The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Information Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security over the 6 months to 12 July 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
Information Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
5,047
13,283
14,748
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East
84.12%
87.56%
86.16%
Number of daily rates quoted
2,953
7,915
8,762
Median daily rate
£450
£450
£435
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
-
+3.45%
+4.82%
10th Percentile
£263
£275
£279
90th Percentile
£623
£606
£588
England median daily rate
£480
£475
£463
% change year-on-year
+1.05%
+2.70%
+2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted
250
513
517
Median hourly rate
£28.75
£31.00
£24.75
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.26%
+25.25%
+23.75%
10th Percentile
£12.83
£12.00
£11.13
90th Percentile
£53.84
£57.50
£52.50
Median hourly rate
£31.94
£25.00
£22.00
% change year-on-year
+27.76%
+13.64%
-12.00%
Information Security Job Vacancy Trend in the South East
Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.
Information Security Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Security in the South East.
Information Security Daily Rate Histogram in the South East
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in the South East over the 6 months to 12 July 2020.
Information Security Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Security in the South East.
Information Security 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 within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 July 2020. 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
Information Security Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East
For the 6 months to 12 July 2020, IT contractor jobs citing Information Security also mentioned the following skills 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 with a requirement for Information Security.
Information Security Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
