Information Security Officer Contracts in England

Information Security Officer
UK > England

The median Information Security Officer daily rate in England is £533 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 523 619 739
Rank change year-on-year +96 +120 -117
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Officer 14 18 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.038% 0.038% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.040% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 17 19
10th Percentile £200 £538 £435
25th Percentile £450 £613 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £725 £600
Median % change year-on-year -26.48% +20.83% +33.33%
75th Percentile £588 £875 £674
90th Percentile £600 £888 £900
UK median daily rate £533 £750 £588
% change year-on-year -28.93% +27.66% +30.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £25.68
UK median hourly rate - - £25.68

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,105 44,948 67,278
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.59% 95.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,534 31,954 48,043
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.91%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,538 1,319 1,809
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +91.49% +9.30%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +87.50% +6.90%

Information Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Information Security Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Officer in England

Information Security Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Security Officer in England.

Daily rate trend for Information Security Officer in England

Information Security Officer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security Officer in England over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security Officer in England

Information Security Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Security Officer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Information Security Officer in England

Information Security Officer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Officer within the England region over the 6 months to 29 May 2024. 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
London +80 8 £550 -31.25% 3
South East +9 4 £567 -5.58% 2
Information Security Officer
UK

Information Security Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 29 May 2024, Information Security Officer 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 job ads across the England region featuring Information Security Officer in the job title.

1 12 (85.71%) Information Security
2 10 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (57.14%) CISSP
4 7 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
5 6 (42.86%) Cloud Security
5 6 (42.86%) NIST
5 6 (42.86%) CISM
6 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
6 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
7 4 (28.57%) AWS
7 4 (28.57%) CCSP
7 4 (28.57%) CCNP
7 4 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (28.57%) Cisco
7 4 (28.57%) Telecoms
7 4 (28.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (28.57%) CCSK
7 4 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
8 3 (21.43%) Ethical Hacking
8 3 (21.43%) CEH
8 3 (21.43%) TOGAF
8 3 (21.43%) Data Analysis
8 3 (21.43%) Incident Management
8 3 (21.43%) SABSA
8 3 (21.43%) Information Security Governance
9 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
9 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (14.29%) Virtual Team Management

Information Security Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) AWS
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) DNS
1 2 (14.29%) SNMP
2 1 (7.14%) Broadband
2 1 (7.14%) Internet
2 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
General
1 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Telecoms
3 2 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Legal
4 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 2 (14.29%) Operational Technology
1 2 (14.29%) Virtual Team
2 1 (7.14%) BBC
2 1 (7.14%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Information Security
2 10 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (42.86%) Cloud Security
4 3 (21.43%) Data Analysis
4 3 (21.43%) Ethical Hacking
4 3 (21.43%) Incident Management
4 3 (21.43%) Information Security Governance
4 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
4 3 (21.43%) SABSA
4 3 (21.43%) TOGAF
5 2 (14.29%) Information Security Management
5 2 (14.29%) Security Management
5 2 (14.29%) Security Operations
5 2 (14.29%) SIEM
5 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (14.29%) Strategic Planning
5 2 (14.29%) Virtual Team Management
5 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (7.14%) Security Monitoring
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) CISSP
2 6 (42.86%) CISM
3 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
4 4 (28.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 4 (28.57%) CCNP
4 4 (28.57%) CCSK
4 4 (28.57%) CCSP
4 4 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (21.43%) CEH
6 2 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (14.29%) Degree
6 2 (14.29%) GIAC
7 1 (7.14%) CCA
7 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (42.86%) NIST
3 4 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (14.29%) GRC
4 2 (14.29%) QA
5 1 (7.14%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (7.14%) GDPR
5 1 (7.14%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 4 (28.57%) Cisco