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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 490 509 603
Rank change year-on-year +19 +94 +100
Contract jobs citing Information Security Management 32 67 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.16% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.18% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 43 60
10th Percentile £556 £505 £463
25th Percentile £572 £550 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 £604 £584
Median % change year-on-year +5.96% +3.42% +6.18%
75th Percentile £701 £744 £673
90th Percentile £750 £968 £726
UK excluding London median daily rate £663 £575 £600
% change year-on-year +15.22% -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 26,772 36,679 51,168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.96% 86.19% 89.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,185 23,608 35,479
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +4.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,093 2,436 1,692
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £10.64
25th Percentile £18.13 £15.94 £16.10
Median hourly rate £28.00 £36.27 £35.65
Median % change year-on-year -22.81% +1.75% +38.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +75.00%

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 17 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 9 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 17 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 +40 31 £640 -1.54% 110
UK excluding London +42 20 £663 +15.22% 89
South East +43 13 £650 +30.00% 30
Work from Home +18 12 £675 +12.13% 156
London +12 9 £575 -20.69% 40
North of England +22 5 - - 24
North East - 5 - - 8
Midlands +19 2 £800 +39.13% 7
West Midlands +8 2 £800 +39.13% 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 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.63%) Azure
2 3 (9.38%) AWS
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.13%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.63%) Network Security
2 4 (12.50%) Firewall
3 3 (9.38%) DHCP
3 3 (9.38%) DNS
3 3 (9.38%) TCP/IP
4 2 (6.25%) WAN
4 2 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (3.13%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (3.13%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.50%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 4 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
General
1 5 (15.63%) Organisational Skills
1 5 (15.63%) Pharmaceutical
2 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (9.38%) Finance
3 3 (9.38%) Police
3 3 (9.38%) Social Skills
4 2 (6.25%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.13%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (3.13%) Legal
5 1 (3.13%) Retail
5 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (31.25%) Security Engineer
2 8 (25.00%) Consultant
3 7 (21.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (21.88%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
4 6 (18.75%) Security Consultant
5 4 (12.50%) Architect
5 4 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 4 (12.50%) Security Architect
6 3 (9.38%) Developer
6 3 (9.38%) IT Engineer
6 3 (9.38%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (9.38%) IT Security Engineer
6 3 (9.38%) Operations Engineer
6 3 (9.38%) Oracle Developer
6 3 (9.38%) Security Specialist
7 2 (6.25%) Information Assurance Consultant
7 2 (6.25%) Network Engineer
7 2 (6.25%) Network Security Engineer
7 2 (6.25%) Report Developer
7 2 (6.25%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.50%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 6 (18.75%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (15.63%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (9.38%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (6.25%) Data Centre
5 2 (6.25%) Operational Technology
5 2 (6.25%) Security Posture
6 1 (3.13%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
6 1 (3.13%) Public Cloud
6 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (3.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (21.88%) Linux
2 2 (6.25%) Windows
2 2 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (100.00%) Information Security
1 32 (100.00%) Security Management
2 16 (50.00%) ISMS
3 15 (46.88%) Cybersecurity
4 12 (37.50%) Risk Management
5 10 (31.25%) Security Operations
6 9 (28.13%) Data Protection
7 7 (21.88%) SIEM
7 7 (21.88%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (21.88%) Vulnerability Management
8 6 (18.75%) ITIL
8 6 (18.75%) Roadmaps
8 6 (18.75%) Security Architecture
9 5 (15.63%) Incident Response
9 5 (15.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 5 (15.63%) Zero Trust
10 4 (12.50%) Analytics
10 4 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
10 4 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (12.50%) Information Assurance
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 7 (21.88%) CISM
2 7 (21.88%) CISSP
3 6 (18.75%) SC Cleared
4 5 (15.63%) CISA
4 5 (15.63%) Degree
5 3 (9.38%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (6.25%) CEH
6 2 (6.25%) ISACA
6 2 (6.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (3.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (3.13%) CREST Certified
7 1 (3.13%) DV Cleared
7 1 (3.13%) Master's Degree
7 1 (3.13%) SANS
7 1 (3.13%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (56.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (43.75%) NIST
3 8 (25.00%) COBIT
4 6 (18.75%) GDPR
5 3 (9.38%) GRC
6 2 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (6.25%) ISO 9001
6 2 (6.25%) NIST 800
7 1 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (3.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (15.63%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (15.63%) SCCM
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (9.38%) WSUS
3 2 (6.25%) CASB
3 2 (6.25%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 5 (15.63%) Cisco
2 5 (15.63%) Fortinet
2 5 (15.63%) HP
2 5 (15.63%) Veeam
2 5 (15.63%) VMware
3 4 (12.50%) Oracle
4 3 (9.38%) Rapid7
4 3 (9.38%) Sophos