Information Security Contract Job Trends in Devon

Information Security (InfoSec)
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Devon requiring Information Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 30 34
Rank change year-on-year +6 +4 -
Contract jobs citing Information Security 4 5 5
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 2.45% 2.19% 1.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.86% 2.60% 2.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile - - £600
25th Percentile £388 - £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £600 £601
Median % change year-on-year -29.17% -0.13% -
75th Percentile £463 - £738
90th Percentile - - £820
South West median daily rate £425 £676 £600
% change year-on-year -37.10% +12.61% +6.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £37.50 -
South West median hourly rate £33.50 £37.50 £83.40
% change year-on-year -10.67% -55.04% +46.68%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 140 192 232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 85.89% 84.21% 87.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 112 187
10th Percentile £238 £314 £385
25th Percentile £283 £409 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £501 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.09% -12.96% +9.52%
75th Percentile £556 £620 £644
90th Percentile £600 £685 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 9 17
10th Percentile £16.98 £32.97 £19.22
25th Percentile - £46.25 £31.05
Median hourly rate £25.15 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.08% +50.00% -19.19%
75th Percentile £33.09 £70.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £46.00 £73.00 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £59.84
% change year-on-year -61.31% +8.62% -7.94%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in Devon

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

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

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Information Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Information Security

Information Security
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Devon region over the 6 months to 13 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Exeter +6 4 £425 -29.17% 4
Information Security
South West

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (50.00%) Military
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Security Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Network Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Antivirus Management
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) Change Management
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (50.00%) Information Management
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) ITSM
1 2 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (50.00%) Threat Detection
1 2 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (25.00%) CyberArk