Information Security Officer Contracts in London

Information Security Officer
England > London

The median Information Security Officer daily rate in London is £775 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 379 476 590
Rank change year-on-year +97 +114 -141
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Officer 15 13 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.085% 0.050% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% 0.052% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 13 11
10th Percentile £488 - £475
25th Percentile £525 £713 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £800 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +45.45% +22.22%
75th Percentile £1,000 £888 £624
90th Percentile £1,060 - £950
England median daily rate £550 £725 £575
% change year-on-year -24.14% +26.09% +27.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £25.68
England median hourly rate - - £25.68

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 16,466 24,974 36,637
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.32% 95.21% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,897 18,116 26,808
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £444 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £685 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 280 441
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.86 £22.68
Median hourly rate £27.50 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.61% +2.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £46.48 £62.95 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.02 £80.00 £68.75
England median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +95.65% +4.55%

Information Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Information Security Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Officer in London

Information Security Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security Officer in London

Information Security Officer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security Officer in London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security Officer in London

Information Security Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Security Officer in London

Information Security Officer
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Officer within the London region over the 6 months to 10 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
Central London +47 6 £867 +50.70%
Information Security Officer
England

Information Security Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Information Security Officer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Information Security Officer in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) Information Security
2 13 (86.67%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (46.67%) CISSP
4 6 (40.00%) Information Security Management
4 6 (40.00%) Security Management
4 6 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
5 5 (33.33%) Management Information System
5 5 (33.33%) CISM
5 5 (33.33%) DV Cleared
5 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
5 5 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (26.67%) NIST
6 4 (26.67%) Public Sector
6 4 (26.67%) Information Management
6 4 (26.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (26.67%) Cloud Security
7 3 (20.00%) GRC
7 3 (20.00%) Security Operations
8 2 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (13.33%) Virtual Team Management
8 2 (13.33%) Virtual Team
8 2 (13.33%) AWS
8 2 (13.33%) Vulnerability Management
8 2 (13.33%) SIEM
8 2 (13.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (13.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 2 (13.33%) GIAC
8 2 (13.33%) CCSP
8 2 (13.33%) CCNP

Information Security Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) DNS
1 2 (13.33%) SNMP
2 1 (6.67%) Internet
2 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
General
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Public Sector
3 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
4 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Legal
4 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
4 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (13.33%) Operational Technology
2 2 (13.33%) Security Posture
2 2 (13.33%) Virtual Team
3 1 (6.67%) BBC
3 1 (6.67%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (6.67%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Information Security
2 13 (86.67%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (40.00%) Information Security Management
3 6 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 6 (40.00%) Security Management
4 5 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (26.67%) Cloud Security
5 4 (26.67%) Information Management
6 3 (20.00%) Security Operations
7 2 (13.33%) Decision-Making
7 2 (13.33%) Incident Response
7 2 (13.33%) SIEM
7 2 (13.33%) Virtual Team Management
7 2 (13.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 2 (13.33%) Vulnerability Management
8 1 (6.67%) Business Case
8 1 (6.67%) Data Analysis
8 1 (6.67%) Proactive Monitoring
8 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (6.67%) Security Monitoring
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) CISSP
2 5 (33.33%) CISM
2 5 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (13.33%) CCNP
3 2 (13.33%) CCSK
3 2 (13.33%) CCSP
3 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (13.33%) GIAC
4 1 (6.67%) CCA
4 1 (6.67%) CEH
4 1 (6.67%) CISA
4 1 (6.67%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (26.67%) NIST
2 3 (20.00%) GRC
3 2 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (6.67%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (6.67%) GDPR
4 1 (6.67%) PCI DSS
4 1 (6.67%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Cisco
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft