Information Security Contract Job Trends in Wakefield

Information Security (InfoSec)
West Yorkshire > Wakefield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wakefield requiring Information Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Information Security 8 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wakefield 29.63% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 38.10% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £540 £631 £550
% change year-on-year -14.46% +14.77% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
Median hourly rate £16.62 - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £16.62 £22.14 -
% change year-on-year -24.93% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wakefield

Information Security 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 in Wakefield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21 7 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wakefield 77.78% 100.00% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 6
10th Percentile £138 £310 £345
25th Percentile £142 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £146 £463 £415
Median % change year-on-year -68.54% +11.45% +151.52%
75th Percentile £151 £544 £531
90th Percentile £256 £625 £558
West Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -0.91% -1.60% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile £16.51 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £16.62 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £16.70 - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.00 £22.14 £12.30
% change year-on-year +8.40% +80.00% -33.51%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Wakefield

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Information Security relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wakefield.

Information Security job vacancy trend in Wakefield

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend in Wakefield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Information Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Information Security

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Wakefield

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Information Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Information Security

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wakefield by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 8 (100.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Information Governance Officer
1 8 (100.00%) Information Officer
1 8 (100.00%) Senior
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 8 (100.00%) Information Governance