Information Specialist Contracts in the UK excluding London

Information Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Information Specialist daily rate in the UK excluding London is £465, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 309 380 415
Rank change year-on-year +71 +35 +89
Contract jobs requiring an Information Specialist 28 8 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.22% 0.039% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.042% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 26
10th Percentile £315 - £350
25th Percentile £326 £165 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £170 £675
Median % change year-on-year +173.53% -74.81% -10.00%
75th Percentile £630 £500 £810
90th Percentile £658 - £835
UK median daily rate £503 £500 £650
% change year-on-year +0.50% -23.08% +23.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile £41.38 - £71.76
25th Percentile £51.25 - £72.60
Median hourly rate £57.00 - £74.00
75th Percentile £62.24 - £74.40
90th Percentile - - £74.63
UK median hourly rate £52.50 - £74.00

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 11,687 19,029 22,516
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 92.56% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,486 11,618 15,791
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £600
90th Percentile £651 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.97% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 840 2,244 1,158
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.58 £15.75 £17.92
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -4.76% +115.16%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.88 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.89% -18.89% +90.68%

Information Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Information Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Information Specialist in the UK excluding London

Information Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Information Specialist in the UK excluding London

Information Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Specialist in the UK excluding London

Information Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Specialist in the UK excluding London

Information Specialist
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Information Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Information Specialist in the UK excluding London

Information Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 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 +58 22 £615 +261.76% 16
Scotland +16 5 £327 - 8
South West - 1 - - 7
Information Specialist
UK

Information Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 5 May 2025, Information Specialist 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 UK excluding London region featuring Information Specialist in the job title.

1 18 (64.29%) CISM
2 17 (60.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (60.71%) Security Cleared
3 14 (50.00%) Public Sector
4 13 (46.43%) DV Cleared
4 13 (46.43%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 11 (39.29%) Information Security
6 8 (28.57%) Management Information System
6 8 (28.57%) Risk Management
6 8 (28.57%) Telecoms
7 7 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
7 7 (25.00%) Information Assurance
7 7 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
8 6 (21.43%) Security Architecture
9 5 (17.86%) Information Governance
9 5 (17.86%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (17.86%) Data Protection
9 5 (17.86%) SC Cleared
9 5 (17.86%) Decision-Making
9 5 (17.86%) NCSC
10 4 (14.29%) Military
10 4 (14.29%) CISSP
11 3 (10.71%) Penetration Testing
11 3 (10.71%) CEH
11 3 (10.71%) Security Testing
11 3 (10.71%) Mentoring
11 3 (10.71%) Coaching
11 3 (10.71%) NIST
11 3 (10.71%) Impact Assessments

Information Specialist Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.14%) SharePoint
1 2 (7.14%) TPMS
Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.57%) Google Workspace
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) NonStop SQL
General
1 14 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 8 (28.57%) Telecoms
3 4 (14.29%) Military
4 3 (10.71%) Social Skills
5 2 (7.14%) Aerospace
5 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (7.14%) Legal
6 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 8 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 3 (10.71%) Security Posture
3 2 (7.14%) Cyber Security Posture
3 2 (7.14%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.57%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (46.43%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 11 (39.29%) Information Security
3 8 (28.57%) Risk Management
4 7 (25.00%) Information Assurance
4 7 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
4 7 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
5 6 (21.43%) Security Architecture
6 5 (17.86%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (17.86%) Data Protection
6 5 (17.86%) Decision-Making
6 5 (17.86%) Information Governance
7 3 (10.71%) Coaching
7 3 (10.71%) Due Diligence
7 3 (10.71%) Impact Assessments
7 3 (10.71%) Incident Response
7 3 (10.71%) Mentoring
7 3 (10.71%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (10.71%) Security Testing
8 2 (7.14%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 18 (64.29%) CISM
2 17 (60.71%) Security Cleared
3 13 (46.43%) DV Cleared
4 5 (17.86%) SC Cleared
5 4 (14.29%) CISSP
6 3 (10.71%) CEH
7 2 (7.14%) Degree
7 2 (7.14%) Master's Degree
8 1 (3.57%) CISA
8 1 (3.57%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (3.57%) Postgraduate
8 1 (3.57%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (60.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (17.86%) NCSC
3 3 (10.71%) NIST
4 1 (3.57%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (3.57%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.57%) Google
2 1 (3.57%) Oracle