Information Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Information Security Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Information Security Engineer daily rate in Manchester is £540, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 February 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 - 97
Rank change year-on-year - - +24
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.078% - 0.062%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% - 0.065%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 - -
North West median daily rate £540 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,183 986 1,528
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 93.90% 94.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 781 626 1,099
10th Percentile £313 £313 £302
25th Percentile £381 £400 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £565 £575
90th Percentile £638 £675 £669
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 31 79
10th Percentile £18.26 £15.90 £12.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £20.25 £13.41
Median hourly rate £44.00 £32.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.38% +62.50% -52.79%
75th Percentile £60.00 £33.75 £60.63
90th Percentile £77.50 £60.00 £73.75
North West median hourly rate £41.94 £29.12 £28.65
% change year-on-year +44.05% +1.62% +5.39%

Information Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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 Manchester.

Information Security Engineer job vacancy trend in Manchester

Information Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Information Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 8 February 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 Manchester region featuring Information Security Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation

Information Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft