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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 489 598 655
Rank change year-on-year +109 +57 -102
Contract jobs citing Information Security Management 53 53 131
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.11% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.12% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 40 92
10th Percentile £500 £436 £400
25th Percentile £563 £496 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -
75th Percentile £775 £675 £638
90th Percentile £1,000 £741 £724
UK median daily rate £604 £593 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% +7.82% +4.76%
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 31,802 44,352 63,890
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.49% 90.16% 90.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,831 31,133 45,414
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £446 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,249 1,562 1,738
10th Percentile £12.91 £10.64 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.18 £37.32 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% +49.28% +6.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%

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 12 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 12 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 +106 33 £725 +31.82% 21
South East +17 15 £500 -24.81% 10
North of England +21 2 £575 +12.20% 4
Midlands +29 1 £575 +17.35% 5
North West +21 1 £575 -6.12% 1
Yorkshire +19 1 £575 +21.05% 1
West Midlands +16 1 £575 +17.35% 2
East of England - 1 - - 2
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 2 (3.77%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (22.64%) AWS
2 9 (16.98%) Azure
3 5 (9.43%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.89%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.89%) GCP
4 1 (1.89%) IaaS
4 1 (1.89%) PaaS
4 1 (1.89%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (50.94%) Network Security
2 5 (9.43%) Firewall
3 3 (5.66%) DNS
4 2 (3.77%) DHCP
4 2 (3.77%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (3.77%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.89%) Internet
5 1 (1.89%) SNMP
5 1 (1.89%) VPN
General
1 11 (20.75%) Social Skills
2 9 (16.98%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (16.98%) Finance
2 9 (16.98%) Public Sector
3 6 (11.32%) Telecoms
4 3 (5.66%) Marketing
4 3 (5.66%) Police
5 2 (3.77%) Financial Institution
5 2 (3.77%) Legal
6 1 (1.89%) Billing
6 1 (1.89%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (35.85%) Architect
1 19 (35.85%) Security Architect
2 13 (24.53%) Consultant
3 12 (22.64%) Security Consultant
4 9 (16.98%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 7 (13.21%) Information Security Officer
5 7 (13.21%) Security Officer
6 6 (11.32%) Chief Information Security Officer
6 6 (11.32%) Chief Security Officer
7 5 (9.43%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 5 (9.43%) Security Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Fraud Manager
8 3 (5.66%) Security Manager
8 3 (5.66%) Senior
9 2 (3.77%) Azure Engineer
9 2 (3.77%) Cloud Security Engineer
9 2 (3.77%) Lead
9 2 (3.77%) Lead Consultant
9 2 (3.77%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 2 (3.77%) Senior Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 15 (28.30%) Management Information System
2 9 (16.98%) Data Centre
3 3 (5.66%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.77%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (3.77%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.89%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.89%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.55%) Windows
2 3 (5.66%) Linux
3 2 (3.77%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (100.00%) Information Security
1 53 (100.00%) Security Management
2 28 (52.83%) Cybersecurity
3 21 (39.62%) Risk Management
4 18 (33.96%) Risk Assessment
4 18 (33.96%) Security Architecture
5 14 (26.42%) Information Assurance
6 13 (24.53%) Architectural Patterns
6 13 (24.53%) ISMS
6 13 (24.53%) ITIL
7 12 (22.64%) SABSA
8 11 (20.75%) Application Security
8 11 (20.75%) Identity Access Management
8 11 (20.75%) TOGAF
9 10 (18.87%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (16.98%) OWASP
10 9 (16.98%) Vulnerability Management
11 8 (15.09%) Budgeting
11 8 (15.09%) Cloud Security
11 8 (15.09%) Conflict Resolution
Qualifications
1 25 (47.17%) CISSP
2 22 (41.51%) CISM
3 15 (28.30%) Security Cleared
4 14 (26.42%) CISA
5 9 (16.98%) Degree
6 8 (15.09%) CREST Certified
6 8 (15.09%) SC Cleared
6 8 (15.09%) TOGAF Certification
7 7 (13.21%) ISACA
8 5 (9.43%) DV Cleared
9 3 (5.66%) CRISC
10 2 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (3.77%) CTC Cleared
10 2 (3.77%) Master's Degree
11 1 (1.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (1.89%) CCSK
11 1 (1.89%) CEH
11 1 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (1.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 1 (1.89%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (47.17%) NIST
2 18 (33.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (30.19%) NCSC
4 14 (26.42%) COBIT
5 11 (20.75%) GDPR
6 4 (7.55%) GRC
7 3 (5.66%) Government Security Classifications
7 3 (5.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (5.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (3.77%) NIST 800
9 1 (1.89%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (1.89%) GxP
9 1 (1.89%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (3.77%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (3.77%) SCCM
1 2 (3.77%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (11.32%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.77%) Rapid7
2 2 (3.77%) Sophos
3 1 (1.89%) Cisco
3 1 (1.89%) VMware