Information Security Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Information Security Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 319 373 405
Rank change year-on-year +54 +32 +60
Contract jobs citing Information Security Management 15 30 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.15% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.17% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 15 37
10th Percentile £331 £473 £463
25th Percentile £550 £520 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +9.57% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £588 £681
90th Percentile £770 £647 £754
UK median daily rate £588 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -2.08% +4.35% +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,553 17,505 21,400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.38% 84.71% 89.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,248 10,459 14,852
10th Percentile £235 £250 £256
25th Percentile £375 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 834 2,060 1,308
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.34 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.19 £15.50
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +7.14% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.72
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.95 £36.00
% change year-on-year -19.33% -0.14% +44.00%

Information Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Information Security Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Management in the UK excluding London

Information Security Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Security Management in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Information Security Management in the UK excluding London

Information Security Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

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

Information Security Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Security Management in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Information Security Management in the UK excluding London

Information Security Management
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 Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 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
South East +31 8 £590 +18.00% 22
North of England +18 5 - - 14
North East - 5 - - 4
West Midlands +16 2 £800 +39.13% 5
Midlands +14 2 £800 +39.13% 10
Information Security Management
UK

Information Security Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) AWS
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) Network Security
2 2 (13.33%) Firewall
3 1 (6.67%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (6.67%) VPN
3 1 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
General
1 5 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
1 5 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (6.67%) Aerospace
2 1 (6.67%) Finance
2 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 5 (33.33%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
1 5 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Architect
2 3 (20.00%) Consultant
2 3 (20.00%) IT Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) IT Security Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Security Architect
2 3 (20.00%) Security Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) Security Specialist
3 2 (13.33%) Senior
4 1 (6.67%) Information Security Specialist
4 1 (6.67%) IT Administrator
4 1 (6.67%) Security Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Security Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (26.67%) Management Information System
4 2 (13.33%) Data Centre
4 2 (13.33%) Operational Technology
4 2 (13.33%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (6.67%) Public Cloud
5 1 (6.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Information Security
1 15 (100.00%) Security Management
2 8 (53.33%) Data Protection
2 8 (53.33%) ISMS
3 6 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 5 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 5 (33.33%) Zero Trust
5 4 (26.67%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (20.00%) ITIL
6 3 (20.00%) OWASP
6 3 (20.00%) Security Architecture
6 3 (20.00%) Security Operations
7 2 (13.33%) Application Security
7 2 (13.33%) Incident Response
7 2 (13.33%) Project Planning
7 2 (13.33%) Regulatory Compliance
7 2 (13.33%) Risk Assessment
7 2 (13.33%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) CISM
1 4 (26.67%) CISSP
2 3 (20.00%) CISA
3 2 (13.33%) CEH
3 2 (13.33%) Degree
3 2 (13.33%) ISACA
3 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
4 1 (6.67%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (6.67%) CREST Certified
4 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared
4 1 (6.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (6.67%) Master's Degree
4 1 (6.67%) SANS
4 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (6.67%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (46.67%) NIST
3 5 (33.33%) GDPR
4 3 (20.00%) COBIT
5 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (6.67%) GRC
5 1 (6.67%) ISO 9001
5 1 (6.67%) NIST 800
5 1 (6.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Cisco
2 5 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 5 (33.33%) HP
2 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (33.33%) Veeam
2 5 (33.33%) VMware