Information Security Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Information Security (InfoSec)
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stevenage requiring Information Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - +16
Contract jobs citing Information Security 10 0 18
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 3.52% - 7.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.35% - 8.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £680 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £553 £600 £713
% change year-on-year -7.83% -15.79% +23.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 15
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.00 - £42.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £44.50
75th Percentile £80.00 - £49.00
90th Percentile £85.00 - £50.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £28.00 £15.73 £44.50
% change year-on-year +78.00% -64.65% -31.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 230 133 224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 80.99% 84.71% 92.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 16 38
10th Percentile £225 £269 £217
25th Percentile £450 £290 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £343 £478
Median % change year-on-year +53.28% -28.27% -13.18%
75th Percentile £611 £491 £565
90th Percentile £796 £533 £658
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 76 139
10th Percentile £41.25 £40.00 £38.74
25th Percentile £50.00 £60.94 £49.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £68.75 £72.19 £71.25
90th Percentile £73.00 £95.00 £90.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £43.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -33.85% - +3.54%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in Stevenage

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

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

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Information Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Information Security

Information Security
Hourly Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Information Security in Stevenage over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Information Security in Stevenage

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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:

Communications & Networking
1 10 (100.00%) DNS
1 10 (100.00%) FTP
1 10 (100.00%) HTTP
1 10 (100.00%) Network Security
1 10 (100.00%) SMTP
1 10 (100.00%) SSL
General
1 8 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (10.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Analyst
1 10 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Senior
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (100.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (100.00%) Cyberattack
2 8 (80.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (80.00%) CSOC
2 8 (80.00%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (80.00%) Management Information System
2 8 (80.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (100.00%) Network Packet Capture
2 9 (90.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (90.00%) SIEM
3 8 (80.00%) AI
3 8 (80.00%) Analytics
3 8 (80.00%) Behavioural Analytics
3 8 (80.00%) Incident Response
3 8 (80.00%) Information Management
3 8 (80.00%) Machine Learning
3 8 (80.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 8 (80.00%) Runbook
3 8 (80.00%) Security Operations
3 8 (80.00%) SOAR
3 8 (80.00%) Threat Detection
4 7 (70.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) PowerShell
1 8 (80.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (50.00%) DV Cleared