Information Security Specialist Contracts in Slough

Information Security Specialist
Berkshire > Slough

The median Information Security Specialist daily rate in Slough is £630, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Slough 1.41% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.49% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £615 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 - -
75th Percentile £645 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £630 - £553

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Slough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Slough. 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 Slough with a recognized job title 67 74 191
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.37% 97.37% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 55 151
10th Percentile £182 £280 £280
25th Percentile £225 £300 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +2.86%
75th Percentile £538 £581 £538
90th Percentile £633 £600 £625
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.76% -2.38% +7.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 6
10th Percentile - - £16.68
25th Percentile - £11.79 £17.11
Median hourly rate £24.66 £19.90 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year +23.95% +3.35% +10.00%
75th Percentile - £65.25 £22.50
90th Percentile - £83.75 £24.00
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.37 £59.50 £56.89
% change year-on-year +6.51% +4.60% +170.88%

Information Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Slough

Job postings that featured Information Security Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Slough.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Specialist in Slough

Information Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Slough

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Information Security Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Slough region featuring Information Security Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) SSCP
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology

Information Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Slough 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800