Information Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Information Security Engineer
England > London

The median Information Security Engineer daily rate in London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 447 357 394
Rank change year-on-year -90 +37 +49
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Engineer 2 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.010% 0.022% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.024% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - -37.50%
England median daily rate £500 £490 £400
% change year-on-year +2.04% +22.50% -28.25%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 18,862 12,471 15,322
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.22% 92.70% 94.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,159 8,349 10,331
10th Percentile £363 £326 £345
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £506 £525
% change year-on-year +3.75% -3.62% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 385 208 183
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.00 £17.58
25th Percentile £22.00 £23.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £39.00 £30.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.93% -13.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.00 £56.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £66.15 £74.38
England median hourly rate £43.50 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +72.96% -47.05% +5.56%

Information Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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 London.

Information Security Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Information Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Information Security Engineer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Information Security Engineer job vacancies in London

Information Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 13 September 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 London region featuring Information Security Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (50.00%) BCP
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Due Diligence
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) ISO 22301
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) ISSEP
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) NIST 800
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SOC 2
2 1 (50.00%) Validation

Information Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) BCP
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Due Diligence
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) ISSEP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 22301
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) NIST 800
1 1 (50.00%) SOC 2