Information Security Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Information Security Management
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Information Security Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security Management over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 364 404 453
Rank change year-on-year +40 +49 -79
Contract jobs citing Information Security Management 25 50 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.21% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.24% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 37 40
10th Percentile £473 £463 £411
25th Percentile £510 £525 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £588
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +2.13% +11.90%
75th Percentile £588 £681 £688
90th Percentile £623 £754 £725
UK median daily rate £604 £593 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% +7.82% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Information Security Management 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,155 20,842 27,286
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.38% 89.51% 89.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,227 14,395 19,059
10th Percentile £250 £256 £238
25th Percentile £378 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.29%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £653
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,053 1,276 1,366
10th Percentile £12.31 £10.93 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.40 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £47.16
90th Percentile £72.82 £73.75 £60.46
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.29% +41.73% +4.82%

Information Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Management in the UK excluding London

Information Security Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Security Management in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Information Security Management in the UK excluding London

Information Security Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security Management in the UK excluding London

Information Security Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Security Management in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Information Security Management in the UK excluding London

Information Security Management
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
South East +19 15 £500 -24.81% 11
Scotland +28 7 £590 -1.75%
North of England +22 2 £575 +12.20% 4
North West +27 1 £575 -6.12% 1
Midlands +24 1 £575 +17.35% 5
West Midlands +21 1 £575 +17.35% 2
Yorkshire +19 1 £575 +21.05% 1
East of England - 1 - - 2
Information Security Management
UK

Information Security Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 3 (12.00%) Azure
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.00%) IaaS
2 1 (4.00%) PaaS
2 1 (4.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (52.00%) Network Security
2 3 (12.00%) Firewall
3 1 (4.00%) SCCP
3 1 (4.00%) VPN
General
1 9 (36.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (12.00%) Police
2 3 (12.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (8.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Billing
4 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.00%) Legal
4 1 (4.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (44.00%) Consultant
1 11 (44.00%) Security Consultant
2 9 (36.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 5 (20.00%) Lead
4 4 (16.00%) Architect
4 4 (16.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 4 (16.00%) Security Architect
5 2 (8.00%) Azure Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Cloud Security Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Lead Consultant
5 2 (8.00%) Lead Security Consultant
5 2 (8.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Security Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Senior
6 1 (4.00%) Information Specialist
6 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
6 1 (4.00%) Migration Specialist
6 1 (4.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
6 1 (4.00%) Telecoms Architect
Miscellaneous
1 10 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 9 (36.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.00%) Cyberattack
3 1 (4.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Linux
1 1 (4.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (100.00%) Information Security
1 25 (100.00%) Security Management
2 18 (72.00%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (48.00%) Risk Management
4 10 (40.00%) ISMS
4 10 (40.00%) ITIL
4 10 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 9 (36.00%) Application Security
5 9 (36.00%) Identity Access Management
5 9 (36.00%) OWASP
5 9 (36.00%) Risk Assessment
5 9 (36.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (32.00%) Conflict Resolution
7 7 (28.00%) Budget Management
7 7 (28.00%) Budgeting
7 7 (28.00%) Capacity Management
7 7 (28.00%) Project Planning
7 7 (28.00%) Roadmaps
8 4 (16.00%) Data Protection
8 4 (16.00%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 10 (40.00%) CISSP
2 9 (36.00%) CISM
3 7 (28.00%) ISACA
3 7 (28.00%) Security Cleared
4 6 (24.00%) SC Cleared
5 5 (20.00%) CISA
5 5 (20.00%) CRISC
5 5 (20.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 4 (16.00%) CGEIT
7 2 (8.00%) DV Cleared
7 2 (8.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 1 (4.00%) CLAS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (52.00%) NIST
2 10 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (36.00%) COBIT
3 9 (36.00%) GDPR
4 3 (12.00%) Government Security Classifications
4 3 (12.00%) NCSC
5 1 (4.00%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.00%) VMware