Information Security Consultant Contract Job Trends in Preston

Information Security Consultant
Lancashire > Preston

The median Information Security Consultant daily rate in Preston is £835, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
14 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Consultant 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 2.35% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.53% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £783 - -
25th Percentile £803 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £835 - -
75th Percentile £868 - -
90th Percentile £887 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £835 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Preston

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Preston. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Preston with a recognized job title 79 50 52
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 98.04% 98.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 28 22
10th Percentile £132 £339 £252
25th Percentile £384 £463 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £425
Median % change year-on-year +2.23% +26.59% +9.68%
75th Percentile £679 £569 £500
90th Percentile £700 £639 £591
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +6.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 6 27
10th Percentile £39.53 £20.12 £21.43
25th Percentile - £26.17 £41.84
Median hourly rate £41.94 £30.96 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +35.47% -32.96% +14.57%
75th Percentile £45.84 £35.63 £53.58
90th Percentile £75.63 £52.59 £75.83
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 £37.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +22.86% -19.88% +13.81%

Information Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Preston

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security Consultant in Preston over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security Consultant in Preston

Information Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Information Security Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Preston region featuring Information Security Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) JSP 440
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Modelling

Information Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) JSP 440
1 2 (100.00%) NIST