Security Officer Contracts

Security Officer
UK

The median Security Officer daily rate in the UK is £508, 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 561 654 798
Rank change year-on-year +93 +144 -103
Contract jobs requiring a Security Officer 23 43 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.053% 0.077% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.082% 0.060%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 37 33
10th Percentile £203 £210 £255
25th Percentile £331 £513 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year -21.92% +18.18% +2.33%
75th Percentile £575 £900 £638
90th Percentile £595 £1,085 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £516 £525 £600
% change year-on-year -1.81% -12.50% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £26.61
25th Percentile - - £28.01
Median hourly rate £11.50 - £30.34
75th Percentile - - £32.67
90th Percentile - - £34.07
UK excluding London median hourly rate £11.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
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% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Officer in the UK

Security Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Security Officer in the UK

Security Officer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Officer over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Officer in the UK

Security Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Officer in the UK

Security Officer
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Officer within the UK 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
England +70 20 £513 -21.15% 24
UK excluding London +23 12 £516 -1.81% 28
London +73 8 £538 -38.57% 4
Work from Home +105 3 £435 -57.56% 10
South East +17 3 £600 - 5
Midlands +15 3 £500 -23.08% 4
East Midlands - 3 £500 -
Scotland +50 2 £516 -1.81% 8
South West - 2 - - 4
East of England +1 1 - - 1
Wales - 1 £363 -

Security Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Security Officer 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 Security Officer in the job title.

1 15 (65.22%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (56.52%) Information Security
3 11 (47.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (39.13%) CISSP
4 9 (39.13%) Security Cleared
5 8 (34.78%) NIST
6 7 (30.43%) CISM
7 6 (26.09%) Cloud Security
8 5 (21.74%) Security Posture
8 5 (21.74%) Public Sector
8 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
8 5 (21.74%) Risk Management
8 5 (21.74%) Finance
9 4 (17.39%) CCSP
9 4 (17.39%) CCNP
9 4 (17.39%) Management Information System
9 4 (17.39%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (17.39%) Cisco
9 4 (17.39%) AWS
9 4 (17.39%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (17.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (17.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (17.39%) CCSK
10 3 (13.04%) Incident Response
10 3 (13.04%) Onboarding
10 3 (13.04%) Security Operations
10 3 (13.04%) Vulnerability Management
10 3 (13.04%) Information Assurance
10 3 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (13.04%) GDPR

Security Officer 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (17.39%) AWS
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.35%) Cloudflare
3 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.70%) DNS
1 2 (8.70%) SNMP
2 1 (4.35%) Firewall
2 1 (4.35%) Internet
2 1 (4.35%) Intranet
2 1 (4.35%) Network Security
2 1 (4.35%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.35%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Power BI
General
1 5 (21.74%) Finance
1 5 (21.74%) Public Sector
1 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (8.70%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.35%) French Language
4 1 (4.35%) Law
4 1 (4.35%) Legal
4 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Security Posture
2 4 (17.39%) Management Information System
3 3 (13.04%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (13.04%) Onboarding
4 2 (8.70%) Cyber Security Posture
4 2 (8.70%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (8.70%) Operational Technology
4 2 (8.70%) Virtual Team
5 1 (4.35%) BBC
5 1 (4.35%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (4.35%) Data Centre
5 1 (4.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (65.22%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (56.52%) Information Security
3 6 (26.09%) Cloud Security
4 5 (21.74%) Risk Management
5 3 (13.04%) Data Analysis
5 3 (13.04%) Data Protection
5 3 (13.04%) Ethical Hacking
5 3 (13.04%) Incident Response
5 3 (13.04%) Information Assurance
5 3 (13.04%) SABSA
5 3 (13.04%) Security Operations
5 3 (13.04%) TOGAF
5 3 (13.04%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (8.70%) ISMS
6 2 (8.70%) Mentoring
6 2 (8.70%) Security Architecture
6 2 (8.70%) SIEM
6 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (8.70%) Strategic Planning
6 2 (8.70%) Virtual Team Management
Qualifications
1 9 (39.13%) CISSP
1 9 (39.13%) Security Cleared
2 7 (30.43%) CISM
3 4 (17.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 4 (17.39%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (17.39%) CCNP
3 4 (17.39%) CCSK
3 4 (17.39%) CCSP
3 4 (17.39%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (13.04%) CEH
4 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
5 2 (8.70%) Degree
5 2 (8.70%) GIAC
6 1 (4.35%) CCA
6 1 (4.35%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (47.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (34.78%) NIST
3 4 (17.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 3 (13.04%) GDPR
5 2 (8.70%) Def Stans
5 2 (8.70%) GRC
5 2 (8.70%) NIST 800
5 2 (8.70%) PMO
5 2 (8.70%) QA
6 1 (4.35%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (4.35%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (4.35%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Cisco
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.35%) Barracuda Networks