Information Security Contracts in the UK excluding London

Information Security (InfoSec)
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 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 113 118
Rank change year-on-year +2 +5 +6
Contract jobs citing Information Security 414 509 665
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.02% 2.17% 2.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.39% 2.42% 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 363 447
10th Percentile £413 £325 £360
25th Percentile £500 £450 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £763
UK median daily rate £582 £610 £575
% change year-on-year -4.59% +6.09% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 25 17
10th Percentile £12.75 £17.59 £14.88
25th Percentile £16.36 £31.41 £66.25
Median hourly rate £18.00 £76.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -76.47% +2.00% +194.12%
75th Percentile £19.75 £83.40 -
90th Percentile £26.09 - £79.91
UK median hourly rate £19.50 £75.00 £63.50
% change year-on-year -74.00% +18.11% +149.02%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,297 21,007 27,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.45% 89.55% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,312 14,549 18,866
10th Percentile £250 £256 £235
25th Percentile £378 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,055 1,290 1,325
10th Percentile £12.32 £11.00 £12.22
25th Percentile £15.17 £15.41 £14.00
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 £46.17
90th Percentile £72.90 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the UK excluding London

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security in the UK excluding London

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in the UK excluding London

Information Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Security in the UK excluding London

Information Security
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Information Security in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Information Security in the UK excluding London

Information Security
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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 +13 122 £540 -11.48% 72
North of England +41 103 £575 +4.55% 66
South West +18 88 £582 -6.88% 44
Midlands +19 64 £600 +7.14% 60
North West +15 57 £550 - 31
Scotland +36 55 £543 - 18
West Midlands -3 43 £600 +2.13% 31
Yorkshire +35 42 £579 +5.18% 27
East Midlands +34 19 £400 -27.27% 29
East of England -33 10 £450 +1.41% 34
North East +16 4 £525 -12.50% 8
Wales +8 3 £638 +96.15% 6
Information Security
UK

Information Security
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (0.97%) Apache Solr
1 4 (0.97%) nginx
1 4 (0.97%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.24%) Apache
2 1 (0.24%) Confluence
2 1 (0.24%) EPiServer
2 1 (0.24%) IIS
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
2 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (3.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.24%) Camtasia
4 1 (0.24%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (0.48%) SAP CRM
1 2 (0.48%) SAP IS-U
1 2 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 51 (12.32%) Azure
2 31 (7.49%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (6.52%) AWS
4 19 (4.59%) SaaS
5 15 (3.62%) IaaS
6 12 (2.90%) PaaS
7 11 (2.66%) GCP
8 9 (2.17%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (1.21%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (0.97%) Power Platform
11 3 (0.72%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.48%) Google Workspace
12 2 (0.48%) Mimecast
13 1 (0.24%) Amazon EC2
13 1 (0.24%) AWS CloudFormation
13 1 (0.24%) Azure DevOps
13 1 (0.24%) Entra ID
13 1 (0.24%) GitHub
13 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Purview
13 1 (0.24%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 62 (14.98%) Network Security
2 24 (5.80%) Firewall
3 18 (4.35%) Intrusion Detection
4 12 (2.90%) VPN
5 10 (2.42%) Wireless
6 9 (2.17%) HTTPS
6 9 (2.17%) TCP/IP
7 8 (1.93%) DNS
8 7 (1.69%) LAN
8 7 (1.69%) WAN
9 5 (1.21%) SAN
10 4 (0.97%) IPsec
10 4 (0.97%) SCCP
11 3 (0.72%) Internet
11 3 (0.72%) Intranet
12 2 (0.48%) Fibre Channel
12 2 (0.48%) Software-Defined Networking
12 2 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
13 1 (0.24%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 1 (0.24%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.11%) Big Data
2 5 (1.21%) MySQL
3 4 (0.97%) Couchbase
3 4 (0.97%) NoSQL
3 4 (0.97%) Power BI
4 2 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.48%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (0.48%) GIS
4 2 (0.48%) Hadoop
4 2 (0.48%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (0.24%) Metadata
5 1 (0.24%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.24%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (1.21%) JIRA
2 2 (0.48%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.24%) Android Studio
3 1 (0.24%) AppScan
3 1 (0.24%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.24%) Git
3 1 (0.24%) GitLab
3 1 (0.24%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.24%) MSI
3 1 (0.24%) Postman
3 1 (0.24%) Robot Framework
3 1 (0.24%) Selenium
3 1 (0.24%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.24%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.24%) SpecFlow
3 1 (0.24%) Subversion
3 1 (0.24%) WebDriver
3 1 (0.24%) Xcode
General
1 121 (29.23%) Social Skills
2 84 (20.29%) Public Sector
3 65 (15.70%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (12.80%) Finance
5 41 (9.90%) Legal
6 28 (6.76%) Telecoms
7 19 (4.59%) Manufacturing
8 18 (4.35%) Police
9 14 (3.38%) Law
10 11 (2.66%) Marketing
11 10 (2.42%) Military
11 10 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.45%) Banking
12 6 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.21%) Electronics
13 5 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.97%) Billing
14 4 (0.97%) Retail
15 1 (0.24%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 82 (19.81%) Analyst
2 49 (11.84%) Consultant
3 44 (10.63%) Lead
4 37 (8.94%) Architect
5 31 (7.49%) Security Analyst
6 30 (7.25%) Security Consultant
7 28 (6.76%) Senior
8 27 (6.52%) Project Manager
9 24 (5.80%) Security Architect
10 20 (4.83%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 20 (4.83%) SOC Analyst
11 16 (3.86%) Security Manager
12 14 (3.38%) Cyber Defence Analyst
12 14 (3.38%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 14 (3.38%) IT Manager
13 11 (2.66%) Information Analyst
13 11 (2.66%) Information Manager
13 11 (2.66%) Information Security Analyst
13 11 (2.66%) Security Specialist
13 11 (2.66%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.62%) Apache NiFi
2 6 (1.45%) HTML
2 6 (1.45%) JSON
3 5 (1.21%) YAML
4 4 (0.97%) CSS
4 4 (0.97%) LEMP Stack
4 4 (0.97%) RabbitMQ
5 3 (0.72%) .NET
5 3 (0.72%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.72%) Elastic Stack
5 3 (0.72%) LDAP
6 2 (0.48%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.24%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.24%) HTML5
7 1 (0.24%) REST
7 1 (0.24%) RESTful
7 1 (0.24%) Swagger
7 1 (0.24%) Web Services
7 1 (0.24%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 157 (37.92%) Management Information System
2 63 (15.22%) Cyber Defence
3 49 (11.84%) Cyber Threat
4 39 (9.42%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 35 (8.45%) Security Operations Centre
6 17 (4.11%) CSOC
6 17 (4.11%) Distributed Applications
7 12 (2.90%) Data Centre
7 12 (2.90%) Operational Technology
8 11 (2.66%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (2.42%) Security Posture
9 10 (2.42%) Virtual Team
10 9 (2.17%) CMDB
11 8 (1.93%) CESG
12 5 (1.21%) Cloud Native
12 5 (1.21%) PMI
13 4 (0.97%) IoT
13 4 (0.97%) iPhone
14 3 (0.72%) Cyberattack
14 3 (0.72%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 48 (11.59%) Windows
2 30 (7.25%) Linux
3 24 (5.80%) Apple iOS
4 21 (5.07%) Android
5 15 (3.62%) Unix
6 14 (3.38%) Windows 10
7 11 (2.66%) Windows 7
8 8 (1.93%) Windows Server
9 4 (0.97%) CentOS
10 2 (0.48%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.48%) Solaris
11 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (50.48%) Cybersecurity
2 90 (21.74%) SIEM
3 78 (18.84%) Security Operations
4 77 (18.60%) Risk Management
5 74 (17.87%) Incident Response
6 64 (15.46%) Incident Management
7 61 (14.73%) Threat Intelligence
8 56 (13.53%) Use Case
9 55 (13.29%) Security Architecture
10 50 (12.08%) Problem-Solving
11 48 (11.59%) Vulnerability Management
12 47 (11.35%) MITRE ATT&CK
13 46 (11.11%) Mentoring
14 45 (10.87%) Agile
15 44 (10.63%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
16 42 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
16 42 (10.14%) Data Protection
16 42 (10.14%) ITIL
17 37 (8.94%) CRM
17 37 (8.94%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 19 (4.59%) PowerShell
2 10 (2.42%) Python
3 8 (1.93%) Swift
4 5 (1.21%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.97%) Bash
5 4 (0.97%) Perl
5 4 (0.97%) PHP
5 4 (0.97%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.48%) AWK
6 2 (0.48%) Bourne shell
6 2 (0.48%) C#
6 2 (0.48%) Java
6 2 (0.48%) Julia
6 2 (0.48%) Korn
6 2 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 159 (38.41%) Security Cleared
2 86 (20.77%) DV Cleared
3 70 (16.91%) CISSP
4 63 (15.22%) SC Cleared
5 55 (13.29%) CISM
6 35 (8.45%) Degree
7 21 (5.07%) CISA
8 16 (3.86%) ISACA
9 13 (3.14%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (3.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 12 (2.90%) CEH
11 10 (2.42%) CompTIA Security+
12 9 (2.17%) CCNP
12 9 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (2.17%) CRISC
12 9 (2.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 9 (2.17%) SSCP
13 8 (1.93%) CISMP
14 7 (1.69%) CCNA
14 7 (1.69%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (26.57%) NIST
2 95 (22.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 62 (14.98%) GDPR
4 45 (10.87%) NIST 800
5 27 (6.52%) PCI DSS
6 24 (5.80%) NCSC
7 17 (4.11%) Cyber Essentials
8 16 (3.86%) COBIT
9 15 (3.62%) Actionable Recommendations
9 15 (3.62%) GRC
9 15 (3.62%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 15 (3.62%) SLA
10 14 (3.38%) HIPAA
11 9 (2.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 9 (2.17%) QA
12 7 (1.69%) Accessibility
12 7 (1.69%) Disclosure Scotland
13 6 (1.45%) Government Security Classifications
14 5 (1.21%) IASME
15 3 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 20 (4.83%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.48%) XenApp
4 1 (0.24%) Docker
4 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (2.66%) SCCM
2 9 (2.17%) Ansible
2 9 (2.17%) Terraform
3 5 (1.21%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.21%) Nessus
4 3 (0.72%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 3 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.48%) Kibana
5 2 (0.48%) logstash
5 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.48%) NetBackup
5 2 (0.48%) Network Intrusion Detection System
5 2 (0.48%) Oracle ZFS
5 2 (0.48%) Puppet
5 2 (0.48%) Red Hat Satellite
5 2 (0.48%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (0.48%) yum
6 1 (0.24%) Graylog
6 1 (0.24%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.24%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 111 (26.81%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.86%) Red Hat
3 13 (3.14%) Cisco
4 9 (2.17%) VMware
5 8 (1.93%) Okta
6 7 (1.69%) Google
6 7 (1.69%) SAP
7 6 (1.45%) Citrix
7 6 (1.45%) Computacenter
7 6 (1.45%) Qualys
8 5 (1.21%) Reuters
8 5 (1.21%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.21%) Splunk
9 3 (0.72%) Apple
9 3 (0.72%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.72%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (0.72%) Juniper
9 3 (0.72%) Rapid7
10 2 (0.48%) Darktrace
10 2 (0.48%) Databricks