Information Security Contracts in London

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Information Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 101 158
Rank change year-on-year -24 +57 -7
Contract jobs citing Information Security 350 674 725
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.99% 2.55% 1.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.25% 2.81% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 239 520 502
10th Percentile £313 £419 £401
25th Percentile £463 £525 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £646 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.12% +12.35% -
75th Percentile £738 £775 £675
90th Percentile £875 £835 £775
England median daily rate £600 £620 £575
% change year-on-year -3.23% +7.83% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 6
10th Percentile £18.45 £43.00 £19.92
25th Percentile £22.14 £47.50 £25.82
Median hourly rate £24.59 £55.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -55.29% +100.00% +37.50%
75th Percentile £25.00 £62.50 £36.25
90th Percentile - £67.00 £40.13
England median hourly rate £19.50 £75.00 £63.50
% change year-on-year -74.00% +18.11% +149.02%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Information Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,569 23,994 35,899
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.72% 90.95% 92.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,151 17,292 26,230
10th Percentile £340 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 312 273 423
10th Percentile £15.95 £18.50 £17.55
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £27.92 £39.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.41% +5.41% +12.63%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.00 £51.00
90th Percentile £66.45 £81.80 £68.75
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -2.25% +49.36% +6.38%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in London

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security in London

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in London over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in London

Information Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Security in London.

Hourly rate trend for Information Security in London

Information Security
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the London region over the 6 months to 13 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +16 72 £613 -6.49% 16
East London -7 4 £700 -6.67% 2
West London +11 1 £325 -45.83% 3
South London +9 1 - - 1
Information Security
England

Information Security
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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (3.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (3.14%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.43%) Apache
4 4 (1.14%) IIS
5 2 (0.57%) Apache Solr
5 2 (0.57%) Confluence
5 2 (0.57%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.29%) IBM Notes
6 1 (0.29%) nginx
6 1 (0.29%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.29%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.14%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.29%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 67 (19.14%) Azure
2 51 (14.57%) AWS
3 34 (9.71%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (8.00%) SaaS
5 24 (6.86%) GCP
6 19 (5.43%) IaaS
7 13 (3.71%) Entra ID
8 7 (2.00%) GitHub
8 7 (2.00%) Mimecast
9 6 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.71%) PaaS
10 5 (1.43%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (1.14%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (1.14%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.14%) Power Platform
12 3 (0.86%) Serverless
13 2 (0.57%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.57%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.57%) ShareGate
13 2 (0.57%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 37 (10.57%) Firewall
2 35 (10.00%) Network Security
3 17 (4.86%) DNS
4 11 (3.14%) VPN
5 7 (2.00%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.71%) DHCP
6 6 (1.71%) Intrusion Detection
7 5 (1.43%) WAN
8 4 (1.14%) Internet
8 4 (1.14%) MPLS
8 4 (1.14%) Wireless
9 3 (0.86%) HTTPS
9 3 (0.86%) LAN
9 3 (0.86%) VoIP
10 2 (0.57%) BGP
10 2 (0.57%) EIGRP
10 2 (0.57%) HTTP
10 2 (0.57%) Kerberos
10 2 (0.57%) OSPF
10 2 (0.57%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.29%) Oracle Database
2 6 (1.71%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.43%) MySQL
4 3 (0.86%) Apache Cassandra
4 3 (0.86%) Big Data
4 3 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.86%) GIS
4 3 (0.86%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.86%) Spatial Data
5 2 (0.57%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (0.57%) Hadoop
5 2 (0.57%) Metadata
5 2 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.57%) Power BI
5 2 (0.57%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.57%) Redis
6 1 (0.29%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.29%) DB2
6 1 (0.29%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 19 (5.43%) Jenkins
2 14 (4.00%) GitLab
3 10 (2.86%) JIRA
4 7 (2.00%) Maven
5 2 (0.57%) CircleCI
5 2 (0.57%) Git
5 2 (0.57%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.57%) RStudio
6 1 (0.29%) AppScan
6 1 (0.29%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.29%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.29%) Subversion
General
1 133 (38.00%) Finance
2 106 (30.29%) Social Skills
3 44 (12.57%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (9.43%) Banking
5 28 (8.00%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.00%) Legal
7 11 (3.14%) Financial Institution
7 11 (3.14%) Law
7 11 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (2.57%) Front Office
8 9 (2.57%) Marketing
9 8 (2.29%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.29%) Retail
9 8 (2.29%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.14%) Advertising
11 4 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.14%) Local Government
11 4 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.14%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 59 (16.86%) Architect
2 51 (14.57%) Analyst
3 48 (13.71%) Security Architect
4 38 (10.86%) Consultant
5 31 (8.86%) Security Consultant
6 28 (8.00%) Security Manager
7 27 (7.71%) Senior
8 23 (6.57%) Security Engineer
9 18 (5.14%) Security Analyst
10 16 (4.57%) Information Security Consultant
11 15 (4.29%) Information Security Officer
11 15 (4.29%) Security Officer
12 14 (4.00%) Information Security Manager
12 14 (4.00%) Security Specialist
13 13 (3.71%) Chief Information Security Officer
13 13 (3.71%) Developer
13 13 (3.71%) Information Manager
13 13 (3.71%) Project Manager
14 12 (3.43%) Lead
15 10 (2.86%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.29%) SailPoint
2 7 (2.00%) Hibernate
2 7 (2.00%) JPA
3 5 (1.43%) .NET
3 5 (1.43%) LDAP
4 4 (1.14%) CSS
4 4 (1.14%) HTML
4 4 (1.14%) Web Services
5 3 (0.86%) SAML
5 3 (0.86%) XML
6 2 (0.57%) EDI
6 2 (0.57%) Kafka
6 2 (0.57%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.29%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.29%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.29%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.29%) Node.js
7 1 (0.29%) PySpark
7 1 (0.29%) React
7 1 (0.29%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 71 (20.29%) Management Information System
2 19 (5.43%) Cyber Threat
2 19 (5.43%) Security Posture
3 9 (2.57%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (2.29%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.00%) Cyber Defence
5 7 (2.00%) Security Operations Centre
6 6 (1.71%) Hedge funds
6 6 (1.71%) Learning Management System
6 6 (1.71%) Onboarding
6 6 (1.71%) Operational Technology
7 5 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.43%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (1.14%) CMDB
8 4 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.14%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.14%) PKI
8 4 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.86%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 42 (12.00%) Windows
2 17 (4.86%) Linux
3 11 (3.14%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.29%) Unix
5 5 (1.43%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.86%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.57%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (38.29%) Cybersecurity
2 65 (18.57%) Risk Management
3 54 (15.43%) Cloud Security
4 48 (13.71%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (12.00%) Security Architecture
6 41 (11.71%) Agile
7 36 (10.29%) Project Management
7 36 (10.29%) Security Operations
8 35 (10.00%) Security Management
9 33 (9.43%) Data Protection
9 33 (9.43%) Identity Access Management
9 33 (9.43%) Incident Response
9 33 (9.43%) Information Security Management
9 33 (9.43%) SIEM
9 33 (9.43%) Vulnerability Management
10 32 (9.14%) Threat Modelling
11 30 (8.57%) Penetration Testing
11 30 (8.57%) Stakeholder Management
12 29 (8.29%) Computer Science
13 28 (8.00%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 20 (5.71%) PowerShell
2 15 (4.29%) Java
2 15 (4.29%) Python
3 14 (4.00%) SQL
4 7 (2.00%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.14%) C++
6 3 (0.86%) Bash
7 2 (0.57%) C#
7 2 (0.57%) Go
7 2 (0.57%) Perl
7 2 (0.57%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.57%) R
7 2 (0.57%) Ruby
8 1 (0.29%) Gremlin
8 1 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.29%) Scala
8 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 86 (24.57%) CISSP
2 68 (19.43%) CISM
3 56 (16.00%) Degree
4 33 (9.43%) Security Cleared
5 28 (8.00%) CISA
6 25 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 21 (6.00%) SC Cleared
8 16 (4.57%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (3.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 11 (3.14%) CRISC
10 11 (3.14%) DV Cleared
10 11 (3.14%) GIAC
11 10 (2.86%) CREST Certified
12 9 (2.57%) TOGAF Certification
13 8 (2.29%) CCSK
13 8 (2.29%) CEH
14 6 (1.71%) PMI Certification
14 6 (1.71%) PMP
15 5 (1.43%) CCNP
15 5 (1.43%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (23.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 67 (19.14%) NIST
3 31 (8.86%) GRC
4 25 (7.14%) GDPR
5 21 (6.00%) QA
6 19 (5.43%) NCSC
7 18 (5.14%) PCI DSS
8 14 (4.00%) COBIT
9 9 (2.57%) NIST 800
10 8 (2.29%) SLA
11 7 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (2.00%) ISO 22301
11 7 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 5 (1.43%) ISO 31000
12 5 (1.43%) PMO
12 5 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 2 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.57%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.57%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 41 (11.71%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.29%) Docker
3 6 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.86%) Firmware
6 2 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.57%) XenApp
7 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 22 (6.29%) Terraform
2 16 (4.57%) SCCM
3 12 (3.43%) Ansible
3 12 (3.43%) Kubernetes
4 8 (2.29%) Nessus
5 6 (1.71%) CASB
6 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.14%) Progress Chef
6 4 (1.14%) Puppet
6 4 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.86%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.86%) Packer
7 3 (0.86%) WSUS
8 2 (0.57%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.57%) Grafana
8 2 (0.57%) Kibana
8 2 (0.57%) logstash
8 2 (0.57%) QRadar
9 1 (0.29%) Ganglia
9 1 (0.29%) Salt
Vendors
1 78 (22.29%) Microsoft
2 21 (6.00%) Oracle
3 14 (4.00%) Google
4 13 (3.71%) ServiceNow
5 10 (2.86%) Cisco
5 10 (2.86%) Qualys
6 8 (2.29%) VMware
7 7 (2.00%) Okta
7 7 (2.00%) SAP
8 6 (1.71%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (1.71%) Workday
9 5 (1.43%) Apple
10 4 (1.14%) BeyondTrust
10 4 (1.14%) Citrix
10 4 (1.14%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.14%) Rapid7
11 3 (0.86%) ESRI
11 3 (0.86%) McAfee
11 3 (0.86%) Polycom
11 3 (0.86%) SolarWinds