Information Security Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire

Information Security (InfoSec)
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring Information Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 12 16
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 +11
Contract jobs citing Information Security 2 4 4
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire 3.03% 4.44% 3.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.64% 5.63% 3.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 4
10th Percentile - £383 -
25th Percentile - £394 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £400 £575
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -30.43% -
75th Percentile - - £628
90th Percentile - - £634
West Midlands median daily rate £414 £773 £600
% change year-on-year -46.44% +28.75% +20.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 55 71 115
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 83.33% 78.89% 86.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 33 91
10th Percentile £140 £205 £325
25th Percentile £200 £356 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% -11.11% -0.55%
75th Percentile £434 £500 £556
90th Percentile £575 £570 £645
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £525 £490
% change year-on-year -4.76% +7.14% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 6
10th Percentile - £16.65 -
25th Percentile - £17.00 -
Median hourly rate £68.00 £20.24 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +235.97% -12.00% +2.63%
75th Percentile - £24.22 -
90th Percentile - £37.75 £37.13
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.50 £21.59 £24.65
% change year-on-year -5.05% -12.41% +39.27%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Information Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Information Security

Information Security
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 20 January 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
Lichfield - 2 £350 -
Information Security
West Midlands

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
1 1 (50.00%) NIST