Information Security Contracts in the East Midlands

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands requiring Information Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Information Security over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 43 70
Rank change year-on-year -6 +27 +4
Contract jobs citing Information Security 18 25 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 2.50% 2.89% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.88% 3.68% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 9 12
10th Percentile £350 £395 £321
25th Percentile £356 £400 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -2.44% -10.09%
75th Percentile £425 £820 £572
90th Percentile £475 £825 £667
England median daily rate £530 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £13.50 -
England median hourly rate £24.66 £19.50 £76.50
% change year-on-year +26.46% -74.51% +104.00%

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 626 680 887
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 86.82% 78.70% 87.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 447 680
10th Percentile £225 £210 £213
25th Percentile £332 £322 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £445 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.87% -6.32% +5.56%
75th Percentile £500 £563 £600
90th Percentile £589 £622 £700
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 61 52
10th Percentile £13.81 £11.75 £13.00
25th Percentile £15.15 £12.75 £19.38
Median hourly rate £18.87 £17.00 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year +11.00% -40.87% +33.72%
75th Percentile £25.11 £26.15 £52.06
90th Percentile £25.15 £50.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £39.55
% change year-on-year -34.02% -3.62% +54.01%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Security in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Information Security in the East Midlands

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 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in the East Midlands

Information Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Security in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Information Security in the East Midlands

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 6 July 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 - 15 £400 - 14
Derbyshire +3 1 - - 19
Nottinghamshire -13 1 £465 -25.60% 17
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 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) AWS
1 1 (5.56%) Azure
1 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) Firewall
1 3 (16.67%) Network Security
2 2 (11.11%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) Tableau
2 1 (5.56%) Power BI
2 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 10 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 7 (38.89%) Retail
3 2 (11.11%) Local Government
3 2 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Legal
4 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (83.33%) Analyst
2 13 (72.22%) Security Analyst
3 11 (61.11%) Information Analyst
3 11 (61.11%) Information Security Analyst
4 6 (33.33%) Governance Analyst
5 4 (22.22%) Compliance Analyst
5 4 (22.22%) Risk Analyst
6 3 (16.67%) Information Governance Analyst
6 3 (16.67%) Information Risk Analyst
6 3 (16.67%) Security Compliance Analyst
6 3 (16.67%) Security Risk Analyst
7 1 (5.56%) Consultant
7 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 1 (5.56%) Information Assurance Manager
7 1 (5.56%) Information Manager
7 1 (5.56%) Lead
7 1 (5.56%) Performance Analyst
7 1 (5.56%) Security Consultant
7 1 (5.56%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 3 (16.67%) Security Posture
3 1 (5.56%) Industry 4.0
3 1 (5.56%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Linux
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (88.89%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
3 11 (61.11%) Data Protection
3 11 (61.11%) ITSM
4 9 (50.00%) Business Continuity
5 7 (38.89%) Ticket Management
6 4 (22.22%) Risk Management
7 2 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (11.11%) Incident Response
7 2 (11.11%) Regulatory Compliance
7 2 (11.11%) Remediation Plan
7 2 (11.11%) Security Architecture
7 2 (11.11%) Service Management
7 2 (11.11%) Tech Ops
7 2 (11.11%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 1 (5.56%) Cloud Security
8 1 (5.56%) Data Privacy
8 1 (5.56%) Data-Driven Testing
8 1 (5.56%) Decision-Making
8 1 (5.56%) IT Audit
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) CISM
1 5 (27.78%) CISSP
2 2 (11.11%) CISA
2 2 (11.11%) CRISC
2 2 (11.11%) Degree
3 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.56%) GIAC
3 1 (5.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (72.22%) GRC
2 8 (44.44%) GDPR
3 2 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (11.11%) HIPAA
3 2 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (11.11%) NIST
3 2 (11.11%) NIST 800
4 1 (5.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (5.56%) COBIT
4 1 (5.56%) Data Quality
4 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (5.56%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) Alteryx
2 1 (5.56%) Rapid7
2 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow