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 £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 305 402 469
Rank change year-on-year +97 +67 -75
Contract jobs requiring a Security Specialist 85 57 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.41% 0.24% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.25% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 37 37
10th Percentile £165 £422 -
25th Percentile £425 £450 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £553 £488
Median % change year-on-year -18.63% +13.44% +8.33%
75th Percentile £532 £700 £675
90th Percentile £539 £814 £780
UK median daily rate £500 £570 £530
% change year-on-year -12.28% +7.55% +0.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 5
10th Percentile - £54.06 £39.85
25th Percentile - £59.73 £52.50
Median hourly rate - £72.40 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year - +14.91% +26.00%
75th Percentile - £73.59 £69.83
90th Percentile - £74.16 £70.58
UK median hourly rate - £68.27 £59.00
% change year-on-year - +15.71% +7.27%

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 19,251 22,726 29,670
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.66% 94.14% 95.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,778 15,918 20,742
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £390 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £594 £575
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 2,230 1,187 1,502
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.02
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.00 £42.37 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.30% +117.26% +2.47%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.20
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 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
South East +77 67 £450 -30.77% 3
Scotland +35 9 £481 -12.50% 5
South West +11 4 £530 -33.12% 2
West Midlands +33 3 £625 +31.58% 6
Midlands +27 3 £625 +25.82% 6
North of England +17 2 £488 +2.63% 1
Yorkshire +19 1 £425 -52.78% 1
North East - 1 £550 -
Security Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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 51 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 47 (55.29%) Security Cleared
3 45 (52.94%) Penetration Testing
4 44 (51.76%) Broadband
4 44 (51.76%) Security Testing
5 42 (49.41%) OWASP
5 42 (49.41%) SaaS
5 42 (49.41%) PaaS
5 42 (49.41%) GDPR
5 42 (49.41%) Application Security
6 41 (48.24%) Organisational Skills
6 41 (48.24%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 41 (48.24%) NCSC
6 41 (48.24%) Virgin Media
6 41 (48.24%) 5G
6 41 (48.24%) GPEN
6 41 (48.24%) OSCP
6 41 (48.24%) PCI DSS
6 41 (48.24%) IaaS
6 41 (48.24%) Mobile App
6 41 (48.24%) CREST Certified
6 41 (48.24%) SANS
6 41 (48.24%) Web Services
6 41 (48.24%) Law
6 41 (48.24%) Stakeholder Management
6 41 (48.24%) GIAC
7 24 (28.24%) Security Operations
8 22 (25.88%) Microsoft
9 14 (16.47%) Management Information System
10 12 (14.12%) Vulnerability Management

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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (3.53%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 42 (49.41%) PaaS
1 42 (49.41%) SaaS
2 41 (48.24%) IaaS
3 6 (7.06%) Azure
3 6 (7.06%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (5.88%) Power Platform
5 3 (3.53%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.18%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 44 (51.76%) Broadband
2 41 (48.24%) 5G
3 6 (7.06%) Network Security
4 5 (5.88%) Firewall
5 3 (3.53%) SSL
6 1 (1.18%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.18%) Relational Database
1 1 (1.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 41 (48.24%) Law
1 41 (48.24%) Organisational Skills
2 6 (7.06%) Public Sector
3 5 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (4.71%) Telecoms
5 3 (3.53%) Finance
6 2 (2.35%) Banking
6 2 (2.35%) Social Skills
7 1 (1.18%) Billing
7 1 (1.18%) Legal
7 1 (1.18%) Police
7 1 (1.18%) Retail
7 1 (1.18%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (48.24%) Web Services
2 1 (1.18%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 41 (48.24%) Mobile App
2 14 (16.47%) Management Information System
3 6 (7.06%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (3.53%) PKI
4 3 (3.53%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (3.53%) Wiki
5 2 (2.35%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.18%) CCTV
6 1 (1.18%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.18%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.18%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (10.59%) Windows
2 6 (7.06%) Linux
3 3 (3.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 45 (52.94%) Penetration Testing
3 44 (51.76%) Security Testing
4 42 (49.41%) Application Security
4 42 (49.41%) OWASP
5 41 (48.24%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 41 (48.24%) Stakeholder Management
6 24 (28.24%) Security Operations
7 12 (14.12%) Vulnerability Management
8 11 (12.94%) Incident Response
8 11 (12.94%) Information Security
8 11 (12.94%) SIEM
9 8 (9.41%) Data Loss Prevention
9 8 (9.41%) Data Security
9 8 (9.41%) Incident Management
10 6 (7.06%) Agile
10 6 (7.06%) Risk Assessment
11 5 (5.88%) ITIL
11 5 (5.88%) Risk Analysis
11 5 (5.88%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 47 (55.29%) Security Cleared
2 41 (48.24%) CREST Certified
2 41 (48.24%) GIAC
2 41 (48.24%) GPEN
2 41 (48.24%) OSCP
2 41 (48.24%) SANS
3 8 (9.41%) Degree
4 6 (7.06%) SC Cleared
5 5 (5.88%) CISSP
6 4 (4.71%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (4.71%) MCSE
6 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.35%) CISA
7 2 (2.35%) CISM
8 1 (1.18%) CCSP
8 1 (1.18%) CEH
8 1 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.18%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.18%) ISSAP
8 1 (1.18%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (49.41%) GDPR
2 41 (48.24%) NCSC
2 41 (48.24%) PCI DSS
3 7 (8.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (7.06%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (2.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (2.35%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (2.35%) NIST
7 1 (1.18%) COBIT
7 1 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (1.18%) JSP 440
7 1 (1.18%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (7.06%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.53%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (3.53%) SCCM
Vendors
1 41 (48.24%) Virgin Media
2 22 (25.88%) Microsoft
3 8 (9.41%) Forcepoint
3 8 (9.41%) LogRhythm
3 8 (9.41%) Qualys
3 8 (9.41%) Splunk
3 8 (9.41%) Varonis
4 1 (1.18%) CheckPoint
4 1 (1.18%) Palo Alto