Security Specialist Contract Job Trends in Warwickshire

Security Specialist
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The median Security Specialist daily rate in Warwickshire is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 August 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
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Specialist 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Warwickshire 0.39% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £500 £688
% change year-on-year -10.00% -27.27% -

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Warwickshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Warwickshire. 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 Warwickshire with a recognized job title 459 380 378
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.65% 90.91% 95.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 235 262
10th Percentile £300 £400 £263
25th Percentile £400 £475 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £645 £719
90th Percentile £683 £768 £750
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 18 11
10th Percentile £24.48 £12.69 £15.25
25th Percentile £28.71 £15.09 £16.25
Median hourly rate £37.72 £22.91 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +64.64% +27.28% -20.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 £23.82 £20.00
90th Percentile - £33.10 £30.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £19.59 £21.50
% change year-on-year +28.38% -8.88% +19.44%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

Job postings that featured Security Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire.

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in Warwickshire

Security Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire

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

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

Security Specialist
Contract Job Locations in Warwickshire

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 Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 29 August 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
Stratford-upon-Avon - 1 £450 -
Warwick - 1 - - 1
Security Specialist
West Midlands

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warwickshire

For the 6 months to 29 August 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 across the Warwickshire region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) GIAC
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) IT Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Change
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warwickshire 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) IT Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Change
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001