Information Security Contracts in England

Information Security (InfoSec)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Information Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Information Security over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 177 111 107
Rank change year-on-year -66 -4 +32
Contract jobs citing Information Security 373 737 1,129
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.56% 2.03% 2.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.71% 2.35% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 449 850
10th Percentile £313 £360 £400
25th Percentile £413 £463 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £620
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -3.23% +7.83%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £725
90th Percentile £825 £801 £823
UK median daily rate £550 £582 £600
% change year-on-year -5.50% -3.00% +4.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 22 27
10th Percentile - £12.75 £17.72
25th Percentile £22.14 £17.72 £35.71
Median hourly rate £24.66 £19.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.46% -74.00% +26.05%
75th Percentile £79.02 £23.89 £83.40
90th Percentile £82.79 £37.08 -
UK median hourly rate £24.66 £19.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year +26.46% -74.00% +50.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Information Security 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 21,762 31,336 43,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.29% 86.24% 90.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,222 20,550 30,257
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £412 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £768
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 920 2,253 1,528
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.88 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.13 £15.95 £16.13
Median hourly rate £28.08 £36.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -2.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.05 £37.00
% change year-on-year -23.71% -2.58% +44.08%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in England

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security in England

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in England

Information Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Security in England

Information Security
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Information Security in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Information Security in England

Information Security
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
London -40 201 £525 -12.50% 674
South East -3 58 £623 +12.16% 783
North of England -27 48 £413 -29.12% 632
North West -17 27 £400 -29.33% 329
East of England +39 18 £600 +58.94% 331
Midlands -19 18 £400 -34.69% 439
South West -30 17 £588 +0.95% 298
Yorkshire -9 13 £413 -29.12% 231
West Midlands -10 13 £400 -36.88% 235
North East +4 8 £534 +1.71% 75
East Midlands -3 5 £350 -12.50% 179
Information Security
UK

Information Security
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 22 (5.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (4.29%) SharePoint
3 15 (4.02%) Confluence
4 5 (1.34%) CMS
5 3 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (0.80%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.27%) Apache
6 1 (0.27%) IIS
6 1 (0.27%) nginx
Applications
1 21 (5.63%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.34%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.54%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.07%) Endur
2 2 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 101 (27.08%) Azure
2 37 (9.92%) AWS
3 31 (8.31%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (6.17%) Entra ID
5 20 (5.36%) GCP
6 17 (4.56%) IaaS
7 14 (3.75%) SaaS
8 11 (2.95%) Azure Sentinel
9 10 (2.68%) Microsoft Purview
10 7 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (1.34%) Mimecast
12 5 (1.34%) PaaS
13 4 (1.07%) GitHub
13 4 (1.07%) Serverless
14 3 (0.80%) Azure API Management
14 3 (0.80%) Azure Data Factory
14 3 (0.80%) Azure Functions
14 3 (0.80%) Azure Service Bus
14 3 (0.80%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 57 (15.28%) Firewall
2 49 (13.14%) Network Security
3 19 (5.09%) DNS
4 15 (4.02%) Intrusion Detection
4 15 (4.02%) SSL
5 12 (3.22%) HTTP
6 10 (2.68%) FTP
6 10 (2.68%) SMTP
6 10 (2.68%) VPN
7 7 (1.88%) Unified Communications
7 7 (1.88%) WAN
7 7 (1.88%) Wireless
8 6 (1.61%) DHCP
8 6 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (1.34%) Internet
9 5 (1.34%) LAN
9 5 (1.34%) TCP/IP
10 4 (1.07%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (0.80%) iSCSI
11 3 (0.80%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.02%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.88%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (1.34%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 4 (1.07%) Tableau
5 3 (0.80%) Power BI
6 2 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.54%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.27%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.27%) Couchbase
7 1 (0.27%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.27%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.27%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.27%) MySQL
7 1 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.27%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 22 (5.90%) JIRA
2 3 (0.80%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.54%) Burp Suite
3 2 (0.54%) GitLab
3 2 (0.54%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.27%) Git
4 1 (0.27%) Jenkins
General
1 132 (35.39%) Social Skills
2 70 (18.77%) Finance
3 58 (15.55%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (8.31%) Banking
5 29 (7.77%) Legal
6 28 (7.51%) Public Sector
7 18 (4.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (4.29%) Law
9 14 (3.75%) Telecoms
10 12 (3.22%) Police
11 11 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (2.14%) Military
13 8 (2.14%) Retail
14 7 (1.88%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (1.61%) Financial Institution
15 6 (1.61%) Manufacturing
16 5 (1.34%) Marketing
17 4 (1.07%) Back Office
17 4 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 65 (17.43%) Analyst
2 46 (12.33%) Architect
2 46 (12.33%) Security Engineer
3 43 (11.53%) Consultant
4 37 (9.92%) Senior
5 32 (8.58%) Security Architect
6 30 (8.04%) Lead
7 28 (7.51%) Security Manager
8 25 (6.70%) Security Consultant
9 20 (5.36%) Information Manager
9 20 (5.36%) Security Analyst
10 17 (4.56%) Information Security Manager
11 15 (4.02%) Security Specialist
12 14 (3.75%) Head of Security
12 14 (3.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 13 (3.49%) Azure Engineer
13 13 (3.49%) Information Security Consultant
14 12 (3.22%) Information Security Engineer
15 11 (2.95%) SOC Analyst
15 11 (2.95%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.49%) LDAP
2 9 (2.41%) Web Services
3 6 (1.61%) Node.js
3 6 (1.61%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (1.61%) React
3 6 (1.61%) SailPoint
4 4 (1.07%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (1.07%) GraphQL
4 4 (1.07%) OAuth
5 3 (0.80%) .NET
5 3 (0.80%) 802.1X
5 3 (0.80%) JBoss Seam
5 3 (0.80%) Middleware
6 2 (0.54%) CSS
6 2 (0.54%) HTML
6 2 (0.54%) OpenID
6 2 (0.54%) SAML
7 1 (0.27%) Kafka
7 1 (0.27%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.27%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 84 (22.52%) Management Information System
2 32 (8.58%) Security Posture
3 20 (5.36%) Cyber Threat
4 18 (4.83%) Security Operations Centre
5 12 (3.22%) Data Protection Act
6 10 (2.68%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (2.41%) Cyberattack
7 9 (2.41%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.14%) Insider Threat
8 8 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (2.14%) PKI
9 7 (1.88%) CSOC
9 7 (1.88%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (1.88%) Operational Technology
9 7 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.34%) Cyber Defence
10 5 (1.34%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.34%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (1.34%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.07%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 37 (9.92%) Windows
2 21 (5.63%) Linux
3 18 (4.83%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (1.34%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.80%) Android
7 2 (0.54%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.54%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (33.51%) Cybersecurity
2 105 (28.15%) Risk Management
3 75 (20.11%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (13.67%) Data Protection
5 49 (13.14%) Security Architecture
6 48 (12.87%) Cloud Security
7 47 (12.60%) Incident Response
8 46 (12.33%) Security Operations
9 45 (12.06%) Stakeholder Management
10 43 (11.53%) Security Management
10 43 (11.53%) Vulnerability Management
11 38 (10.19%) Computer Science
11 38 (10.19%) Risk Assessment
12 36 (9.65%) SIEM
13 31 (8.31%) Agile
13 31 (8.31%) Project Management
13 31 (8.31%) Roadmaps
14 30 (8.04%) Continuous Improvement
15 29 (7.77%) Decision-Making
15 29 (7.77%) Information Security Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (7.51%) PowerShell
2 19 (5.09%) SQL
3 18 (4.83%) Python
4 6 (1.61%) Java
5 5 (1.34%) Bash
5 5 (1.34%) Bicep
6 4 (1.07%) PHP
7 3 (0.80%) Ruby
7 3 (0.80%) VBA
8 2 (0.54%) C
8 2 (0.54%) C++
8 2 (0.54%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.54%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.27%) C#
9 1 (0.27%) R
9 1 (0.27%) Scala
9 1 (0.27%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 83 (22.25%) CISSP
2 73 (19.57%) Degree
3 70 (18.77%) Security Cleared
4 67 (17.96%) CISM
5 45 (12.06%) SC Cleared
6 31 (8.31%) DV Cleared
7 26 (6.97%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (6.43%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (6.17%) CISA
10 20 (5.36%) Azure Certification
11 15 (4.02%) CRISC
12 12 (3.22%) CEH
12 12 (3.22%) Master's Degree
13 10 (2.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 10 (2.68%) Cisco Certification
14 9 (2.41%) GIAC
14 9 (2.41%) OSCP
15 7 (1.88%) CompTIA Security+
16 6 (1.61%) FFIEC
16 6 (1.61%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (23.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 77 (20.64%) NIST
3 58 (15.55%) GDPR
4 27 (7.24%) GRC
5 23 (6.17%) PCI DSS
6 20 (5.36%) HIPAA
6 20 (5.36%) NCSC
7 19 (5.09%) COBIT
8 18 (4.83%) SLA
9 16 (4.29%) Cyber Essentials
9 16 (4.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 14 (3.75%) SOC 2
11 10 (2.68%) NIST 800
12 9 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 8 (2.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 7 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 7 (1.88%) PMO
15 6 (1.61%) QA
16 5 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 4 (1.07%) Data Quality
System Software
1 34 (9.12%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.14%) Virtual Machines
2 8 (2.14%) vSphere
3 7 (1.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.61%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (1.61%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (1.07%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.27%) FreeRADIUS
6 1 (0.27%) iptables
Systems Management
1 16 (4.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (3.49%) CASB
3 9 (2.41%) Terraform
4 7 (1.88%) Kubernetes
5 6 (1.61%) Puppet
6 5 (1.34%) SCCM
6 5 (1.34%) WSUS
7 4 (1.07%) OPNET
8 3 (0.80%) RSA Archer
8 3 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.54%) Ansible
9 2 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.54%) SCOrch
10 1 (0.27%) Grafana
10 1 (0.27%) Graylog
10 1 (0.27%) logstash
10 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.27%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.27%) QRadar
10 1 (0.27%) Salt
Vendors
1 102 (27.35%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.02%) VMware
3 13 (3.49%) Cisco
4 10 (2.68%) Google
4 10 (2.68%) Splunk
5 9 (2.41%) Oracle
6 8 (2.14%) Veeam
7 7 (1.88%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.61%) CyberArk
8 6 (1.61%) Darktrace
8 6 (1.61%) Fortinet
8 6 (1.61%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.34%) Apple
9 5 (1.34%) HP
9 5 (1.34%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.07%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.07%) OpenLink
10 4 (1.07%) Planview
10 4 (1.07%) Proofpoint
10 4 (1.07%) Zscaler