Information Security Contract Job Trends in Cambridge

Information Security (InfoSec)
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridge requiring Information Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 23 29
Rank change year-on-year -11 +6 +9
Contract jobs citing Information Security 2 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridge 1.03% 2.50% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.14% 2.74% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
75th Percentile £675 £650 -
90th Percentile - £680 -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £438 £600 -
% change year-on-year -27.08% - -

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 176 146 157
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 90.72% 91.25% 86.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 82 86
10th Percentile £363 £300 £201
25th Percentile £413 £343 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £567 £560
90th Percentile £675 £649 £606
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £475 £487 £500
% change year-on-year -2.36% -2.70% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 5 16
10th Percentile £23.00 £17.48 -
25th Percentile £23.16 £18.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £33.75 £23.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.74% +15.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £53.08 £24.28 £77.50
90th Percentile £72.75 £44.21 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.00 £16.23 £15.00
% change year-on-year -1.42% +8.20% -3.23%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

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

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

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

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Police
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Security Assurance Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Security
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Def Stans
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) GRC
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) JSP 440
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow