Security Advisor Contracts in England

Security Adviser
UK > England

The median Security Adviser daily rate in England is £630 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 541 633 769
Rank change year-on-year +92 +136 -136
Contract jobs requiring a Security Advisor 10 4 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.027% 0.008% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.009% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 7
10th Percentile £442 - £488
25th Percentile £594 £675 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £700 £560
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +25.00% +22.10%
75th Percentile £919 £725 £575
90th Percentile £1,050 - £785
UK median daily rate £585 £575 £560
% change year-on-year +1.74% +2.68% +9.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £20.70 -
UK median hourly rate - £20.70 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 34,226 44,888 67,264
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.56% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,546 31,942 48,134
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,576 1,314 1,782
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.51
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.21%
75th Percentile £62.00 £65.57 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

Security Advisor
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Advisor in England

Security Advisor
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Security Advisor in England

Security Advisor
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Advisor in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Advisor in England

Security Advisor
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Advisor in England.

Hourly rate trend for Security Advisor in England

Security Advisor
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 Security Advisor within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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 +98 6 £628 -10.36%
North of England +24 2 £1,000 -
South East +12 2 £245 -65.00% 1
Yorkshire - 2 £1,000 -
Security Advisor
UK

Security Advisor Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Security Advisor 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 Security Advisor in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (30.00%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (30.00%) Security Operations
4 3 (30.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (30.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (30.00%) DV Cleared
5 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 2 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (20.00%) Information Security
6 1 (10.00%) Requirements Analysis
6 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (10.00%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (10.00%) Security Architecture
6 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (10.00%) SIEM
6 1 (10.00%) Process Improvement
6 1 (10.00%) Cloud Security
6 1 (10.00%) Operational Technology
6 1 (10.00%) NIST
6 1 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre

Security Advisor 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:

Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Spreadsheet
General
1 3 (30.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (30.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (30.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (20.00%) Information Security
3 2 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (10.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (10.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (10.00%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Security Architecture
4 1 (10.00%) SIEM
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (30.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (10.00%) NIST