Information Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Information Security Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Information Security Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £535, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 408 353 407
Rank change year-on-year -55 +54 +86
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Engineer 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.011% 0.007% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.007% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £443 - -
25th Percentile £478 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +33.75% - -
75th Percentile £593 - -
90th Percentile £627 - -
UK median daily rate £613 £400 -
% change year-on-year +53.13% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 16,299 13,814 18,428
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.08% 92.35% 93.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,032 8,227 12,042
10th Percentile £210 £213 £213
25th Percentile £366 £363 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £675 £676 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,636 815 1,205
10th Percentile £13.85 £15.28 £14.38
25th Percentile £17.48 £20.24 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +80.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.44 £71.25 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.03% -24.44% +50.00%

Information Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Information Security Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Information Security Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Information Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Information Security Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Information Security Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Information Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security Engineer in the UK excluding London

Information Security Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Information Security Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Information Security Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Information Security Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 December 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
South East -16 2 £535 +33.75%
Information Security Engineer
UK

Information Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 16 December 2025, Information Security Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Information Security Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) CEH
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) FireEye
2 1 (50.00%) GIAC
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Kibana
2 1 (50.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Tanium
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling

Information Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CEH
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) GIAC
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Kibana
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) FireEye
1 1 (50.00%) Tanium