Information Security Specialist Contracts in London

Information Security Specialist
England > London

The median Information Security Specialist daily rate in London is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 August 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
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 368 388 451
Rank change year-on-year +20 +63 +148
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an Information Security Specialist 1 4 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.007% 0.025% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.026% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 11
10th Percentile - £440 -
25th Percentile - £444 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +42.11% -5.00% -31.03%
75th Percentile - £569 £644
90th Percentile - £603 £650
England median daily rate £675 £310 £625
% change year-on-year +117.74% -50.40% -13.79%

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 12,486 15,218 22,120
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.95% 94.03% 94.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,403 10,655 16,234
10th Percentile £325 £350 £358
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 208 197 236
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.40 £18.50
25th Percentile £23.00 £22.00 £22.75
Median hourly rate £29.07 £33.50 £37.42
Median % change year-on-year -13.22% -10.48% +8.24%
75th Percentile £48.94 £55.00 £64.50
90th Percentile £65.00 £71.88 £80.00
England median hourly rate £26.00 £45.00 £42.08
% change year-on-year -42.22% +6.95% +63.85%

Information Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Specialist in London

Information Security Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Information Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 20 August 2025, Information Security Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) NGFW
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns

Information Security Specialist 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) NGFW
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture