Information Security Consultant Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Information Security Consultant
North West > Lancashire

The median Information Security Consultant daily rate in Lancashire is £835, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Consultant 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 0.90% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.96% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £783 - -
25th Percentile £803 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £835 - -
75th Percentile £868 - -
90th Percentile £887 - -
North West median daily rate £835 - £750
% change year-on-year - - +47.06%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Lancashire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Lancashire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Lancashire with a recognized job title 208 134 207
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.69% 96.40% 92.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 60 115
10th Percentile £165 £259 £350
25th Percentile £343 £405 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +6.80%
75th Percentile £588 £564 £650
90th Percentile £700 £627 £720
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 21 49
10th Percentile £25.15 £16.58 £20.56
25th Percentile £41.94 £24.76 £45.88
Median hourly rate £45.46 £37.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +22.86% -19.88% +13.81%
75th Percentile £61.09 £46.18 £50.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £51.00 £74.37
North West median hourly rate £40.00 £29.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year +37.93% -23.68% +47.23%

Information Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Information Security Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Information Security Consultant job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Information Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security Consultant in Lancashire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security Consultant in Lancashire

Information Security Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Consultant within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Preston - 2 £835 - 1
Information Security Consultant
North West

Information Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Information Security Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Lancashire region featuring Information Security Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) JSP 440
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Modelling

Information Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) JSP 440
1 2 (100.00%) NIST