Information Security Contracts in Gloucestershire

Information Security (InfoSec)
South West > Gloucestershire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire with a requirement for Information Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 49 60
Rank change year-on-year +1 +11 -22
Contract jobs citing Information Security 11 12 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 2.61% 2.53% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.05% 2.72% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 3
10th Percentile £430 £285 £353
25th Percentile £513 £413 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £650 £375
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +73.33% -21.05%
75th Percentile £750 £825 £463
90th Percentile - £915 £508
South West median daily rate £582 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -6.88% +4.17% +26.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 0
Median hourly rate - £83.36 -
South West median hourly rate - £83.31 £75.00
% change year-on-year - +11.08% +28.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

Information Security 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 Gloucestershire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 361 441 463
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 85.75% 92.84% 87.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 300 362
10th Percentile £363 £311 £205
25th Percentile £450 £415 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year - +7.32% +7.89%
75th Percentile £683 £650 £604
90th Percentile £739 £725 £680
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +6.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 38 14
10th Percentile £14.00 £35.00 £11.83
25th Percentile £19.57 £50.50 £13.03
Median hourly rate £40.00 £71.50 £32.40
Median % change year-on-year -44.06% +120.68% -35.20%
75th Percentile £70.75 £81.98 £42.83
90th Percentile £73.75 £83.40 £53.50
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £48.75
% change year-on-year -8.33% +23.08% +12.06%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Gloucestershire

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security in Gloucestershire

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in Gloucestershire

Information Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Security in Gloucestershire

Information Security
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 9 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
Gloucester +19 4 - - 4
Cheltenham -3 2 - -
Tewkesbury - 2 - - 1
Information Security
South West

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Firewall
1 1 (9.09%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Desktop Engineer
1 4 (36.36%) Desktop Support
1 4 (36.36%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 4 (36.36%) Support Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Identity Management Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Information Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Information Security Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Security Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Security Manager
3 1 (9.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Management Information System
2 4 (36.36%) CMDB
3 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Windows
1 5 (45.45%) Windows 10
2 4 (36.36%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Antivirus Management
1 4 (36.36%) Line Management
1 4 (36.36%) Patch Management
1 4 (36.36%) Performance Monitoring
1 4 (36.36%) Preventative Maintenance
1 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (36.36%) Project Delivery
2 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (18.18%) Information Assurance
4 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (9.09%) Incident Response
4 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (90.91%) Security Cleared
2 6 (54.55%) DV Cleared
3 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
4 2 (18.18%) CISM
4 2 (18.18%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) GDPR
1 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (18.18%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft