Information Security Contracts in Cambridge

Information Security (InfoSec)
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge 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 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - +15
Contract jobs citing Information Security 0 0 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge - - 4.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 5.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £190
75th Percentile - - £513
90th Percentile - - £539
Cambridgeshire median daily rate - £305 £406
% change year-on-year - -24.92% -39.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £17.50
Median hourly rate - - £17.61
75th Percentile - - £17.72
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate - - £17.61

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 104 182 247
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 88.89% 91.92% 87.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 101 172
10th Percentile £296 £235 £185
25th Percentile £406 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £550 £550
90th Percentile £650 £650 £611
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £474 £470 £450
% change year-on-year +0.80% +4.44% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 28 15
10th Percentile £16.40 £20.40 £17.05
25th Percentile £19.10 £25.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £41.50 £52.50 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.95% +156.10% -64.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £66.25 £53.75
90th Percentile £62.50 £75.00 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.23 £15.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year +8.20% +3.45% +6.15%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Cambridge

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security in Cambridge

Information Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Security in Cambridge