Information Security Contracts in Sheffield

Information Security (InfoSec)
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield 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 38 52 46
Rank change year-on-year +14 -6 -15
Contract jobs citing Information Security 16 2 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 4.22% 0.45% 1.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.57% 0.47% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £612 - £595
90th Percentile £702 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £575 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +24.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 350 429 358
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 92.35% 95.55% 92.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 296 287
10th Percentile £375 £363 £350
25th Percentile £420 £475 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £588 £675 £563
90th Percentile £650 £700 £650
South Yorkshire median daily rate £474 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -13.91% +10.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 11
10th Percentile £10.90 £11.05 £9.49
25th Percentile £11.33 £11.13 £12.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £11.50 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +91.30% -28.13% +18.06%
75th Percentile £23.75 £25.88 £18.57
90th Percentile - £34.35 £24.00
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £17.62 £10.63 £16.75
% change year-on-year +65.71% -36.54% +38.83%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Sheffield

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security in Sheffield

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

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

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in Sheffield

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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 5 (31.25%) AWS
1 5 (31.25%) Azure
1 5 (31.25%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (31.25%) HTTPS
General
1 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Public Sector
3 4 (25.00%) Police
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Consultant
2 4 (25.00%) Cloud Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Data Consultant
3 3 (18.75%) Data Protection Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Lead
4 2 (12.50%) Security Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) ServiceNow Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Security Advisor
5 1 (6.25%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) AngularJS
1 3 (18.75%) CSS
1 3 (18.75%) HTML
1 3 (18.75%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) CMDB
1 3 (18.75%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.25%) Operational Technology
2 1 (6.25%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (81.25%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (50.00%) Agile
2 8 (50.00%) Service Management
3 6 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (31.25%) Application Security
4 5 (31.25%) Data Protection
4 5 (31.25%) DevSecOps
4 5 (31.25%) Identity Access Management
5 4 (25.00%) Security Operations
6 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
6 3 (18.75%) DevOps
6 3 (18.75%) Kanban
6 3 (18.75%) Mathematics
6 3 (18.75%) Patch Management
6 3 (18.75%) Problem Management
6 3 (18.75%) Scrum
6 3 (18.75%) Software Engineering
6 3 (18.75%) Test Automation
6 3 (18.75%) User Stories
6 3 (18.75%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
1 3 (18.75%) PowerShell
1 3 (18.75%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 4 (25.00%) CISM
2 4 (25.00%) CISSP
3 3 (18.75%) Degree
3 3 (18.75%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (12.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (12.50%) ISACA
4 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) Data Quality
1 3 (18.75%) GDPR
1 3 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (18.75%) QA
2 2 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (12.50%) Government Security Classifications
2 2 (12.50%) IASME
2 2 (12.50%) NCSC
3 1 (6.25%) GRC
3 1 (6.25%) NIST
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) ServiceNow