Computer Security Contracts

Computer Security (COMPUSEC)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Computer Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Computer Security over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 513 580 692
Rank change year-on-year +67 +112 +142
Contract jobs citing Computer Security 7 2 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.005% 0.044%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.026% 0.005% 0.048%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 18
10th Percentile - - £350
25th Percentile - - £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £385
Median % change year-on-year - - -30.00%
75th Percentile - - £496
90th Percentile - - £631
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 - £350
% change year-on-year - - -33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £72.50
Median hourly rate - - £75.75
75th Percentile - - £81.69
90th Percentile - - £85.18
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £75.75

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Computer Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Computer Security
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Computer Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Security in the UK

Computer Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Computer Security.

Daily rate trend for Computer Security in the UK

Computer Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Computer Security.

Hourly rate trend for Computer Security in the UK

Computer Security
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Security within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
UK excluding London +68 7 £450 - 14
East of England - 7 £450 - 3
England - 7 £450 - 26

Computer Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 7 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) IT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Operational Technology
2 2 (28.57%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 5 (71.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) Coaching
1 7 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 7 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 7 (100.00%) Validation
2 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Workflow
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) GxP
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (100.00%) ServiceNow