Information Security Governance Contracts in England

Information Security Governance
UK > England

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

6 months to
6 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 514 511 607
Rank change year-on-year -3 +96 +173
Contract jobs citing Information Security Governance 5 13 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.018% 0.039% 0.020%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.020% 0.045% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 7
10th Percentile - £472 £468
25th Percentile £244 £500 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £249 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year -56.70% -8.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £538 £638 £823
90th Percentile £740 £640 -
UK median daily rate £249 £585 £613
% change year-on-year -57.44% -4.49% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Information Security Governance 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 25,081 28,748 40,732
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.75% 85.93% 89.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,052 18,756 28,420
10th Percentile £300 £313 £325
25th Percentile £405 £420 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £630 £650 £666
90th Percentile £738 £760 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,394 1,690 1,404
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.05 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.18 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% - +63.46%
75th Percentile £50.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £42.50
% change year-on-year -37.63% -5.12% +61.02%

Information Security Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Information Security Governance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Governance in England

Information Security Governance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Security Governance in England.

Daily rate trend for Information Security Governance in England

Information Security Governance
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security Governance in England over the 6 months to 6 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security Governance in England

Information Security Governance
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 Governance within the England region over the 6 months to 6 August 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
East of England - 3 £249 -
London -10 1 £525 -2.33% 6
South East - 1 £850 -
Information Security Governance
UK

Information Security Governance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Chief Information Security Officer
2 1 (20.00%) Chief Security Officer
2 1 (20.00%) Compliance Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Information Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security Compliance Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security Officer
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Security Compliance Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
2 3 (60.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (60.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (40.00%) Line Management
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Information Security Management
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) OWASP
4 1 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (20.00%) Security Management
4 1 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CISM
1 2 (40.00%) CISSP
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) OSCP
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (60.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 3 (60.00%) GRC
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (40.00%) NIST
3 1 (20.00%) COBIT
3 1 (20.00%) GDPR
3 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (20.00%) NCSC
3 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Intel