Security Specialist Contracts in London

Security Specialist
England > London

The median Security Specialist daily rate in London is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 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
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 344 382 539
Rank change year-on-year +38 +157 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Security Specialist 37 49 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.24% 0.24% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.26% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 32 36
10th Percentile £450 £483 £425
25th Percentile £501 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £524 £600
Median % change year-on-year +9.79% -12.71% +4.80%
75th Percentile £675 £750 £725
90th Percentile £744 £800 £800
England median daily rate £625 £625 £575
% change year-on-year - +8.70% +0.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £70.24 - -
25th Percentile £72.40 - -
Median hourly rate £78.40 - -
75th Percentile £82.00 - -
90th Percentile £82.72 - -
England median hourly rate £73.60 £72.40 £52.59
% change year-on-year +1.66% +37.66% -27.46%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 14,705 19,194 35,324
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.92% 93.86% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,509 13,971 25,561
10th Percentile £338 £350 £375
25th Percentile £450 £456 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £790 £800 £788
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 212 302
10th Percentile £17.25 £18.02 £15.75
25th Percentile £24.50 £21.94 £20.25
Median hourly rate £39.00 £40.50 £32.25
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +25.58% +7.50%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.94 £57.50
90th Percentile £80.75 £76.25 £75.00
England median hourly rate £41.50 £45.94 £30.00
% change year-on-year -9.66% +53.13% +50.00%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in London

Security Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Specialist in London.

Daily rate trend for Security Specialist in London

Security Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Specialist in London over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Specialist in London

Security Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Specialist in London.

Hourly rate trend for Security Specialist in London

Security Specialist
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Central London +26 9 £525 -30.00% 4
South London - 1 - -
Security Specialist
England

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, 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 London region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 18 (48.65%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (45.95%) Security Cleared
3 13 (35.14%) Finance
4 12 (32.43%) CISSP
5 11 (29.73%) CISM
5 11 (29.73%) Threat Modelling
6 10 (27.03%) Information Security
7 9 (24.32%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (24.32%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 8 (21.62%) Cloud Security
8 8 (21.62%) Security Architecture
9 7 (18.92%) Splunk
9 7 (18.92%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 7 (18.92%) Cyber Intelligence
9 7 (18.92%) Threat Intelligence
9 7 (18.92%) Risk Assessment
9 7 (18.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (16.22%) Migration
10 6 (16.22%) DV Cleared
10 6 (16.22%) CRISC
10 6 (16.22%) Workshop Facilitation
10 6 (16.22%) NCSC
11 5 (13.51%) NIST
11 5 (13.51%) SC Cleared
11 5 (13.51%) Risk Management
11 5 (13.51%) Penetration Testing
12 4 (10.81%) Degree
12 4 (10.81%) Vulnerability Management
12 4 (10.81%) Business Transformation
12 4 (10.81%) SIEM

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.11%) AWS
1 3 (8.11%) SaaS
2 2 (5.41%) Azure
3 1 (2.70%) IaaS
3 1 (2.70%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.41%) DKIM
1 2 (5.41%) DMARC
1 2 (5.41%) Firewall
2 1 (2.70%) DNS
2 1 (2.70%) Internet
2 1 (2.70%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (2.70%) Network Security
2 1 (2.70%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.70%) WebEx
General
1 13 (35.14%) Finance
2 4 (10.81%) Public Sector
3 3 (8.11%) Social Skills
4 2 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.41%) Automotive
4 2 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.70%) Banking
5 1 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 9 (24.32%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (5.41%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (5.41%) Operational Technology
2 2 (5.41%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (5.41%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.70%) Linux
1 1 (2.70%) Unix
1 1 (2.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (48.65%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (29.73%) Threat Modelling
3 10 (27.03%) Information Security
4 9 (24.32%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 8 (21.62%) Cloud Security
5 8 (21.62%) Security Architecture
6 7 (18.92%) Cyber Intelligence
6 7 (18.92%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 7 (18.92%) Risk Assessment
6 7 (18.92%) Threat Intelligence
7 6 (16.22%) Migration
7 6 (16.22%) Workshop Facilitation
8 5 (13.51%) Penetration Testing
8 5 (13.51%) Risk Management
9 4 (10.81%) Business Transformation
9 4 (10.81%) Cyber Assurance
9 4 (10.81%) Protective Monitoring
9 4 (10.81%) SIEM
9 4 (10.81%) Vulnerability Management
10 3 (8.11%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (45.95%) Security Cleared
2 12 (32.43%) CISSP
3 11 (29.73%) CISM
4 6 (16.22%) CRISC
4 6 (16.22%) DV Cleared
5 5 (13.51%) SC Cleared
6 4 (10.81%) Degree
6 4 (10.81%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 3 (8.11%) CISA
7 3 (8.11%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (5.41%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (5.41%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (5.41%) CREST Certified
8 2 (5.41%) Tigerscheme
9 1 (2.70%) Azure Certification
9 1 (2.70%) CCNA
9 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (2.70%) MCSE
9 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (2.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (18.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (16.22%) NCSC
3 5 (13.51%) NIST
4 2 (5.41%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.70%) GDPR
5 1 (2.70%) GRC
5 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (2.70%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) Nessus
1 1 (2.70%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 7 (18.92%) Splunk
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.41%) Cisco
3 2 (5.41%) Fortinet
3 2 (5.41%) Qualys
4 1 (2.70%) CheckPoint
4 1 (2.70%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (2.70%) Darktrace
4 1 (2.70%) NVIDIA
4 1 (2.70%) Thales
4 1 (2.70%) Tripwire
4 1 (2.70%) VMware