Information Security Contract Job Trends in Warrington

Information Security (InfoSec)
Cheshire > Warrington

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Warrington requiring Information Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 22 13
Rank change year-on-year +3 -9 +14
Contract jobs citing Information Security 1 1 9
As % of all contract jobs in Warrington 1.30% 1.61% 10.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.61% 1.69% 11.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £519
25th Percentile - - £603
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - £700
75th Percentile - - £763
90th Percentile - - £785
Cheshire median daily rate £423 £543 £625
% change year-on-year -22.12% -13.20% -0.79%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Warrington

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 Warrington.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 62 59 77
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warrington 80.52% 95.16% 86.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 32 41
10th Percentile £163 £207 £313
25th Percentile £288 £325 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £488 £525 £513
90th Percentile £519 £575 £575
Cheshire median daily rate £438 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -7.89% -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 7
10th Percentile - - £13.41
25th Percentile £15.50 - £14.00
Median hourly rate £16.71 - £26.66
Median % change year-on-year - - -25.94%
75th Percentile £24.37 - £35.83
90th Percentile £67.25 - £57.00
Cheshire median hourly rate £22.85 £24.18 £26.00
% change year-on-year -5.50% -7.00% +61.79%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Warrington

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in Warrington

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend in Warrington

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

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

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Warrington

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

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

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warrington 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 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Information Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Assurance Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Resilience Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC