Information Specialist Contracts in London

Information Specialist
England > London

The median Information Specialist daily rate in London is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 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
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 364 384 448
Rank change year-on-year +20 +64 +149
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an Information Specialist 2 11 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.015% 0.068% 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.072% 0.068%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 14
10th Percentile £259 £445 -
25th Percentile £328 £504 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £590 £513
Median % change year-on-year -23.73% +15.12% -2.38%
75th Percentile £566 £591 £650
90th Percentile £631 £605 £732
England median daily rate £675 £520 £625
% change year-on-year +29.81% -16.80% +19.05%

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 12,459 15,286 21,926
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 94.04% 94.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,384 10,661 16,097
10th Percentile £325 £350 £358
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.27% -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 207 197 235
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.40 £18.50
25th Percentile £23.00 £22.00 £22.75
Median hourly rate £29.07 £33.50 £37.34
Median % change year-on-year -13.22% -10.28% +6.69%
75th Percentile £49.13 £55.00 £64.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £71.88 £79.20
England median hourly rate £26.00 £45.00 £42.08
% change year-on-year -42.22% +6.95% +63.85%

Information Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Specialist in London

Information Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Information Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Specialist in London over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Specialist in London

Information Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Information Specialist job vacancies in London

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

For the 6 months to 21 August 2025, Information 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Change Control
1 1 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (50.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (50.00%) NGFW
1 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns

Information 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 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) NGFW
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (50.00%) Change Control
1 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture