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 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 86 70
Rank change year-on-year -17 -16 +32
Contract jobs citing Information Security 28 30 60
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.32% 1.73% 2.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.50% 1.88% 2.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 20 56
10th Percentile £435 £423 £419
25th Percentile £525 £463 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £563 £638
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -11.76% -1.92%
75th Percentile £763 £667 £703
90th Percentile £940 £778 £875
Central London median daily rate £625 £600 £631
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.95% -2.88%

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 1,871 1,595 2,092
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 87.88% 92.20% 89.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,290 1,026 1,486
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £447 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £568
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +1.19% -5.29%
75th Percentile £669 £680 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £573 £550
% change year-on-year -3.93% +4.09% -7.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 9 11
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £18.93
25th Percentile £19.46 £24.66 £20.07
Median hourly rate £28.00 £31.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +24.00% -45.65%
75th Percentile £45.08 £34.68 £40.92
90th Percentile £58.53 £51.75 £50.25
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £27.81
% change year-on-year -10.18% +4.53% -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 27 March 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 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (25.00%) Azure
2 5 (17.86%) AWS
2 5 (17.86%) GCP
3 2 (7.14%) SaaS
4 1 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.57%) GitHub
4 1 (3.57%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.14%) Network Security
2 1 (3.57%) Broadband
2 1 (3.57%) Firewall
2 1 (3.57%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) DynamoDB
1 1 (3.57%) MySQL
1 1 (3.57%) NoSQL
1 1 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Jenkins
General
1 9 (32.14%) Finance
2 5 (17.86%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.71%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (10.71%) Legal
4 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Banking
4 2 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.57%) Publishing
5 1 (3.57%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (25.00%) Architect
1 7 (25.00%) Security Manager
2 5 (17.86%) Security Architect
3 4 (14.29%) Category Manager
3 4 (14.29%) Information Security Manager
3 4 (14.29%) Senior
4 3 (10.71%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
4 3 (10.71%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 3 (10.71%) Developer
4 3 (10.71%) IT Manager
4 3 (10.71%) IT Security Manager
4 3 (10.71%) Security Specialist
4 3 (10.71%) Strategy Architect
4 3 (10.71%) Strategy Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Consultant
5 2 (7.14%) Project Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Senior Developer
6 1 (3.57%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Security Consultant
6 1 (3.57%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) Kafka
1 1 (3.57%) Node.js
1 1 (3.57%) OpenID
1 1 (3.57%) React
1 1 (3.57%) SAML
1 1 (3.57%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Security Posture
2 1 (3.57%) CMDB
2 1 (3.57%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.57%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (3.57%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.57%) PKI
2 1 (3.57%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (53.57%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (17.86%) Computer Science
3 5 (17.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (17.86%) Risk Management
4 4 (14.29%) Cost Optimisation
4 4 (14.29%) FinOps
4 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (10.71%) AI
5 3 (10.71%) Collaborative Culture
5 3 (10.71%) Data Protection
5 3 (10.71%) Target Operating Model
6 2 (7.14%) CI/CD
6 2 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (7.14%) Platform Engineering
6 2 (7.14%) Project Delivery
6 2 (7.14%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (7.14%) Risk Register
6 2 (7.14%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.14%) Go
2 1 (3.57%) Java
2 1 (3.57%) Python
2 1 (3.57%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (28.57%) Degree
2 6 (21.43%) CISM
2 6 (21.43%) CISSP
3 5 (17.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (14.29%) CRISC
5 2 (7.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (7.14%) CASP
5 2 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (7.14%) GSEC
5 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared
5 2 (7.14%) Security Cleared
6 1 (3.57%) CCSK
6 1 (3.57%) CEH
6 1 (3.57%) CISA
6 1 (3.57%) Master's Degree
6 1 (3.57%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (14.29%) NIST
2 2 (7.14%) GRC
2 2 (7.14%) PCI DSS
3 1 (3.57%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.57%) COBIT
3 1 (3.57%) EU AI Act
3 1 (3.57%) GDPR
3 1 (3.57%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 1 (3.57%) NCSC
3 1 (3.57%) NIST 800
3 1 (3.57%) PMO
3 1 (3.57%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.57%) logstash
1 1 (3.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (14.29%) Ariba
2 1 (3.57%) BT
2 1 (3.57%) CyberArk
2 1 (3.57%) Google
2 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow