Information Security Contracts in England

Information Security (InfoSec)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 113 135
Rank change year-on-year +3 +22 +2
Contract jobs citing Information Security 749 1,158 1,423
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.03% 2.29% 2.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 2.54% 2.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 466 859 955
10th Percentile £363 £400 £400
25th Percentile £480 £509 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £582 £618 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.75% +7.39% +9.52%
75th Percentile £700 £713 £673
90th Percentile £800 £813 £770
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £560
% change year-on-year -4.17% +7.14% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 26 25
10th Percentile £12.75 £17.72 £15.55
25th Percentile £17.72 £35.69 £26.25
Median hourly rate £19.50 £75.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -74.00% +11.11% +164.71%
75th Percentile £24.59 £83.38 £75.00
90th Percentile £38.43 £83.40 £80.35
UK median hourly rate £19.50 £75.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year -74.00% +11.11% +164.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,985 45,619 64,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.25% 90.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,974 32,022 45,804
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,225 1,607 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.94 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.31 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.15
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in England

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security in England

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in England

Information Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Security in England

Information Security
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Information Security in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Information Security in England

Information Security
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
London -18 343 £600 -4.00% 198
South East +11 121 £540 -11.84% 84
North of England +47 108 £575 +4.55% 94
South West +29 93 £591 -5.44% 43
Midlands +12 65 £600 +2.13% 62
North West +18 62 £550 - 57
West Midlands +7 44 £606 +1.04% 36
Yorkshire +35 42 £582 +5.82% 29
East Midlands +28 19 £400 -27.27% 26
East of England -17 11 £463 +12.12% 29
North East +23 4 £525 -12.50% 8
Information Security
UK

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 16 (2.14%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.93%) Apache Solr
4 6 (0.80%) Apache
5 5 (0.67%) nginx
6 4 (0.53%) Confluence
6 4 (0.53%) IIS
7 2 (0.27%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.13%) IBM Notes
8 1 (0.13%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.13%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 36 (4.81%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (3.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.80%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.13%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.13%) Camtasia
7 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (0.27%) SAP CRM
1 2 (0.27%) SAP Hybris
1 2 (0.27%) SAP IS-U
1 2 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 127 (16.96%) Azure
2 73 (9.75%) AWS
3 65 (8.68%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (6.68%) SaaS
5 38 (5.07%) IaaS
6 31 (4.14%) GCP
7 21 (2.80%) PaaS
8 17 (2.27%) Azure Sentinel
9 15 (2.00%) Entra ID
10 10 (1.34%) GitHub
11 9 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
11 9 (1.20%) Mimecast
12 8 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (0.80%) OneDrive
14 4 (0.53%) Serverless
15 3 (0.40%) Akamai
15 3 (0.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Purview
15 3 (0.40%) Power Platform
16 2 (0.27%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 96 (12.82%) Network Security
2 56 (7.48%) Firewall
3 26 (3.47%) DNS
4 25 (3.34%) Intrusion Detection
4 25 (3.34%) VPN
5 15 (2.00%) TCP/IP
6 14 (1.87%) Wireless
7 11 (1.47%) HTTPS
7 11 (1.47%) WAN
8 10 (1.34%) LAN
9 8 (1.07%) DHCP
10 7 (0.93%) Internet
11 6 (0.80%) Intranet
11 6 (0.80%) Kerberos
12 4 (0.53%) DMZ
12 4 (0.53%) IPsec
12 4 (0.53%) SAN
13 3 (0.40%) MPLS
13 3 (0.40%) Software-Defined Networking
13 3 (0.40%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (2.67%) Big Data
2 10 (1.34%) MySQL
3 8 (1.07%) Oracle Database
4 6 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (0.80%) SQL Server
5 5 (0.67%) GIS
5 5 (0.67%) Hadoop
5 5 (0.67%) NoSQL
6 4 (0.53%) Apache Cassandra
6 4 (0.53%) Couchbase
7 3 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.40%) Metadata
7 3 (0.40%) Redis
7 3 (0.40%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.40%) Spatial Data
8 2 (0.27%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (0.27%) Geospatial Data
8 2 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.27%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.27%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 22 (2.94%) Jenkins
2 21 (2.80%) JIRA
3 17 (2.27%) GitLab
4 7 (0.93%) Maven
5 5 (0.67%) Git
6 2 (0.27%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.27%) RStudio
6 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.13%) Android Studio
7 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.13%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.13%) MSI
7 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.13%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.13%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.13%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.13%) Xcode
General
1 228 (30.44%) Social Skills
2 180 (24.03%) Finance
3 108 (14.42%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (12.55%) Public Sector
5 55 (7.34%) Legal
6 39 (5.21%) Banking
7 33 (4.41%) Telecoms
8 27 (3.60%) Manufacturing
9 25 (3.34%) Law
10 20 (2.67%) Marketing
11 19 (2.54%) Police
11 19 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (1.47%) Financial Institution
12 11 (1.47%) Retail
13 10 (1.34%) Military
14 9 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 8 (1.07%) Electronics
15 8 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.80%) Billing
16 6 (0.80%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 129 (17.22%) Analyst
2 90 (12.02%) Architect
3 88 (11.75%) Consultant
4 66 (8.81%) Security Architect
5 62 (8.28%) Security Consultant
6 54 (7.21%) Lead
7 52 (6.94%) Senior
8 48 (6.41%) Security Manager
9 43 (5.74%) Security Analyst
10 41 (5.47%) Project Manager
11 31 (4.14%) Security Engineer
12 29 (3.87%) SOC Analyst
13 26 (3.47%) Information Manager
14 24 (3.20%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 24 (3.20%) Information Security Consultant
14 24 (3.20%) Information Security Manager
15 21 (2.80%) Information Security Officer
15 21 (2.80%) Security Officer
15 21 (2.80%) Security Specialist
16 19 (2.54%) Information Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.00%) Apache NiFi
2 11 (1.47%) LDAP
3 10 (1.34%) HTML
4 8 (1.07%) CSS
4 8 (1.07%) SailPoint
5 7 (0.93%) Elastic Stack
5 7 (0.93%) Hibernate
5 7 (0.93%) JPA
5 7 (0.93%) JSON
6 6 (0.80%) RabbitMQ
6 6 (0.80%) SAML
6 6 (0.80%) YAML
7 5 (0.67%) .NET
8 4 (0.53%) .NET Framework
8 4 (0.53%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.53%) LEMP Stack
8 4 (0.53%) XML
9 3 (0.40%) Kafka
9 3 (0.40%) Node.js
9 3 (0.40%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 214 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 76 (10.15%) Cyber Defence
3 72 (9.61%) Cyber Threat
4 49 (6.54%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 47 (6.28%) Security Operations Centre
6 31 (4.14%) Security Posture
7 17 (2.27%) CSOC
7 17 (2.27%) Distributed Applications
8 15 (2.00%) Data Centre
8 15 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.74%) CMDB
9 13 (1.74%) Operational Technology
9 13 (1.74%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (1.47%) Onboarding
11 10 (1.34%) Product Ownership
12 9 (1.20%) Cloud Native
13 8 (1.07%) CESG
13 8 (1.07%) iPhone
14 6 (0.80%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 95 (12.68%) Windows
2 43 (5.74%) Linux
3 27 (3.60%) Apple iOS
4 23 (3.07%) Unix
5 19 (2.54%) Windows 10
6 18 (2.40%) Android
7 17 (2.27%) Windows Server
8 15 (2.00%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.53%) CentOS
9 4 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.27%) Solaris
12 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 327 (43.66%) Cybersecurity
2 138 (18.42%) Risk Management
3 120 (16.02%) SIEM
4 117 (15.62%) Security Operations
5 108 (14.42%) Incident Response
6 103 (13.75%) Problem-Solving
7 93 (12.42%) Agile
7 93 (12.42%) Security Architecture
8 78 (10.41%) Cloud Security
9 76 (10.15%) Incident Management
10 75 (10.01%) Data Protection
11 74 (9.88%) Threat Intelligence
12 72 (9.61%) Identity Access Management
12 72 (9.61%) Project Management
13 67 (8.95%) Use Case
14 64 (8.54%) Continuous Improvement
14 64 (8.54%) Security Management
15 62 (8.28%) Vulnerability Management
16 61 (8.14%) MITRE ATT&CK
17 60 (8.01%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (5.61%) PowerShell
2 32 (4.27%) Python
3 22 (2.94%) Java
4 17 (2.27%) JavaScript
5 15 (2.00%) SQL
6 8 (1.07%) Swift
7 7 (0.93%) Go
7 7 (0.93%) Perl
8 6 (0.80%) Bash
8 6 (0.80%) C++
9 4 (0.53%) C#
9 4 (0.53%) PHP
9 4 (0.53%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.40%) C
10 3 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.40%) Ruby
11 2 (0.27%) AWK
11 2 (0.27%) Bourne shell
11 2 (0.27%) Korn
11 2 (0.27%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 211 (28.17%) Security Cleared
2 143 (19.09%) CISSP
3 112 (14.95%) CISM
4 104 (13.89%) DV Cleared
5 102 (13.62%) SC Cleared
6 97 (12.95%) Degree
7 44 (5.87%) CISA
8 33 (4.41%) Cisco Certification
9 32 (4.27%) Computer Science Degree
10 25 (3.34%) CEH
11 22 (2.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 19 (2.54%) CRISC
12 19 (2.54%) ISACA
13 15 (2.00%) GIAC
14 14 (1.87%) CCNP
15 12 (1.60%) CCSK
15 12 (1.60%) CompTIA Security+
15 12 (1.60%) PMI Certification
16 11 (1.47%) CCSP
17 10 (1.34%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (23.63%) NIST
2 160 (21.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 90 (12.02%) GDPR
4 59 (7.88%) NIST 800
5 47 (6.28%) PCI DSS
6 45 (6.01%) GRC
7 44 (5.87%) NCSC
8 31 (4.14%) COBIT
9 24 (3.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 24 (3.20%) QA
10 23 (3.07%) SLA
11 21 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials
12 17 (2.27%) Actionable Recommendations
12 17 (2.27%) HIPAA
13 11 (1.47%) PMO
14 8 (1.07%) Accessibility
15 7 (0.93%) ISO 22301
15 7 (0.93%) ISO 31000
16 6 (0.80%) Government Security Classifications
16 6 (0.80%) IASME
System Software
1 65 (8.68%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.07%) Docker
4 5 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.53%) XenApp
6 3 (0.40%) Firmware
7 2 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 32 (4.27%) Terraform
2 26 (3.47%) SCCM
3 22 (2.94%) Ansible
4 19 (2.54%) Kubernetes
5 13 (1.74%) Nessus
6 10 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (1.07%) Kibana
7 8 (1.07%) logstash
8 7 (0.93%) Puppet
9 6 (0.80%) Progress Chef
10 5 (0.67%) CASB
11 4 (0.53%) CSIRT
11 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (0.40%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 3 (0.40%) Grafana
12 3 (0.40%) Packer
12 3 (0.40%) QRadar
12 3 (0.40%) WSUS
13 2 (0.27%) NetBackup
13 2 (0.27%) Nmap
Vendors
1 199 (26.57%) Microsoft
2 23 (3.07%) Cisco
3 22 (2.94%) Oracle
4 21 (2.80%) Google
5 19 (2.54%) ServiceNow
6 17 (2.27%) VMware
7 16 (2.14%) Red Hat
7 16 (2.14%) SAP
8 15 (2.00%) Okta
9 10 (1.34%) Citrix
10 9 (1.20%) CrowdStrike
10 9 (1.20%) Qualys
11 8 (1.07%) Apple
12 7 (0.93%) Computacenter
13 6 (0.80%) Rapid7
13 6 (0.80%) Splunk
13 6 (0.80%) Workday
14 5 (0.67%) Atlassian
14 5 (0.67%) Reuters
14 5 (0.67%) SolarWinds