Information Security Contracts in Lancashire

Information Security (InfoSec)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Information Security 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 1.53% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.71% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £506 - -
25th Percentile £516 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 - -
75th Percentile £566 - -
90th Percentile £579 - -
North West median daily rate £444 £613 £575
% change year-on-year -27.55% +6.52% +2.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 175 137 230
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 89.29% 68.50% 87.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 57 132
10th Percentile £363 £214 £356
25th Percentile £425 £325 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £614 £638
90th Percentile £671 £650 £708
North West median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 26 53
10th Percentile £18.87 £24.48 £20.58
25th Percentile £23.32 £35.36 £29.30
Median hourly rate £44.09 £40.33 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +9.34% -12.68% +59.24%
75th Percentile £63.40 £45.89 £49.52
90th Percentile £71.32 £51.44 £71.80
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £35.36 £35.00
% change year-on-year -28.87% +1.03% +60.70%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Lancashire

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Information Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Information Security

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Information Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Information Security

Information Security
DemandTrendContract 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 within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Blackpool - 1 - -
Preston - 1 £500 - 1
Information Security
North West

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Programme Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Security Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) CESG
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Register
2 1 (33.33%) SABSA
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CESG Certified Professional
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (66.67%) NIST
2 1 (33.33%) COBIT
2 1 (33.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 1 (33.33%) JSP 440
2 1 (33.33%) NCSC
2 1 (33.33%) NIST 800
2 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS
2 1 (33.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley