Information Security Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Information Security (InfoSec)
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Information Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 37 40
Rank change year-on-year -11 +3 +37
Contract jobs citing Information Security 10 1 11
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 1.87% 0.51% 2.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.38% 0.53% 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 6
10th Percentile £703 - -
25th Percentile £760 - £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £750 £335
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +123.88% -33.00%
75th Percentile £778 - £500
90th Percentile £784 - -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £775 £650 £335
% change year-on-year +19.23% +94.03% -39.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
Median hourly rate £36.00 - £18.00
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £36.00 - £18.00

All Process & Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 420 187 410
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 78.50% 94.44% 86.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 140 299
10th Percentile £304 £297 £279
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £494 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.30% -1.25% +5.26%
75th Percentile £590 £600 £600
90th Percentile £640 £650 £660
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 3 27
10th Percentile £15.80 £13.10 £15.85
25th Percentile £16.35 £14.75 £17.82
Median hourly rate £18.32 £18.70 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% -21.26% +137.50%
75th Percentile £29.61 £19.60 £30.00
90th Percentile £36.00 £20.14 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £18.32 £21.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -14.79% -14.00% +92.31%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Information Security relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Information Security job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Information Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Information Security

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Information Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Information Security

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Network Security
General
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Consultant
1 5 (50.00%) Information Security Consultant
1 5 (50.00%) Security Consultant
2 4 (40.00%) Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Information Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Information Security Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Security Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Designer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Information Security Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Security Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Service Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
1 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (10.00%) Agile
1 1 (10.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (10.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (10.00%) Coaching
1 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (10.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (10.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (10.00%) ITIL
1 1 (10.00%) ITSM
1 1 (10.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (10.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (10.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (10.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (10.00%) Service Design
1 1 (10.00%) Service Management
1 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (10.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (70.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 4 (40.00%) GRC
3 1 (10.00%) GDPR
3 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 1 (10.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft