Information Security Contracts in Slough

Information Security (InfoSec)
Berkshire > Slough

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Slough 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 19 11 16
Rank change year-on-year -8 +5 +17
Contract jobs citing Information Security 2 4 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Slough 2.82% 5.26% 5.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.08% 6.56% 5.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 9
10th Percentile £619 - £325
25th Percentile £624 £513 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 £525 £615
Median % change year-on-year +21.90% -14.63% +2.50%
75th Percentile £649 £566 £635
90th Percentile £650 £616 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £613 £525 £630
% change year-on-year +16.67% -16.67% +8.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Slough

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 Slough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 65 61 190
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Slough 91.55% 80.26% 95.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 45 149
10th Percentile £185 £280 £280
25th Percentile £300 £300 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £575 £550 £538
90th Percentile £650 £585 £625
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £511 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - - £17.20
25th Percentile - - £18.63
Median hourly rate £24.66 £11.79 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +109.16% -43.86% +20.00%
75th Percentile - £28.50 £22.00
90th Percentile - £65.40 £22.60
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
% change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Slough

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Slough

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Slough

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Security in Slough.

Daily rate trend for Information Security in Slough

Information Security
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Information Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Security Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Information Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CEH
1 1 (50.00%) CISA
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (50.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) NIST 800