Head of Information Security Contracts in the City of London

Head of Information Security
Central London > City of London

The median Head of Information Security daily rate in the City of London is £1,000, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Information Security 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.054% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £1,000 - -
Central London median daily rate £1,000 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,743 1,966 3,077
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.66% 94.79% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,148 1,304 2,109
10th Percentile £331 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.80%
75th Percentile £686 £688 £713
90th Percentile £775 £787 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £585
% change year-on-year -4.35% -1.71% +4.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 14 11
10th Percentile £17.62 £15.87 £14.18
25th Percentile £24.21 £20.88 £18.93
Median hourly rate £28.50 £27.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -28.95% -9.52%
75th Percentile £60.25 £89.06 £60.63
90th Percentile £84.11 £137.50 £83.75
Central London median hourly rate £28.79 £27.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +6.61% -22.86% -15.66%

Head of Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured Head of Information Security in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Information Security in the City of London

Head of Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Head of Information Security in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Head of Information Security in the City of London

Head of Information Security Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 15 August 2025, Head of Information Security contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Head of Information Security in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) SSCP
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) GSEC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) ISACA
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) People Management
1 1 (100.00%) SANS
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture

Head of Information Security Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) People Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) GSEC
1 1 (100.00%) ISACA
1 1 (100.00%) SANS
1 1 (100.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001