IT Security Specialist Contracts

IT Security Specialist
UK

The median IT Security Specialist daily rate in the UK is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 567 696 828
Rank change year-on-year +129 +132 -147
Contract jobs requiring an IT Security Specialist 15 7 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.035% 0.012% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% 0.013% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 6 8
10th Percentile £340 £413 £178
25th Percentile £425 £419 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £448 £476
Median % change year-on-year +0.56% -6.04% -27.57%
75th Percentile £475 £450 £528
90th Percentile - £481 £532
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £448 £509
% change year-on-year +0.56% -12.04% -26.00%

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 39,888 54,783 83,316
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.63% 95.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,953 38,247 58,493
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £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 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,674 1,534 2,048
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.34 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -17.02% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

IT Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Specialist in the UK

IT Security Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for IT Security Specialist in the UK

IT Security Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Security Specialist over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Security Specialist in the UK

IT Security Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Security Specialist in the UK

IT Security Specialist
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 10 May 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 +106 15 £450 - 6
UK excluding London +61 11 £450 +0.56% 5
South East - 11 £450 -
Work from Home +126 9 £450 -2.17% 3
London - 4 £340 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, IT 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 featuring IT Security Specialist in the job title.

1 10 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
1 10 (66.67%) Security Operations
1 10 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (53.33%) Forcepoint
3 8 (53.33%) Data Security
3 8 (53.33%) Management Information System
3 8 (53.33%) Qualys
3 8 (53.33%) LogRhythm
3 8 (53.33%) Varonis
3 8 (53.33%) SIEM
3 8 (53.33%) Data Loss Prevention
4 5 (33.33%) Finance
5 4 (26.67%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (20.00%) Performance Management
6 3 (20.00%) Validation
6 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
6 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
6 3 (20.00%) Due Diligence
6 3 (20.00%) NIST
7 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
7 1 (6.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
7 1 (6.67%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (6.67%) Threat Intelligence
7 1 (6.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (6.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services

IT Security Specialist 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
1 1 (6.67%) PaaS
1 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
1 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 5 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (6.67%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Incident Response
1 10 (66.67%) Security Operations
1 10 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
2 8 (53.33%) Data Loss Prevention
2 8 (53.33%) Data Security
2 8 (53.33%) SIEM
3 4 (26.67%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (20.00%) Due Diligence
4 3 (20.00%) Performance Management
4 3 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (20.00%) Validation
5 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (6.67%) ERP
5 1 (6.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 1 (6.67%) Order to Cash
5 1 (6.67%) Record to Report
5 1 (6.67%) Supply Chain Management
5 1 (6.67%) Threat Intelligence
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (20.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (53.33%) Forcepoint
2 8 (53.33%) LogRhythm
2 8 (53.33%) Qualys
2 8 (53.33%) Varonis