Information Security Contracts in the Thames Valley

Information Security (InfoSec)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Information Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 66 85 75
Rank change year-on-year +19 -10 +18
Contract jobs citing Information Security 69 65 104
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.59% 2.24% 2.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.98% 2.44% 3.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 35 57
10th Percentile £165 £350 £205
25th Percentile £500 £456 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 £615 £575
Median % change year-on-year -13.98% +6.96% +17.35%
75th Percentile £623 £681 £675
90th Percentile £728 £702 £738
South East median daily rate £540 £605 £560
% change year-on-year -10.74% +8.04% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 0
10th Percentile £18.00 £71.76 -
25th Percentile £18.94 £72.60 -
Median hourly rate £19.50 £74.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -73.65% - -
75th Percentile £19.75 £74.40 -
90th Percentile - £74.63 -
South East median hourly rate £19.50 £74.00 -
% change year-on-year -73.65% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Information Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,314 2,662 3,133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.03% 91.76% 89.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,304 1,857 2,108
10th Percentile £213 £322 £225
25th Percentile £370 £413 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £601 £580
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 63 87
10th Percentile £14.25 £18.50 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £23.75 £12.15
Median hourly rate £45.00 £52.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +200.00% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.21 £25.36
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £66.75
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.99
% change year-on-year -5.00% +127.43% -20.05%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the Thames Valley

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security in the Thames Valley

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in the Thames Valley

Information Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Security in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Information Security in the Thames Valley

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 Information Security within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 4 May 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 -20 38 £533 -14.72% 24
Buckinghamshire +43 16 £500 - 4
Oxfordshire +13 15 £615 +29.47% 7
Information Security
South East

Information Security
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (11.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.25%) Azure
2 4 (5.80%) SaaS
3 3 (4.35%) AWS
3 3 (4.35%) IaaS
3 3 (4.35%) PaaS
4 2 (2.90%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (2.90%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (14.49%) Network Security
2 6 (8.70%) VPN
3 5 (7.25%) Firewall
3 5 (7.25%) LAN
3 5 (7.25%) WAN
4 2 (2.90%) DNS
4 2 (2.90%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.90%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.45%) Broadband
5 1 (1.45%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.45%) SSL
5 1 (1.45%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Android Studio
1 1 (1.45%) JIRA
1 1 (1.45%) Postman
1 1 (1.45%) Selenium
1 1 (1.45%) SoapUI
1 1 (1.45%) SpecFlow
1 1 (1.45%) Visual Studio
1 1 (1.45%) WebDriver
1 1 (1.45%) Xcode
General
1 20 (28.99%) Social Skills
2 19 (27.54%) Legal
3 11 (15.94%) Law
4 10 (14.49%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (13.04%) Finance
5 9 (13.04%) Telecoms
6 6 (8.70%) Marketing
6 6 (8.70%) Police
6 6 (8.70%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (4.35%) Retail
8 2 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.45%) Billing
9 1 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (11.59%) Consultant
2 7 (10.14%) Information Security Specialist
2 7 (10.14%) Information Specialist
2 7 (10.14%) Security Consultant
2 7 (10.14%) Security Specialist
3 6 (8.70%) Architect
3 6 (8.70%) Business Process Trainer
3 6 (8.70%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 6 (8.70%) IT Trainer
3 6 (8.70%) Trainer
4 5 (7.25%) Development Manager
4 5 (7.25%) Information Manager
4 5 (7.25%) Information Security Manager
4 5 (7.25%) Operations Manager
4 5 (7.25%) Security Architect
4 5 (7.25%) Security Manager
4 5 (7.25%) Systems Development Manager
5 4 (5.80%) Information Security Officer
5 4 (5.80%) Security Officer
5 4 (5.80%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.45%) .NET
1 1 (1.45%) .NET Framework
1 1 (1.45%) HTML
1 1 (1.45%) JSON
1 1 (1.45%) RESTful
1 1 (1.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (24.64%) Management Information System
2 9 (13.04%) Data Centre
3 6 (8.70%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (8.70%) Virtual Team
4 5 (7.25%) PMI
5 3 (4.35%) Wiki
6 1 (1.45%) CSOC
6 1 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.45%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.45%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.45%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.45%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.45%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.45%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.45%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.59%) Windows
2 4 (5.80%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.35%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.45%) Android
4 1 (1.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (37.68%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (26.09%) Risk Management
3 14 (20.29%) Identity Access Management
4 13 (18.84%) Vulnerability Management
5 12 (17.39%) Data Protection
5 12 (17.39%) Information Security Management
5 12 (17.39%) Roadmaps
5 12 (17.39%) Security Management
6 11 (15.94%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (14.49%) ITIL
7 10 (14.49%) Project Management
8 9 (13.04%) Application Security
8 9 (13.04%) OWASP
8 9 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (11.59%) Business Continuity
9 8 (11.59%) Conflict Resolution
10 7 (10.14%) Budget Management
10 7 (10.14%) Budgeting
10 7 (10.14%) Capacity Management
10 7 (10.14%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.90%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.45%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (10.14%) ISACA
2 6 (8.70%) CISM
2 6 (8.70%) CISSP
2 6 (8.70%) Degree
2 6 (8.70%) ISEB
3 5 (7.25%) PMI Certification
3 5 (7.25%) Security Cleared
4 3 (4.35%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.90%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.45%) CISA
6 1 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (1.45%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (23.19%) GDPR
2 12 (17.39%) NIST
3 9 (13.04%) COBIT
3 9 (13.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (7.25%) Accessibility
5 4 (5.80%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (5.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 4 (5.80%) PCI DSS
6 3 (4.35%) SLA
7 2 (2.90%) GRC
8 1 (1.45%) QA
System Software
1 5 (7.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (5.80%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.90%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (2.90%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (4.35%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 3 (4.35%) Nessus
2 2 (2.90%) Network Intrusion Detection System
2 2 (2.90%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (20.29%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.25%) Reuters
2 5 (7.25%) VMware
3 4 (5.80%) Cisco
4 2 (2.90%) CheckPoint
4 2 (2.90%) Citrix
4 2 (2.90%) Google
4 2 (2.90%) Meraki
4 2 (2.90%) Splunk
5 1 (1.45%) Computacenter
5 1 (1.45%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.45%) Salesforce