Information Security Management Contracts

Information Security Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Information Security Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security Management over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 520 621 688
Rank change year-on-year +101 +67 -102
Contract jobs citing Information Security Management 71 84 159
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.14% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.16% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 61 117
10th Percentile £513 £463 £408
25th Percentile £553 £513 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £593 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.18% +7.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £738 £675 £638
90th Percentile £919 £725 £702
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £25.85
25th Percentile - - £26.00
Median hourly rate - - £27.50
75th Percentile - - £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Information Security Management 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,140 52,105 79,027
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.25% 89.83% 90.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,924 36,124 55,482
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,724 1,874
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.17 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%

Information Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Information Security Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Management in the UK

Information Security Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security Management in the UK

Information Security Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security Management over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security Management in the UK

Information Security Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Security Management.

Hourly rate trend for Information Security Management in the UK

Information Security Management
Top 12 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 9 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
England +116 56 £613 +11.36% 38
Work from Home +144 41 £600 +1.18% 24
London +100 33 £725 +31.82% 14
UK excluding London +29 29 £575 -4.17% 25
South East +22 15 £500 -24.81% 8
Scotland +32 8 £590 -1.75%
North of England +28 4 £575 +12.20% 2
Midlands +35 2 £575 +17.35% 4
West Midlands +22 2 £575 +17.35% 1
Yorkshire +18 2 £575 +21.05%
North West +15 2 £575 -6.12% 1
East of England - 1 - - 3

Information Security Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 5 (7.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (7.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (4.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (4.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 15 (21.13%) AWS
2 12 (16.90%) Azure
3 5 (7.04%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (4.23%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.41%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.41%) GCP
5 1 (1.41%) IaaS
5 1 (1.41%) PaaS
5 1 (1.41%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (45.07%) Network Security
2 5 (7.04%) Firewall
3 3 (4.23%) DNS
4 2 (2.82%) DHCP
4 2 (2.82%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (2.82%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.41%) Internet
5 1 (1.41%) SCCP
5 1 (1.41%) SNMP
5 1 (1.41%) VPN
General
1 17 (23.94%) Public Sector
2 15 (21.13%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (19.72%) Social Skills
4 12 (16.90%) Finance
5 6 (8.45%) Telecoms
6 3 (4.23%) Marketing
6 3 (4.23%) Police
7 2 (2.82%) Financial Institution
7 2 (2.82%) Legal
8 1 (1.41%) Billing
8 1 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (30.99%) Architect
1 22 (30.99%) Security Architect
2 19 (26.76%) Consultant
3 15 (21.13%) Security Consultant
4 12 (16.90%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 8 (11.27%) Lead
6 7 (9.86%) Information Security Officer
6 7 (9.86%) Security Officer
7 6 (8.45%) Chief Information Security Officer
7 6 (8.45%) Chief Security Officer
8 5 (7.04%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 5 (7.04%) Security Engineer
9 4 (5.63%) Analyst
9 4 (5.63%) Risk Consultant
9 4 (5.63%) Security Manager
9 4 (5.63%) Senior
10 3 (4.23%) Fraud Manager
10 3 (4.23%) Lead Architect
10 3 (4.23%) Lead Security Architect
11 2 (2.82%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.23%) PyTorch
1 3 (4.23%) scikit-learn
1 3 (4.23%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 24 (33.80%) Management Information System
2 10 (14.08%) Data Centre
3 4 (5.63%) Security Posture
4 3 (4.23%) Algorithms
4 3 (4.23%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.82%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.41%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.41%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.63%) Windows
2 3 (4.23%) Linux
3 2 (2.82%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (100.00%) Information Security
1 71 (100.00%) Security Management
2 40 (56.34%) Cybersecurity
3 29 (40.85%) Risk Management
4 23 (32.39%) ISMS
5 22 (30.99%) Risk Assessment
6 18 (25.35%) Security Architecture
7 16 (22.54%) Architectural Patterns
8 14 (19.72%) Information Assurance
8 14 (19.72%) ITIL
9 12 (16.90%) Cloud Security
9 12 (16.90%) SABSA
10 11 (15.49%) Application Security
10 11 (15.49%) Identity Access Management
10 11 (15.49%) Stakeholder Management
10 11 (15.49%) TOGAF
10 11 (15.49%) Vulnerability Management
11 10 (14.08%) Data Protection
12 9 (12.68%) OWASP
13 8 (11.27%) Budgeting
Qualifications
1 37 (52.11%) CISSP
2 33 (46.48%) CISM
3 24 (33.80%) Security Cleared
4 20 (28.17%) CISA
5 17 (23.94%) SC Cleared
6 13 (18.31%) Degree
7 9 (12.68%) CRISC
7 9 (12.68%) DV Cleared
8 8 (11.27%) CREST Certified
8 8 (11.27%) TOGAF Certification
9 7 (9.86%) ISACA
10 6 (8.45%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (7.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 5 (7.04%) Master's Degree
12 4 (5.63%) CGEIT
13 2 (2.82%) CTC Cleared
13 2 (2.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 1 (1.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 1 (1.41%) CCSK
14 1 (1.41%) CLAS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (46.48%) NIST
2 29 (40.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (30.99%) NCSC
4 15 (21.13%) COBIT
5 12 (16.90%) GDPR
6 6 (8.45%) Government Security Classifications
7 5 (7.04%) GRC
7 5 (7.04%) NIST 800
8 4 (5.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 4 (5.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (2.82%) PCI DSS
10 1 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (1.41%) GxP
System Software
1 2 (2.82%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.41%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (2.82%) SCCM
1 2 (2.82%) WSUS
Vendors
1 12 (16.90%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.23%) Oracle
2 3 (4.23%) Sparx
3 2 (2.82%) Rapid7
3 2 (2.82%) Sophos
4 1 (1.41%) Cisco
4 1 (1.41%) OneTrust
4 1 (1.41%) VMware