Information Specialist Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Information Specialist
UK > Work from Home

The median Information Specialist daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £427, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 292 339 452
Rank change year-on-year +47 +113 +147
Contract jobs requiring an Information Specialist 12 7 18
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.12% 0.046% 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.049% 0.075%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 15
10th Percentile - - £536
25th Percentile £315 £165 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £427 £170 £650
Median % change year-on-year +151.02% -73.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £559 £563 £732
90th Percentile £611 £655 £835
UK median daily rate £530 £500 £650
% change year-on-year +6.00% -23.08% +23.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £74.79
UK median hourly rate £52.50 - £74.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,168 14,152 24,153
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.83% 93.54% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,276 9,490 17,046
10th Percentile £337 £325 £359
25th Percentile £413 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £775 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 575 555
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.27 £17.71
25th Percentile £17.51 £23.39 £25.73
Median hourly rate £35.00 £44.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% -18.52% +54.29%
75th Percentile £65.25 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.23% -18.89% +90.68%

Information Specialist
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Information Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Information Specialist trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Information Specialist
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Information Specialist.

Information Specialist daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Information Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Information Specialist over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Information Specialist daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Information Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 8 May 2025, Information Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Information Specialist in the job title.

1 10 (83.33%) CISM
2 9 (75.00%) Information Security
3 8 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
3 8 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 8 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (66.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 5 (41.67%) DV Cleared
5 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
5 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
5 3 (25.00%) Data Protection
5 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
5 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
6 2 (16.67%) CISSP
6 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
6 2 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (16.67%) Due Diligence
6 2 (16.67%) Security Posture
6 2 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
6 2 (16.67%) Coaching
6 2 (16.67%) Information Governance
6 2 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (8.33%) IaaS

Information Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (8.33%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (8.33%) IaaS
2 1 (8.33%) PaaS
2 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Network Security
General
1 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Finance
2 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (16.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (8.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (8.33%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Information Security
2 8 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
2 8 (66.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 3 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (16.67%) Coaching
4 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (16.67%) Due Diligence
4 2 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (16.67%) Information Governance
4 2 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (8.33%) Cyber Assurance
5 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (8.33%) Incident Response
5 1 (8.33%) Regulatory Compliance
5 1 (8.33%) Remediation Plan
5 1 (8.33%) Security Architecture
5 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) CISM
2 8 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 5 (41.67%) DV Cleared
4 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (16.67%) CISSP
5 2 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (8.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (8.33%) CCSP
6 1 (8.33%) CEH
6 1 (8.33%) CISA
6 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (8.33%) CRISC
6 1 (8.33%) Degree
6 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
6 1 (8.33%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (8.33%) NIST
2 1 (8.33%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft