Information Security Contracts in the Home Counties

Information Security (InfoSec)
South East > Home Counties

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Home Counties 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 8
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Contract jobs citing Information Security 0 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Home Counties - - 4.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 4.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.79%
South East median daily rate £625 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +13.64% -8.33% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Home Counties

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 the Home Counties.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6 8 21
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Home Counties 85.71% 100.00% 87.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 15
10th Percentile - £473 £418
25th Percentile - £489 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.55% -3.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile - £573 £725
90th Percentile - £589 £1,100
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year - -1.96% +2.00%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the Home Counties

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Home Counties.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the Home Counties

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Home Counties

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Security in the Home Counties.

Daily rate trend for Information Security in the Home Counties