Information Security Contract Job Trends in Warwickshire

Information Security (InfoSec)
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Warwickshire requiring Information Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 37 31
Rank change year-on-year -6 -6 +9
Contract jobs citing Information Security 12 9 13
As % of all contract jobs in Warwickshire 2.26% 2.56% 3.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.65% 2.93% 4.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 13
10th Percentile £433 - £443
25th Percentile £444 - £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £613
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -18.37% +11.36%
75th Percentile £569 £550 £750
90th Percentile £618 £788 -
West Midlands median daily rate £414 £650 £575
% change year-on-year -36.35% +13.04% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Warwickshire

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 Warwickshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 453 307 301
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire 85.15% 87.22% 88.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 177 215
10th Percentile £305 £413 £220
25th Percentile £413 £500 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £606 £613 £638
90th Percentile £725 £665 £738
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 11 6
10th Percentile £16.12 - £17.13
25th Percentile £18.44 £14.70 £21.25
Median hourly rate £32.50 £32.28 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.68% +13.26% +98.47%
75th Percentile £39.25 £35.00 £34.50
90th Percentile £50.00 - £36.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.50 £23.60 £23.00
% change year-on-year -13.14% +2.61% +29.94%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in Warwickshire

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire

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

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

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Warwickshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Warwickshire over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in Warwickshire

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Warwickshire

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

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

Information Security
Contract Job Locations in Warwickshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 17 December 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
Warwick -4 6 £563 -27.42%
Leamington Spa -3 2 - -
Gaydon - 2 - -
Stratford-upon-Avon - 1 £450 -
Information Security
West Midlands

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwickshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Navisworks
1 2 (16.67%) Revit
2 1 (8.33%) ProjectWise
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) AWS
2 2 (16.67%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (8.33%) GCP
3 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Firewall
1 3 (25.00%) Internet
2 1 (8.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
General
1 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Consultant
1 3 (25.00%) SOC Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Compliance Specialist
3 1 (8.33%) CyberArk Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Data Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Data Scientist
3 1 (8.33%) SCADA Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Security Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Security Compliance Specialist
3 1 (8.33%) Security Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Security Specialist
3 1 (8.33%) SOC Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) PKI
2 3 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (25.00%) Security Posture
3 2 (16.67%) Operational Technology
3 2 (16.67%) SCADA
4 1 (8.33%) Algorithms
4 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
4 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 4 (33.33%) Contingency Planning
2 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (33.33%) Dashboard Development
2 4 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 4 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 4 (33.33%) SIEM
3 3 (25.00%) Cloud Operations
3 3 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 3 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 3 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
3 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 3 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
3 3 (25.00%) Security Operations
3 3 (25.00%) SOAR
3 3 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 3 (25.00%) Threat Management
3 3 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
3 3 (25.00%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Python
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) CISM
2 1 (8.33%) CISSP
2 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) ISO 19650
2 1 (8.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (8.33%) FIPS 140-2
2 1 (8.33%) GDPR
2 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (8.33%) PCI DSS
2 1 (8.33%) PMO
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Google
1 3 (25.00%) Splunk
2 2 (16.67%) Autodesk
3 1 (8.33%) CheckPoint
3 1 (8.33%) CyberArk