Security Designer Contract Job Trends

Security Designer
UK

The median Security Designer daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 564 559 627
Rank change year-on-year -5 +68 -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Designer 3 4 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.009% 0.011% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.012% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 4
10th Percentile £470 £485 £423
25th Percentile £500 £494 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £524 £700
Median % change year-on-year +5.01% -25.18% -
75th Percentile £575 £539 £756
90th Percentile £590 £540 £768
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £524 -
% change year-on-year +9.79% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 30,435 34,526 44,661
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.82% 92.91% 93.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,258 20,814 30,499
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £402 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,682 1,372 1,517
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.07 £14.77
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +64.25%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £40.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year -37.50% -9.09% +91.30%

Security Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Security Designer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Security Designer job vacancy trend in the UK

Security Designer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Designer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Designer job vacancies in the UK

Security Designer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Designer over the 6 months to 23 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Designer in the UK

Security Designer
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 23 October 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
England -19 3 £550 +5.01%
UK excluding London -20 2 £575 +9.79%
Yorkshire - 2 £575 -
North of England - 2 £575 -
London - 1 £450 -

Security Designer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 October 2025, Security Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Security Designer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (33.33%) Cryptography
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
2 1 (33.33%) Key Management
2 1 (33.33%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) SD-WAN
2 1 (33.33%) Secrets Management
2 1 (33.33%) SSH
2 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi

Security Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
1 1 (33.33%) SD-WAN
1 1 (33.33%) SSH
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Cryptography
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
2 1 (33.33%) Key Management
2 1 (33.33%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Secrets Management
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Fortinet