Information Security Management Contracts

Information Security Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 491 509 629
Rank change year-on-year +18 +120 +63
Contract jobs citing Information Security Management 29 73 89
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.099% 0.17% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.19% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 47 63
10th Percentile £351 £500 £463
25th Percentile £463 £550 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £688 £738 £673
90th Percentile £700 £903 £720
UK excluding London median daily rate £590 £575 £600
% change year-on-year +2.61% -4.17% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

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 1 May 2025.

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 10 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 1 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
England +26 27 £588 -6.00% 118
UK excluding London +47 16 £590 +2.61% 69
Work from Home +11 11 £630 +5.00% 59
London +16 10 £575 -20.69% 59
South East +35 8 £590 +15.12% 25
North of England +20 5 - - 14
North East - 5 - - 3
Midlands +22 2 £800 +39.13% 8
West Midlands +14 2 £800 +39.13% 5
Scotland +6 1 £475 -19.42% 6

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 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (20.69%) Azure
2 4 (13.79%) AWS
2 4 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.24%) Firewall
2 4 (13.79%) Network Security
3 3 (10.34%) DHCP
3 3 (10.34%) DNS
3 3 (10.34%) TCP/IP
3 3 (10.34%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (6.90%) WAN
5 1 (3.45%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (3.45%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (3.45%) VPN
General
1 5 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (17.24%) Organisational Skills
1 5 (17.24%) Pharmaceutical
2 4 (13.79%) Finance
3 3 (10.34%) Police
3 3 (10.34%) Social Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.45%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.45%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Legal
5 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (34.48%) Security Engineer
2 8 (27.59%) Consultant
3 7 (24.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (24.14%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
4 6 (20.69%) Security Consultant
5 4 (13.79%) Architect
5 4 (13.79%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 4 (13.79%) Security Architect
6 3 (10.34%) Analyst
6 3 (10.34%) IT Engineer
6 3 (10.34%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (10.34%) IT Security Engineer
6 3 (10.34%) Operations Engineer
7 2 (6.90%) Applications Engineer
7 2 (6.90%) Network Engineer
7 2 (6.90%) Network Security Engineer
7 2 (6.90%) Security Analyst
7 2 (6.90%) Security Manager
7 2 (6.90%) Security Specialist
7 2 (6.90%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 10 (34.48%) Management Information System
2 6 (20.69%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (17.24%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (10.34%) Security Posture
5 2 (6.90%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (6.90%) Data Centre
5 2 (6.90%) Operational Technology
5 2 (6.90%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (3.45%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
6 1 (3.45%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (24.14%) Linux
2 4 (13.79%) Windows
3 2 (6.90%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (100.00%) Information Security
1 29 (100.00%) Security Management
2 15 (51.72%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (51.72%) ISMS
3 13 (44.83%) Risk Management
4 10 (34.48%) Security Operations
5 9 (31.03%) Data Protection
6 7 (24.14%) Security Architecture
6 7 (24.14%) SIEM
7 6 (20.69%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (20.69%) ITIL
7 6 (20.69%) Vulnerability Management
8 5 (17.24%) Analytics
8 5 (17.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 5 (17.24%) Roadmaps
8 5 (17.24%) Zero Trust
9 4 (13.79%) Application Security
9 4 (13.79%) Data Security
9 4 (13.79%) Incident Response
9 4 (13.79%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (31.03%) Security Cleared
2 8 (27.59%) CISSP
3 7 (24.14%) CISM
4 6 (20.69%) Degree
5 5 (17.24%) CISA
6 4 (13.79%) SC Cleared
7 3 (10.34%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (6.90%) CEH
8 2 (6.90%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (6.90%) DV Cleared
8 2 (6.90%) ISACA
8 2 (6.90%) SSCP
9 1 (3.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (3.45%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (3.45%) CREST Certified
9 1 (3.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (3.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
9 1 (3.45%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (48.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (34.48%) NIST
3 5 (17.24%) GDPR
4 4 (13.79%) COBIT
5 2 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (6.90%) GRC
5 2 (6.90%) NIST 800
6 1 (3.45%) ISO 9001
6 1 (3.45%) NCSC
6 1 (3.45%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (17.24%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (6.90%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (17.24%) SCCM
2 3 (10.34%) CASB
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (10.34%) WSUS
3 2 (6.90%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 8 (27.59%) Microsoft
2 6 (20.69%) Cisco
3 5 (17.24%) Fortinet
3 5 (17.24%) HP
3 5 (17.24%) Veeam
3 5 (17.24%) VMware
4 3 (10.34%) Rapid7
4 3 (10.34%) Sophos
5 1 (3.45%) Forcepoint