Information Security Contract Job Trends in the South East

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Information Security skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 64 63
Rank change year-on-year -33 -1 +53
Contract jobs citing Information Security 68 137 175
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.95% 2.96% 3.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.19% 3.59% 3.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 84 122
10th Percentile £463 £354 £401
25th Percentile £547 £463 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year +10.87% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £741 £675 £657
90th Percentile £784 £709 £687
England median daily rate £535 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -10.83% - +1.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 9
10th Percentile £36.62 £23.43 £29.85
25th Percentile £53.83 £35.74 £50.00
Median hourly rate £85.00 £57.50 £72.40
Median % change year-on-year +47.83% -20.57% -
75th Percentile £87.38 £58.75 £74.79
90th Percentile £87.45 - £79.37
England median hourly rate £33.50 £16.19 £73.31
% change year-on-year +106.92% -77.92% +28.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,108 3,819 4,956
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 89.11% 82.59% 89.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,937 2,283 3,316
10th Percentile £220 £255 £250
25th Percentile £375 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +1.45%
75th Percentile £598 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 304 254 252
10th Percentile £13.33 £16.08 £15.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £31.44 £23.06
Median hourly rate £21.00 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.38% +9.24% +64.53%
75th Percentile £50.00 £71.86 £66.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £78.75 £75.67
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.05% +51.38%

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.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the South East

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Information Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Information Security

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 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in the South East

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Information Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Information Security

Information Security
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Information Security in the South East over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for 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 18 September 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 -7 40 £650 +20.37% 37
Berkshire +3 37 £650 +8.33% 23
Hampshire -11 19 £600 -7.69% 22
Surrey -3 9 £550 +10.00% 11
Oxfordshire -8 2 £788 +65.79% 5
East Sussex -1 1 - - 2
Buckinghamshire -5 1 £600 +10.60% 9
Kent -8 1 - - 7
Information Security
England

Information Security
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (10.29%) Mattermost
1 7 (10.29%) Skype for Business
2 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (13.24%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (10.29%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (2.94%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 8 (11.76%) AWS
2 7 (10.29%) Azure
3 5 (7.35%) GCP
4 4 (5.88%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.94%) Google Workspace
5 2 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.47%) OCI
6 1 (1.47%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (16.18%) Firewall
2 7 (10.29%) Network Security
2 7 (10.29%) Skype
3 2 (2.94%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.29%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 7 (10.29%) Oracle Reports
General
1 32 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 18 (26.47%) Finance
3 10 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (13.24%) Legal
5 5 (7.35%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.47%) Automotive
7 1 (1.47%) Law
7 1 (1.47%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.47%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (22.06%) Analyst
2 11 (16.18%) Senior
3 9 (13.24%) Security Specialist
4 8 (11.76%) Architect
4 8 (11.76%) Security Architect
5 7 (10.29%) Messaging Analyst
5 7 (10.29%) Messaging Support
5 7 (10.29%) Messaging Support Analyst
5 7 (10.29%) Support Analyst
6 6 (8.82%) Consultant
6 6 (8.82%) Developer
6 6 (8.82%) Information Security Specialist
6 6 (8.82%) Information Specialist
7 5 (7.35%) Oracle Developer
7 5 (7.35%) Senior Consultant
7 5 (7.35%) SOC Analyst
8 4 (5.88%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 4 (5.88%) Report Developer
8 4 (5.88%) Security Consultant
9 3 (4.41%) Information Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.29%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (2.94%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (2.94%) JBoss Seam
2 2 (2.94%) Web Services
3 1 (1.47%) REST
3 1 (1.47%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (19.12%) Management Information System
2 6 (8.82%) Security Posture
3 4 (5.88%) Cloud Native
4 3 (4.41%) Cloud Security Posture
4 3 (4.41%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (4.41%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (4.41%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (4.41%) Public Cloud
5 2 (2.94%) CESG
5 2 (2.94%) IoT
5 2 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.94%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.47%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.47%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 10 (14.71%) Linux
2 3 (4.41%) Windows
3 2 (2.94%) Mac OS
3 2 (2.94%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (29.41%) Risk Management
2 15 (22.06%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (22.06%) Security Architecture
3 14 (20.59%) Information Assurance
4 13 (19.12%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 12 (17.65%) ITIL
6 11 (16.18%) Validation
7 10 (14.71%) Information Security Management
7 10 (14.71%) Risk Assessment
7 10 (14.71%) Security Management
7 10 (14.71%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (14.71%) Vulnerability Management
8 9 (13.24%) Cloud Security
8 9 (13.24%) Decision-Making
8 9 (13.24%) ISMS
8 9 (13.24%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (13.24%) Threat Modelling
9 8 (11.76%) Roadmaps
10 7 (10.29%) Agile
10 7 (10.29%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (17.65%) SQL
2 8 (11.76%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.47%) Bicep
3 1 (1.47%) Korn
3 1 (1.47%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (33.82%) Security Cleared
2 12 (17.65%) DV Cleared
3 11 (16.18%) SC Cleared
4 10 (14.71%) CISM
5 9 (13.24%) CISSP
6 8 (11.76%) CISMP
7 7 (10.29%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (10.29%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (8.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 6 (8.82%) CCSP
9 4 (5.88%) AWS Certification
9 4 (5.88%) GSEC
10 3 (4.41%) Azure Certification
10 3 (4.41%) Degree
10 3 (4.41%) GCFA
10 3 (4.41%) GCIH
10 3 (4.41%) Master's Degree
11 2 (2.94%) GCFE
11 2 (2.94%) GREM
12 1 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (33.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (25.00%) NIST
3 12 (17.65%) GDPR
4 8 (11.76%) COBIT
4 8 (11.76%) NCSC
5 4 (5.88%) PCI DSS
5 4 (5.88%) PSD2
6 3 (4.41%) RMADS
7 2 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (2.94%) GRC
7 2 (2.94%) SLA
8 1 (1.47%) COSO
8 1 (1.47%) HIPAA
8 1 (1.47%) ISO 19650
8 1 (1.47%) ISO 9001
8 1 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (1.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (10.29%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (10.29%) HP SiteScope
1 7 (10.29%) SCOM
2 4 (5.88%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.94%) EnCase
3 2 (2.94%) FTK
Vendors
1 14 (20.59%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.76%) Cisco
2 8 (11.76%) Oracle
2 8 (11.76%) Splunk
3 7 (10.29%) Remedy
4 4 (5.88%) Darktrace
5 3 (4.41%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (2.94%) CyberArk
6 2 (2.94%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.47%) ArcSight
7 1 (1.47%) Intel
7 1 (1.47%) Juniper
7 1 (1.47%) LogRhythm
7 1 (1.47%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.47%) Virgin Media
7 1 (1.47%) Zscaler