Information Security Contracts in Hertfordshire

Information Security (InfoSec)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Information Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Information Security over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 68 58
Rank change year-on-year +35 -10 +2
Contract jobs citing Information Security 12 5 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 3.74% 0.60% 1.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.21% 0.66% 2.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 12
10th Percentile £535 £453 -
25th Percentile £556 £456 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £475 £338
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% +40.74% -38.64%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £500
90th Percentile £630 £728 £545
East of England median daily rate £600 £463 £413
% change year-on-year +29.73% +12.12% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £56.52 - -
25th Percentile £71.83 £42.50 -
Median hourly rate £80.68 £45.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +79.28% - -
75th Percentile £81.10 £47.50 -
90th Percentile £81.25 - -
East of England median hourly rate £80.68 £45.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year +79.28% +153.95% -43.58%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 285 753 703
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 88.79% 90.29% 86.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 277 374
10th Percentile £384 £232 £240
25th Percentile £446 £315 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £675
90th Percentile £675 £705 £768
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 314 156
10th Percentile £22.65 £38.12 £21.00
25th Percentile £47.50 £40.00 £53.69
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -23.08% +27.83%
75th Percentile £79.82 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £75.25
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 £40.00 £24.62
% change year-on-year +6.25% +62.47% +58.84%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Hertfordshire

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security in Hertfordshire

Information Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Security in Hertfordshire

Information Security
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Information Security in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Information Security in Hertfordshire

Information Security
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Stevenage +40 11 £600 - 14
Watford +7 1 - - 11
Information Security
East of England

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 1 (8.33%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 10 (83.33%) DNS
1 10 (83.33%) FTP
1 10 (83.33%) HTTP
1 10 (83.33%) Network Security
1 10 (83.33%) SMTP
1 10 (83.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle Reports
General
1 9 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 9 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Law
3 1 (8.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (8.33%) Aviation
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Analyst
2 8 (66.67%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Security Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 1 (8.33%) Operations Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Security Operations Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Security Specialist
4 1 (8.33%) SOC Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (83.33%) LDAP
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (75.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 9 (75.00%) Cyber Threat
1 9 (75.00%) Cyberattack
2 8 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 8 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
3 7 (58.33%) CSOC
4 1 (8.33%) YARA
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (83.33%) Threat Detection
3 9 (75.00%) Information Management
3 9 (75.00%) Network Packet Capture
4 8 (66.67%) Security Operations
5 7 (58.33%) Analytics
5 7 (58.33%) Artificial Intelligence
5 7 (58.33%) Behavioural Analytics
5 7 (58.33%) Machine Learning
5 7 (58.33%) SIEM
6 5 (41.67%) Incident Response
7 1 (8.33%) Coaching
7 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
7 1 (8.33%) Lean Software Development
7 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
7 1 (8.33%) Performance Optimisation
7 1 (8.33%) Roadmaps
7 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (8.33%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 8 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 7 (58.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) GDPR
1 1 (8.33%) ITGC
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle
1 1 (8.33%) Twitter