Information Security Contract Job Trends in Derby

Information Security (InfoSec)
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derby requiring Information Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 13 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing Information Security 2 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 1.54% 4.26% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.92% 5.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 £275 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £300 -
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% - -
75th Percentile £538 £325 -
90th Percentile - - -
Derbyshire median daily rate £525 £300 £675
% change year-on-year +75.00% -55.56% +161.88%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Derby

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 Derby.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 104 75 87
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 80.00% 79.79% 70.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 32 60
10th Percentile £185 £200 £185
25th Percentile £384 £269 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £438
Median % change year-on-year - +2.86% +2.94%
75th Percentile £556 £531 £596
90th Percentile £606 £633 £664
Derbyshire median daily rate £413 £450 £376
% change year-on-year -8.22% +19.68% -16.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 10 10
10th Percentile £15.84 - £15.25
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £16.68 £19.30 £17.61
Median % change year-on-year -13.54% +9.58% +4.62%
75th Percentile £18.78 £23.86 £18.75
90th Percentile £24.72 £24.18 £20.00
Derbyshire median hourly rate £16.68 £21.59 £17.72
% change year-on-year -22.73% +21.84% +5.29%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in Derby

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend in Derby

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Information Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Information Security

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) Power Query
1 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) LDAP
1 1 (50.00%) OAuth
1 1 (50.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Attestation
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) Internal Audit
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) RBAC
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (50.00%) CISA
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) GIAC
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) HIPAA
1 1 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (50.00%) Workday