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 25 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 56 53
Rank change year-on-year +16 -3 +21
Contract jobs citing Information Security 32 9 16
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 3.77% 1.19% 1.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.35% 1.41% 2.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 4 13
10th Percentile £324 £553 £335
25th Percentile £345 £631 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £785 £500
Median % change year-on-year -49.04% +57.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £446 £825 £675
90th Percentile £478 - £700
England median daily rate £540 £600 £596
% change year-on-year -10.00% +0.63% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £10.75
25th Percentile - - £10.76
Median hourly rate - - £10.76
75th Percentile - - £10.77
90th Percentile - - £10.77
England median hourly rate £29.51 £21.00 £73.00
% change year-on-year +40.52% -71.23% +7.75%

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 736 637 702
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 86.79% 84.37% 84.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 516 395 510
10th Percentile £216 £267 £206
25th Percentile £350 £356 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £445 £478
Median % change year-on-year -6.74% -6.81% +0.53%
75th Percentile £523 £550 £602
90th Percentile £638 £613 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 28 51
10th Percentile £16.17 £14.90 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.00 £16.87
Median hourly rate £18.87 £23.25 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.84% +3.33% +32.61%
75th Percentile £25.15 £50.00 £52.63
90th Percentile - £51.50 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.63% -9.38% +27.14%

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 25 October 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 25 October 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 - 21 £400 - 9
Leicestershire - 5 - - 5
Nottinghamshire -6 3 £450 -28.00% 5
Derbyshire +3 2 £525 - 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.38%) AWS
1 3 (9.38%) Azure
2 2 (6.25%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.13%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.25%) Firewall
1 2 (6.25%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (6.25%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) Power BI
2 1 (3.13%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (3.13%) Power Query
2 1 (3.13%) Relational Database
2 1 (3.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (9.38%) JIRA
General
1 17 (53.13%) Social Skills
2 7 (21.88%) Retail
3 5 (15.63%) Manufacturing
4 3 (9.38%) Legal
5 2 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.25%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.13%) Finance
6 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.13%) Local Government
6 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (68.75%) Analyst
2 16 (50.00%) Security Analyst
3 14 (43.75%) Information Analyst
3 14 (43.75%) Information Security Analyst
4 7 (21.88%) Governance Analyst
5 5 (15.63%) IT Analyst
5 5 (15.63%) IT Support
5 5 (15.63%) IT Support Analyst
5 5 (15.63%) Support Analyst
6 4 (12.50%) Compliance Analyst
6 4 (12.50%) Information Governance Analyst
6 4 (12.50%) Risk Analyst
7 3 (9.38%) Information Risk Analyst
7 3 (9.38%) Security Compliance Analyst
7 3 (9.38%) Security Manager
7 3 (9.38%) Security Risk Analyst
8 2 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 2 (6.25%) Data Protection Officer
9 1 (3.13%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 1 (3.13%) Security Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.38%) SailPoint
2 1 (3.13%) LDAP
2 1 (3.13%) OAuth
2 1 (3.13%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (43.75%) Management Information System
2 5 (15.63%) Driving Licence
3 4 (12.50%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.13%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.13%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (15.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (68.75%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (62.50%) Data Protection
3 17 (53.13%) ITSM
4 14 (43.75%) Penetration Testing
5 9 (28.13%) Business Continuity
6 7 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (21.88%) Service Management
6 7 (21.88%) Ticket Management
7 6 (18.75%) ITIL
7 6 (18.75%) Risk Management
7 6 (18.75%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (15.63%) Change Management
8 5 (15.63%) ISMS
8 5 (15.63%) Problem Management
8 5 (15.63%) Project Management
8 5 (15.63%) Security Management
9 4 (12.50%) Information Security Management
9 4 (12.50%) Internal Audit
10 3 (9.38%) AI
10 3 (9.38%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.25%) SQL
2 1 (3.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (3.13%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (25.00%) CISSP
1 8 (25.00%) Degree
2 7 (21.88%) CISM
3 5 (15.63%) A+ Certification
4 4 (12.50%) CISA
4 4 (12.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 2 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (6.25%) CRISC
6 1 (3.13%) AWS Certification
6 1 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (3.13%) GIAC
6 1 (3.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (3.13%) SC Cleared
6 1 (3.13%) Security Cleared
6 1 (3.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (43.75%) GDPR
1 14 (43.75%) GRC
2 9 (28.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (12.50%) NIST
4 3 (9.38%) COBIT
4 3 (9.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (9.38%) HIPAA
4 3 (9.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 3 (9.38%) NIST 800
5 1 (3.13%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (3.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (3.13%) QA
5 1 (3.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 10 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.38%) Rapid7
2 3 (9.38%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.13%) Alteryx
3 1 (3.13%) SAP
3 1 (3.13%) Workday