Information Security Officer Contracts

Information Security Officer
UK

The median Information Security Officer daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 562 673 820
Rank change year-on-year +111 +147 -140
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Officer 24 20 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.056% 0.034% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.036% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 19 20
10th Percentile £260 £500 £271
25th Percentile £506 £606 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £725 £575
Median % change year-on-year -24.14% +26.09% +27.78%
75th Percentile £900 £881 £643
90th Percentile £1,000 £890 £894
UK excluding London median daily rate £567 £613 £606
% change year-on-year -7.51% +1.03% +38.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £25.68
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 39,991 54,978 83,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,011 38,395 59,001
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,675 1,545 2,052
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.28 £19.25 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.74 £76.40 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%

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 8 May 2024.

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 8 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 +96 23 £550 -24.14% 9
London +103 15 £775 -3.13% 4
UK excluding London +74 6 £567 -7.51% 7
South East +15 6 £567 -5.58% 2
Work from Home +113 3 £500 -41.18% 6
Scotland - 2 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, 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 22 (91.67%) Information Security
2 20 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (50.00%) CISSP
4 11 (45.83%) Security Cleared
5 10 (41.67%) CISM
5 10 (41.67%) Social Skills
6 9 (37.50%) Risk Management
7 8 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (29.17%) DV Cleared
8 7 (29.17%) Information Security Management
8 7 (29.17%) Security Management
8 7 (29.17%) Management Information System
8 7 (29.17%) Public Sector
9 6 (25.00%) NIST
9 6 (25.00%) Cloud Security
10 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
10 5 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (16.67%) AWS
11 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 4 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (16.67%) Security Operations
11 4 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (16.67%) CCSP
11 4 (16.67%) CCNP
11 4 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (16.67%) Cisco
11 4 (16.67%) Telecoms
11 4 (16.67%) Information Management
11 4 (16.67%) CCSK
11 4 (16.67%) GRC

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) AWS
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.33%) DNS
1 2 (8.33%) SNMP
2 1 (4.17%) Broadband
2 1 (4.17%) Internet
2 1 (4.17%) TCP/IP
General
1 10 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 7 (29.17%) Public Sector
3 4 (16.67%) Telecoms
4 2 (8.33%) Finance
4 2 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Legal
5 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 7 (29.17%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.33%) Cyber Security Posture
2 2 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (8.33%) Operational Technology
2 2 (8.33%) Security Posture
2 2 (8.33%) Virtual Team
3 1 (4.17%) BBC
3 1 (4.17%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (91.67%) Information Security
2 20 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (37.50%) Risk Management
4 7 (29.17%) Information Security Management
4 7 (29.17%) Security Management
5 6 (25.00%) Cloud Security
6 5 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (16.67%) Information Management
7 4 (16.67%) Security Operations
7 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (12.50%) Data Analysis
8 3 (12.50%) Decision-Making
8 3 (12.50%) Ethical Hacking
8 3 (12.50%) Incident Management
8 3 (12.50%) Incident Response
8 3 (12.50%) Information Security Governance
8 3 (12.50%) SABSA
8 3 (12.50%) TOGAF
9 2 (8.33%) Business Case
9 2 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 12 (50.00%) CISSP
2 11 (45.83%) Security Cleared
3 10 (41.67%) CISM
4 7 (29.17%) DV Cleared
5 4 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (16.67%) CCNP
5 4 (16.67%) CCSK
5 4 (16.67%) CCSP
5 4 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (12.50%) CEH
7 2 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (8.33%) CISA
7 2 (8.33%) CRISC
7 2 (8.33%) Degree
7 2 (8.33%) GIAC
8 1 (4.17%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (25.00%) NIST
3 4 (16.67%) GRC
3 4 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (8.33%) QA
5 1 (4.17%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (4.17%) GDPR
5 1 (4.17%) PCI DSS
5 1 (4.17%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.67%) Cisco