Information Security Contracts in Surrey

Information Security (InfoSec)
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey requiring Information Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Information Security over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 47 60
Rank change year-on-year +13 +13 +7
Contract jobs citing Information Security 5 9 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 1.68% 1.53% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.87% 1.86% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 6
10th Percentile £493 £416 £606
25th Percentile £594 £425 £616
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £638 £650
Median % change year-on-year +21.57% -1.92% +18.18%
75th Percentile £788 £763 £669
90th Percentile - £786 £763
South East median daily rate £600 £540 £610
% change year-on-year +11.11% -11.48% +10.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £29.46 - -
25th Percentile £35.93 - -
Median hourly rate £49.23 - -
75th Percentile £65.06 - -
90th Percentile £73.04 - -
South East median hourly rate £79.16 £19.50 £74.00
% change year-on-year +305.92% -73.65% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 267 484 581
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 89.60% 82.45% 85.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 352 436
10th Percentile £188 £213 £198
25th Percentile £280 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £514
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% -2.68% +2.75%
75th Percentile £544 £619 £625
90th Percentile £659 £700 £725
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 55 33
10th Percentile £20.63 £11.71 £32.10
25th Percentile £24.18 £13.25 £42.50
Median hourly rate £26.33 £20.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.41% -54.44% +87.50%
75th Percentile £40.98 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £62.50 £76.86 £63.51
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Surrey

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Security in Surrey.

Daily rate trend for Information Security in Surrey

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Surrey over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in Surrey

Information Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Security in Surrey.

Hourly rate trend for Information Security in Surrey

Information Security
Hourly Rate Histogram in Surrey

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Information Security in Surrey over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Information Security in Surrey

Information Security
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

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 Surrey region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Redhill +12 2 £450 - 2
Information Security
South East

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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:

General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) IT Manager
1 2 (40.00%) IT Risk Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Risk Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Information Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Principal Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Principal Security Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Principal Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Product Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Application Security
2 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Due Diligence
3 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (20.00%) Information Assurance
3 1 (20.00%) Product Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CISSP
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) CESG Certified Professional
2 1 (20.00%) CISA
2 1 (20.00%) CISM
2 1 (20.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) NCSC
1 1 (20.00%) SLA