Information Security Contract Job Trends in Hatfield

Information Security (InfoSec)
Hertfordshire > Hatfield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hatfield requiring Information Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 7 10
Rank change year-on-year -11 +3 +6
Contract jobs citing Information Security 4 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in Hatfield 5.97% 11.76% 4.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.06% 13.79% 5.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £475 £600 £388
% change year-on-year -20.83% +54.84% -32.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £17.04 £13.55 -
25th Percentile £17.34 £14.37 -
Median hourly rate £18.03 £15.73 -
Median % change year-on-year +14.59% - -
75th Percentile £18.52 - -
90th Percentile £18.70 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £45.00 £15.73 £44.50
% change year-on-year +186.08% -64.65% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hatfield

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 Hatfield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 66 29 38
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hatfield 98.51% 85.29% 90.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 11 19
10th Percentile £108 £104 £320
25th Percentile £479 £134 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £450 £440
Median % change year-on-year +18.00% +2.27% -12.00%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £588
90th Percentile £650 £588 £610
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £431 £550
% change year-on-year +27.54% -21.59% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 14 12
10th Percentile £14.49 £13.26 £13.16
25th Percentile £16.06 £14.00 £13.42
Median hourly rate £16.92 £15.10 £15.33
Median % change year-on-year +12.05% -1.47% +6.72%
75th Percentile £17.68 £15.73 £17.43
90th Percentile £17.96 £16.56 £17.72
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £44.00 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -12.00% -23.08% +10.64%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Hatfield

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in Hatfield

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend in Hatfield

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

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

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Hatfield

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

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

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hatfield 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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 4 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Legal
2 2 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Security Officer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (50.00%) Insider Threat
1 2 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (50.00%) Information Assurance
1 2 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 2 (50.00%) Open Source
1 2 (50.00%) OSINT
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (50.00%) Threat Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) Threat Detection
1 2 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
1 2 (50.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) CTC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Computacenter