Information Security Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Information Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 49 45
Rank change year-on-year -22 -4 +32
Contract jobs citing Information Security 11 5 19
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 1.01% 0.95% 2.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 1.11% 3.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 7
10th Percentile £448 - £390
25th Percentile £481 £275 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £541 £300 £400
Median % change year-on-year +80.17% -25.00% -27.27%
75th Percentile £586 £325 £619
90th Percentile £594 - £683
England median daily rate £550 £550 £582
% change year-on-year - -5.50% -5.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.75
Median hourly rate £25.50 - £13.50
75th Percentile - - £14.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £35.50 £24.66 £19.50
% change year-on-year +43.96% +26.46% -74.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 872 451 604
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 80.29% 85.90% 78.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 478 295 406
10th Percentile £200 £200 £194
25th Percentile £381 £322 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £443 £417
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +6.12% -7.33%
75th Percentile £539 £525 £558
90th Percentile £600 £588 £625
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 28 57
10th Percentile £13.51 £13.81 £11.41
25th Percentile £16.35 £14.97 £12.75
Median hourly rate £22.00 £18.82 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.91% +10.69% -8.39%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.78 £26.15
90th Percentile £31.15 £32.36 £45.79
England median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £35.68
% change year-on-year +50.00% -15.92% -4.85%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

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

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 30 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in the East Midlands

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Information Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Information Security

Information Security
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 April 2026. 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
Northamptonshire - 4 £450 - 4
Lincolnshire - 3 £591 -
Derbyshire -9 2 £500 +66.67% 1
Nottinghamshire - 2 - - 4
Information Security
England

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 3 (27.27%) SaaS
2 1 (9.09%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
General
1 6 (54.55%) Public Sector
2 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Fire and Rescue
3 3 (27.27%) Police
4 1 (9.09%) Aviation
4 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Information Assurance Manager
1 3 (27.27%) Information Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Migration Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Migration Project Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Project Manager
2 2 (18.18%) SaaS Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Configuration Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Designer
3 1 (9.09%) Information Assurance Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Information Security Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Information Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Security Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Service Designer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (18.18%) Onboarding
3 1 (9.09%) Device Driver
3 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
3 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Data Protection
2 4 (36.36%) Information Assurance
3 3 (27.27%) Change Management
3 3 (27.27%) Compliance Audit
3 3 (27.27%) Information Governance
3 3 (27.27%) Innovative Thinking
4 2 (18.18%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (18.18%) Agile
4 2 (18.18%) Change Control
4 2 (18.18%) Contract Negotiation
4 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (18.18%) Information Security Management
4 2 (18.18%) ISMS
4 2 (18.18%) Migration
4 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
4 2 (18.18%) Programme Governance
4 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
4 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
4 2 (18.18%) Security Management
4 2 (18.18%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) CISM
2 1 (9.09%) CISSP
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (63.64%) GDPR
2 2 (18.18%) GRC
2 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (9.09%) Accessibility
3 1 (9.09%) NIST
3 1 (9.09%) PMO
3 1 (9.09%) QA
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) BitLocker
1 1 (9.09%) Firmware
1 1 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Databricks
2 1 (9.09%) Dell
2 1 (9.09%) HP