Information Security Management Contracts in the Thames Valley

Information Security Management
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Information Security Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Information Security Management 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 95 132 141
Rank change year-on-year +37 +9 +16
Contract jobs citing Information Security Management 7 13 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.46% 0.48% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.56% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 4
10th Percentile £563 £523 £508
25th Percentile £583 £556 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £625 £668
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% -6.40% +6.84%
75th Percentile £666 £706 £748
90th Percentile £679 £748 £766
South East median daily rate £590 £513 £665
% change year-on-year +15.12% -22.93% +14.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Information Security Management 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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Information Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Information Security Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Management in the Thames Valley

Information Security Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security Management in the Thames Valley

Information Security Management
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 Information Security Management within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +26 5 £630 - 4
Buckinghamshire +14 1 £550 -12.00% 1
Oxfordshire - 1 £675 - 1
Information Security Management
South East

Information Security Management
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 3 (42.86%) Network Security
2 1 (14.29%) Radio Access Network
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Consultant
1 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 2 (28.57%) Security Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Security Consultant
1 2 (28.57%) Security Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Head of Architecture
2 1 (14.29%) Head of Mobile
2 1 (14.29%) Head of Networks
2 1 (14.29%) Head of Security
2 1 (14.29%) Information Assurance Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Information Security Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Information Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Security Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Security Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
1 2 (28.57%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology
2 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Information Security
1 7 (100.00%) Security Management
2 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (57.14%) Risk Management
3 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
4 3 (42.86%) ITIL
4 3 (42.86%) OWASP
4 3 (42.86%) Security Operations
4 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (28.57%) Application Security
5 2 (28.57%) Budget Management
5 2 (28.57%) Budgeting
5 2 (28.57%) Capacity Management
5 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
5 2 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
5 2 (28.57%) Project Planning
5 2 (28.57%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (28.57%) Security Architecture
6 1 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) CISM
2 2 (28.57%) CISSP
2 2 (28.57%) ISACA
2 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) CEH
3 1 (14.29%) CISA
3 1 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (14.29%) CREST Certified
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) NIST
2 4 (57.14%) GDPR
3 3 (42.86%) COBIT
4 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (14.29%) ISO 9001
5 1 (14.29%) NIST 800