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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 39 30
Rank change year-on-year -12 -9 +10
Contract jobs citing Information Security 6 11 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Warwickshire 1.14% 2.58% 5.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 2.96% 5.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 21
10th Percentile £433 - £513
25th Percentile £444 - £713
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £725
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -31.03% +28.89%
75th Percentile £569 £513 £750
90th Percentile £618 £550 -
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £663 £600
% change year-on-year -28.30% +10.42% +14.29%

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 459 371 353
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire 86.93% 86.89% 90.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 276 217 249
10th Percentile £319 £395 £224
25th Percentile £402 £500 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £635 £713
90th Percentile £725 £688 £750
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 7 4
10th Percentile £16.13 £13.92 £23.00
25th Percentile £29.33 - £27.50
Median hourly rate £40.46 £14.70 £32.25
Median % change year-on-year +175.24% -54.42% +95.45%
75th Percentile £50.00 £32.91 £34.50
90th Percentile - £34.12 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £23.00 £25.15 £27.50
% change year-on-year -8.56% -8.54% +56.16%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security 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 27 September 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 27 September 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 -1 3 £563 - 3
Gaydon - 1 - - 1
Stratford-upon-Avon - 1 £450 -
Information Security
West Midlands

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warwickshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Navisworks
1 1 (16.67%) ProjectWise
1 1 (16.67%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Compliance Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) SCADA Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Security Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Security Compliance Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Security Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Security Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) SOC Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (33.33%) Operational Technology
1 2 (33.33%) SCADA
2 1 (16.67%) Algorithms
2 1 (16.67%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (33.33%) Change Management
3 2 (33.33%) Information Governance
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Runbook
3 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
4 1 (16.67%) Cryptography
4 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
4 1 (16.67%) Data Management
4 1 (16.67%) Data Security
4 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Product Management
4 1 (16.67%) Requirements Management
4 1 (16.67%) SIEM
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) User Stories
4 1 (16.67%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
1 1 (16.67%) FIPS 140-2
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR
1 1 (16.67%) ISO 19650
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Autodesk
1 1 (16.67%) CheckPoint