Information Security Contracts in the Midlands

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 92 68 91
Rank change year-on-year -24 +23 +28
Contract jobs citing Information Security 19 65 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.99% 2.36% 2.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 2.87% 2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 41 61
10th Percentile £375 £413 £400
25th Percentile £388 £513 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £600 £588
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +2.13% +6.82%
75th Percentile £703 £688 £675
90th Percentile £788 £850 £738
England median daily rate £550 £582 £618
% change year-on-year -5.50% -5.75% +7.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £13.50 -
England median hourly rate £24.66 £19.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year +26.46% -74.00% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,676 2,266 3,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.57% 82.19% 88.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,099 1,510 2,125
10th Percentile £200 £237 £250
25th Percentile £358 £356 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year - -4.04% +4.21%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 172 119
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.07 £11.96
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.81 £15.05
Median hourly rate £18.13 £19.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% +7.22% +1.37%
75th Percentile £24.22 £35.00 £26.81
90th Percentile £36.55 £55.00 £55.50
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the Midlands

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security in the Midlands

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in the Midlands

Information Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Security in the Midlands

Information Security
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
West Midlands -16 14 £463 -23.71% 44
East Midlands -4 5 £300 -25.00% 22
Information Security
England

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (15.79%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) Azure
1 4 (21.05%) Mimecast
2 2 (10.53%) AWS
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.26%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (42.11%) Firewall
2 4 (21.05%) Network Security
3 3 (15.79%) Unified Communications
4 1 (5.26%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (5.26%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.26%) Tableau
General
1 5 (26.32%) Legal
2 4 (21.05%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (15.79%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Local Government
4 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (21.05%) Architect
1 4 (21.05%) Security Architect
1 4 (21.05%) Senior
1 4 (21.05%) Senior Architect
1 4 (21.05%) Senior Security Architect
2 3 (15.79%) Consultant
2 3 (15.79%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 3 (15.79%) Information Assurance Manager
2 3 (15.79%) Information Manager
2 3 (15.79%) Unified Communications Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Security Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Information Security Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Messaging Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Performance Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Security Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Security Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (42.11%) Management Information System
2 3 (15.79%) Industry 4.0
2 3 (15.79%) Operational Technology
3 2 (10.53%) CCTV
3 2 (10.53%) Public Cloud
4 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (5.26%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (26.32%) Windows
2 3 (15.79%) Linux
3 2 (10.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (36.84%) Risk Management
3 5 (26.32%) Decision-Making
3 5 (26.32%) Security Management
4 4 (21.05%) Change Management
4 4 (21.05%) Cloud Security
4 4 (21.05%) Data Protection
4 4 (21.05%) Migration
4 4 (21.05%) Penetration Testing
4 4 (21.05%) PLM
4 4 (21.05%) SIEM
4 4 (21.05%) Strategic Planning
4 4 (21.05%) System Testing
4 4 (21.05%) User Experience
5 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (15.79%) DevSecOps
5 3 (15.79%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (15.79%) Identity Management
5 3 (15.79%) Information Assurance
5 3 (15.79%) Service Catalogue
Qualifications
1 9 (47.37%) CISSP
2 7 (36.84%) CISA
2 7 (36.84%) Degree
3 6 (31.58%) CISM
4 3 (15.79%) GIAC
5 2 (10.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (10.53%) CCSP
5 2 (10.53%) CEH
5 2 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (10.53%) Master's Degree
6 1 (5.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (5.26%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (31.58%) NIST
2 5 (26.32%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (26.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (15.79%) GDPR
3 3 (15.79%) NIST 800
4 2 (10.53%) GRC
4 2 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (5.26%) Data Quality
5 1 (5.26%) HIPAA
5 1 (5.26%) PCI DSS
5 1 (5.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) CASB
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Cisco
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
1 4 (21.05%) Proofpoint
2 2 (10.53%) Oracle
2 2 (10.53%) TOWER Software