Information Security Contracts in the North of England

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 119 84 134
Rank change year-on-year -35 +50 -45
Contract jobs citing Information Security 47 108 87
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.43% 2.27% 1.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.58% 2.64% 1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 64 66
10th Percentile £208 £324 £409
25th Percentile £400 £496 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -17.73% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £570 £625 £623
90th Percentile £681 £669 £675
England median daily rate £550 £582 £618
% change year-on-year -5.50% -5.75% +7.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 3
10th Percentile £16.21 - £32.16
25th Percentile - £17.72 £51.38
Median hourly rate £22.14 £23.00 £83.40
Median % change year-on-year -3.74% -72.42% -
75th Percentile - £38.43 -
90th Percentile £34.39 - -
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
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,966 4,089 5,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 90.02% 85.76% 90.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 2,506 3,674
10th Percentile £263 £300 £302
25th Percentile £378 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 355 207
10th Percentile £13.83 £11.03 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.20 £12.45 £15.25
Median hourly rate £28.75 £17.50 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -36.82% +49.73%
75th Percentile £55.76 £44.41 £45.05
90th Percentile £82.56 £53.90 £65.00
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the North of England

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Security in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Information Security in the North of England

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in the North of England

Information Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Security in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Information Security in the North of England

Information Security
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Information Security in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Information Security in the North of England

Information Security
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England 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
North West -18 26 £467 -15.12% 153
Yorkshire -22 13 £413 -28.69% 156
North East +4 8 £534 +1.71% 38
Information Security
England

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 11 (23.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (12.77%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (6.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 18 (38.30%) Azure
2 16 (34.04%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (31.91%) Entra ID
4 10 (21.28%) IaaS
5 3 (6.38%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (4.26%) AWS
6 2 (4.26%) PaaS
6 2 (4.26%) SaaS
7 1 (2.13%) Amazon S3
7 1 (2.13%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (2.13%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 13 (27.66%) Firewall
2 8 (17.02%) Intrusion Detection
2 8 (17.02%) Network Security
3 4 (8.51%) LAN
3 4 (8.51%) WAN
3 4 (8.51%) Wireless
4 3 (6.38%) Internet
4 3 (6.38%) iSCSI
4 3 (6.38%) Remote Desktop
4 3 (6.38%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (2.13%) IPsec
5 1 (2.13%) MPLS
5 1 (2.13%) SSL
5 1 (2.13%) Unified Communications
5 1 (2.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (23.40%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.13%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.13%) DynamoDB
2 1 (2.13%) Power BI
2 1 (2.13%) Tableau
General
1 10 (21.28%) Social Skills
2 8 (17.02%) Telecoms
3 7 (14.89%) Public Sector
4 6 (12.77%) Finance
4 6 (12.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (12.77%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (12.77%) Police
5 5 (10.64%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (6.38%) Banking
7 2 (4.26%) Military
8 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.13%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (34.04%) Analyst
2 9 (19.15%) Security Engineer
3 7 (14.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (12.77%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
4 6 (12.77%) Support Analyst
5 5 (10.64%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 4 (8.51%) Architect
6 4 (8.51%) Consultant
6 4 (8.51%) IT Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Support Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 3 (6.38%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) IT Security Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) Senior
7 3 (6.38%) Technical Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) Technical Support
7 3 (6.38%) Technical Support Engineer
8 2 (4.26%) Junior Analyst
8 2 (4.26%) Lead
8 2 (4.26%) Project Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.26%) SailPoint
2 1 (2.13%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.02%) Management Information System
2 5 (10.64%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (10.64%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (8.51%) Security Posture
4 3 (6.38%) IVR
5 2 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.13%) CESG
6 1 (2.13%) Data Structures
6 1 (2.13%) NHS
6 1 (2.13%) Operational Technology
6 1 (2.13%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 12 (25.53%) Windows
2 11 (23.40%) Windows Server
3 8 (17.02%) Linux
4 3 (6.38%) Android
4 3 (6.38%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (44.68%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (31.91%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (23.40%) BCP
3 11 (23.40%) Disaster Recovery
4 10 (21.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 9 (19.15%) Risk Assessment
6 8 (17.02%) Business Continuity
6 8 (17.02%) Business Continuity Planning
6 8 (17.02%) Change Management
6 8 (17.02%) Data Protection
6 8 (17.02%) Enterprise Architecture
6 8 (17.02%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 7 (14.89%) Line Management
7 7 (14.89%) Project Delivery
7 7 (14.89%) Web Operations
8 6 (12.77%) Analytics
8 6 (12.77%) Decision-Making
8 6 (12.77%) Identity Access Management
8 6 (12.77%) Performance Measurement
8 6 (12.77%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (23.40%) PowerShell
2 3 (6.38%) VBA
3 2 (4.26%) SQL
4 1 (2.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (19.15%) Azure Certification
1 9 (19.15%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (10.64%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.38%) CISM
4 2 (4.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (4.26%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (4.26%) CISSP
4 2 (4.26%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (4.26%) CRISC
4 2 (4.26%) Degree
4 2 (4.26%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.13%) A+ Certification
5 1 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.13%) CISA
5 1 (2.13%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (2.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (19.15%) SLA
2 8 (17.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (10.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (8.51%) NIST
5 3 (6.38%) GDPR
5 3 (6.38%) GRC
5 3 (6.38%) PCI DSS
5 3 (6.38%) SOC 2
6 2 (4.26%) NCSC
7 1 (2.13%) Accessibility
7 1 (2.13%) COBIT
7 1 (2.13%) Data Quality
7 1 (2.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (2.13%) JSP 440
7 1 (2.13%) NIST 800
7 1 (2.13%) PMO
7 1 (2.13%) QA
System Software
1 16 (34.04%) Active Directory
2 8 (17.02%) vSphere
3 6 (12.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (6.38%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 10 (21.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (55.32%) Microsoft
2 13 (27.66%) VMware
3 6 (12.77%) Cisco
4 5 (10.64%) Fortinet
4 5 (10.64%) HP
4 5 (10.64%) Veeam
5 3 (6.38%) Apple
6 1 (2.13%) Databricks
6 1 (2.13%) F5
6 1 (2.13%) Hitachi
6 1 (2.13%) Okta
6 1 (2.13%) OneTrust
6 1 (2.13%) Pega
6 1 (2.13%) Ping Identity
6 1 (2.13%) SAP