Information Security Contracts in the Home Counties

Information Security (InfoSec)
South East > Home Counties

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Home Counties 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - 8 23
Rank change year-on-year - +15 -
Contract jobs citing Information Security 0 1 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Home Counties - 4.00% 5.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 4.55% 5.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% -
75th Percentile - - £488
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £545 £600 £573
% change year-on-year -9.17% +4.80% +13.37%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Home Counties

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 the Home Counties with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8 22 118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Home Counties 100.00% 88.00% 96.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 16 82
10th Percentile £473 £423 £414
25th Percentile £489 £450 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £573 £688 £675
90th Percentile £589 £1,100 £775
South East median daily rate £501 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.81% +2.00% +11.11%

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