Security Specialist
UK
The median Security Specialist daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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 4 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 515 | 605 | 725 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +90 | +120 | -128 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Security Specialist | 76 | 114 | 129 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.18% | 0.19% | 0.15% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.19% | 0.20% | 0.15% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 47 | 65 | 98 |
| 10th Percentile | £309 | £425 | £310 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £500 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £591 | £530 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.34% | +11.44% | -1.49% |
| 75th Percentile | £555 | £700 | £693 |
| 90th Percentile | £635 | £815 | £850 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £595 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | -24.41% | +22.11% | +8.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £32.56 | £26.34 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £59.73 | £36.68 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £68.27 | £59.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +15.71% | +7.27% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £73.44 | £69.12 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £74.08 | £70.46 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £72.40 | £63.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +14.91% | +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 | 40,021 | 55,966 | 84,699 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.75% | 94.62% | 95.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,056 | 39,104 | 59,482 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £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 | 2,666 | 1,571 | 2,084 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.30 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £23.81 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +89.04% | +5.80% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.29 | £65.75 | £49.19 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £76.00 | £63.71 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.26 | £19.52 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.35% | +116.50% | +2.74% |
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 4 May 2024.
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 4 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 |
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| England | +82 | 64 | £500 | -16.01% | 32 |
| UK excluding London | +53 | 49 | £450 | -24.41% | 26 |
| Work from Home | +131 | 38 | £450 | -25.00% | 12 |
| South East | +38 | 31 | £450 | -30.77% | 3 |
| London | +91 | 23 | £540 | -5.26% | 11 |
| Scotland | +42 | 9 | £481 | -12.50% | 6 |
| South West | +6 | 4 | £530 | -33.12% | 4 |
| Midlands | +27 | 3 | £625 | +20.54% | 3 |
| West Midlands | +26 | 3 | £625 | +7.53% | 3 |
| North of England | +16 | 2 | £488 | +2.63% | 3 |
| Yorkshire | +19 | 1 | £425 | -46.46% | 1 |
| North East | - | 1 | £550 | - | 1 |
Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, 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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