Information Security Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Information Security (InfoSec)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Information Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 66 58
Rank change year-on-year -31 -8 +54
Contract jobs citing Information Security 30 52 74
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.54% 2.86% 3.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% 3.13% 3.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 26 65
10th Percentile £447 £438 £419
25th Percentile £508 £466 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £588 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.26% -2.08% -9.43%
75th Percentile £700 £654 £700
90th Percentile £868 £788 £795
Central London median daily rate £613 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +2.08% - -9.26%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,728 1,664 2,117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.93% 91.58% 89.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,200 1,006 1,507
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £430 £463 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £669 £679 £688
90th Percentile £775 £783 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -4.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 8 14
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.66 £28.94 £19.18
Median hourly rate £31.00 £40.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.46% +24.62% -7.14%
75th Percentile £43.86 £64.56 £45.52
90th Percentile £54.35 £112.00 £66.70
Central London median hourly rate £26.34 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -24.74% +25.85% -20.54%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in the City of London

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Information Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Information Security

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in the City of London over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in the City of London

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Information Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Information Security

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (33.33%) Azure
2 5 (16.67%) AWS
2 5 (16.67%) GCP
3 2 (6.67%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (6.67%) Entra ID
3 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (3.33%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.33%) GitHub
4 1 (3.33%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.33%) Firewall
2 3 (10.00%) Network Security
3 2 (6.67%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (3.33%) Broadband
4 1 (3.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) DynamoDB
1 1 (3.33%) MySQL
1 1 (3.33%) NoSQL
1 1 (3.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (40.00%) Finance
2 8 (26.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.67%) Banking
4 2 (6.67%) Legal
5 1 (3.33%) Back Office
5 1 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 6 (20.00%) Security Manager
2 4 (13.33%) Architect
2 4 (13.33%) Category Manager
2 4 (13.33%) Information Security Manager
2 4 (13.33%) Senior
3 3 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 3 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 3 (10.00%) Developer
3 3 (10.00%) IT Manager
3 3 (10.00%) IT Security Manager
3 3 (10.00%) Security Specialist
4 2 (6.67%) Consultant
4 2 (6.67%) Designer
4 2 (6.67%) Programme Manager
4 2 (6.67%) Project Manager
4 2 (6.67%) Security Architect
4 2 (6.67%) Senior Developer
4 2 (6.67%) Service Designer
5 1 (3.33%) Senior User Researcher
5 1 (3.33%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) Kafka
1 1 (3.33%) Node.js
1 1 (3.33%) OpenID
1 1 (3.33%) React
1 1 (3.33%) SAML
1 1 (3.33%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Security Posture
2 3 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.33%) CMDB
3 1 (3.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.33%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (3.33%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.33%) PKI
3 1 (3.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.33%) Linux
1 1 (3.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (56.67%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (23.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 5 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 5 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (13.33%) Collaborative Culture
5 4 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (13.33%) Cost Optimisation
5 4 (13.33%) FinOps
6 3 (10.00%) Co-Creation
6 3 (10.00%) Data Protection
6 3 (10.00%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (10.00%) Journey Map
6 3 (10.00%) Mentoring
6 3 (10.00%) Migration
6 3 (10.00%) Roadmaps
6 3 (10.00%) Security Architecture
6 3 (10.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.67%) Go
2 1 (3.33%) Java
2 1 (3.33%) Python
2 1 (3.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (26.67%) CISM
1 8 (26.67%) CISSP
2 7 (23.33%) Degree
3 5 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (16.67%) CRISC
4 4 (13.33%) SC Cleared
4 4 (13.33%) Security Cleared
5 2 (6.67%) CASP
5 2 (6.67%) GSEC
5 2 (6.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (3.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (3.33%) CISA
6 1 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (3.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (23.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (16.67%) NIST
3 3 (10.00%) Accessibility
3 3 (10.00%) GRC
4 2 (6.67%) COBIT
4 2 (6.67%) GDPR
4 2 (6.67%) PCI DSS
5 1 (3.33%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (3.33%) ISO 9001
5 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (3.33%) ITGC
5 1 (3.33%) NCSC
5 1 (3.33%) NIST 800
5 1 (3.33%) PMO
5 1 (3.33%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.33%) logstash
2 1 (3.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (13.33%) Ariba
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.67%) Fortinet
3 2 (6.67%) Google
3 2 (6.67%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.33%) BT
4 1 (3.33%) Cisco
4 1 (3.33%) CyberArk
4 1 (3.33%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.33%) Tenable