Information Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Information Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Information Security Engineer daily rate in England is £540, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 626 500 510
Rank change year-on-year -126 +10 +91
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Engineer 4 6 3
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.009% 0.022% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.024% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 2
10th Percentile £508 £400 -
25th Percentile £520 £420 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £490 £400
Median % change year-on-year +10.20% +22.50% -28.25%
75th Percentile - £589 -
90th Percentile - £634 -
UK median daily rate £540 £490 £400
% change year-on-year +10.20% +22.50% -28.25%

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 42,158 25,047 30,515
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.40% 91.51% 93.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,345 16,151 19,528
10th Percentile £325 £281 £303
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,265 1,357 1,613
10th Percentile £15.05 £13.67 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.14 £17.33 £20.75
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +2.86%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £67.02
90th Percentile £79.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.25 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.99% -41.51% +1.18%

Information Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Information Security Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Information Security Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Information Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Information Security Engineer job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Information Security Engineer job vacancies in England

Information Security Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Information Security Engineer job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Information Security Engineer job vacancies in England

Information Security Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 3 September 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
London -72 2 £500 +25.00% 10
North of England - 2 £540 - 9
Yorkshire - 2 £540 -
Information Security Engineer
UK

Information Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 3 September 2026, Information Security Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Information Security Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco
3 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (50.00%) Firewall
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (50.00%) Network Security
3 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (50.00%) SIEM
3 2 (50.00%) SOAR
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (25.00%) BCP
4 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
4 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (25.00%) CISSP
4 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Due Diligence
4 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) ISO 22301
4 1 (25.00%) ISSEP

Information Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (50.00%) SIEM
3 2 (50.00%) SOAR
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (25.00%) BCP
4 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
4 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Due Diligence
4 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Register
4 1 (25.00%) Security Management
4 1 (25.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) ISSEP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (25.00%) ISO 22301
3 1 (25.00%) NIST
3 1 (25.00%) NIST 800
3 1 (25.00%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft