Head of Information Security Contracts in the Thames Valley

Head of Information Security
South East > Thames Valley

As of 29 April 2024, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Head of Information Security daily rate in the Thames Valley.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 137 150 169
Rank change year-on-year +13 +19 -
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Information Security 3 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.11% 0.034% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.036% 0.060%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £750
75th Percentile - - £775
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate - £650 £750
% change year-on-year - -13.33% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,507 2,770 3,353
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 94.31% 96.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,429 1,919 2,284
10th Percentile £210 £313 £190
25th Percentile £370 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £489
% change year-on-year - +2.16% +8.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 76 103
10th Percentile £15.81 £17.31 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.75 £12.38
Median hourly rate £45.00 £46.70 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +166.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £63.09 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £84.48 £79.19 £64.48
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%

Head of Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Head of Information Security in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Information Security in the Thames Valley

Head of Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Head of Information Security in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Head of Information Security in the Thames Valley

Head of Information Security
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Information Security within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
Berkshire - 3 - - 6
Head of Information Security
South East

Head of Information Security Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Head of Information Security contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Head of Information Security in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Nessus
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 3 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) Network Intrusion Detection System
2 2 (66.67%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
2 2 (66.67%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (66.67%) Splunk
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (66.67%) XenApp
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) LAN
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) Citrix
2 2 (66.67%) CheckPoint
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) Management Information System

Head of Information Security Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (66.67%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (66.67%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Line Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (66.67%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 3 (100.00%) Nessus
2 2 (66.67%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) CheckPoint
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) Citrix
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Splunk
1 2 (66.67%) VMware