Information Security Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Information Security (InfoSec)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 79 52
Rank change year-on-year +43 -27 +6
Contract jobs citing Information Security 16 1 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 3.33% 0.12% 2.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.02% 0.12% 3.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 1 14
10th Percentile - - £205
25th Percentile £165 - £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £578
Median % change year-on-year - -13.42% +17.86%
75th Percentile £530 - £691
90th Percentile £725 - £834
South East median daily rate £540 £605 £560
% change year-on-year -10.74% +8.04% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £18.00 - -
South East median hourly rate £19.50 £74.00 -
% change year-on-year -73.65% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 398 817 743
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 82.74% 94.34% 87.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 276 660 545
10th Percentile £253 £313 £222
25th Percentile £400 £412 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £481 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% +1.17% +4.40%
75th Percentile £578 £575 £563
90th Percentile £681 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 2 37
10th Percentile £15.85 £10.18 £10.29
25th Percentile £18.25 £11.19 £10.77
Median hourly rate £25.00 £13.75 £11.50
Median % change year-on-year +81.82% +19.57% -11.47%
75th Percentile £29.69 £16.69 £16.00
90th Percentile £48.75 £17.93 £37.44
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.99
% change year-on-year -5.00% +127.43% -20.05%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Buckinghamshire

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security in Buckinghamshire

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in Buckinghamshire

Information Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Security in Buckinghamshire

Information Security
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Milton Keynes +46 16 £500 - 3
Information Security
South East

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 3 (18.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) SaaS
2 1 (6.25%) IaaS
2 1 (6.25%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) VPN
General
1 7 (43.75%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Finance
3 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 1 (6.25%) Billing
4 1 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Legal
4 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Information Security Specialist
1 7 (43.75%) Information Specialist
1 7 (43.75%) Security Specialist
2 3 (18.75%) Migration Specialist
3 2 (12.50%) Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Chief Information Security Officer
3 2 (12.50%) Chief Security Officer
3 2 (12.50%) Information Security Officer
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Security Officer
3 2 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Windows Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Windows Support Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) IT Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) IT Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Security Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Service Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (18.75%) Wiki
3 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (6.25%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Windows
2 3 (18.75%) Windows 7
3 1 (6.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) ISMS
1 5 (31.25%) Logistics
1 5 (31.25%) Risk Register
2 4 (25.00%) Migration
2 4 (25.00%) Risk Analysis
3 3 (18.75%) Business Strategy
3 3 (18.75%) Customer Requirements
3 3 (18.75%) Customer Service
3 3 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (18.75%) Information Security Management
3 3 (18.75%) Risk Management
3 3 (18.75%) Security Management
3 3 (18.75%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (12.50%) Security Architecture
5 1 (6.25%) Cryptography
5 1 (6.25%) Network Management
5 1 (6.25%) Service Delivery
5 1 (6.25%) Supplier Management
5 1 (6.25%) Technical Analysis
5 1 (6.25%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
3 2 (12.50%) DV Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) CISA
4 1 (6.25%) CISM
4 1 (6.25%) CISSP
4 1 (6.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 3 (18.75%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Computacenter
2 1 (6.25%) Salesforce
2 1 (6.25%) VMware