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 7 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 50 48
Rank change year-on-year -14 -2 +34
Contract jobs citing Information Security 18 5 18
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 1.87% 0.87% 2.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.21% 1.00% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 1 9
10th Percentile £313 - £415
25th Percentile £325 £275 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £300 £600
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -50.00% +45.45%
75th Percentile £475 £325 £638
90th Percentile £538 - £710
England median daily rate £538 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -10.42% +4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £25.50 - £10.77
England median hourly rate £33.50 £24.18 £44.50
% change year-on-year +38.54% -45.66% -32.06%

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 815 498 656
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 84.63% 86.76% 81.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 464 305 451
10th Percentile £190 £238 £188
25th Percentile £353 £350 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £445
Median % change year-on-year - -4.49% -1.11%
75th Percentile £537 £530 £550
90th Percentile £611 £600 £664
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 20 62
10th Percentile £14.96 £15.06 £11.26
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £18.00 £23.34 £17.61
Median % change year-on-year -22.88% +32.58% +4.60%
75th Percentile £24.49 £30.44 £32.13
90th Percentile £25.57 £41.21 £51.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% - -

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 7 February 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 7 February 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 - 7 £350 - 5
Derbyshire -5 3 £525 +75.00% 2
Leicestershire - 3 - - 5
Lincolnshire - 2 £600 -
Nottinghamshire - 2 £394 - 2
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 (16.67%) Azure
2 2 (11.11%) AWS
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Purview
2 2 (11.11%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.56%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) Power BI
2 1 (5.56%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.56%) Power Query
2 1 (5.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Manufacturing
3 3 (16.67%) Legal
4 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Aviation
5 1 (5.56%) Finance
5 1 (5.56%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.56%) Police
5 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) Information Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) Information Security Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) Security Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) IT Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) IT Support
3 3 (16.67%) IT Support Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Support Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Data Protection Officer
4 2 (11.11%) Information Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Senior
5 1 (5.56%) Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Data Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Information Assurance Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Information Security Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Principal Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Security Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) SailPoint
2 1 (5.56%) LDAP
2 1 (5.56%) OAuth
2 1 (5.56%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (16.67%) Driving Licence
3 2 (11.11%) Security Posture
4 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native
4 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 6 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (33.33%) Information Security Management
2 6 (33.33%) ISMS
2 6 (33.33%) Security Management
3 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (22.22%) Change Management
4 4 (22.22%) Internal Audit
4 4 (22.22%) ITIL
4 4 (22.22%) ITSM
4 4 (22.22%) Risk Management
4 4 (22.22%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (16.67%) Problem Management
5 3 (16.67%) Project Management
5 3 (16.67%) Service Management
6 2 (11.11%) AI
6 2 (11.11%) Data Modelling
6 2 (11.11%) Information Assurance
6 2 (11.11%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) SQL
2 1 (5.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) Degree
2 4 (22.22%) CISSP
3 3 (16.67%) A+ Certification
3 3 (16.67%) CISA
3 3 (16.67%) CISM
4 2 (11.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
5 1 (5.56%) AWS Certification
5 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (5.56%) GIAC
5 1 (5.56%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (50.00%) GDPR
2 8 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (16.67%) GRC
3 3 (16.67%) NIST
4 2 (11.11%) COBIT
4 2 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (11.11%) NIST 800
5 1 (5.56%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (5.56%) HIPAA
5 1 (5.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Rapid7
2 2 (11.11%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.56%) Databricks
3 1 (5.56%) SAP
3 1 (5.56%) Workday