Information Security Contract Job Trends in Nottinghamshire

Information Security (InfoSec)
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire requiring Information Security skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 18 26
Rank change year-on-year -5 +8 +8
Contract jobs citing Information Security 3 6 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 1.79% 3.85% 2.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.22% 4.62% 3.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile £350 £518 -
25th Percentile £378 £544 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £625 £475
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% +31.58% -
75th Percentile £474 £744 £544
90th Percentile £475 £793 £578
East Midlands median daily rate £400 £785 £525
% change year-on-year -49.04% +49.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - - £10.75
25th Percentile - £12.75 £10.76
Median hourly rate - £13.50 £10.76
Median % change year-on-year - +25.46% -
75th Percentile - £14.25 £10.77
90th Percentile - - £10.77
East Midlands median hourly rate - £13.50 £10.76
% change year-on-year - +25.46% -18.48%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 135 130 166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 80.36% 83.33% 83.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 66 134
10th Percentile £197 £313 £308
25th Percentile £394 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.50% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £617 £575 £675
90th Percentile £823 £606 £745
East Midlands median daily rate £411 £449 £500
% change year-on-year -8.41% -10.20% +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 10 11
10th Percentile £15.33 £12.61 £10.77
25th Percentile £16.17 £12.75 £17.08
Median hourly rate £17.87 £14.17 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.11% -79.76% +618.69%
75th Percentile - £15.21 £88.75
90th Percentile - £64.58 £93.75
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.87 £21.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year -12.23% -6.52% +30.98%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Nottinghamshire

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing Information Security

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Nottinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Nottinghamshire over the 6 months to 28 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in Nottinghamshire

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing Information Security

Information Security
Contract Job Locations in Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire region over the 6 months to 28 September 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
Nottingham -3 3 £450 -28.00% 2
Information Security
East Midlands

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Nottinghamshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
1 1 (33.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Information Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Information Security Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Security Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Data-Driven Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Generative AI
1 2 (66.67%) IT Audit
1 2 (66.67%) Kanban
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Register
2 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CISA
1 2 (66.67%) CISM
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (66.67%) COBIT
2 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (66.67%) NIST
2 2 (66.67%) NIST 800
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (33.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Rapid7
2 1 (33.33%) Alteryx
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow