Information Security Contracts in Manchester

Information Security (InfoSec)
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 66 87 68
Rank change year-on-year +21 -19 -1
Contract jobs citing Information Security 30 26 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.96% 1.36% 3.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.25% 1.47% 3.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 20 64
10th Percentile £346 £411 £416
25th Percentile £453 £450 £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -12.00% +36.99%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £763
90th Percentile £616 £643 -
North West median daily rate £550 £550 £588
% change year-on-year - -6.38% +25.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £50.00 - -
North West median hourly rate £35.95 £83.40 £72.22
% change year-on-year -56.89% +15.48% +77.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,336 1,765 2,275
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 87.26% 92.22% 88.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,291 1,817
10th Percentile £313 £313 £253
25th Percentile £406 £413 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.71%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £575
90th Percentile £694 £675 £663
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 66 46
10th Percentile £12.40 £16.85 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £11.75
Median hourly rate £24.19 £37.30 £14.75
Median % change year-on-year -35.15% +152.88% -6.35%
75th Percentile £57.50 £48.44 £22.46
90th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £34.38
North West median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year -40.00% +68.72% +19.02%

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 19 April 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 19 April 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 -
Bolton - 1 - - 2
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 7 (23.33%) Azure
2 5 (16.67%) IaaS
3 3 (10.00%) AWS
3 3 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (10.00%) PaaS
3 3 (10.00%) SaaS
4 2 (6.67%) GitHub
5 1 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) Intranet
1 3 (10.00%) Network Security
2 2 (6.67%) Firewall
3 1 (3.33%) DMZ
3 1 (3.33%) LAN
3 1 (3.33%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (3.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.33%) VPN
3 1 (3.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) MySQL
1 1 (3.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (10.00%) JIRA
2 1 (3.33%) GitLab
General
1 7 (23.33%) Public Sector
2 5 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 4 (13.33%) Finance
3 4 (13.33%) Police
4 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Banking
4 1 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (20.00%) Analyst
1 6 (20.00%) Consultant
2 5 (16.67%) Lead
3 4 (13.33%) Architect
4 3 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 3 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 3 (10.00%) Data Consultant
4 3 (10.00%) Data Protection Consultant
4 3 (10.00%) Security Analyst
4 3 (10.00%) Security Architect
4 3 (10.00%) Security Consultant
5 2 (6.67%) Agile Delivery Lead
5 2 (6.67%) Configuration Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 1 (3.33%) AWS Security Architect
6 1 (3.33%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) CloudOps Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Senior
6 1 (3.33%) SOC Analyst
6 1 (3.33%) Technologist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) .NET
1 1 (3.33%) .NET Framework
1 1 (3.33%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 8 (26.67%) Management Information System
2 3 (10.00%) Security Posture
3 2 (6.67%) CMDB
3 2 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.33%) Algorithms
4 1 (3.33%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.33%) Cyberattack
4 1 (3.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.00%) Windows
2 1 (3.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (63.33%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 9 (30.00%) Risk Management
4 7 (23.33%) Business Continuity
4 7 (23.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (20.00%) Agile
5 6 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (16.67%) IT Strategy
6 5 (16.67%) OWASP
6 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
7 4 (13.33%) Project Management
7 4 (13.33%) Records Management
7 4 (13.33%) SIEM
8 3 (10.00%) Configuration Management
8 3 (10.00%) Information Management
8 3 (10.00%) ISMS
8 3 (10.00%) ITSM
8 3 (10.00%) Security Management
8 3 (10.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.67%) Bash
1 2 (6.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (6.67%) Python
2 1 (3.33%) Bicep
2 1 (3.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (23.33%) Security Cleared
2 5 (16.67%) CISSP
3 4 (13.33%) CISM
3 4 (13.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.67%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (6.67%) Degree
4 2 (6.67%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (3.33%) Azure Certification
5 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.33%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (43.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (23.33%) NIST
3 6 (20.00%) PCI DSS
4 5 (16.67%) GRC
5 4 (13.33%) GDPR
6 3 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (10.00%) IASME
6 3 (10.00%) NCSC
7 2 (6.67%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (3.33%) HIPAA
8 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.00%) Rapid7
3 2 (6.67%) Darktrace
4 1 (3.33%) Cisco
4 1 (3.33%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (3.33%) SolarWinds
4 1 (3.33%) Sophos
4 1 (3.33%) VMware