Information Security Engineer Contracts in London

Information Security Engineer
England > London

The median Information Security Engineer daily rate in London is £638, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 343 390 483
Rank change year-on-year +47 +93 +110
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Engineer 10 1 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.080% 0.006% 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% 0.006% 0.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 10
10th Percentile £400 - -
25th Percentile £460 - £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.04%
75th Percentile £772 - £650
90th Percentile £800 - £673
England median daily rate £638 - £600
% change year-on-year - - +92.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Information Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Information Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Engineer in London

Information Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Security Engineer in London.

Daily rate trend for Information Security Engineer in London

Information Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security Engineer in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security Engineer in London

Information Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Information Security Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Information Security Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Information Security
1 10 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (70.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (70.00%) Risk Management
2 7 (70.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (70.00%) Degree
2 7 (70.00%) Computer Science
3 5 (50.00%) CISSP
3 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 4 (40.00%) CRISC
4 4 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (40.00%) Cloud Security
4 4 (40.00%) Critical Thinking
4 4 (40.00%) NIST
4 4 (40.00%) Security Posture
4 4 (40.00%) OWASP
4 4 (40.00%) Management Information System
4 4 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (40.00%) AWS
4 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (30.00%) Azure
5 3 (30.00%) Agile
5 3 (30.00%) DevSecOps
5 3 (30.00%) Product Ownership
5 3 (30.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 3 (30.00%) EBIOS
6 2 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (20.00%) GRC
6 2 (20.00%) Systems Engineering

Information Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) AWS
2 3 (30.00%) Azure
3 2 (20.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Firewall
General
1 10 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Management Information System
1 4 (40.00%) Security Posture
2 3 (30.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Information Security
2 7 (70.00%) Computer Science
2 7 (70.00%) Risk Management
2 7 (70.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (40.00%) Cloud Security
4 4 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (40.00%) Critical Thinking
4 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (40.00%) OWASP
5 3 (30.00%) Agile
5 3 (30.00%) DevSecOps
5 3 (30.00%) EBIOS
5 3 (30.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 2 (20.00%) SDLC
6 2 (20.00%) Security Management
6 2 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
7 1 (10.00%) Application Security
7 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 7 (70.00%) Degree
2 5 (50.00%) CISSP
3 4 (40.00%) CRISC
4 2 (20.00%) AWS Certification
4 2 (20.00%) CEH
4 2 (20.00%) CISM
4 2 (20.00%) ISSEP
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 4 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (40.00%) NIST
3 2 (20.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft