Information Security Specialist
UK
The median Information Security Specialist daily rate in the UK is £615, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 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 9 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 496 | 576 | 671 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +80 | +95 | +163 |
| Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Specialist | 21 | 14 | 34 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.072% | 0.033% | 0.059% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.078% | 0.035% | 0.062% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 10 | 24 |
| 10th Percentile | £553 | - | £567 |
| 25th Percentile | £575 | £165 | £609 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £615 | £488 | £700 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +26.15% | -30.36% | +5.66% |
| 75th Percentile | £677 | £509 | £814 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £633 | £835 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £653 | £170 | £700 |
| % change year-on-year | +283.82% | -75.71% | -22.22% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £71.76 |
| 25th Percentile | £60.75 | - | £72.60 |
| Median hourly rate | £61.50 | - | £74.00 |
| 75th Percentile | £62.24 | - | £74.40 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £74.63 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £61.50 | - | £74.00 |
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 | 26,982 | 39,941 | 54,901 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.48% | 92.76% | 94.65% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,601 | 26,001 | 38,348 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £280 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.38% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | -2.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,049 | 2,673 | 1,536 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £12.86 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | £16.25 | £19.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.60 | £36.65 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.96% | -18.56% | +88.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £61.30 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.90 | £76.13 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £27.50 | £40.00 | £42.43 |
| % change year-on-year | -31.25% | -5.73% | +115.78% |
Information Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Information Security Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Information Security Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Security Specialist.
Information Security Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security Specialist over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.
Information Security Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Security Specialist.
Information Security Specialist
Top 4 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 Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 |
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| England | +73 | 19 | £653 | +33.85% | 16 |
| UK excluding London | +68 | 19 | £653 | +283.82% | 13 |
| South East | +52 | 19 | £653 | +283.82% | 7 |
| Work from Home | +44 | 10 | £580 | +241.18% | 14 |
Information Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, Information Security Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.
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Information Security Specialist 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: