Information Security Contracts in London

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 126 98 159
Rank change year-on-year -28 +61 -7
Contract jobs citing Information Security 341 679 731
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.93% 2.54% 1.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.17% 2.79% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 521 506
10th Percentile £318 £420 £413
25th Percentile £463 £525 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £640 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% -
75th Percentile £738 £764 £675
90th Percentile £875 £835 £775
England median daily rate £583 £618 £575
% change year-on-year -5.59% +7.39% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 6
10th Percentile £18.45 £43.00 £19.92
25th Percentile £22.14 £47.50 £25.82
Median hourly rate £24.59 £55.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -55.29% +100.00% +37.50%
75th Percentile £25.00 £62.50 £36.25
90th Percentile - £67.00 £40.13
England median hourly rate £19.50 £75.75 £67.50
% change year-on-year -74.26% +12.22% +164.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,690 24,329 35,947
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.66% 90.98% 92.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,247 17,488 26,241
10th Percentile £338 £375 £389
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 322 276 422
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.50 £17.28
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.48 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.50 £39.00 £36.75
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +6.12% +12.47%
75th Percentile £47.34 £63.81 £50.94
90th Percentile £65.68 £80.00 £68.75
England median hourly rate £36.33 £36.40 £24.35
% change year-on-year -0.18% +49.47% +3.62%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in London

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security in London

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in London

Information Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Security in London

Information Security
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 5 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 +14 72 £625 -4.58% 15
East London -11 5 £775 +3.33% 4
West London +14 1 £325 -45.83% 4
South London +11 1 - - 2
Information Security
England

Information Security
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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (3.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (3.23%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.47%) Apache
4 4 (1.17%) IIS
5 2 (0.59%) Apache Solr
5 2 (0.59%) Confluence
5 2 (0.59%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.29%) IBM Notes
6 1 (0.29%) nginx
6 1 (0.29%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.29%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (4.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (4.40%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (3.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.76%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.29%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 62 (18.18%) Azure
2 42 (12.32%) AWS
3 32 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (8.50%) SaaS
5 19 (5.57%) GCP
6 18 (5.28%) IaaS
7 12 (3.52%) Entra ID
8 7 (2.05%) GitHub
8 7 (2.05%) Mimecast
9 6 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.76%) PaaS
10 4 (1.17%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (1.17%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.17%) OneDrive
10 4 (1.17%) Power Platform
11 3 (0.88%) Serverless
12 2 (0.59%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (0.59%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.59%) ShareGate
12 2 (0.59%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 33 (9.68%) Firewall
2 32 (9.38%) Network Security
3 17 (4.99%) DNS
4 9 (2.64%) VPN
5 7 (2.05%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.76%) DHCP
6 6 (1.76%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (1.17%) Internet
7 4 (1.17%) WAN
8 3 (0.88%) MPLS
8 3 (0.88%) VoIP
8 3 (0.88%) Wireless
9 2 (0.59%) HTTP
9 2 (0.59%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.59%) Intranet
9 2 (0.59%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.59%) LAN
9 2 (0.59%) OSPF
9 2 (0.59%) SCCP
9 2 (0.59%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.35%) Oracle Database
2 6 (1.76%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.47%) MySQL
4 3 (0.88%) Apache Cassandra
4 3 (0.88%) Big Data
4 3 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.88%) GIS
4 3 (0.88%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.88%) Spatial Data
5 2 (0.59%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (0.59%) Hadoop
5 2 (0.59%) Metadata
5 2 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.59%) Power BI
5 2 (0.59%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.59%) Redis
6 1 (0.29%) DB2
6 1 (0.29%) Neo4j
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.29%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 19 (5.57%) Jenkins
2 14 (4.11%) GitLab
3 9 (2.64%) JIRA
4 7 (2.05%) Maven
5 2 (0.59%) CircleCI
5 2 (0.59%) Git
5 2 (0.59%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.59%) RStudio
6 1 (0.29%) AppScan
6 1 (0.29%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.29%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.29%) Subversion
General
1 125 (36.66%) Finance
2 104 (30.50%) Social Skills
3 42 (12.32%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (9.68%) Banking
5 30 (8.80%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.11%) Legal
7 11 (3.23%) Financial Institution
7 11 (3.23%) Law
7 11 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (2.64%) Marketing
9 8 (2.35%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.35%) Telecoms
10 7 (2.05%) Retail
11 5 (1.47%) Front Office
11 5 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.47%) Retail Banking
12 4 (1.17%) Local Government
12 4 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.88%) Advertising
13 3 (0.88%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 53 (15.54%) Analyst
2 50 (14.66%) Architect
3 39 (11.44%) Security Architect
4 38 (11.14%) Consultant
5 32 (9.38%) Security Consultant
6 31 (9.09%) Security Manager
7 29 (8.50%) Senior
8 20 (5.87%) Security Engineer
9 18 (5.28%) Security Analyst
10 17 (4.99%) Information Security Consultant
11 15 (4.40%) Information Security Officer
11 15 (4.40%) Security Officer
12 14 (4.11%) Information Security Manager
12 14 (4.11%) Project Manager
13 13 (3.81%) Chief Information Security Officer
13 13 (3.81%) Developer
13 13 (3.81%) Information Manager
13 13 (3.81%) Lead
13 13 (3.81%) Security Specialist
14 11 (3.23%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.35%) SailPoint
2 7 (2.05%) Hibernate
2 7 (2.05%) JPA
3 5 (1.47%) LDAP
4 4 (1.17%) CSS
4 4 (1.17%) HTML
5 3 (0.88%) .NET
5 3 (0.88%) SAML
5 3 (0.88%) XML
6 2 (0.59%) Kafka
6 2 (0.59%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (0.59%) Web Services
7 1 (0.29%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.29%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.29%) JSON
7 1 (0.29%) Node.js
7 1 (0.29%) REST
7 1 (0.29%) RESTful
7 1 (0.29%) WPF
7 1 (0.29%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 69 (20.23%) Management Information System
2 20 (5.87%) Security Posture
3 19 (5.57%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (2.64%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (2.35%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.35%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (2.05%) Cyber Defence
7 6 (1.76%) Hedge funds
7 6 (1.76%) Learning Management System
7 6 (1.76%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 5 (1.47%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.17%) CMDB
9 4 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.17%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.17%) PKI
9 4 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.88%) iPad
10 3 (0.88%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 40 (11.73%) Windows
2 17 (4.99%) Linux
3 9 (2.64%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.35%) Unix
5 4 (1.17%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.88%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.59%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (38.42%) Cybersecurity
2 65 (19.06%) Risk Management
3 51 (14.96%) Cloud Security
4 45 (13.20%) Problem-Solving
5 38 (11.14%) Project Management
5 38 (11.14%) Security Architecture
6 37 (10.85%) Agile
6 37 (10.85%) Security Operations
7 35 (10.26%) Security Management
8 33 (9.68%) Data Protection
8 33 (9.68%) Information Security Management
8 33 (9.68%) SIEM
9 32 (9.38%) Incident Response
10 31 (9.09%) Identity Access Management
10 31 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
11 30 (8.80%) Penetration Testing
12 28 (8.21%) Roadmaps
13 27 (7.92%) Computer Science
13 27 (7.92%) DevOps
13 27 (7.92%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (5.57%) PowerShell
2 14 (4.11%) Java
2 14 (4.11%) Python
2 14 (4.11%) SQL
3 7 (2.05%) JavaScript
4 3 (0.88%) Bash
4 3 (0.88%) C++
5 2 (0.59%) C#
5 2 (0.59%) Go
5 2 (0.59%) PL/SQL
5 2 (0.59%) R
5 2 (0.59%) Ruby
6 1 (0.29%) Gremlin
6 1 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.29%) Perl
6 1 (0.29%) Scala
6 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 77 (22.58%) CISSP
2 60 (17.60%) CISM
3 55 (16.13%) Degree
4 35 (10.26%) Security Cleared
5 24 (7.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (6.74%) CISA
6 23 (6.74%) SC Cleared
7 15 (4.40%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (3.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 12 (3.52%) CRISC
9 11 (3.23%) DV Cleared
9 11 (3.23%) GIAC
10 10 (2.93%) CREST Certified
11 9 (2.64%) TOGAF Certification
12 8 (2.35%) CEH
13 7 (2.05%) CCSK
13 7 (2.05%) PMI Certification
13 7 (2.05%) PMP
14 5 (1.47%) CCSP
14 5 (1.47%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (24.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 67 (19.65%) NIST
3 33 (9.68%) GRC
4 26 (7.62%) GDPR
5 19 (5.57%) NCSC
6 18 (5.28%) PCI DSS
7 17 (4.99%) QA
8 15 (4.40%) COBIT
9 8 (2.35%) NIST 800
9 8 (2.35%) PMO
9 8 (2.35%) SLA
10 7 (2.05%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (2.05%) ISO 22301
10 7 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 5 (1.47%) ISO 31000
11 5 (1.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 2 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.59%) HIPAA
System Software
1 40 (11.73%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.35%) Docker
3 4 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.88%) Firmware
5 2 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.59%) XenApp
6 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 22 (6.45%) Terraform
2 14 (4.11%) SCCM
3 12 (3.52%) Ansible
3 12 (3.52%) Kubernetes
4 8 (2.35%) Nessus
5 5 (1.47%) CASB
6 4 (1.17%) Progress Chef
6 4 (1.17%) Puppet
6 4 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.88%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.88%) Packer
8 2 (0.59%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.59%) Grafana
8 2 (0.59%) Kibana
8 2 (0.59%) logstash
8 2 (0.59%) QRadar
8 2 (0.59%) WSUS
9 1 (0.29%) Ganglia
9 1 (0.29%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 78 (22.87%) Microsoft
2 21 (6.16%) Oracle
3 14 (4.11%) Google
4 13 (3.81%) ServiceNow
5 10 (2.93%) Qualys
6 9 (2.64%) Cisco
7 7 (2.05%) Okta
7 7 (2.05%) SAP
7 7 (2.05%) VMware
8 6 (1.76%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (1.76%) Workday
9 4 (1.17%) Apple
9 4 (1.17%) Citrix
9 4 (1.17%) Rapid7
10 3 (0.88%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.88%) ESRI
10 3 (0.88%) McAfee
10 3 (0.88%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.88%) Polycom
10 3 (0.88%) SolarWinds