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 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 106 139
Rank change year-on-year -3 +33 +1
Contract jobs citing Information Security 736 1,124 1,405
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.02% 2.34% 1.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.35% 2.60% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 447 844 954
10th Percentile £358 £400 £390
25th Percentile £463 £509 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £621 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.42% +8.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £700 £726 £675
90th Percentile £811 £823 £774
UK median daily rate £584 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -2.67% +4.39% +9.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 27 23
10th Percentile £12.75 £17.72 £17.94
25th Percentile £17.72 £35.71 £26.25
Median hourly rate £19.50 £75.00 £59.50
Median % change year-on-year -74.00% +26.05% +133.33%
75th Percentile £23.89 £83.40 £75.00
90th Percentile £37.08 - £78.23
UK median hourly rate £19.50 £75.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -74.00% +50.00% +96.08%

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 31,359 43,239 64,479
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.26% 90.08% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,563 30,348 45,861
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £767 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,244 1,528 1,759
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.02 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.77 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.73% +47.08% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.76% +40.19% +7.00%

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 21 May 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 21 May 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 21 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
London -24 364 £600 -7.34% 195
South East +5 121 £555 -9.02% 84
North of England +31 92 £582 +5.82% 86
South West +13 89 £582 -9.77% 47
Midlands +1 56 £613 +9.38% 91
North West +20 52 £566 +2.91% 34
Yorkshire +28 36 £582 +1.66% 43
West Midlands -17 35 £634 +7.87% 50
East Midlands +28 19 £400 -27.27% 41
East of England -29 10 £450 +9.09% 34
North East +13 4 £525 -12.50% 9
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 17 (2.31%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.82%) Apache Solr
4 5 (0.68%) Apache
4 5 (0.68%) nginx
5 4 (0.54%) IIS
6 3 (0.41%) Confluence
7 2 (0.27%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.14%) IBM Notes
8 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 32 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (3.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.54%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.14%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.14%) Camtasia
6 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (0.27%) SAP CRM
1 2 (0.27%) SAP IS-U
1 2 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.14%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 131 (17.80%) Azure
2 92 (12.50%) AWS
3 68 (9.24%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (6.79%) SaaS
5 38 (5.16%) GCP
5 38 (5.16%) IaaS
6 21 (2.85%) PaaS
7 20 (2.72%) Entra ID
8 19 (2.58%) Azure Sentinel
9 10 (1.36%) Mimecast
10 9 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (1.22%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (1.09%) OneDrive
12 7 (0.95%) GitHub
13 6 (0.82%) Serverless
14 5 (0.68%) Power Platform
15 3 (0.41%) Amazon S3
15 3 (0.41%) AWS Lambda
15 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Purview
15 3 (0.41%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 97 (13.18%) Network Security
2 58 (7.88%) Firewall
3 26 (3.53%) DNS
4 25 (3.40%) Intrusion Detection
5 23 (3.13%) VPN
6 17 (2.31%) TCP/IP
7 14 (1.90%) WAN
8 13 (1.77%) HTTPS
9 12 (1.63%) Wireless
10 11 (1.49%) LAN
11 8 (1.09%) Internet
12 7 (0.95%) DHCP
13 6 (0.82%) Kerberos
14 5 (0.68%) Intranet
14 5 (0.68%) IPsec
14 5 (0.68%) SAN
14 5 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
15 4 (0.54%) MPLS
15 4 (0.54%) VoIP
16 3 (0.41%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (2.58%) Big Data
2 9 (1.22%) MySQL
3 8 (1.09%) Oracle Database
4 7 (0.95%) SQL Server
5 6 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (0.68%) GIS
6 5 (0.68%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.54%) Couchbase
7 4 (0.54%) Hadoop
8 3 (0.41%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.41%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.41%) Metadata
8 3 (0.41%) Power BI
8 3 (0.41%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.41%) Spatial Data
9 2 (0.27%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.27%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.27%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 21 (2.85%) Jenkins
2 16 (2.17%) GitLab
3 15 (2.04%) JIRA
4 7 (0.95%) Maven
5 4 (0.54%) Postman
6 3 (0.41%) Git
7 2 (0.27%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.27%) RStudio
7 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.14%) Android Studio
8 1 (0.14%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.14%) MSI
8 1 (0.14%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.14%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.14%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.14%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.14%) Xcode
General
1 219 (29.76%) Social Skills
2 188 (25.54%) Finance
3 114 (15.49%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (9.38%) Public Sector
5 53 (7.20%) Legal
6 40 (5.43%) Banking
7 37 (5.03%) Telecoms
8 27 (3.67%) Manufacturing
9 23 (3.13%) Law
10 20 (2.72%) Marketing
10 20 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (1.77%) Retail
12 11 (1.49%) Financial Institution
12 11 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (1.36%) Front Office
13 10 (1.36%) Military
14 8 (1.09%) Electronics
14 8 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.82%) Police
Job Titles
1 123 (16.71%) Analyst
2 102 (13.86%) Architect
3 78 (10.60%) Security Architect
4 68 (9.24%) Consultant
5 53 (7.20%) Security Consultant
6 50 (6.79%) Lead
7 46 (6.25%) Senior
8 43 (5.84%) Security Manager
9 39 (5.30%) Project Manager
10 38 (5.16%) Security Engineer
11 37 (5.03%) Security Analyst
12 31 (4.21%) SOC Analyst
13 25 (3.40%) Information Manager
14 24 (3.26%) Information Security Manager
15 23 (3.13%) Information Security Consultant
15 23 (3.13%) Security Specialist
16 22 (2.99%) Security Officer
17 21 (2.85%) Information Security Officer
18 19 (2.58%) Developer
19 18 (2.45%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (1.90%) Apache NiFi
2 11 (1.49%) HTML
2 11 (1.49%) LDAP
3 9 (1.22%) CSS
4 8 (1.09%) SailPoint
5 7 (0.95%) .NET
5 7 (0.95%) Elastic Stack
5 7 (0.95%) Hibernate
5 7 (0.95%) JPA
5 7 (0.95%) JSON
6 6 (0.82%) RabbitMQ
6 6 (0.82%) SAML
6 6 (0.82%) Web Services
6 6 (0.82%) YAML
7 4 (0.54%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.54%) LEMP Stack
7 4 (0.54%) XML
8 3 (0.41%) .NET Framework
8 3 (0.41%) EDI
8 3 (0.41%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 214 (29.08%) Management Information System
2 74 (10.05%) Cyber Defence
3 72 (9.78%) Cyber Threat
4 48 (6.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 44 (5.98%) Security Operations Centre
6 31 (4.21%) Security Posture
7 18 (2.45%) Data Protection Act
8 17 (2.31%) CSOC
9 16 (2.17%) Distributed Applications
10 15 (2.04%) Operational Technology
11 13 (1.77%) CMDB
11 13 (1.77%) Data Centre
11 13 (1.77%) Onboarding
12 12 (1.63%) Virtual Team
13 11 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (1.49%) Product Ownership
14 8 (1.09%) CESG
14 8 (1.09%) Cloud Native
15 7 (0.95%) Hedge funds
15 7 (0.95%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 91 (12.36%) Windows
2 46 (6.25%) Linux
3 26 (3.53%) Apple iOS
4 23 (3.13%) Unix
5 21 (2.85%) Windows Server
6 19 (2.58%) Windows 10
7 18 (2.45%) Android
8 13 (1.77%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.54%) CentOS
9 4 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.41%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.27%) Solaris
11 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 318 (43.21%) Cybersecurity
2 138 (18.75%) Risk Management
3 123 (16.71%) SIEM
4 121 (16.44%) Security Operations
5 111 (15.08%) Incident Response
6 102 (13.86%) Problem-Solving
7 93 (12.64%) Agile
8 91 (12.36%) Security Architecture
9 79 (10.73%) Cloud Security
10 76 (10.33%) Incident Management
10 76 (10.33%) Threat Intelligence
11 71 (9.65%) Identity Access Management
12 69 (9.38%) Vulnerability Management
13 68 (9.24%) Project Management
14 66 (8.97%) Continuous Improvement
15 65 (8.83%) Data Protection
15 65 (8.83%) Stakeholder Management
15 65 (8.83%) Use Case
16 61 (8.29%) MITRE ATT&CK
17 59 (8.02%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (5.43%) PowerShell
2 32 (4.35%) Python
3 24 (3.26%) Java
4 15 (2.04%) JavaScript
4 15 (2.04%) SQL
5 8 (1.09%) Swift
6 7 (0.95%) Bash
6 7 (0.95%) Perl
7 6 (0.82%) C++
8 4 (0.54%) C#
8 4 (0.54%) Go
8 4 (0.54%) PHP
9 3 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.41%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.27%) AWK
10 2 (0.27%) Bourne shell
10 2 (0.27%) Korn
10 2 (0.27%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.27%) R
10 2 (0.27%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 181 (24.59%) Security Cleared
2 144 (19.57%) CISSP
3 115 (15.63%) CISM
4 101 (13.72%) DV Cleared
5 95 (12.91%) Degree
6 83 (11.28%) SC Cleared
7 48 (6.52%) CISA
8 36 (4.89%) Computer Science Degree
9 25 (3.40%) CEH
9 25 (3.40%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (2.17%) ISACA
11 15 (2.04%) CRISC
12 14 (1.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 13 (1.77%) CCNP
13 13 (1.77%) GIAC
14 12 (1.63%) CCSP
14 12 (1.63%) CompTIA Security+
15 11 (1.49%) PMI Certification
16 10 (1.36%) CREST Certified
16 10 (1.36%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (23.51%) NIST
2 151 (20.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 79 (10.73%) GDPR
4 56 (7.61%) NIST 800
5 44 (5.98%) GRC
5 44 (5.98%) PCI DSS
6 36 (4.89%) NCSC
7 31 (4.21%) COBIT
7 31 (4.21%) QA
8 21 (2.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 21 (2.85%) SLA
9 18 (2.45%) Cyber Essentials
10 16 (2.17%) Actionable Recommendations
10 16 (2.17%) HIPAA
11 8 (1.09%) Accessibility
11 8 (1.09%) Data Quality
12 7 (0.95%) PMO
13 5 (0.68%) ISO 22301
13 5 (0.68%) ISO 31000
13 5 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 65 (8.83%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.63%) Docker
4 9 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.54%) Firmware
5 4 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.54%) XenApp
6 2 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 35 (4.76%) Terraform
2 29 (3.94%) SCCM
3 19 (2.58%) Ansible
4 17 (2.31%) Kubernetes
5 13 (1.77%) Nessus
6 12 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (1.09%) CASB
7 8 (1.09%) Kibana
7 8 (1.09%) logstash
8 7 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (0.68%) Puppet
10 4 (0.54%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.54%) QRadar
11 3 (0.41%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 3 (0.41%) CSIRT
11 3 (0.41%) Packer
11 3 (0.41%) Podman
11 3 (0.41%) WSUS
12 2 (0.27%) NetBackup
12 2 (0.27%) Nmap
Vendors
1 192 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 22 (2.99%) Cisco
2 22 (2.99%) Google
2 22 (2.99%) Oracle
3 19 (2.58%) ServiceNow
4 18 (2.45%) Red Hat
5 16 (2.17%) VMware
6 15 (2.04%) Okta
6 15 (2.04%) SAP
7 11 (1.49%) CrowdStrike
7 11 (1.49%) Qualys
8 10 (1.36%) Citrix
9 7 (0.95%) Apple
9 7 (0.95%) Palo Alto
9 7 (0.95%) Rapid7
9 7 (0.95%) Workday
10 6 (0.82%) Computacenter
10 6 (0.82%) Splunk
11 5 (0.68%) Atlassian
11 5 (0.68%) Reuters