Security Specialist Contract Job Trends in Warwick

Security Specialist
Warwickshire > Warwick

The median Security Specialist daily rate in Warwick is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Specialist 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Warwick 1.80% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.02% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
Warwickshire median daily rate £400 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Warwick

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Warwick. 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 Warwick with a recognized job title 248 193 124
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.21% 89.77% 95.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 104 92
10th Percentile £351 £400 £150
25th Percentile £400 £492 £254
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £675
90th Percentile £687 £675 £749
Warwickshire median daily rate £510 £553 £525
% change year-on-year -7.78% +5.33% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 9 2
10th Percentile - - £21.00
25th Percentile - - £22.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £23.82 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +109.91% -4.72% +51.52%
75th Percentile - - £27.50
90th Percentile - £32.53 £29.00
Warwickshire median hourly rate £50.00 £23.82 £19.00
% change year-on-year +109.91% +25.37% +10.14%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwick

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

Security Specialist job vacancy trend in Warwick

Security Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in Warwick

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Specialist job vacancies in Warwick.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Specialist job vacancies in Warwick

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

For the 6 months to 3 November 2025, 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 across the Warwick region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) CISSP
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (80.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) CISM
2 3 (60.00%) CREST Certified
2 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) DevSecOps
2 3 (60.00%) GIAC
2 3 (60.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 3 (60.00%) NIST
2 3 (60.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (40.00%) SANS
3 2 (40.00%) SIEM
4 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (20.00%) CEH
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (20.00%) Firewall
4 1 (20.00%) GCFA
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) Network Security
4 1 (20.00%) QRadar
4 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Splunk
4 1 (20.00%) Tenable

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwick 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 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (60.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (40.00%) CSOC
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (20.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (80.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) DevSecOps
2 3 (60.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 3 (60.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (40.00%) SIEM
4 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) CISSP
2 3 (60.00%) CISM
2 3 (60.00%) CREST Certified
2 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) GIAC
3 2 (40.00%) SANS
4 1 (20.00%) CEH
4 1 (20.00%) GCFA
4 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) NIST
2 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Splunk
1 1 (20.00%) Tenable