risk Assessment
7 13 (31.71%) Information Security
7 13 (31.71%) Threat Modelling
8 10 (24.39%) Azure
9 9 (21.95%) Cyber Threat
9 9 (21.95%) Management Information System
10 8 (19.51%) Telecoms
10 8 (19.51%) Security Operations
11 7 (17.07%) SC Cleared
11 7 (17.07%) Security Architecture
11 7 (17.07%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (17.07%) Agile
11 7 (17.07%) Decision-Making
11 7 (17.07%) Social Skills
12 6 (14.63%) Security Posture
12 6 (14.63%) Power Platform
12 6 (14.63%) NCSC
12 6 (14.63%) Penetration Testing
12 6 (14.63%) Degree
12 6 (14.63%) Firewall
12 6 (14.63%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (14.63%) Information Assurance

Security Specialist 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 10 (24.39%) Azure
2 6 (14.63%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (14.63%) Power Platform
3 3 (7.32%) AWS
4 2 (4.88%) GCP
5 1 (2.44%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.44%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 6 (14.63%) Firewall
2 3 (7.32%) Network Security
3 2 (4.88%) SSL
4 1 (2.44%) DNS
4 1 (2.44%) DSL
4 1 (2.44%) FTP
4 1 (2.44%) HTTP
4 1 (2.44%) SMTP
4 1 (2.44%) tcpdump
4 1 (2.44%) VPN
4 1 (2.44%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (2.44%) NonStop SQL
General
1 14 (34.15%) Public Sector
2 8 (19.51%) Telecoms
3 7 (17.07%) Social Skills
4 5 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (9.76%) Military
6 3 (7.32%) Banking
7 2 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (4.88%) Legal
7 2 (4.88%) Retail Banking
8 1 (2.44%) Finance
8 1 (2.44%) Marketing
8 1 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (2.44%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.95%) Cyber Threat
1 9 (21.95%) Management Information System
2 6 (14.63%) Security Posture
3 4 (9.76%) PKI
4 2 (4.88%) Cyber Security Posture
4 2 (4.88%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.44%) CSOC
5 1 (2.44%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.44%) MISP
5 1 (2.44%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.44%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.44%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (2.44%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.20%) Windows
2 4 (9.76%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.44%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (36.59%) Cybersecurity
1 15 (36.59%) Risk Management
2 14 (34.15%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 13 (31.71%) Information Security
3 13 (31.71%) Risk Assessment
3 13 (31.71%) Threat Modelling
4 8 (19.51%) Security Operations
5 7 (17.07%) Agile
5 7 (17.07%) Decision-Making
5 7 (17.07%) Security Architecture
5 7 (17.07%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (14.63%) Information Assurance
6 6 (14.63%) Penetration Testing
7 5 (12.20%) Incident Response
7 5 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (12.20%) SIEM
8 4 (9.76%) Email Filtering
8 4 (9.76%) Kalman Filter
8 4 (9.76%) Vulnerability Management
9 3 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.32%) Python
2 2 (4.88%) Bash
2 2 (4.88%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (51.22%) Security Cleared
2 18 (43.90%) CISM
3 16 (39.02%) DV Cleared
4 7 (17.07%) SC Cleared
5 6 (14.63%) Degree
6 5 (12.20%) CISSP
7 3 (7.32%) CEH
7 3 (7.32%) MCSE
7 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (4.88%) GCIH
8 2 (4.88%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (4.88%) OSCP
9 1 (2.44%) CCNA
9 1 (2.44%) CISA
9 1 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (2.44%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (2.44%) GCFA
9 1 (2.44%) Master's Degree
9 1 (2.44%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (41.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (14.63%) NCSC
3 2 (4.88%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (4.88%) JSP 440
3 2 (4.88%) NIST
4 1 (2.44%) GDPR
4 1 (2.44%) GRC
4 1 (2.44%) HIPAA
4 1 (2.44%) NIST 800
4 1 (2.44%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (9.76%) Active Directory
1 4 (9.76%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (9.76%) SCCM
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (4.88%) QRadar
4 1 (2.44%) Ansible
4 1 (2.44%) CSIRT
4 1 (2.44%) Kibana
4 1 (2.44%) logstash
4 1 (2.44%) Nessus
4 1 (2.44%) OpenVAS
4 1 (2.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (7.32%) Qualys
1 3 (7.32%) Splunk
2 2 (4.88%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (4.88%) IBM
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.88%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.44%) ArcSight
3 1 (2.44%) Ariba
3 1 (2.44%) Carbon Black
3 1 (2.44%) LogRhythm
3 1 (2.44%) Rapid7