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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 96 66
Rank change year-on-year -9 -30 +13
Contract jobs citing Information Security 125 65 151
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.90% 1.90% 2.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 2.11% 3.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 36 88
10th Percentile £263 £425 £394
25th Percentile £408 £550 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 £582
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +7.39% -3.00%
75th Percentile £577 £688 £668
90th Percentile £752 £731 £716
England median daily rate £550 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 4 10
10th Percentile £21.35 £42.36 £17.72
25th Percentile £22.13 £68.16 £18.31
Median hourly rate £52.50 £85.75 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.78% +339.74% -73.06%
75th Percentile £77.50 £88.75 £19.75
90th Percentile £85.40 £91.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £62.25 £24.66 £18.75
% change year-on-year +152.43% +31.52% -77.49%

All Process & 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 5,349 3,079 4,446
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 81.27% 90.08% 82.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,380 1,917 2,643
10th Percentile £280 £250 £263
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £519
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -3.57% +0.68%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £638
90th Percentile £700 £665 £700
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 533 271 385
10th Percentile £15.73 £13.50 £13.25
25th Percentile £25.72 £15.13 £19.25
Median hourly rate £57.79 £22.07 £54.88
Median % change year-on-year +161.83% -59.78% +9.75%
75th Percentile £82.25 £51.10 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £77.30
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +88.87% -37.13% -6.98%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Information Security relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Information Security job vacancy trend 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 22 July 2026.

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 22 July 2026.

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 22 July 2026. 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 -19 80 £525 -16.00% 21
Oxfordshire +13 43 £415 -38.52% 4
Berkshire -39 29 £563 -6.25% 10
Hampshire -21 28 £563 -16.67% 20
Surrey -17 12 £400 -11.11% 16
Buckinghamshire -33 8 £775 +25.00% 7
Kent +1 3 - - 6
Sussex - 2 £236 -
West Sussex -25 1 - - 1
Information Security
England

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.40%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (2.40%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
Applications
1 5 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (4.00%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 29 (23.20%) Azure
2 24 (19.20%) Entra ID
3 11 (8.80%) AWS
4 5 (4.00%) OCI
4 5 (4.00%) SaaS
5 3 (2.40%) Azure Logic Apps
5 3 (2.40%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (2.40%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.60%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.80%) IaaS
7 1 (0.80%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.20%) Firewall
1 9 (7.20%) Network Security
2 6 (4.80%) HTTP
3 5 (4.00%) SSH
4 4 (3.20%) VPN
4 4 (3.20%) Wireless
5 2 (1.60%) LAN
5 2 (1.60%) NGFW
5 2 (1.60%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (1.60%) WAN
6 1 (0.80%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.80%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.40%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.60%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.80%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (2.40%) JIRA
2 2 (1.60%) Burp Suite
2 2 (1.60%) Metasploit
General
1 41 (32.80%) Public Sector
2 38 (30.40%) Social Skills
3 23 (18.40%) Finance
4 22 (17.60%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (5.60%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.00%) Military
7 4 (3.20%) Legal
7 4 (3.20%) Marketing
7 4 (3.20%) Retail
8 3 (2.40%) Aerospace
8 3 (2.40%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.80%) Automotive
10 1 (0.80%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 20 (16.00%) Consultant
2 18 (14.40%) Security Consultant
3 16 (12.80%) Analyst
4 15 (12.00%) IT Manager
5 14 (11.20%) Senior
6 12 (9.60%) Category Manager
6 12 (9.60%) IT Services Manager
6 12 (9.60%) Senior Category Manager
6 12 (9.60%) Senior IT Manager
6 12 (9.60%) Senior Manager
6 12 (9.60%) Senior Service Manager
7 10 (8.00%) IAM Specialist
8 8 (6.40%) Security Engineer
9 7 (5.60%) Security Analyst
10 5 (4.00%) Information Security Consultant
10 5 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (4.00%) Lead
11 4 (3.20%) 1st Line Support
11 4 (3.20%) Head of IT
11 4 (3.20%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (15.20%) Oracle Fusion
2 13 (10.40%) SailPoint
3 12 (9.60%) LDAP
3 12 (9.60%) OAuth
3 12 (9.60%) OpenID
3 12 (9.60%) SAML
3 12 (9.60%) Web Services
4 9 (7.20%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.80%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 23 (18.40%) Management Information System
2 22 (17.60%) Onboarding
3 12 (9.60%) Operational Technology
4 8 (6.40%) Data Centre
5 7 (5.60%) Security Posture
6 6 (4.80%) BYOD
6 6 (4.80%) Driving Licence
7 3 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (2.40%) PKI
8 2 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.60%) IoT
8 2 (1.60%) NHS
9 1 (0.80%) Biopharmaceutical
9 1 (0.80%) CESG
9 1 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.80%) Insider Threat
9 1 (0.80%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.80%) SCADA
9 1 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 25 (20.00%) Windows
2 20 (16.00%) Windows Server
3 13 (10.40%) Linux
3 13 (10.40%) Unix
4 5 (4.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (35.20%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (24.00%) Computer Science
3 24 (19.20%) ITSM
3 24 (19.20%) Risk Management
4 23 (18.40%) Runbook
5 22 (17.60%) Change Control
6 18 (14.40%) Decision-Making
6 18 (14.40%) Security Management
7 16 (12.80%) Information Security Management
8 15 (12.00%) Analytics
9 14 (11.20%) Agile
9 14 (11.20%) Change Management
9 14 (11.20%) Privileged Access Management
10 13 (10.40%) SIEM
11 12 (9.60%) API Integration
11 12 (9.60%) Business Case
11 12 (9.60%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (9.60%) Risk Analytics
11 12 (9.60%) Source to Pay
11 12 (9.60%) Supplier Relationship Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (23.20%) PowerShell
2 24 (19.20%) Python
3 3 (2.40%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.60%) SQL
Qualifications
1 56 (44.80%) Degree
2 39 (31.20%) Security Cleared
3 34 (27.20%) SC Cleared
4 8 (6.40%) CISSP
5 7 (5.60%) CISM
5 7 (5.60%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (4.80%) DV Cleared
7 5 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (4.00%) CESG Certified Professional
7 5 (4.00%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.60%) CHECK Team Member
8 2 (1.60%) CREST Certified
8 2 (1.60%) Cyber Scheme
8 2 (1.60%) JNCIP
8 2 (1.60%) JNCIS
9 1 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.80%) CISMP
9 1 (0.80%) GIAC
9 1 (0.80%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.80%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (52.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 49 (39.20%) NIST
3 16 (12.80%) GDPR
4 8 (6.40%) GRC
4 8 (6.40%) PCI DSS
4 8 (6.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 7 (5.60%) COBIT
5 7 (5.60%) NCSC
6 6 (4.80%) QA
7 5 (4.00%) Data Quality
8 3 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 3 (2.40%) JSP 440
9 2 (1.60%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 2 (1.60%) PMO
10 1 (0.80%) GxP
10 1 (0.80%) NIST 800
System Software
1 41 (32.80%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.40%) OpenAM
Systems Management
1 5 (4.00%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (3.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (1.60%) Nmap
Vendors
1 31 (24.80%) Microsoft
2 28 (22.40%) Oracle
3 13 (10.40%) BeyondTrust
3 13 (10.40%) SAP
4 12 (9.60%) Ariba
4 12 (9.60%) CyberArk
5 2 (1.60%) Juniper
5 2 (1.60%) Palo Alto
5 2 (1.60%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.80%) Cisco
6 1 (0.80%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (0.80%) IBM