Senior Security Specialist Contract Job Trends

Senior Security Specialist
UK

The median Senior Security Specialist daily rate in the UK is £505, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 July 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 656 533 589
Rank change year-on-year -123 +56 +89
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Security Specialist 9 11 7
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.017% 0.034% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.019% 0.037% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 6
10th Percentile £485 - £492
25th Percentile £501 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 - £533
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.17%
75th Percentile £573 - -
90th Percentile £642 - £742
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 - £533
% change year-on-year - - -10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £61.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £61.50 -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 48,237 29,379 40,107
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.46% 91.96% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,223 18,754 25,817
10th Percentile £325 £287 £285
25th Percentile £417 £400 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.65% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,243 1,333 2,768
10th Percentile £15.75 £13.75 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.44 £16.62
Median hourly rate £43.00 £26.45 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.57% -29.47% -12.79%
75th Percentile £67.50 £55.25 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.25 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% +1.07%

Senior Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Senior Security Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Security Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Senior Security Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Specialist over the 6 months to 8 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Security Specialist in the UK

Senior Security Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Security Specialist job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Security Specialist job vacancies in the UK

Senior Security Specialist
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 Senior Security Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 8 July 2026. 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 -108 9 £505 - 2
London - 8 £505 -
Work from Home -49 2 - - 2
UK excluding London -116 1 £500 - 1
East of England - 1 £500 -

Senior Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 July 2026, Senior Security Specialist 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 Senior Security Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (44.44%) AI
1 4 (44.44%) Application Security
1 4 (44.44%) NIST
2 3 (33.33%) Agile
2 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 3 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
2 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (33.33%) LLM
2 3 (33.33%) NIST 800
2 3 (33.33%) PCI DSS
2 3 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
2 3 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 3 (33.33%) SOC 2
3 2 (22.22%) Information Security
3 2 (22.22%) Process Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Security Architecture
3 2 (22.22%) Security Operations
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (22.22%) Windows
4 1 (11.11%) AWS
4 1 (11.11%) Azure
4 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
4 1 (11.11%) CISA
4 1 (11.11%) CISM
4 1 (11.11%) CISSP
4 1 (11.11%) CRISC
4 1 (11.11%) DevSecOps
4 1 (11.11%) Generative AI

Senior Security Specialist 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
1 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (11.11%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) AI
1 4 (44.44%) Application Security
2 3 (33.33%) Agile
2 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 3 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
2 3 (33.33%) LLM
2 3 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
2 3 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 2 (22.22%) Information Security
3 2 (22.22%) Process Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Security Architecture
3 2 (22.22%) Security Operations
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
4 1 (11.11%) Generative AI
4 1 (11.11%) Machine Learning
4 1 (11.11%) OWASP
4 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) CISA
1 1 (11.11%) CISM
1 1 (11.11%) CISSP
1 1 (11.11%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) NIST
2 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (33.33%) NIST 800
2 3 (33.33%) PCI DSS
2 3 (33.33%) SOC 2
3 1 (11.11%) GRC