Information Security Officer Contracts

Information Security Officer
UK

The median Information Security Officer daily rate in the UK is £620, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 513 558 697
Rank change year-on-year +45 +139 +129
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Officer 7 24 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.055% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.059% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 14 20
10th Percentile £272 £260 £498
25th Percentile £443 £506 £591
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £550 £725
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% -24.14% +28.89%
75th Percentile £825 £900 £878
90th Percentile £975 £1,000 £889
UK excluding London median daily rate £620 £567 £600
% change year-on-year +9.44% -5.58% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Information Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Information Security Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Officer in the UK

Information Security Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security Officer in the UK

Information Security Officer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security Officer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security Officer in the UK

Information Security Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Security Officer in the UK

Information Security Officer
Top 6 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 Officer 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 +40 6 £635 +15.45% 35
UK excluding London +60 3 £620 +9.44% 21
Work from Home +41 3 £283 -43.50% 22
London +26 3 £950 +22.58% 16
South East +42 2 £448 -21.01% 7
South West - 1 £650 - 2

Information Security Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Information Security Officer 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 featuring Information Security Officer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Information Security
2 6 (85.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (71.43%) GDPR
4 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
4 4 (57.14%) Risk Management
5 3 (42.86%) CISSP
5 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
6 2 (28.57%) HIPAA
6 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
6 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (28.57%) CISM
6 2 (28.57%) Firewall
6 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (28.57%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
7 1 (14.29%) Customer Experience
7 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security
7 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
7 1 (14.29%) Budget Management
7 1 (14.29%) Fintech
7 1 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (14.29%) Def Stans
7 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
7 1 (14.29%) PMO
7 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
7 1 (14.29%) Cyber Resilience
7 1 (14.29%) Commercial Awareness

Information Security Officer Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
1 2 (28.57%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Local Government
2 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 1 (14.29%) NHS
1 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Information Security
2 4 (57.14%) Risk Management
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Budget Management
4 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security
4 1 (14.29%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Experience
4 1 (14.29%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (14.29%) ERP
4 1 (14.29%) Ethical Hacking
4 1 (14.29%) Fintech
4 1 (14.29%) Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (14.29%) Security Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) CISSP
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) CISM
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) CEH
3 1 (14.29%) CISA
3 1 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (71.43%) GDPR
3 2 (28.57%) HIPAA
4 1 (14.29%) Def Stans
4 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (14.29%) NIST
4 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
4 1 (14.29%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle