Information Security Management Contracts in the South East

Information Security Management
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Information Security Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Information Security Management over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 144 180 200
Rank change year-on-year +36 +20 +43
Contract jobs citing Information Security Management 8 18 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.27% 0.32% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.38% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 11
10th Percentile £295 £429 £463
25th Percentile £459 £473 £588
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £500 £665
Median % change year-on-year +18.00% -24.81% +14.16%
75th Percentile £656 £608 £758
90th Percentile £675 £715 £778
England median daily rate £588 £625 £550
% change year-on-year -6.00% +13.64% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,758 4,707 5,155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.54% 84.81% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,757 2,740 3,571
10th Percentile £256 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 435 221
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £16.05 £18.26 £23.00
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.79
England median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
% change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%

Information Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Management in the South East

Information Security Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Security Management in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Information Security Management in the South East

Information Security Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security Management in the South East over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security Management in the South East

Information Security Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Security Management in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Information Security Management in the South East

Information Security Management
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Thames Valley +31 7 £630 +0.80% 3
Berkshire +22 5 £630 - 2
Buckinghamshire +16 1 £550 -12.00% 1
Oxfordshire - 1 £675 - 1
West Sussex - 1 £190 -
Information Security Management
England

Information Security Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Network Security
2 1 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (12.50%) VPN
2 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
1 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Architect
1 2 (25.00%) Consultant
1 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
1 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 2 (25.00%) Security Architect
1 2 (25.00%) Security Consultant
1 2 (25.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Administrator
2 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Head of Mobile
2 1 (12.50%) Head of Networks
2 1 (12.50%) Information Security Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) IT Administrator
2 1 (12.50%) IT Systems Administrator
2 1 (12.50%) Security Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Security Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Security Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (12.50%) Operational Technology
3 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Information Security
1 8 (100.00%) Security Management
2 5 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 4 (50.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (37.50%) ITIL
4 3 (37.50%) OWASP
4 3 (37.50%) Security Operations
4 3 (37.50%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (25.00%) Application Security
5 2 (25.00%) Budget Management
5 2 (25.00%) Budgeting
5 2 (25.00%) Capacity Management
5 2 (25.00%) Data Protection
5 2 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (25.00%) Incident Response
5 2 (25.00%) Project Planning
5 2 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (25.00%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) CISM
2 2 (25.00%) CISSP
2 2 (25.00%) ISACA
2 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) CEH
3 1 (12.50%) CISA
3 1 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (12.50%) CREST Certified
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) NIST
2 4 (50.00%) GDPR
3 3 (37.50%) COBIT
3 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (12.50%) ISO 9001
4 1 (12.50%) NIST 800
4 1 (12.50%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco