Security Advisor Contracts

Security Adviser
UK

The median Security Adviser daily rate in the UK is £575, 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 565 688 842
Rank change year-on-year +123 +154 -135
Contract jobs requiring a Security Advisor 19 9 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.044% 0.016% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.017% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 7 5
10th Percentile £537 £531 £470
25th Percentile £558 £549 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £628 £725 £560
90th Percentile £644 - £569
UK excluding London median daily rate £568 £575 £555
% change year-on-year -1.30% +3.60% +16.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £20.70 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £20.70 -

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 Advisor
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Advisor in the UK

Security Advisor
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Security Advisor in the UK

Security Advisor
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Advisor in the UK

Security Advisor
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Advisor in the UK

Security Advisor
Top 6 Contract Locations

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 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
UK excluding London +36 13 £568 -1.30%
Scotland +56 11 £575 +2.22%
England +89 8 £625 -10.71%
Work from Home +118 6 £575 -
London +85 6 £628 -10.36%
South East +16 2 £245 -65.00%

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 featuring Security Advisor in the job title.

1 12 (63.16%) Public Sector
2 11 (57.89%) Security Cleared
3 8 (42.11%) SC Cleared
3 8 (42.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (42.11%) Information Security
3 8 (42.11%) Threat Modelling
4 6 (31.58%) Business Process Analysis
4 6 (31.58%) ISMS
4 6 (31.58%) CISSP
4 6 (31.58%) Management Information System
4 6 (31.58%) Risk Management
5 5 (26.32%) Business Continuity
5 5 (26.32%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 5 (26.32%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 5 (26.32%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (21.05%) Risk Assessment
7 3 (15.79%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (15.79%) Security Architecture
7 3 (15.79%) DV Cleared
7 3 (15.79%) Decision-Making
7 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
7 3 (15.79%) Internal Audit
8 2 (10.53%) Cyber Intelligence
8 2 (10.53%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (10.53%) NIST
8 2 (10.53%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (10.53%) Threat Intelligence
8 2 (10.53%) Security Operations
8 2 (10.53%) Confluence

Security Advisor 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 (10.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (10.53%) MS Visio
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) SCCP
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) JIRA
General
1 12 (63.16%) Public Sector
2 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (31.58%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.53%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.26%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Information Security
1 8 (42.11%) Threat Modelling
2 6 (31.58%) Business Process Analysis
2 6 (31.58%) ISMS
2 6 (31.58%) Risk Management
3 5 (26.32%) Business Continuity
3 5 (26.32%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (21.05%) Risk Assessment
5 3 (15.79%) Decision-Making
5 3 (15.79%) Internal Audit
5 3 (15.79%) Security Architecture
6 2 (10.53%) Cyber Intelligence
6 2 (10.53%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 2 (10.53%) Security Operations
6 2 (10.53%) Threat Intelligence
7 1 (5.26%) Information Security Governance
7 1 (5.26%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (5.26%) Social Engineering
7 1 (5.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (5.26%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 11 (57.89%) Security Cleared
2 8 (42.11%) SC Cleared
3 6 (31.58%) CISSP
4 5 (26.32%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 5 (26.32%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 3 (15.79%) DV Cleared
6 1 (5.26%) CISM
6 1 (5.26%) CLAS
6 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (5.26%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (5.26%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (42.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (10.53%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (10.53%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (10.53%) NIST
3 1 (5.26%) GDPR
3 1 (5.26%) GRC
Vendors
1 1 (5.26%) Atlassian
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft