Senior Security Specialist Contracts

Senior Security Specialist
UK

The median Senior Security Specialist daily rate in the UK is £533 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 571 663 840
Rank change year-on-year +92 +177 -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Security Specialist 8 21 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.019% 0.037% 0.001%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.039% 0.001%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 0
10th Percentile - £552 -
25th Percentile - £552 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £595 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.47% - -
75th Percentile £621 £622 -
90th Percentile £800 £629 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £533 £595 -
% change year-on-year -10.47% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £73.20 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £73.20 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 40,001 53,325 83,708
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,880 37,256 59,003
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +9.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,851 1,473 1,957
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +14.34%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.41
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.45 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Senior Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Specialist in the UK

Senior Security Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Security Specialist in the UK

Senior Security Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Specialist over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Security Specialist in the UK

Senior Security Specialist
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Security Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
England +88 8 £533 -10.47% 5
UK excluding London +44 7 £533 -10.47% 4
South East +6 6 £533 -9.76%
Work from Home +107 4 £533 -11.17% 3
London +97 1 - - 1
North West - 1 £900 - 2
North of England - 1 £900 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Senior 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 featuring Senior Security Specialist in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 6 (75.00%) Linux
2 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (75.00%) Incident Management
2 6 (75.00%) Splunk
2 6 (75.00%) Security Operations
3 4 (50.00%) Network Security
3 4 (50.00%) Telecoms
4 2 (25.00%) Information Security
4 2 (25.00%) Broadband
5 1 (12.50%) Oracle
5 1 (12.50%) ITIL
5 1 (12.50%) Citrix
5 1 (12.50%) Configuration Management
5 1 (12.50%) Agile
5 1 (12.50%) Banking
5 1 (12.50%) Requirements Management
5 1 (12.50%) Azure
5 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
5 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (12.50%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (12.50%) Matrix Organization
5 1 (12.50%) Security Monitoring
5 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
5 1 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer

Senior Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Network Security
2 2 (25.00%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
General
1 4 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 6 (75.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Incident Management
1 6 (75.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) Configuration Management
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (12.50%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Requirements Management
3 1 (12.50%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (75.00%) Splunk
2 1 (12.50%) Citrix
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle