Information Security Management Contract Job Trends in the North West

Information Security Management
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Information Security Management skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 - 148
Rank change year-on-year - - +37
Contract jobs citing Information Security Management 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.14% - 0.035%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% - 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £380 - -
25th Percentile £500 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile £745 - -
90th Percentile £772 - -
England median daily rate £650 £600 £525
% change year-on-year +8.33% +14.29% -12.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Information Security Management 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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,954 2,046 2,493
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.66% 84.27% 88.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,269 1,232 1,699
10th Percentile £300 £313 £288
25th Percentile £375 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £593
90th Percentile £663 £675 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 135 161
10th Percentile £13.50 £10.97 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.44 £19.59 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.63% +15.21% +60.70%
75th Percentile £52.50 £54.89 £46.18
90th Percentile £72.40 £70.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +53.90%

Information Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Management in the North West

Information Security Management
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Information Security Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Information Security Management

Information Security Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security Management in the North West over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security Management in the North West

Information Security Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Information Security Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Information Security Management

Information Security Management
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Management within the North West region over the 6 months to 29 August 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
Manchester - 2 £745 - 4
Cheshire - 1 £300 - 2
Information Security Management
England

Information Security Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Information Assurance Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Information Assurance Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Information Assurance Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Information Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Security Assurance Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (33.33%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Security Management
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) GAP Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) ISMS
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Resilience Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CISM
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
1 3 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (66.67%) COBIT
2 2 (66.67%) NIST
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (33.33%) NCSC