Information Security Management Contracts in England

Information Security Management
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Information Security Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security Management over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 484 605 666
Rank change year-on-year +121 +61 -117
Contract jobs citing Information Security Management 57 56 134
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.11% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.12% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 41 95
10th Percentile £500 £438 £400
25th Percentile £563 £500 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% - -
75th Percentile £738 £675 £641
90th Percentile £1,000 £738 £713
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £25.85
25th Percentile - - £26.00
Median hourly rate - - £27.50
75th Percentile - - £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £27.50
% change year-on-year - - -57.03%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Information Security Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,929 45,052 64,584
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.59% 90.19% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,948 31,615 45,896
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.04%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,243 1,590 1,753
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.99 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.33 £36.40 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -0.18% +49.47% +3.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%

Information Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Management in England

Information Security Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security Management in England

Information Security Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security Management in England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security Management in England

Information Security Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Security Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Information Security Management in England

Information Security Management
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 Management within the England region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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 +124 33 £725 +31.82% 16
South East +21 17 £500 -24.81% 8
North of England +31 4 £575 +12.20% 5
Midlands +29 2 £575 +17.35% 6
North West +27 2 £575 -6.12% 3
West Midlands +23 2 £575 +17.35% 3
Yorkshire +19 2 £575 +21.05% 1
Information Security Management
UK

Information Security Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (21.05%) AWS
2 9 (15.79%) Azure
3 5 (8.77%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.75%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.75%) GCP
4 1 (1.75%) IaaS
4 1 (1.75%) PaaS
4 1 (1.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (47.37%) Network Security
2 5 (8.77%) Firewall
3 3 (5.26%) DNS
4 2 (3.51%) DHCP
4 2 (3.51%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (3.51%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.75%) Internet
5 1 (1.75%) SNMP
5 1 (1.75%) VPN
General
1 12 (21.05%) Public Sector
2 9 (15.79%) Social Skills
3 8 (14.04%) Finance
4 7 (12.28%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (10.53%) Telecoms
6 3 (5.26%) Marketing
6 3 (5.26%) Police
7 2 (3.51%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.75%) Billing
8 1 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.75%) Legal
8 1 (1.75%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (33.33%) Architect
1 19 (33.33%) Security Architect
2 15 (26.32%) Consultant
2 15 (26.32%) Security Consultant
3 12 (21.05%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 7 (12.28%) Information Security Officer
4 7 (12.28%) Security Officer
5 6 (10.53%) Chief Information Security Officer
5 6 (10.53%) Chief Security Officer
6 5 (8.77%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 5 (8.77%) Security Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Analyst
7 3 (5.26%) Fraud Manager
7 3 (5.26%) Security Manager
7 3 (5.26%) Senior
8 2 (3.51%) Auditor
8 2 (3.51%) Lead Security Consultant
8 2 (3.51%) Operations Engineer
8 2 (3.51%) Senior Architect
8 2 (3.51%) Senior Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 15 (26.32%) Management Information System
2 9 (15.79%) Data Centre
3 3 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (5.26%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.51%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.75%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.75%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.02%) Windows
2 3 (5.26%) Linux
3 2 (3.51%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (100.00%) Information Security
1 57 (100.00%) Security Management
2 32 (56.14%) Cybersecurity
3 21 (36.84%) Risk Management
4 18 (31.58%) ISMS
4 18 (31.58%) Security Architecture
5 17 (29.82%) Risk Assessment
6 14 (24.56%) Information Assurance
6 14 (24.56%) ITIL
7 13 (22.81%) Architectural Patterns
8 12 (21.05%) SABSA
9 11 (19.30%) Application Security
9 11 (19.30%) Identity Access Management
9 11 (19.30%) TOGAF
10 10 (17.54%) Stakeholder Management
11 9 (15.79%) Data Protection
11 9 (15.79%) OWASP
11 9 (15.79%) Vulnerability Management
12 8 (14.04%) Cloud Security
12 8 (14.04%) Conflict Resolution
Qualifications
1 27 (47.37%) CISSP
2 25 (43.86%) CISM
3 20 (35.09%) Security Cleared
4 15 (26.32%) CISA
5 13 (22.81%) SC Cleared
6 9 (15.79%) Degree
7 8 (14.04%) CREST Certified
7 8 (14.04%) TOGAF Certification
8 7 (12.28%) ISACA
9 5 (8.77%) DV Cleared
10 4 (7.02%) CRISC
11 2 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (3.51%) CTC Cleared
12 1 (1.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (1.75%) CCSK
12 1 (1.75%) CEH
12 1 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (1.75%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 1 (1.75%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (43.86%) NIST
2 23 (40.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (33.33%) NCSC
4 15 (26.32%) COBIT
5 12 (21.05%) GDPR
6 6 (10.53%) Government Security Classifications
7 4 (7.02%) GRC
8 3 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (5.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (1.75%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (1.75%) GxP
9 1 (1.75%) ISO 9001
9 1 (1.75%) NIST 800
9 1 (1.75%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (3.51%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (3.51%) SCCM
1 2 (3.51%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (8.77%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.51%) Rapid7
2 2 (3.51%) Sophos
3 1 (1.75%) Cisco
3 1 (1.75%) OneTrust
3 1 (1.75%) VMware