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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 58 52
Rank change year-on-year +10 -6 +18
Contract jobs citing Information Security 27 12 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 3.44% 1.53% 2.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.02% 1.85% 2.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 4 13
10th Percentile £335 £553 £343
25th Percentile £350 £631 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £785 £525
Median % change year-on-year -49.04% +49.52% -
75th Percentile £431 £825 £675
90th Percentile £489 - £700
England median daily rate £530 £590 £600
% change year-on-year -10.17% -1.67% +1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 2
10th Percentile - - £10.75
25th Percentile - £12.75 £10.76
Median hourly rate - £13.50 £10.76
Median % change year-on-year - +25.46% -18.48%
75th Percentile - £14.25 £10.77
90th Percentile - - £10.77
England median hourly rate £33.50 £16.19 £73.66
% change year-on-year +106.92% -78.02% +29.54%

All Process and 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 672 648 748
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 85.61% 82.65% 86.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 470 402 541
10th Percentile £223 £267 £213
25th Percentile £341 £360 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% -10.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £600
90th Percentile £626 £625 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 34 48
10th Percentile £15.71 £12.75 £12.70
25th Percentile £17.87 £15.03 £16.56
Median hourly rate £18.87 £17.66 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.85% -35.78% +48.65%
75th Percentile £25.15 £41.61 £53.75
90th Percentile - £50.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.79
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.81% +51.01%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security 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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 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
Northamptonshire - 19 £400 - 4
Leicestershire - 5 - - 3
Derbyshire 0 1 £525 - 4
Nottinghamshire -10 1 £465 -25.60% 7
Information Security
England

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.41%) AWS
2 1 (3.70%) Azure
2 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.41%) Firewall
1 2 (7.41%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (7.41%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) Tableau
2 1 (3.70%) Power BI
2 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) JIRA
General
1 13 (48.15%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.93%) Retail
3 5 (18.52%) Manufacturing
4 2 (7.41%) Legal
4 2 (7.41%) Local Government
4 2 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 22 (81.48%) Analyst
2 15 (55.56%) Security Analyst
3 13 (48.15%) Information Analyst
3 13 (48.15%) Information Security Analyst
4 7 (25.93%) Governance Analyst
5 5 (18.52%) IT Analyst
5 5 (18.52%) IT Support
5 5 (18.52%) IT Support Analyst
5 5 (18.52%) Support Analyst
6 4 (14.81%) Compliance Analyst
6 4 (14.81%) Information Governance Analyst
6 4 (14.81%) Risk Analyst
7 3 (11.11%) Information Risk Analyst
7 3 (11.11%) Security Compliance Analyst
7 3 (11.11%) Security Risk Analyst
8 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 2 (7.41%) Security Manager
9 1 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 1 (3.70%) Data Protection Officer
9 1 (3.70%) Performance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) LDAP
1 1 (3.70%) OAuth
1 1 (3.70%) SailPoint
1 1 (3.70%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (40.74%) Management Information System
2 5 (18.52%) Driving Licence
3 3 (11.11%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.70%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.70%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (18.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (77.78%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (66.67%) Data Protection
3 17 (62.96%) ITSM
4 13 (48.15%) Penetration Testing
5 9 (33.33%) Business Continuity
6 7 (25.93%) Service Management
6 7 (25.93%) Ticket Management
7 6 (22.22%) ITIL
8 5 (18.52%) Change Management
8 5 (18.52%) Problem Management
8 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (18.52%) Project Management
8 5 (18.52%) Risk Management
8 5 (18.52%) Root Cause Analysis
9 3 (11.11%) Incident Response
9 3 (11.11%) Internal Audit
9 3 (11.11%) ISMS
9 3 (11.11%) Security Management
10 2 (7.41%) Business Intelligence
10 2 (7.41%) Information Security Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (22.22%) CISSP
1 6 (22.22%) Degree
2 5 (18.52%) A+ Certification
2 5 (18.52%) CISM
3 2 (7.41%) CISA
3 2 (7.41%) CRISC
3 2 (7.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (3.70%) AWS Certification
4 1 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.70%) GIAC
4 1 (3.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.70%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (48.15%) GRC
2 12 (44.44%) GDPR
3 5 (18.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (11.11%) HIPAA
5 2 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (7.41%) NIST
6 1 (3.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (3.70%) COBIT
6 1 (3.70%) Data Quality
6 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (3.70%) NIST 800
6 1 (3.70%) QA
6 1 (3.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 9 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.41%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.70%) Alteryx
3 1 (3.70%) Rapid7
3 1 (3.70%) SAP
3 1 (3.70%) Workday