Head of IT Security Contracts

Head of IT Security
UK

The median Head of IT Security daily rate in the UK is £713 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 587 702 858
Rank change year-on-year +115 +156 -
Contract jobs requiring a Head of IT Security 4 5 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.008% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.009% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 1
10th Percentile - £610 -
25th Percentile £600 £663 £825
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £713 £713 £850
Median % change year-on-year - -16.18% -
75th Percentile £878 £723 £875
90th Percentile £951 £769 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £1,000 £713 -
% change year-on-year +40.35% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,491 57,026 85,241
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.56% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,430 39,779 59,788
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,635 1,621 2,118
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +0.94%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.99 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Head of IT Security
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of IT Security in the UK

Head of IT Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Head of IT Security.

Daily rate trend for Head of IT Security in the UK

Head of IT Security
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Head of IT Security over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Head of IT Security in the UK

Head of IT Security
Top 4 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 23 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
England +117 4 £713 +5.56% 1
London +102 3 £600 -11.11% 1
UK excluding London +55 1 £1,000 +40.35%
South East - 1 £1,000 -

Head of IT Security Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 April 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 featuring Head of IT Security in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Information Security
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (50.00%) NHS
2 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (50.00%) Data Security
2 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Budgeting
3 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Line Management
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 1 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (25.00%) Security Management
3 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management

Head of IT Security Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) NHS
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (50.00%) Data Security
2 2 (50.00%) IT Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Budgeting
3 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security Management
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Line Management
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Security Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (25.00%) COBIT
3 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft