Head of Security Contracts in England

Head of Security
UK > England

The median Head of Security daily rate in England is £900, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 529 596 750
Rank change year-on-year +67 +154 -99
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Security 21 40 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.056% 0.085% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.090% 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 27 27
10th Percentile £608 £658 £610
25th Percentile £725 £700 £631
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 £775 £750
Median % change year-on-year +16.13% +3.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £975 £850 £875
90th Percentile £999 £945 £955
UK median daily rate £900 £750 £725
% change year-on-year +20.00% +3.45% +1.75%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,808 44,443 66,953
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 94.49% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,757 31,614 47,944
10th Percentile £288 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,654 1,321 1,753
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.80
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.90
Median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Head of Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Security in England

Head of Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Head of Security in England.

Daily rate trend for Head of Security in England

Head of Security
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Head of Security in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Head of Security in England

Head of Security
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Security within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
London +72 12 £900 +18.03% 6
South East +20 7 £875 +34.62% 1
East Midlands - 1 £625 -
Midlands - 1 £625 -
Head of Security
UK

Head of Security Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Head of Security 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 England region featuring Head of Security in the job title.

1 17 (80.95%) Information Security
2 14 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (38.10%) Finance
4 6 (28.57%) Security Operations
4 6 (28.57%) Incident Response
4 6 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (23.81%) SIEM
5 5 (23.81%) Vulnerability Management
5 5 (23.81%) Incident Management
5 5 (23.81%) Identity Access Management
5 5 (23.81%) Cyber Resilience
6 4 (19.05%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 4 (19.05%) GRC
6 4 (19.05%) Data Loss Prevention
6 4 (19.05%) PCI DSS
6 4 (19.05%) Firewall
6 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
6 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
7 3 (14.29%) TCP/IP
7 3 (14.29%) CISSP
7 3 (14.29%) Windows
7 3 (14.29%) LAN
7 3 (14.29%) Data Security
7 3 (14.29%) Kalman Filter
7 3 (14.29%) Line Management
7 3 (14.29%) Data Protection
7 3 (14.29%) Nessus
7 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
7 3 (14.29%) Security Monitoring
7 3 (14.29%) Cloud Security

Head of Security Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.76%) AWS
1 1 (4.76%) Azure
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (19.05%) Firewall
2 3 (14.29%) LAN
2 3 (14.29%) TCP/IP
3 2 (9.52%) Network Security
3 2 (9.52%) WAN
4 1 (4.76%) HTTP
4 1 (4.76%) HTTPS
4 1 (4.76%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (4.76%) IPsec
4 1 (4.76%) VLAN
4 1 (4.76%) VoIP
4 1 (4.76%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Data Warehouse
General
1 8 (38.10%) Finance
2 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.76%) Banking
4 1 (4.76%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
2 2 (9.52%) NHS
2 2 (9.52%) Security Posture
3 1 (4.76%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (4.76%) Hedge funds
3 1 (4.76%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Windows
2 2 (9.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (80.95%) Information Security
2 14 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (28.57%) Incident Response
3 6 (28.57%) Security Operations
4 5 (23.81%) Cyber Resilience
4 5 (23.81%) Identity Access Management
4 5 (23.81%) Incident Management
4 5 (23.81%) SIEM
4 5 (23.81%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (19.05%) Data Loss Prevention
6 3 (14.29%) Cloud Security
6 3 (14.29%) Data Protection
6 3 (14.29%) Data Security
6 3 (14.29%) Kalman Filter
6 3 (14.29%) Line Management
6 3 (14.29%) Security Monitoring
7 2 (9.52%) Business Continuity
7 2 (9.52%) Risk Management
7 2 (9.52%) Security Management
7 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) CISSP
2 1 (4.76%) CISM
2 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (19.05%) GRC
2 4 (19.05%) PCI DSS
3 2 (9.52%) COBIT
3 2 (9.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (9.52%) NIST
4 1 (4.76%) Accessibility
4 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Active Directory
1 2 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (9.52%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 3 (14.29%) Nessus
3 2 (9.52%) Network Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (4.76%) CASB
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) CheckPoint
2 2 (9.52%) Cisco
2 2 (9.52%) Citrix
2 2 (9.52%) Splunk
2 2 (9.52%) VMware