Information Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Information Security Engineer
England > Yorkshire

The median Information Security Engineer daily rate in Yorkshire is £540, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.050% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 - -
England median daily rate £540 £650 -
% change year-on-year -16.92% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,830 878 1,728
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.04% 92.52% 93.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,226 528 1,082
10th Percentile £290 £213 £219
25th Percentile £400 £350 £352
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £471
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -4.46% -8.10%
75th Percentile £550 £566 £581
90th Percentile £669 £650 £650
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 33 55
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.64 £11.14
25th Percentile £16.77 £16.25 £12.39
Median hourly rate £29.68 £24.18 £14.41
Median % change year-on-year +22.75% +67.86% -35.98%
75th Percentile £57.25 £38.75 £23.75
90th Percentile £72.43 £42.30 £53.75
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -14.29% - -2.10%

Information Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Information Security Engineer job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Information Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

Information Security Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Engineer within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 5 February 2026. 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
West Yorkshire - 1 £540 -
Information Security Engineer
England

Information Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 5 February 2026, Information Security Engineer 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 Yorkshire region featuring Information Security Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation

Information Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft