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 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 60 65
Rank change year-on-year -27 +5 +51
Contract jobs citing Information Security 35 70 88
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.07% 3.30% 3.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.19% 3.59% 3.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 36 64
10th Percentile £412 £425 £453
25th Percentile £463 £450 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £650
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% -19.23% -
75th Percentile £628 £630 £713
90th Percentile £843 £775 £839
Central London median daily rate £538 £525 £635
% change year-on-year +2.38% -17.32% -2.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £22.00 - -
Central London median hourly rate £22.00 - -

All Process and 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 1,599 1,948 2,550
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.45% 91.93% 89.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,099 1,204 1,777
10th Percentile £325 £375 £363
25th Percentile £420 £463 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £595
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -3.36% +3.48%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £767 £783 £811
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £585
% change year-on-year -4.35% -1.71% +1.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 17 17
10th Percentile £16.85 £16.70 £14.25
25th Percentile £20.18 £23.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £26.57 £42.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.48% +54.55% -36.05%
75th Percentile £36.00 £112.00 £46.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £59.30
Central London median hourly rate £27.04 £35.00 £26.75
% change year-on-year -22.76% +30.84% -37.06%

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 22 October 2025.

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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (8.57%) Confluence
2 2 (5.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (5.71%) MS Visio
4 1 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (31.43%) Azure
2 5 (14.29%) AWS
3 4 (11.43%) Entra ID
3 4 (11.43%) GCP
3 4 (11.43%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (8.57%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (8.57%) Power Platform
5 2 (5.71%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.86%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (2.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (20.00%) Firewall
2 5 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (11.43%) Network Security
4 2 (5.71%) Modbus
5 1 (2.86%) LAN
5 1 (2.86%) SSH
5 1 (2.86%) WAN
5 1 (2.86%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.71%) Power BI
2 1 (2.86%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (11.43%) JIRA
General
1 17 (48.57%) Finance
2 11 (31.43%) Social Skills
3 6 (17.14%) Banking
4 4 (11.43%) Legal
5 3 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (8.57%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.71%) Corporate Banking
6 2 (5.71%) Law
6 2 (5.71%) Manufacturing
6 2 (5.71%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (5.71%) Retail Banking
6 2 (5.71%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.86%) Back Office
7 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.86%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.86%) Private Banking
7 1 (2.86%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (14.29%) Consultant
1 5 (14.29%) Security Engineer
2 4 (11.43%) Analyst
2 4 (11.43%) Security Manager
3 3 (8.57%) Project Manager
3 3 (8.57%) Security Consultant
3 3 (8.57%) Senior
4 2 (5.71%) Architect
4 2 (5.71%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 2 (5.71%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 2 (5.71%) Designer
4 2 (5.71%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (5.71%) Programme Manager
4 2 (5.71%) Security Analyst
4 2 (5.71%) Senior Security Engineer
4 2 (5.71%) Service Designer
5 1 (2.86%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (2.86%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 1 (2.86%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) Managing Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) OAuth
1 1 (2.86%) OpenID
1 1 (2.86%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.71%) Management Information System
2 8 (22.86%) Security Posture
3 3 (8.57%) Data Centre
3 3 (8.57%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (5.71%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (5.71%) Insider Threat
4 2 (5.71%) Life Science
4 2 (5.71%) Operational Technology
4 2 (5.71%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (5.71%) SCADA
5 1 (2.86%) CMDB
5 1 (2.86%) Fat Client
5 1 (2.86%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.86%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.86%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.86%) Tandem
5 1 (2.86%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.43%) Windows
2 2 (5.71%) Linux
3 1 (2.86%) Unix
3 1 (2.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (48.57%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 7 (20.00%) Incident Response
2 7 (20.00%) Project Management
3 6 (17.14%) Roadmaps
3 6 (17.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (17.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (14.29%) Cloud Security
4 5 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (14.29%) ITIL
4 5 (14.29%) Patch Management
4 5 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 5 (14.29%) Security Management
5 4 (11.43%) Computer Science
5 4 (11.43%) Information Security Management
5 4 (11.43%) Mentoring
5 4 (11.43%) Risk Assessment
5 4 (11.43%) Security Architecture
5 4 (11.43%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.71%) Python
2 1 (2.86%) Java
2 1 (2.86%) Perl
2 1 (2.86%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (34.29%) CISSP
2 8 (22.86%) CISM
2 8 (22.86%) Degree
3 6 (17.14%) CISA
4 4 (11.43%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (11.43%) SC Cleared
4 4 (11.43%) Security Cleared
5 3 (8.57%) CRISC
5 3 (8.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 2 (5.71%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (5.71%) CCNA
6 2 (5.71%) CCNP
6 2 (5.71%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (5.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 2 (5.71%) Master's Degree
6 2 (5.71%) SANS
7 1 (2.86%) GIAC
7 1 (2.86%) GSEC
7 1 (2.86%) ISSMP
7 1 (2.86%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (34.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (22.86%) NIST
3 4 (11.43%) GDPR
4 3 (8.57%) Accessibility
4 3 (8.57%) COBIT
5 2 (5.71%) GRC
5 2 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (5.71%) ITGC
5 2 (5.71%) PCI DSS
5 2 (5.71%) QA
6 1 (2.86%) COSO
6 1 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (2.86%) ISO 9001
6 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (2.86%) PMO
6 1 (2.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (2.86%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (17.14%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.71%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.86%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.86%) QRadar
2 1 (2.86%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (34.29%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.43%) Palo Alto
3 3 (8.57%) Tenable
4 2 (5.71%) Cisco
4 2 (5.71%) Fortinet
4 2 (5.71%) Google
4 2 (5.71%) Rockwell
5 1 (2.86%) Ariba
5 1 (2.86%) Citrix
5 1 (2.86%) CyberArk
5 1 (2.86%) Exabeam
5 1 (2.86%) IBM
5 1 (2.86%) Infoblox
5 1 (2.86%) Okta
5 1 (2.86%) Ping Identity
5 1 (2.86%) Qualys
5 1 (2.86%) Rapid7
5 1 (2.86%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.86%) Splunk
5 1 (2.86%) VMware