Information Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Information Security Engineer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Information Security Engineer daily rate in Leeds is £540, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026.

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

 6 months to
5 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.13% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £540 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 736 466 840
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.71% 94.33% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 486 285 546
10th Percentile £313 £263 £278
25th Percentile £408 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £567 £600
90th Percentile £650 £685 £675
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +11.11% -6.15% -8.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 20 12
10th Percentile - £16.94 £11.17
25th Percentile £14.25 £19.50 £12.13
Median hourly rate £16.25 £24.18 £12.53
Median % change year-on-year -32.80% +92.98% -78.49%
75th Percentile £28.75 £38.75 £15.24
90th Percentile £74.00 £97.18 £21.30
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.59 £25.84 £15.50
% change year-on-year -24.19% +66.71% -54.11%

Information Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Information Security Engineer job vacancy trend in Leeds

Information Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 5 February 2026, Information Security Engineer 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 Leeds region featuring Information Security Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation

Information Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft