Information Security (InfoSec)
South East > Kent
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 25 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 22 | 31 | 34 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +9 | +3 | - |
| Contract jobs citing Information Security | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent | 3.90% | 1.85% | 1.08% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 5.93% | 2.45% | 1.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £473 | £684 | £493 |
| 25th Percentile | £501 | £791 | £538 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £529 | £863 | £625 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -38.70% | +38.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £540 | £888 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South East median daily rate | £540 | £600 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.00% | +9.09% | +8.91% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent
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 Kent with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 135 | 163 | 237 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent | 65.85% | 75.46% | 85.25% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 95 | 121 | 208 |
| 10th Percentile | £205 | £121 | £184 |
| 25th Percentile | £274 | £205 | £306 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £425 | £350 | £430 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +21.43% | -18.60% | +24.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £500 | £578 |
| 90th Percentile | £656 | £688 | £638 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £510 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.96% | +2.00% | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 13 | 6 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | £11.47 | £36.85 | £23.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.00 | £41.16 | £29.74 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.50 | £52.28 | £35.55 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -32.09% | +47.07% | -8.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £46.87 | £57.44 | £42.63 |
| 90th Percentile | £62.96 | £62.25 | £46.09 |
| South East median hourly rate | £47.50 | £50.00 | £22.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | +122.22% | -11.76% |
Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent
Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kent.
Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Security in Kent.
Information Security
Contract Job Locations in Kent
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 Kent region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Malling | - | 6 | £526 | - | |
| Information Security South East |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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: