Information Security Contracts in Manchester

Information Security (InfoSec)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Information Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Information Security over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 70 92
Rank change year-on-year +6 +22 -30
Contract jobs citing Information Security 15 26 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.62% 1.71% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.81% 1.97% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 19 19
10th Percentile £390 £343 £438
25th Percentile £423 £444 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +13.24% -4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £703 £588 £603
90th Percentile £713 £633 £695
North West median daily rate £467 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -15.12% - -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £16.08 - -
25th Percentile £16.11 - -
Median hourly rate £16.19 - -
75th Percentile £16.23 - -
90th Percentile £16.24 - -
North West median hourly rate £16.25 £26.84 £83.40
% change year-on-year -39.44% -67.82% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Information Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 830 1,321 1,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.63% 87.08% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 898 1,273
10th Percentile £300 £319 £315
25th Percentile £400 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% - +1.73%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £594
90th Percentile £675 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 73 61
10th Percentile £15.18 £12.42 £14.65
25th Percentile £19.25 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £24.19 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year +34.35% -35.15% +140.65%
75th Percentile £63.75 £57.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £77.00 £72.50 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Manchester

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security in Manchester

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in Manchester

Information Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Security in Manchester

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 8 (53.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (13.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (66.67%) Azure
2 9 (60.00%) Entra ID
3 8 (53.33%) IaaS
3 8 (53.33%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (6.67%) AWS
4 1 (6.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (53.33%) Firewall
1 8 (53.33%) Intrusion Detection
1 8 (53.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (53.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.67%) Data Lake
General
1 8 (53.33%) Telecoms
2 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Analyst
2 5 (33.33%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 2 (13.33%) Administrator
4 2 (13.33%) Data Administrator
4 2 (13.33%) Lead
5 1 (6.67%) Active Directory Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Architect
5 1 (6.67%) AWS Developer
5 1 (6.67%) Azure Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Azure Data Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Data Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Data Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Node.js Developer
5 1 (6.67%) Principal Data Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Security Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Senior
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Developer
5 1 (6.67%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.67%) Data Structures
2 1 (6.67%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 8 (53.33%) Windows
1 8 (53.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (53.33%) BCP
2 8 (53.33%) Business Continuity
2 8 (53.33%) Business Continuity Planning
2 8 (53.33%) Change Management
2 8 (53.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 8 (53.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 8 (53.33%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (53.33%) Risk Assessment
2 8 (53.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 7 (46.67%) Line Management
3 7 (46.67%) Project Delivery
3 7 (46.67%) Web Operations
4 5 (33.33%) Analytics
4 5 (33.33%) High Availability
4 5 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (20.00%) Records Management
6 2 (13.33%) Data Protection
6 2 (13.33%) Migration
6 2 (13.33%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) Azure Certification
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) GDPR
1 2 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (13.33%) NIST
1 2 (13.33%) PCI DSS
2 1 (6.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.67%) GRC
System Software
1 9 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 8 (53.33%) vSphere
3 6 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (53.33%) VMware
3 1 (6.67%) Databricks
3 1 (6.67%) Hitachi
3 1 (6.67%) Pega
3 1 (6.67%) SAP