Information Security Contracts in the City of London

Information Security (InfoSec)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Information Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Information Security over the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 60 86
Rank change year-on-year -41 +26 +25
Contract jobs citing Information Security 22 62 92
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.27% 2.89% 2.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 3.19% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 48 68
10th Percentile £274 £415 £510
25th Percentile £359 £445 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £563 £675
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -16.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £566 £709 £775
90th Percentile £664 £875 £825
Central London median daily rate £495 £550 £688
% change year-on-year -10.00% -20.00% +14.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £22.00 £17.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% - -
Central London median hourly rate £22.00 £17.00 -
% change year-on-year +29.41% - -

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 1,623 1,946 3,127
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.71% 90.72% 91.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,032 1,355 2,091
10th Percentile £350 £363 £356
25th Percentile £450 £463 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 14 25
10th Percentile £19.25 £20.01 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.43 £20.29 £16.61
Median hourly rate £29.75 £26.63 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.74% -23.93% -16.67%
75th Percentile £52.50 £40.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £76.25 £47.73 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £30.04 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +8.00% -20.54% -15.66%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the City of London

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security in the City of London

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 24 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in the City of London

Information Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Security in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Information Security in the City of London

Information Security
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.55%) Confluence
1 1 (4.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (9.09%) MS Visio
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (22.73%) Azure
2 3 (13.64%) AWS
3 2 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (4.55%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.55%) GCP
4 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) Network Security
2 2 (9.09%) Firewall
2 2 (9.09%) Wireless
3 1 (4.55%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Power BI
1 1 (4.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 8 (36.36%) Finance
2 6 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Banking
3 3 (13.64%) Law
4 2 (9.09%) Corporate Banking
4 2 (9.09%) Legal
5 1 (4.55%) Billing
5 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.55%) Investment Banking
5 1 (4.55%) Marketing
5 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.55%) Retail
5 1 (4.55%) Retail Banking
5 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (18.18%) Analyst
2 3 (13.64%) Project Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Architect
3 2 (9.09%) Consultant
3 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (9.09%) IT Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) IT Support
3 2 (9.09%) IT Support Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Lead
3 2 (9.09%) Penetration Tester
3 2 (9.09%) Security Consultant
3 2 (9.09%) Security Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Support Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Tester
4 1 (4.55%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Cloud Security Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) GraphQL
1 1 (4.55%) Node.js
1 1 (4.55%) React
1 1 (4.55%) SailPoint
1 1 (4.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 2 (9.09%) iPad
2 2 (9.09%) iPhone
2 2 (9.09%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (4.55%) Hedge funds
3 1 (4.55%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Windows
2 2 (9.09%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (18.18%) Incident Response
3 4 (18.18%) Risk Management
4 3 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (13.64%) Data Protection
4 3 (13.64%) Project Management
5 2 (9.09%) Change Control
5 2 (9.09%) Change Management
5 2 (9.09%) Computer Science
5 2 (9.09%) Configuration Management
5 2 (9.09%) Data Modelling
5 2 (9.09%) Data Visualisation
5 2 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (9.09%) ISMS
5 2 (9.09%) ITSM
5 2 (9.09%) Security Architecture
5 2 (9.09%) Service Management
5 2 (9.09%) SIEM
5 2 (9.09%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) Python
2 2 (9.09%) Bash
2 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.55%) Bicep
3 1 (4.55%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) CISSP
1 3 (13.64%) Degree
2 2 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.55%) AWS Certification
3 1 (4.55%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.55%) CASP
3 1 (4.55%) CEH
3 1 (4.55%) CISA
3 1 (4.55%) CISM
3 1 (4.55%) GCIA
3 1 (4.55%) GCIH
3 1 (4.55%) GIAC
3 1 (4.55%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (4.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (4.55%) OSCP
3 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (13.64%) NIST
3 1 (4.55%) Accessibility
3 1 (4.55%) QA
3 1 (4.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (4.55%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (22.73%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.55%) Puppet
1 1 (4.55%) QRadar
1 1 (4.55%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (40.91%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) Apple
2 2 (9.09%) Splunk
3 1 (4.55%) CyberArk
3 1 (4.55%) Databricks
3 1 (4.55%) Exabeam
3 1 (4.55%) Google
3 1 (4.55%) LogRhythm
3 1 (4.55%) Okta
3 1 (4.55%) Ping Identity
3 1 (4.55%) Rapid7
3 1 (4.55%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.55%) Tenable