Information Security Contract Job Trends in Suffolk

Information Security (InfoSec)
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Suffolk requiring Information Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 22 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs citing Information Security 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Suffolk 2.42% 1.30% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.74% 1.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £480 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £519 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.11% - -
75th Percentile £543 - -
90th Percentile £607 - -
East of England median daily rate £535 £600 £463
% change year-on-year -10.83% +29.73% +12.12%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 107 60 51
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 64.85% 77.92% 82.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 33 35
10th Percentile £325 £200 £105
25th Percentile £450 £210 £191
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £300 £475
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £666 £450 £563
90th Percentile £730 £584 £650
East of England median daily rate £486 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.90% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 6
10th Percentile £17.27 £53.33 £11.25
25th Percentile £19.00 £64.05 £12.69
Median hourly rate £21.00 £70.00 £29.25
Median % change year-on-year -70.00% +139.32% +88.71%
75th Percentile £23.69 - £53.69
90th Percentile £24.38 - £68.34
East of England median hourly rate £22.63 £50.00 £39.78
% change year-on-year -54.74% +25.71% +59.10%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in Suffolk

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

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

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Suffolk

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Suffolk over the 6 months to 24 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in Suffolk

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

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

Information Security
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

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 Suffolk region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
Ipswich -5 2 £480 -7.51% 2
Leiston - 1 £650 - 2
Information Security
East of England

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure AKS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Information Security Specialist
1 2 (50.00%) Information Specialist
1 2 (50.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Assurance
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security Governance
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (25.00%) Budget Management
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
3 1 (25.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (25.00%) Secrets Management
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Static Application Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Bash
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (25.00%) CCSP
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CISM
2 1 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) CRISC
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
1 1 (25.00%) PMO
1 1 (25.00%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto