Information Security Specialist Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Information Security Specialist
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Information Security Specialist daily rate in West Yorkshire is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 0.12% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £550 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 791 747 1,328
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.53% 93.73% 97.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 502 459 869
10th Percentile £300 £305 £299
25th Percentile £400 £400 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £566 £613
90th Percentile £652 £638 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £490 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 36 17
10th Percentile £21.47 £16.94 £14.46
25th Percentile £22.14 £19.50 £16.92
Median hourly rate £27.50 £26.25 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +31.25% -5.15%
75th Percentile £81.25 £39.69 £23.75
90th Percentile - £48.75 £28.10
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.04 £23.34 £21.31
% change year-on-year +7.27% +9.53% +11.89%

Information Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Information Security Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Information Security Specialist job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Information Security Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Information Security Specialist job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Information Security Specialist job vacancies in West Yorkshire

Information Security Specialist
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Specialist within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 19 October 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
Leeds - 1 £550 -
Information Security Specialist
Yorkshire

Information Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 19 October 2025, Information Security Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Yorkshire region featuring Information Security Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

Information Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
1 1 (100.00%) NIST