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 24 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 79 82 65
Rank change year-on-year +3 -17 +9
Contract jobs citing Information Security 19 26 86
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.30% 1.48% 3.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.52% 1.64% 3.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 20 61
10th Percentile £325 £449 £406
25th Percentile £425 £481 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year - -12.00% +38.89%
75th Percentile £595 £623 £763
90th Percentile £730 £740 -
North West median daily rate £595 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +8.18% -8.33% +29.73%

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 1,249 1,588 2,330
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 85.49% 90.54% 88.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 833 1,176 1,806
10th Percentile £325 £315 £263
25th Percentile £413 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £588
90th Percentile £693 £675 £663
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 50 51
10th Percentile £12.47 £15.61 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.66 £16.85 £14.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £22.50 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.56% +21.62% +13.99%
75th Percentile £59.38 £38.44 £45.63
90th Percentile £72.50 £66.00 £75.00
North West median hourly rate £28.00 £30.54 £23.70
% change year-on-year -8.32% +28.86% +30.83%

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 24 June 2024.

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
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 24 June 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
Ashton-under-Lyne - 1 £325 -
Information Security
North West

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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) Azure
2 3 (15.79%) AWS
2 3 (15.79%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (15.79%) IaaS
2 3 (15.79%) SaaS
3 2 (10.53%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) Intranet
1 3 (15.79%) Network Security
2 1 (5.26%) Firewall
2 1 (5.26%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (5.26%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.26%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 1 (5.26%) Legal
1 1 (5.26%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Analyst
2 5 (26.32%) Lead
3 3 (15.79%) Architect
3 3 (15.79%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Security Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Security Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Agile Delivery Lead
4 2 (10.53%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 1 (5.26%) AWS Architect
5 1 (5.26%) Cloud Architect
5 1 (5.26%) Compliance Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) DevSecOps Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) IT Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Lead Network Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Security Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) SOC Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Technologist
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Management Information System
2 3 (15.79%) Security Posture
3 1 (5.26%) CMDB
3 1 (5.26%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (5.26%) Cyberattack
3 1 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Windows
2 1 (5.26%) Android
2 1 (5.26%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.26%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (31.58%) Business Continuity
2 6 (31.58%) Disaster Recovery
2 6 (31.58%) Risk Management
3 5 (26.32%) OWASP
4 4 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (21.05%) IT Strategy
4 4 (21.05%) Records Management
4 4 (21.05%) SIEM
4 4 (21.05%) Technology Strategy
5 3 (15.79%) Agile
5 3 (15.79%) Business Strategy
5 3 (15.79%) Data Protection
5 3 (15.79%) Information Management
5 3 (15.79%) Problem Management
5 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (15.79%) Project Management
6 2 (10.53%) Identity Management
6 2 (10.53%) ITSM
6 2 (10.53%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) Bash
1 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
1 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) CISSP
2 2 (10.53%) CISM
2 2 (10.53%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
2 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.26%) Degree
3 1 (5.26%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (5.26%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (57.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (31.58%) NIST
2 6 (31.58%) PCI DSS
3 5 (26.32%) GRC
4 3 (15.79%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (15.79%) IASME
5 1 (5.26%) GDPR
5 1 (5.26%) HIPAA
5 1 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (5.26%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
1 3 (15.79%) Rapid7
2 2 (10.53%) Darktrace
3 1 (5.26%) Cisco
3 1 (5.26%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (5.26%) Imperva
3 1 (5.26%) SolarWinds
3 1 (5.26%) Sophos
3 1 (5.26%) VMware