Information Security Contract Job Trends in Barrow-in-Furness

Information Security (InfoSec)
Cumbria > Barrow-in-Furness

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness requiring Information Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 16 14
Rank change year-on-year -22 -2 +16
Contract jobs citing Information Security 2 4 10
As % of all contract jobs in Barrow-in-Furness 0.81% 4.30% 7.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 5.71% 8.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 10
10th Percentile £429 - £654
25th Percentile £429 £388 £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £400 £669
Median % change year-on-year +7.38% -40.21% -
75th Percentile £430 £413 £670
90th Percentile £430 - £688
Cumbria median daily rate £430 £400 £669
% change year-on-year +7.38% -40.21% +48.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Barrow-in-Furness

Information Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Barrow-in-Furness.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 170 70 123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness 68.55% 75.27% 93.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 36 70
10th Percentile £313 £420 £415
25th Percentile £400 £447 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.72% +0.12% -13.04%
75th Percentile £552 £549 £648
90th Percentile £700 £638 £670
Cumbria median daily rate £485 £484 £500
% change year-on-year +0.31% -3.30% +2.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 21
10th Percentile £21.56 £26.78 £45.22
25th Percentile £35.55 £27.14 £48.60
Median hourly rate £50.08 £41.71 £62.32
Median % change year-on-year +20.08% -33.07% +62.81%
75th Percentile £68.91 £58.27 £70.90
90th Percentile £73.25 £59.54 £80.59
Cumbria median hourly rate £35.55 £36.53 £62.32
% change year-on-year -2.69% -41.37% +18.70%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Information Security relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness.

Information Security job vacancy trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Barrow-in-Furness citing Information Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Barrow-in-Furness citing Information Security

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Barrow-in-Furness citing Information Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Barrow-in-Furness citing Information Security

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Security Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared