Information Security Contracts in the South East

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Information Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security over the 6 months to 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 92 102
Rank change year-on-year +5 +10 +7
Contract jobs citing Information Security 121 130 182
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.21% 2.32% 2.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.63% 2.61% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 83 115
10th Percentile £425 £325 £231
25th Percentile £500 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £610 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.02% +6.09% +9.52%
75th Percentile £650 £674 £631
90th Percentile £731 £701 £728
England median daily rate £600 £621 £575
% change year-on-year -3.42% +8.04% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 0
10th Percentile £18.00 £39.73 -
25th Percentile £18.94 £59.96 -
Median hourly rate £19.50 £73.20 -
Median % change year-on-year -73.36% - -
75th Percentile £19.75 £74.20 -
90th Percentile - £74.55 -
England median hourly rate £19.50 £75.00 £59.50
% change year-on-year -74.00% +26.05% +133.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Information Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,602 4,986 6,934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.21% 89.12% 89.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,674 3,454 4,733
10th Percentile £250 £248 £231
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +1.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £625 £615 £599
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 441 218 278
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.25 £12.21
25th Percentile £18.20 £22.16 £14.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +132.56% -21.82%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.63 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £61.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.77 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.73% +47.08% +8.70%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the South East

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Security in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Information Security in the South East

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in the South East over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in the South East

Information Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Security in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Information Security in the South East

Information Security
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 21 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
Thames Valley +13 74 £537 -13.47% 31
Berkshire -25 41 £537 -15.51% 19
Hampshire -5 33 £600 +14.29% 23
Buckinghamshire +38 17 £500 +8.11% 3
Oxfordshire +17 16 £615 +29.47% 9
Surrey +10 8 £681 +6.86% 11
Kent +11 6 £536 -27.29% 3
Information Security
England

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (2.48%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (8.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (13.22%) Azure
2 8 (6.61%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (5.79%) AWS
4 5 (4.13%) SaaS
5 4 (3.31%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (3.31%) IaaS
5 4 (3.31%) PaaS
6 3 (2.48%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.65%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.83%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.83%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 20 (16.53%) Network Security
2 13 (10.74%) Firewall
3 6 (4.96%) VPN
4 5 (4.13%) LAN
4 5 (4.13%) WAN
5 3 (2.48%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.48%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (2.48%) Wireless
6 2 (1.65%) DNS
6 2 (1.65%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (1.65%) SAN
7 1 (0.83%) Broadband
7 1 (0.83%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.83%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.83%) Power BI
1 1 (0.83%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.83%) Android Studio
1 1 (0.83%) JIRA
1 1 (0.83%) MSI
1 1 (0.83%) Postman
1 1 (0.83%) Robot Framework
1 1 (0.83%) Selenium
1 1 (0.83%) SoapUI
1 1 (0.83%) Sonatype Nexus
1 1 (0.83%) SpecFlow
1 1 (0.83%) Visual Studio
1 1 (0.83%) WebDriver
1 1 (0.83%) Xcode
General
1 38 (31.40%) Social Skills
2 19 (15.70%) Legal
2 19 (15.70%) Telecoms
3 15 (12.40%) Finance
4 14 (11.57%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (9.09%) Law
6 9 (7.44%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (5.79%) Public Sector
8 6 (4.96%) Marketing
8 6 (4.96%) Police
9 3 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.48%) Retail
10 2 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.83%) Billing
Job Titles
1 21 (17.36%) Consultant
2 15 (12.40%) Security Consultant
3 14 (11.57%) Lead
4 10 (8.26%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 9 (7.44%) Senior
6 8 (6.61%) Analyst
7 7 (5.79%) Information Manager
7 7 (5.79%) Information Security Manager
7 7 (5.79%) Information Security Specialist
7 7 (5.79%) Information Specialist
7 7 (5.79%) Security Manager
7 7 (5.79%) Security Specialist
8 6 (4.96%) Architect
8 6 (4.96%) Business Process Trainer
8 6 (4.96%) Information Security Consultant
8 6 (4.96%) Information Security Officer
8 6 (4.96%) IT Trainer
8 6 (4.96%) Security Officer
8 6 (4.96%) Trainer
9 5 (4.13%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.65%) HTML
2 1 (0.83%) .NET
2 1 (0.83%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.83%) CSS
2 1 (0.83%) JSON
2 1 (0.83%) JSP
2 1 (0.83%) LDAP
2 1 (0.83%) REST
2 1 (0.83%) RESTful
2 1 (0.83%) SOAP
2 1 (0.83%) Web Services
2 1 (0.83%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (30.58%) Management Information System
2 14 (11.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 14 (11.57%) Cyber Threat
3 12 (9.92%) Cyber Defence
4 9 (7.44%) Data Centre
5 7 (5.79%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (4.96%) Virtual Team
7 5 (4.13%) PMI
8 3 (2.48%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.48%) Wiki
9 2 (1.65%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.65%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.83%) CSOC
10 1 (0.83%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.83%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.83%) PKI
10 1 (0.83%) Robotics
10 1 (0.83%) Security Operations Centre
10 1 (0.83%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 11 (9.09%) Windows
2 6 (4.96%) Windows Server
3 5 (4.13%) Linux
4 3 (2.48%) Unix
4 3 (2.48%) Windows 7
5 2 (1.65%) Solaris
6 1 (0.83%) Android
6 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (43.80%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (19.83%) Risk Management
3 23 (19.01%) Incident Response
3 23 (19.01%) SIEM
4 21 (17.36%) Incident Management
4 21 (17.36%) Vulnerability Management
5 18 (14.88%) Identity Access Management
5 18 (14.88%) Mentoring
6 16 (13.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (12.40%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 15 (12.40%) Information Security Management
7 15 (12.40%) Security Management
7 15 (12.40%) Threat Intelligence
8 14 (11.57%) Data Protection
8 14 (11.57%) Stakeholder Management
8 14 (11.57%) Use Case
9 12 (9.92%) Business Continuity
9 12 (9.92%) CRM
9 12 (9.92%) ITIL
9 12 (9.92%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.96%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.65%) AWK
2 2 (1.65%) Bourne shell
2 2 (1.65%) Korn
2 2 (1.65%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (1.65%) Perl
2 2 (1.65%) Python
2 2 (1.65%) Shell Script
3 1 (0.83%) C#
3 1 (0.83%) Java
3 1 (0.83%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (28.10%) Security Cleared
2 19 (15.70%) DV Cleared
3 13 (10.74%) SC Cleared
4 12 (9.92%) CISM
4 12 (9.92%) CISSP
5 9 (7.44%) Degree
6 7 (5.79%) ISACA
7 6 (4.96%) ISEB
8 5 (4.13%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (4.13%) PMI Certification
9 4 (3.31%) CCNP
10 3 (2.48%) CCNA
10 3 (2.48%) CCSP
11 2 (1.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (1.65%) CCSK
11 2 (1.65%) CEH
11 2 (1.65%) CIPD
11 2 (1.65%) CRISC
11 2 (1.65%) RHCE
11 2 (1.65%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (22.31%) NIST
2 18 (14.88%) GDPR
3 14 (11.57%) NIST 800
4 13 (10.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (8.26%) COBIT
6 6 (4.96%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 6 (4.96%) PCI DSS
7 5 (4.13%) Accessibility
7 5 (4.13%) SLA
8 4 (3.31%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (3.31%) GRC
9 1 (0.83%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.83%) QA
System Software
1 6 (4.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (4.13%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.65%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.65%) XenApp
4 1 (0.83%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (3.31%) Nessus
2 3 (2.48%) Ansible
2 3 (2.48%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 2 (1.65%) NetBackup
3 2 (1.65%) Network Intrusion Detection System
3 2 (1.65%) Oracle ZFS
3 2 (1.65%) Red Hat Satellite
3 2 (1.65%) SCCM
3 2 (1.65%) yum
4 1 (0.83%) QRadar
4 1 (0.83%) Terraform
4 1 (0.83%) WMI
Vendors
1 41 (33.88%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.61%) Cisco
3 6 (4.96%) VMware
4 5 (4.13%) Reuters
5 3 (2.48%) Splunk
6 2 (1.65%) CheckPoint
6 2 (1.65%) Citrix
6 2 (1.65%) EMC
6 2 (1.65%) Google
6 2 (1.65%) Juniper
6 2 (1.65%) Meraki
6 2 (1.65%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.65%) Veritas
7 1 (0.83%) Computacenter
7 1 (0.83%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.83%) Netskope
7 1 (0.83%) Oracle
7 1 (0.83%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.83%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.83%) Zscaler