Information Specialist Contracts in England

Information Specialist
UK > England

The median Information Specialist daily rate in England is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 448 528 609
Rank change year-on-year +80 +81 +155
Contract jobs requiring an Information Specialist 27 14 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.038% 0.085%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.041% 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 27
10th Percentile £428 - £350
25th Percentile £509 £165 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £650
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -23.08% +23.81%
75th Percentile £666 £543 £807
90th Percentile £688 £625 £835
UK median daily rate £530 £500 £650
% change year-on-year +6.00% -23.08% +20.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 4
10th Percentile £26.90 - £52.86
25th Percentile £41.38 - £64.65
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £73.20
75th Percentile £62.24 - £74.20
90th Percentile - - £74.55
UK median hourly rate £52.50 - £73.20

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 22,330 34,091 46,552
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 92.72% 94.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,864 22,608 33,063
10th Percentile £300 £281 £313
25th Percentile £408 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £645 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £760
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 909 2,443 1,372
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.87 £14.50
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.20 £37.50 £44.06
Median % change year-on-year -19.47% -14.88% +91.54%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £28.18 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.85% -16.67% +88.21%

Information Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Specialist in England

Information Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Information Specialist in England

Information Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Specialist in England over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Specialist in England

Information Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Specialist in England

Information Specialist
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Information Specialist in England over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Information Specialist in England

Information 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 Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 13 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
South East +62 22 £653 +283.82% 16
London +32 3 £438 -24.89% 10
Yorkshire - 1 £563 - 4
South West - 1 - - 7
North of England - 1 £563 - 7
Information Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, Information 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 19 (70.37%) CISM
1 19 (70.37%) Security Cleared
2 18 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (51.85%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 13 (48.15%) DV Cleared
5 12 (44.44%) Information Security
6 10 (37.04%) Management Information System
7 9 (33.33%) Public Sector
8 8 (29.63%) Telecoms
8 8 (29.63%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (29.63%) Threat Modelling
9 7 (25.93%) Information Assurance
9 7 (25.93%) SC Cleared
9 7 (25.93%) Risk Management
10 6 (22.22%) Risk Assessment
10 6 (22.22%) Security Architecture
11 5 (18.52%) NCSC
12 4 (14.81%) Decision-Making
12 4 (14.81%) Social Skills
12 4 (14.81%) Security Testing
12 4 (14.81%) Cybersecurity
12 4 (14.81%) CISSP
13 3 (11.11%) Military
13 3 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
13 3 (11.11%) CEH
13 3 (11.11%) Data Protection
13 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 3 (11.11%) Incident Response
13 3 (11.11%) NIST
14 2 (7.41%) Security Posture

Information 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 2 (7.41%) TPMS
2 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.41%) Google Workspace
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) NonStop SQL
General
1 9 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 8 (29.63%) Telecoms
3 4 (14.81%) Social Skills
4 3 (11.11%) Military
5 2 (7.41%) Aerospace
5 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (7.41%) Legal
6 1 (3.70%) Digital Health
6 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 10 (37.04%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.41%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (7.41%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.70%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.70%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (51.85%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 12 (44.44%) Information Security
3 8 (29.63%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (29.63%) Threat Modelling
4 7 (25.93%) Information Assurance
4 7 (25.93%) Risk Management
5 6 (22.22%) Risk Assessment
5 6 (22.22%) Security Architecture
6 4 (14.81%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (14.81%) Decision-Making
6 4 (14.81%) Security Testing
7 3 (11.11%) Data Protection
7 3 (11.11%) Incident Response
7 3 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (7.41%) Communications Security
8 2 (7.41%) Cryptography
8 2 (7.41%) Information Management
8 2 (7.41%) Software Engineering
8 2 (7.41%) Validation
Qualifications
1 19 (70.37%) CISM
1 19 (70.37%) Security Cleared
2 13 (48.15%) DV Cleared
3 7 (25.93%) SC Cleared
4 4 (14.81%) CISSP
5 3 (11.11%) CEH
6 1 (3.70%) CISA
6 1 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.70%) Degree
6 1 (3.70%) Master's Degree
6 1 (3.70%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (18.52%) NCSC
3 3 (11.11%) NIST
4 2 (7.41%) QA
5 1 (3.70%) Accessibility
5 1 (3.70%) GDPR
5 1 (3.70%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 2 (7.41%) Google
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.70%) Progress