Information Security Governance Contracts

Information Security Governance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Information Security Governance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security Governance over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 572 678 833
Rank change year-on-year +106 +155 -140
Contract jobs citing Information Security Governance 13 15 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.026% 0.018%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.035% 0.029% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 13 14
10th Percentile £494 £453 £413
25th Percentile £508 £525 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £554 £625 £569
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% +9.89% -12.50%
75th Percentile £627 £835 £644
90th Percentile £639 - £672
UK excluding London median daily rate £564 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -6.00% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Information Security Governance 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,956 52,182 79,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.29% 89.83% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,793 36,175 55,967
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,727 1,890
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Information Security Governance
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Governance in the UK

Information Security Governance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security Governance in the UK

Information Security Governance
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security Governance over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security Governance in the UK

Information Security Governance
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Governance within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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
England +102 12 £533 -30.33% 7
London +86 9 £554 -27.58% 6
Work from Home +121 5 £575 -24.84% 1
UK excluding London +72 4 £564 -6.00% 1
South East +20 2 £517 -13.92%
North West - 1 £650 -
Scotland - 1 £595 -
North of England - 1 £650 - 1

Information Security Governance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (15.38%) Azure
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
2 1 (7.69%) IaaS
2 1 (7.69%) PaaS
2 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Broadband
General
1 7 (53.85%) Finance
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Banking
3 1 (7.69%) Financial Institution
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Consultant
1 4 (30.77%) Information Security Consultant
1 4 (30.77%) Security Consultant
2 3 (23.08%) Information Officer
2 3 (23.08%) Information Security Officer
2 3 (23.08%) Security Officer
3 2 (15.38%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Information Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Information Security Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Security Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Governance Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Information Governance Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Information Governance Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Information Security Advisor
4 1 (7.69%) Information Security Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Operational Security Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Security Advisor
4 1 (7.69%) Security Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Security Operations Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Security Posture
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Information Security
2 6 (46.15%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (38.46%) ISMS
4 4 (30.77%) Risk Management
5 3 (23.08%) Incident Management
5 3 (23.08%) Migration
6 2 (15.38%) Cloud Security
6 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (15.38%) Data Privacy
6 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
6 2 (15.38%) Due Diligence
6 2 (15.38%) Incident Response
6 2 (15.38%) Information Security Management
6 2 (15.38%) Internal Audit
6 2 (15.38%) IT Audit
6 2 (15.38%) Mentoring
6 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
6 2 (15.38%) Process Improvement
6 2 (15.38%) Project Management
6 2 (15.38%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) CISSP
2 7 (53.85%) CISM
3 4 (30.77%) CISA
4 2 (15.38%) CRISC
4 2 (15.38%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 2 (15.38%) PMI Certification
4 2 (15.38%) PMP
5 1 (7.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (92.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (61.54%) NIST
3 4 (30.77%) GRC
4 3 (23.08%) GDPR
5 2 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (7.69%) ISAE 3402
6 1 (7.69%) PCI DSS
6 1 (7.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft