Information Security Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Information Security (InfoSec)
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring Information Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 40 26
Rank change year-on-year -4 -14 +36
Contract jobs citing Information Security 8 16 56
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 2.22% 3.42% 7.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.35% 3.93% 8.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 16 42
10th Percentile - £321 £550
25th Percentile £525 £350 £560
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £420 £604
Median % change year-on-year +30.95% -30.43% +1.05%
75th Percentile £575 £563 £673
90th Percentile - £669 £675
South East median daily rate £625 £560 £575
% change year-on-year +11.61% -2.61% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £43.05
25th Percentile - - £68.26
Median hourly rate - - £82.17
75th Percentile - - £83.41
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £57.50 £72.85
% change year-on-year -63.98% -21.07% -

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 340 407 685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 94.18% 86.97% 90.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 280 548
10th Percentile £204 £203 £200
25th Percentile £229 £274 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £444 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.45% -15.48% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £618
90th Percentile £635 £600 £706
South East median daily rate £500 £511 £520
% change year-on-year -2.06% -1.83% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 21 35
10th Percentile £21.80 £20.30 £24.44
25th Percentile £25.15 £30.00 £44.80
Median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £61.63
Median % change year-on-year - -10.76% +36.96%
75th Percentile £57.50 £70.00 £76.53
90th Percentile £62.56 £75.00 £78.02
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £58.05 £51.76
% change year-on-year -64.32% +12.14% +39.40%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in Surrey

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

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

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

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

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 29 October 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
Camberley - 1 - - 3
Information Security
South East

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 7 (87.50%) Mattermost
1 7 (87.50%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (87.50%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (87.50%) Skype
General
1 8 (100.00%) Finance
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Analyst
2 7 (87.50%) Messaging Analyst
2 7 (87.50%) Messaging Support
2 7 (87.50%) Messaging Support Analyst
2 7 (87.50%) Support Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Operations Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Operations Business Analyst
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) B2B
1 7 (87.50%) ITIL
1 7 (87.50%) ITSM
1 7 (87.50%) Problem Management
1 7 (87.50%) Validation
2 1 (12.50%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) PowerShell
1 7 (87.50%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) Korn
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 7 (87.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (87.50%) HP SiteScope
1 7 (87.50%) SCOM
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Cisco
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
1 7 (87.50%) Remedy
1 7 (87.50%) Splunk