Information Security Specialist Contracts in England

Information Security Specialist
UK > England

The median Information Security Specialist daily rate in England is £488 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 524 634 775
Rank change year-on-year +110 +141 -152
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Specialist 12 26 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.032% 0.051% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.054% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 16 12
10th Percentile - £539 £463
25th Percentile £165 £600 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £700 £600
Median % change year-on-year -30.36% +16.67% +71.43%
75th Percentile £500 £781 £775
90th Percentile £531 £814 £888
UK median daily rate £488 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -25.00% +8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £74.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £74.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 34,509 48,061 68,243
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.57% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,973 34,073 48,458
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,410 1,449 1,922
10th Percentile £12.91 £14.35 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.49
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.00 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%

Information Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Information Security Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Specialist in England

Information Security Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security Specialist in England

Information Security Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security Specialist in England over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security Specialist in England

Information Security Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Security Specialist in England

Information Security Specialist
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 Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
South East +9 7 £170 -75.71%
London +106 5 £500 -20.00%
Information Security Specialist
UK

Information Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Information Security Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Information Security Specialist in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Information Security
2 8 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (41.67%) ISMS
3 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (41.67%) Management Information System
3 5 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 5 (41.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (33.33%) Risk Register
4 4 (33.33%) Migration
4 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 4 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
4 4 (33.33%) Logistics
5 3 (25.00%) CISSP
5 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (25.00%) SharePoint
5 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (25.00%) Wiki
6 2 (16.67%) Security Monitoring
6 2 (16.67%) Finance
6 2 (16.67%) CISM
6 2 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (16.67%) Agile
6 2 (16.67%) Banking
6 2 (16.67%) ITIL
6 2 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (16.67%) QA
6 2 (16.67%) CRISC
6 2 (16.67%) SIEM
6 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (8.33%) Relational Database

Information Security Specialist Skill Set
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 3 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Mimecast
1 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Relational Database
General
1 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Banking
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Billing
3 1 (8.33%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Management Information System
2 3 (25.00%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Information Security
2 5 (41.67%) ISMS
3 4 (33.33%) Logistics
3 4 (33.33%) Migration
3 4 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
3 4 (33.33%) Risk Register
4 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
5 2 (16.67%) Agile
5 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (16.67%) ITIL
5 2 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (16.67%) Security Monitoring
5 2 (16.67%) SIEM
6 1 (8.33%) Architectural Design
6 1 (8.33%) Business Process Modelling
6 1 (8.33%) Information Security Governance
6 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (8.33%) Process Improvement
6 1 (8.33%) Scorecard
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Bash
1 1 (8.33%) C#
1 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) CISSP
2 2 (16.67%) CISM
2 2 (16.67%) CRISC
3 1 (8.33%) CISA
3 1 (8.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
3 1 (8.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (41.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (16.67%) QA
4 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (8.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Darktrace
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle
2 1 (8.33%) Qualys