Information Security Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Information Security (InfoSec)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire 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 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 32 65
Rank change year-on-year -3 +33 +11
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Information Security 4 13 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 1.25% 3.54% 1.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% 4.28% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 12 8
10th Percentile £561 - £505
25th Percentile £578 £165 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £543 £545
Median % change year-on-year +12.44% -0.46% -14.51%
75th Percentile £633 £583 -
90th Percentile £639 £718 -
South East median daily rate £625 £600 £583
% change year-on-year +4.17% +2.95% +1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £16.19 -
South East median hourly rate £85.00 £57.50 £72.40
% change year-on-year +47.83% -20.57% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 296 304 739
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 92.21% 82.83% 92.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 212 567
10th Percentile £213 £250 £313
25th Percentile £363 £389 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £460 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.89% -10.24% +2.50%
75th Percentile £543 £550 £600
90th Percentile £635 £638 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £517 £520
% change year-on-year -3.34% -0.53% +3.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 12 9
10th Percentile - £21.38 £13.16
25th Percentile £14.20 £22.50 £13.17
Median hourly rate £15.71 £27.50 £16.40
Median % change year-on-year -42.89% +67.68% +26.15%
75th Percentile £25.15 £31.50 £18.75
90th Percentile - £36.67 £23.15
South East median hourly rate £23.00 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -59.90% +14.70% +80.31%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Buckinghamshire

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Information Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Information Security

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Information Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Information Security

Information Security
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 28 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Milton Keynes -7 3 £620 +14.29% 4
Bletchley - 1 £550 - 2
Information Security
South East

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Security Officer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Information Officer
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security Officer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Information Security Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) CESG
1 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Data Security
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (25.00%) Information Assurance
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (25.00%) Quality Management
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Security Management
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (25.00%) SIEM
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) CISSP
2 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) CISM
3 1 (25.00%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (25.00%) ISO 9001
2 1 (25.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) Salesforce