Information Security Contracts in Bristol

Information Security (InfoSec)
South West > Bristol

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for Information Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 58 54 84
Rank change year-on-year -4 +30 -29
Contract jobs citing Information Security 19 40 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 1.82% 3.26% 1.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.19% 3.67% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 26 8
10th Percentile £508 £510 £263
25th Percentile £513 £581 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £763 £526
Median % change year-on-year -31.15% +44.89% +23.82%
75th Percentile £631 £814 £728
90th Percentile £730 £835 £891
South West median daily rate £582 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -6.88% +4.17% +26.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 8
Median hourly rate - £75.75 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year - +1.00% -
South West median hourly rate - £83.31 £75.00
% change year-on-year - +11.08% +28.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Information Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 868 1,089 1,224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 83.30% 88.75% 87.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 475 738 843
10th Percentile £253 £300 £313
25th Percentile £363 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £588
90th Percentile £688 £720 £657
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 185 213 104
10th Percentile £40.00 - -
25th Percentile £45.00 £9.80 £15.90
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% +36.67% +2.86%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £83.75 £67.78
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £48.75
% change year-on-year -8.33% +23.08% +12.06%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Bristol

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security in Bristol

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Bristol over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in Bristol

Information Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Security in Bristol

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) Azure
2 2 (10.53%) IaaS
3 1 (5.26%) AWS
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (5.26%) PaaS
General
1 9 (47.37%) Manufacturing
2 2 (10.53%) Finance
2 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.26%) Electronics
3 1 (5.26%) Legal
3 1 (5.26%) Marketing
3 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.26%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (57.89%) Lead
2 10 (52.63%) Architect
3 8 (42.11%) Lead Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Information Assurance Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Information Manager
4 2 (10.53%) IT Architect
4 2 (10.53%) IT Security Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Security Architect
4 2 (10.53%) SIEM Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Cloud Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Cyber Defence Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Incident Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Security Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (42.11%) CESG
1 8 (42.11%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (31.58%) Security Operations Centre
3 5 (26.32%) Cyber Defence
4 4 (21.05%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (5.26%) Cloud Native
5 1 (5.26%) CSOC
5 1 (5.26%) Data Centre
5 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
5 1 (5.26%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Linux
1 1 (5.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (5.26%) Ubuntu
1 1 (5.26%) Windows
1 1 (5.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (78.95%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (73.68%) Security Operations
3 10 (52.63%) Information Assurance
4 6 (31.58%) SIEM
5 5 (26.32%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 5 (26.32%) Incident Response
5 5 (26.32%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 5 (26.32%) SOAR
5 5 (26.32%) Threat Intelligence
6 4 (21.05%) Case Management
6 4 (21.05%) CRM
6 4 (21.05%) Incident Management
6 4 (21.05%) Protective Monitoring
6 4 (21.05%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (21.05%) Use Case
7 3 (15.79%) Cloud Security
8 2 (10.53%) Data Security
8 2 (10.53%) ITIL
8 2 (10.53%) Security Management
9 1 (5.26%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 14 (73.68%) Security Cleared
2 10 (52.63%) SC Cleared
3 9 (47.37%) CISM
3 9 (47.37%) CISSP
4 8 (42.11%) CEH
4 8 (42.11%) CISA
4 8 (42.11%) CISMP
4 8 (42.11%) CompTIA Security+
4 8 (42.11%) ISACA
4 8 (42.11%) SSCP
5 4 (21.05%) DV Cleared
6 1 (5.26%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (73.68%) NIST
2 10 (52.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (42.11%) GDPR
3 8 (42.11%) HIPAA
3 8 (42.11%) PCI DSS
4 4 (21.05%) NIST 800
5 2 (10.53%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Puppet
1 1 (5.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) ArcSight
2 1 (5.26%) Red Hat
2 1 (5.26%) SAP
2 1 (5.26%) VMware