Information Security Contract Job Trends in East Kilbride

Information Security (InfoSec)
South Lanarkshire > East Kilbride

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East Kilbride requiring Information Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - 14
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Contract jobs citing Information Security 2 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in East Kilbride 8.33% - 9.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.33% - 10.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £416
25th Percentile - - £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £438
Median % change year-on-year - - -37.50%
75th Percentile - - £447
90th Percentile - - £449
South Lanarkshire median daily rate - - £438
% change year-on-year - - -37.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Kilbride

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 East Kilbride.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 24 5 49
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East Kilbride 100.00% 83.33% 89.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 27
10th Percentile £614 - -
25th Percentile £617 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £470 £500
Median % change year-on-year +64.89% -6.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £825 £505 £750
90th Percentile £828 - -
South Lanarkshire median daily rate £775 £470 £525
% change year-on-year +64.89% -10.48% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £18.00 £18.87 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.61% - -
South Lanarkshire median hourly rate £18.00 £18.87 -
% change year-on-year -4.61% - -

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in East Kilbride

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in East Kilbride

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend in East Kilbride

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Kilbride citing Information Security

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Kilbride 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Chief Information Security Officer
2 1 (50.00%) Chief Security Officer
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security Officer
2 1 (50.00%) Security Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) CISA
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (50.00%) GRC
2 1 (50.00%) NCSC