Information Security Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Information Security (InfoSec)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Information Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 53 48
Rank change year-on-year -6 -5 +31
Contract jobs citing Information Security 27 25 46
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 2.07% 2.73% 3.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.49% 3.25% 4.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 18 35
10th Percentile £447 £446 £450
25th Percentile £513 £465 £504
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £591
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -2.64% +9.88%
75th Percentile £594 £678 £667
90th Percentile £648 £691 £667
South East median daily rate £575 £555 £570
% change year-on-year +3.60% -2.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 1
Median hourly rate £20.71 - £50.00
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £57.50 £82.17
% change year-on-year -63.84% -30.02% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,083 770 1,123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 83.12% 83.97% 87.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 731 534 618
10th Percentile £313 £356 £313
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +3.77%
75th Percentile £631 £630 £650
90th Percentile £725 £696 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 51 73
10th Percentile £16.17 £20.12 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.00 £21.05
Median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £51.42
Median % change year-on-year -40.83% -31.93% +18.21%
75th Percentile £25.15 £70.21 £63.75
90th Percentile £49.75 £75.00 £77.50
South East median hourly rate £22.23 £50.00 £53.00
% change year-on-year -55.55% -5.66% +41.33%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Hampshire over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in Hampshire

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Information Security
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 15 December 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
Eastleigh - 11 - -
Portsmouth -7 4 £525 -6.67% 15
Southampton +4 3 £563 -2.17% 12
Havant -10 2 £648 -0.31%
Basingstoke -11 2 £575 +13.30% 11
Fleet - 2 £435 -
Winchester -3 1 £550 -2.22%
Information Security
South East

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 2 (7.41%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.41%) AWS
1 2 (7.41%) OCI
2 1 (3.70%) Azure
2 1 (3.70%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.70%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) HTTP
1 3 (11.11%) Network Security
2 1 (3.70%) Firewall
2 1 (3.70%) Wireless
General
1 14 (51.85%) Social Skills
2 12 (44.44%) Public Sector
3 4 (14.81%) Legal
4 2 (7.41%) Finance
5 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (40.74%) 1st Line Support
2 5 (18.52%) Analyst
3 4 (14.81%) Security Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Coordinator
4 3 (11.11%) Security Assurance Coordinator
5 2 (7.41%) Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) Functional Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) Oracle Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) Oracle Functional Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) Subject Matter Expert
6 1 (3.70%) Architect
6 1 (3.70%) Buyer
6 1 (3.70%) Compliance Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Data Centre Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Information Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Information Security Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) IT Buyer
6 1 (3.70%) Network Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Security Architect
6 1 (3.70%) Security Compliance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) BYOD
1 3 (11.11%) Cyber Defence
1 3 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (48.15%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (40.74%) Customer Service
2 11 (40.74%) Data Protection
2 11 (40.74%) Service Delivery
3 9 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 7 (25.93%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (22.22%) Agile
6 5 (18.52%) Information Security Management
6 5 (18.52%) Security Management
7 3 (11.11%) Change Management
7 3 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (11.11%) Incident Management
7 3 (11.11%) Information Assurance
7 3 (11.11%) Information Governance
7 3 (11.11%) ISMS
7 3 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
7 3 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (11.11%) Risk Analysis
7 3 (11.11%) Security Testing
7 3 (11.11%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.70%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) Security Cleared
2 4 (14.81%) SC Cleared
3 3 (11.11%) CISM
3 3 (11.11%) CISSP
3 3 (11.11%) Degree
4 1 (3.70%) CCNP
4 1 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.70%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (29.63%) NIST
2 7 (25.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (22.22%) GDPR
4 3 (11.11%) PCI DSS
4 3 (11.11%) RMADS
4 3 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (7.41%) COBIT
6 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) CyberArk
3 2 (7.41%) Cisco
3 2 (7.41%) Oracle
4 1 (3.70%) IBM
4 1 (3.70%) Juniper
4 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.70%) Zscaler