Security Specialist
UK
The median Security Specialist daily rate in the UK is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 450 | 513 | 585 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +63 | +72 | +153 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Security Specialist | 63 | 73 | 113 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.22% | 0.17% | 0.19% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.23% | 0.18% | 0.21% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 32 | 46 | 66 |
| 10th Percentile | £484 | £301 | £425 |
| 25th Percentile | £513 | £425 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £500 | £583 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +20.00% | -14.21% | +4.77% |
| 75th Percentile | £678 | £547 | £690 |
| 90th Percentile | £699 | £613 | £814 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £613 | £450 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | +36.11% | -25.00% | +18.23% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £32.56 |
| 25th Percentile | £60.75 | - | £59.73 |
| Median hourly rate | £61.50 | - | £68.27 |
| 75th Percentile | £62.24 | - | £73.44 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £74.08 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £61.50 | - | £72.40 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +22.70% |
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 | 26,853 | 39,898 | 55,060 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.43% | 92.77% | 94.65% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,486 | 25,961 | 38,445 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £280 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.38% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | -2.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,043 | 2,673 | 1,534 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £12.86 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.20 | £16.30 | £19.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.18 | £37.50 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -24.85% | -16.67% | +88.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £61.30 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.90 | £76.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £27.13 | £40.00 | £42.08 |
| % change year-on-year | -32.19% | -4.94% | +110.39% |
Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Security Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Security Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Specialist.
Security Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Specialist over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.
Security Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Specialist.
Security Specialist
Top 12 Contract Locations
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 over the 6 months to 13 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 |
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| England | +59 | 50 | £628 | +25.50% | 104 |
| UK excluding London | +36 | 39 | £613 | +36.11% | 74 |
| South East | +48 | 26 | £615 | +36.67% | 20 |
| Work from Home | +40 | 24 | £630 | +40.00% | 50 |
| London | +29 | 16 | £613 | +15.02% | 31 |
| Scotland | +3 | 6 | £506 | +5.19% | 4 |
| Midlands | +19 | 3 | £651 | +4.08% | 6 |
| West Midlands | +18 | 3 | £651 | +4.08% | 4 |
| East of England | - | 2 | £663 | - | 5 |
| North of England | +20 | 1 | - | - | 32 |
| North West | - | 1 | - | - | 8 |
| Wales | - | 1 | £488 | - |
Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, 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 Security Specialist in the job title.
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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:
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