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 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 113 115 135
Rank change year-on-year +2 +20 -3
Contract jobs citing Information Security 748 1,142 1,424
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.01% 2.22% 1.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.32% 2.47% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 467 841 967
10th Percentile £363 £400 £400
25th Percentile £478 £500 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £582 £615 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.37% +6.96% +12.20%
75th Percentile £698 £713 £675
90th Percentile £775 £800 £770
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 23 25
10th Percentile £13.08 £17.72 £15.55
25th Percentile £18.00 £32.83 £26.25
Median hourly rate £21.25 £76.50 £72.22
Median % change year-on-year -72.22% +5.93% +183.22%
75th Percentile £48.13 £83.40 £75.00
90th Percentile £78.95 - £80.35
UK median hourly rate £19.50 £76.50 £63.50
% change year-on-year -74.51% +20.47% +149.02%

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 32,259 46,317 65,269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.62% 90.21% 90.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,236 32,416 46,341
10th Percentile £300 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £532
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.38% +9.13%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £648
90th Percentile £750 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,219 1,624 1,782
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.78 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.81 £16.54 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £23.96
Median % change year-on-year -6.17% +55.71% -0.19%
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £71.90 £75.00 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -2.78% +44.00% -

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -26 334 £600 -4.00% 205
South East +9 120 £540 -10.00% 85
North of England +47 109 £563 +2.27% 104
South West +41 97 £591 -1.50% 47
North West +20 67 £550 - 65
Midlands +21 60 £600 +3.23% 67
West Midlands +3 40 £600 - 42
Yorkshire +26 38 £575 +4.55% 30
East Midlands +26 19 £400 -15.79% 25
East of England -11 19 £513 +24.24% 30
North East +28 4 £525 +10.53% 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 18 (2.41%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.07%) Apache
4 7 (0.94%) Apache Solr
4 7 (0.94%) nginx
5 6 (0.80%) IIS
6 3 (0.40%) Confluence
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 38 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.67%) 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
2 1 (0.13%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 127 (16.98%) Azure
2 73 (9.76%) AWS
3 70 (9.36%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (6.42%) SaaS
5 35 (4.68%) IaaS
6 24 (3.21%) GCP
7 20 (2.67%) PaaS
8 16 (2.14%) Azure Sentinel
8 16 (2.14%) Entra ID
9 14 (1.87%) GitHub
10 11 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
11 10 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (1.20%) Mimecast
13 7 (0.94%) AWS CloudFormation
14 6 (0.80%) OneDrive
15 4 (0.53%) Serverless
15 4 (0.53%) WhatsApp
16 3 (0.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Purview
16 3 (0.40%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 90 (12.03%) Network Security
2 57 (7.62%) Firewall
3 28 (3.74%) VPN
4 26 (3.48%) DNS
5 18 (2.41%) Intrusion Detection
6 17 (2.27%) LAN
7 15 (2.01%) Wireless
8 12 (1.60%) TCP/IP
9 11 (1.47%) WAN
10 9 (1.20%) DHCP
11 7 (0.94%) Internet
11 7 (0.94%) Intranet
12 5 (0.67%) DMZ
12 5 (0.67%) HTTPS
12 5 (0.67%) IPsec
12 5 (0.67%) Kerberos
12 5 (0.67%) SAN
13 4 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
14 3 (0.40%) BGP
14 3 (0.40%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.14%) Big Data
2 14 (1.87%) MySQL
3 8 (1.07%) SQL Server
4 7 (0.94%) Oracle Database
5 6 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (0.67%) GIS
6 5 (0.67%) Hadoop
6 5 (0.67%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.67%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.53%) Apache Cassandra
7 4 (0.53%) Couchbase
7 4 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.53%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.40%) Metadata
8 3 (0.40%) Redis
8 3 (0.40%) Spatial Data
9 2 (0.27%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.27%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 26 (3.48%) Jenkins
2 23 (3.07%) JIRA
3 20 (2.67%) GitLab
4 8 (1.07%) Git
5 6 (0.80%) Maven
6 3 (0.40%) AppScan
6 3 (0.40%) Burp Suite
6 3 (0.40%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.40%) Subversion
7 2 (0.27%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.27%) RStudio
7 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.13%) Android Studio
8 1 (0.13%) MSI
8 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.13%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.13%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.13%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.13%) Xcode
General
1 223 (29.81%) Social Skills
2 189 (25.27%) Finance
3 96 (12.83%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (12.70%) Public Sector
5 59 (7.89%) Legal
6 41 (5.48%) Banking
7 33 (4.41%) Telecoms
8 27 (3.61%) Law
9 23 (3.07%) Manufacturing
10 21 (2.81%) Marketing
10 21 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
11 19 (2.54%) Police
12 12 (1.60%) Retail
13 11 (1.47%) Financial Institution
14 10 (1.34%) Military
15 9 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 8 (1.07%) Electronics
16 8 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.80%) Front Office
17 6 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 127 (16.98%) Analyst
2 88 (11.76%) Architect
3 87 (11.63%) Consultant
4 64 (8.56%) Security Architect
5 61 (8.16%) Security Consultant
6 53 (7.09%) Senior
7 51 (6.82%) Lead
8 48 (6.42%) Security Manager
9 44 (5.88%) Security Analyst
10 40 (5.35%) Project Manager
11 31 (4.14%) Security Engineer
12 29 (3.88%) SOC Analyst
13 26 (3.48%) Information Manager
13 26 (3.48%) Information Security Consultant
14 24 (3.21%) Information Security Manager
15 22 (2.94%) Security Specialist
16 21 (2.81%) Cybersecurity Consultant
17 19 (2.54%) Information Security Analyst
17 19 (2.54%) Information Security Officer
17 19 (2.54%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.74%) LDAP
2 11 (1.47%) Apache NiFi
3 10 (1.34%) HTML
4 9 (1.20%) Elastic Stack
5 8 (1.07%) CSS
5 8 (1.07%) SailPoint
6 6 (0.80%) Hibernate
6 6 (0.80%) JPA
6 6 (0.80%) JSON
6 6 (0.80%) RabbitMQ
6 6 (0.80%) SAML
7 5 (0.67%) .NET
7 5 (0.67%) YAML
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
1 216 (28.88%) Management Information System
2 72 (9.63%) Cyber Threat
3 71 (9.49%) Cyber Defence
4 48 (6.42%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 43 (5.75%) Security Operations Centre
6 30 (4.01%) Security Posture
7 18 (2.41%) CSOC
8 16 (2.14%) Virtual Team
9 14 (1.87%) CMDB
9 14 (1.87%) Data Centre
9 14 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
10 13 (1.74%) Distributed Applications
10 13 (1.74%) Operational Technology
11 11 (1.47%) Onboarding
12 10 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (1.20%) Cloud Native
14 8 (1.07%) CESG
14 8 (1.07%) iPhone
14 8 (1.07%) Product Ownership
15 6 (0.80%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 96 (12.83%) Windows
2 44 (5.88%) Linux
3 25 (3.34%) Apple iOS
4 19 (2.54%) Windows 10
4 19 (2.54%) Windows Server
5 18 (2.41%) Unix
6 16 (2.14%) Windows 7
7 15 (2.01%) Android
8 4 (0.53%) CentOS
8 4 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.27%) Solaris
11 1 (0.13%) MVS
11 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (41.44%) Cybersecurity
2 141 (18.85%) Risk Management
3 112 (14.97%) SIEM
4 110 (14.71%) Security Operations
5 108 (14.44%) Incident Response
6 100 (13.37%) Problem-Solving
7 92 (12.30%) Agile
8 87 (11.63%) Security Architecture
9 79 (10.56%) Incident Management
10 77 (10.29%) Cloud Security
11 76 (10.16%) Project Management
12 74 (9.89%) Threat Intelligence
13 73 (9.76%) Data Protection
14 65 (8.69%) Use Case
15 63 (8.42%) Continuous Improvement
16 62 (8.29%) Security Management
17 61 (8.16%) Identity Access Management
18 60 (8.02%) MITRE ATT&CK
18 60 (8.02%) Vulnerability Management
19 59 (7.89%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 46 (6.15%) PowerShell
2 35 (4.68%) Python
3 19 (2.54%) Java
4 18 (2.41%) JavaScript
5 14 (1.87%) SQL
6 10 (1.34%) Bash
7 8 (1.07%) Swift
8 7 (0.94%) Go
8 7 (0.94%) Perl
9 4 (0.53%) 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%) Ruby
11 2 (0.27%) AWK
11 2 (0.27%) Bourne shell
11 2 (0.27%) Korn
11 2 (0.27%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.27%) R
Qualifications
1 213 (28.48%) Security Cleared
2 139 (18.58%) CISSP
3 110 (14.71%) CISM
4 108 (14.44%) SC Cleared
5 101 (13.50%) DV Cleared
6 97 (12.97%) Degree
7 42 (5.61%) CISA
8 34 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
9 28 (3.74%) Computer Science Degree
10 23 (3.07%) CEH
11 22 (2.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 20 (2.67%) CRISC
13 18 (2.41%) ISACA
14 15 (2.01%) CCNP
15 13 (1.74%) PMI Certification
16 12 (1.60%) CCSK
17 11 (1.47%) CCNA
17 11 (1.47%) CompTIA Security+
17 11 (1.47%) GIAC
17 11 (1.47%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (23.26%) NIST
2 158 (21.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 86 (11.50%) GDPR
4 57 (7.62%) NIST 800
5 47 (6.28%) GRC
5 47 (6.28%) NCSC
5 47 (6.28%) PCI DSS
6 29 (3.88%) COBIT
7 26 (3.48%) QA
8 24 (3.21%) SLA
9 22 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
9 22 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 17 (2.27%) HIPAA
11 13 (1.74%) Actionable Recommendations
12 11 (1.47%) PMO
13 8 (1.07%) Accessibility
13 8 (1.07%) ISO 22301
14 7 (0.94%) ISO 31000
15 6 (0.80%) Government Security Classifications
15 6 (0.80%) IASME
System Software
1 69 (9.22%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (1.47%) Docker
4 5 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.40%) Firmware
6 3 (0.40%) XenApp
7 2 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.13%) DFS Replication
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 34 (4.55%) Terraform
2 27 (3.61%) Ansible
3 26 (3.48%) SCCM
4 19 (2.54%) Kubernetes
5 14 (1.87%) Nessus
6 11 (1.47%) Puppet
6 11 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (1.34%) Progress Chef
8 8 (1.07%) Kibana
8 8 (1.07%) logstash
9 5 (0.67%) CASB
9 5 (0.67%) CSIRT
9 5 (0.67%) Grafana
9 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.40%) Graylog
10 3 (0.40%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.40%) Packer
10 3 (0.40%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.40%) Salt
10 3 (0.40%) WSUS
Vendors
1 206 (27.54%) Microsoft
2 25 (3.34%) Cisco
3 21 (2.81%) Oracle
4 19 (2.54%) Google
4 19 (2.54%) ServiceNow
5 18 (2.41%) VMware
6 17 (2.27%) SAP
7 15 (2.01%) Okta
8 14 (1.87%) Red Hat
9 10 (1.34%) Citrix
10 9 (1.20%) CrowdStrike
10 9 (1.20%) Qualys
11 8 (1.07%) Apple
11 8 (1.07%) Computacenter
12 6 (0.80%) Atlassian
12 6 (0.80%) SolarWinds
12 6 (0.80%) Splunk
12 6 (0.80%) Workday
13 5 (0.67%) Rapid7
13 5 (0.67%) Reuters