Information Security Contracts in Bristol

Information Security (InfoSec)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring Information Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Information Security over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 55 55
Rank change year-on-year +5 0 +23
Contract jobs citing Information Security 7 19 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 1.24% 1.80% 3.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 2.17% 3.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 26
10th Percentile £569 £508 £510
25th Percentile £578 £513 £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £525 £763
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -31.15% +44.89%
75th Percentile £653 £631 £814
90th Percentile £666 £730 £835
South West median daily rate £588 £582 £625
% change year-on-year +0.95% -6.88% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £72.50
Median hourly rate - - £75.75
75th Percentile - - £81.69
90th Percentile - - £85.18
South West median hourly rate - - £83.31
% change year-on-year - - +11.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 521 877 1,068
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 92.38% 82.97% 88.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 483 722
10th Percentile £235 £251 £300
25th Percentile £363 £373 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £573 £600 £638
90th Percentile £664 £686 £720
South West median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 193 211
10th Percentile £18.51 £40.00 -
25th Percentile £32.50 £45.00 £9.80
Median hourly rate £65.00 £67.25 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.35% +12.08% +33.33%
75th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £69.38
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.00 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £55.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +23.08%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Bristol

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security in Bristol

Information Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Security in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for Information Security in Bristol

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 (28.57%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
General
1 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Electronics
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Military
2 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Polish Language
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Information Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Lead
1 2 (28.57%) Security Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Compliance Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Information Assurance Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Information Officer
2 1 (14.29%) Information Security Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Information Security Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Information Security Officer
2 1 (14.29%) Security Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Security Officer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Manager
2 1 (14.29%) SIEM Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (28.57%) Information Assurance
2 2 (28.57%) Security Management
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Benchmarking
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
3 1 (14.29%) Data Security
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Forensics
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Protective Monitoring
3 1 (14.29%) Security Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) SIEM
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) CISM
3 1 (14.29%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (28.57%) NIST
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (14.29%) Def Stans
2 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (14.29%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) SAP