Information Specialist Contracts

Information Specialist
UK

The median Information Specialist daily rate in the UK is £488 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 565 661 831
Rank change year-on-year +96 +170 -180
Contract jobs requiring an Information Specialist 14 39 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.032% 0.065% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.069% 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 27 24
10th Percentile - £335 £386
25th Percentile £165 £446 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £625 £525
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% +19.05% +32.91%
75th Percentile £509 £700 £672
90th Percentile £585 £806 £863
UK excluding London median daily rate £170 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -71.67% - +71.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £74.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £74.00 -

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 40,413 56,730 84,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,320 39,605 59,435
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £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 £726
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,653 1,602 2,109
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.28 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £42.37 £19.50
% change year-on-year -10.30% +117.26% +2.47%

Information Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Specialist in the UK

Information Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Information Specialist in the UK

Information Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Specialist over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Specialist in the UK

Information Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Specialist in the UK

Information Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 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 +92 12 £488 -20.41% 11
UK excluding London +47 8 £170 -71.67% 7
South East +21 7 £170 -75.71% 2
Work from Home +112 6 £170 -73.33% 8
London +111 5 £565 +7.62% 4
Scotland +32 1 - - 1

Information Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Information 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 13 (92.86%) Information Security
2 8 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (42.86%) ISMS
4 5 (35.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 5 (35.71%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (35.71%) Management Information System
4 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
5 4 (28.57%) CISSP
5 4 (28.57%) SharePoint
5 4 (28.57%) Migration
5 4 (28.57%) Risk Analysis
5 4 (28.57%) Logistics
5 4 (28.57%) Risk Register
6 3 (21.43%) Wiki
6 3 (21.43%) CISA
6 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
6 3 (21.43%) Banking
7 2 (14.29%) Information Management
7 2 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
7 2 (14.29%) Agile
7 2 (14.29%) CISM
7 2 (14.29%) Information Security Management
7 2 (14.29%) Security Management
7 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
7 2 (14.29%) Finance
7 2 (14.29%) ITIL
7 2 (14.29%) Windows
7 2 (14.29%) QA
7 2 (14.29%) Penetration Testing

Information 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (28.57%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) Mimecast
2 1 (7.14%) OneDrive
2 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
2 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Power BI
1 1 (7.14%) Relational Database
General
1 6 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Banking
3 2 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (7.14%) Billing
4 1 (7.14%) Retail
4 1 (7.14%) Retail Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Management Information System
2 3 (21.43%) Wiki
3 1 (7.14%) Operational Technology
3 1 (7.14%) PKI
3 1 (7.14%) Public Cloud
3 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
3 1 (7.14%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Information Security
2 6 (42.86%) ISMS
3 4 (28.57%) Logistics
3 4 (28.57%) Migration
3 4 (28.57%) Risk Analysis
3 4 (28.57%) Risk Register
4 2 (14.29%) Agile
4 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (14.29%) Information Management
4 2 (14.29%) Information Security Management
4 2 (14.29%) ITIL
4 2 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 2 (14.29%) Security Management
4 2 (14.29%) Security Monitoring
4 2 (14.29%) SIEM
5 1 (7.14%) Data Modelling
5 1 (7.14%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.14%) Bash
2 1 (7.14%) C#
2 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) CISSP
2 3 (21.43%) CISA
3 2 (14.29%) CISM
3 2 (14.29%) CRISC
4 1 (7.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (7.14%) PMI Certification
4 1 (7.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (35.71%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (35.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (14.29%) QA
4 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (7.14%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) CASB
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Darktrace
2 1 (7.14%) Oracle
2 1 (7.14%) Qualys