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 23 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 35 29
Rank change year-on-year -25 -6 +29
Contract jobs citing Information Security 12 2 13
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 1.55% 0.85% 4.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.97% 0.91% 5.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 12
10th Percentile £495 £613 -
25th Percentile £515 £618 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £763 £632 £543
Median % change year-on-year +20.74% +16.41% -0.46%
75th Percentile £778 £640 £583
90th Percentile £780 £642 £718
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £763 £620 £543
% change year-on-year +22.98% +14.29% -0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £15.22
Median hourly rate - - £16.19
75th Percentile - - £17.16
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate - - £16.19

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 610 219 255
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 79.02% 92.80% 86.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 448 153 183
10th Percentile £363 £215 £237
25th Percentile £458 £350 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £433 £475
Median % change year-on-year +21.39% -8.95% -5.00%
75th Percentile £598 £550 £550
90th Percentile £638 £641 £648
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £448 £463
% change year-on-year +17.32% -3.24% -9.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 9 6
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.23 £18.24
25th Percentile £15.05 £15.12 £23.44
Median hourly rate £16.35 £15.50 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.48% -51.56% +142.98%
75th Percentile £17.50 £18.00 £36.56
90th Percentile £43.75 £25.15 £37.37
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £15.05 £15.91 £27.50
% change year-on-year -5.41% -42.15% +67.68%

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

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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
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 23 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in Milton Keynes

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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

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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 2 (16.67%) Azure
1 2 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
1 2 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Metadata
1 2 (16.67%) Power BI
General
1 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Legal
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Automotive
4 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Finance
4 1 (8.33%) Military
4 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Consultant
1 6 (50.00%) Security Consultant
2 5 (41.67%) Information Security Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Business Continuity Specialist
3 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) Data Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery Specialist
3 2 (16.67%) Governance Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Business Continuity Planner
4 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Officer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Information Security Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
1 1 (8.33%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Business Continuity
1 3 (25.00%) Business Impact Analysis
1 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (25.00%) Impact Analysis
1 3 (25.00%) ITIL
1 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (16.67%) Contingency Planning
2 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (16.67%) Data Governance
2 2 (16.67%) Data Lineage
2 2 (16.67%) Data Protection
2 2 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (16.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (16.67%) PRINCE
2 2 (16.67%) RBAC
2 2 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (8.33%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (8.33%) Knowledge Transfer
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) CTC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (8.33%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (58.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (25.00%) ISO 22301
3 2 (16.67%) Data Quality
3 2 (16.67%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft