Information Security Contract Job Trends in Gloucester

Information Security (InfoSec)
Gloucestershire > Gloucester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucester requiring Information Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - 20
Rank change year-on-year - - +16
Contract jobs citing Information Security 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucester 0.74% - 4.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% - 4.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
75th Percentile £338 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Gloucestershire median daily rate £438 - £700
% change year-on-year - - +99.86%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Gloucester

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 Gloucester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 130 93 84
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucester 95.59% 87.74% 89.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 70 58
10th Percentile £227 £322 £346
25th Percentile £353 £400 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -13.04% +21.05%
75th Percentile £606 £623 £675
90th Percentile £700 £703 £706
Gloucestershire median daily rate £475 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -13.64% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 7
10th Percentile £24.71 £20.88 £19.85
25th Percentile - £21.49 £21.00
Median hourly rate £51.21 £23.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +122.65% -16.36% -15.38%
75th Percentile £53.30 £24.81 £56.50
90th Percentile £59.95 £25.60 £78.00
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £51.21 £66.25 £48.72
% change year-on-year -22.70% +35.98% -18.80%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Information Security relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucester.

Information Security job vacancy trend in Gloucester

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucester citing Information Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucester citing Information Security

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucester citing Information Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucester citing Information Security

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) assyst
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Service Desk Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Service Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) Planning and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Service Catalogue
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IFS