Information Security Officer Contracts in the South East

Information Security Officer
England > South East

The median Information Security Officer daily rate in the South East is £448, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 150 192 216
Rank change year-on-year +42 +24 +43
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Officer 2 6 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.066% 0.11% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.072% 0.12% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile £297 £510 £488
25th Percentile £349 £525 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £567 £550
Median % change year-on-year -21.01% +3.00% -8.33%
75th Percentile £544 £600 £581
90th Percentile £596 - £593
England median daily rate £635 £550 £725
% change year-on-year +15.45% -24.14% +26.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 2,767 5,133 5,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.84% 92.49% 94.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,823 3,082 3,806
10th Percentile £250 £213 £225
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.28%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £606
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 482 241
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.78 £17.72
25th Percentile £20.48 £18.32 £22.16
Median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £75.00
England median hourly rate £30.78 £36.02 £44.77
% change year-on-year -14.55% -19.53% +98.96%

Information Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Information Security Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Officer in the South East

Information Security Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security Officer in the South East

Information Security Officer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Information Security Officer in the South East

Information Security Officer
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 Officer 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 +34 1 £620 +20.04% 4
Buckinghamshire +17 1 £620 - 4
Kent - 1 £275 - 4
Information Security Officer
England

Information Security Officer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Information Security Officer 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 South East region featuring Information Security Officer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) HIPAA
2 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (50.00%) CEH
2 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Local Government
2 1 (50.00%) NHS
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle ERP

Information Security Officer Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 1 (50.00%) Local Government
1 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) CEH
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) HIPAA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle