Information Security Management Contracts

Information Security Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Information Security Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security Management over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 509 603 703
Rank change year-on-year +94 +100 -139
Contract jobs citing Information Security Management 67 81 146
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.14% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.16% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 60 106
10th Percentile £505 £463 £400
25th Percentile £550 £509 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £604 £584 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.42% +6.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £744 £673 £638
90th Percentile £968 £726 £712
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £25.85
25th Percentile - - £26.00
Median hourly rate - - £27.50
75th Percentile - - £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Information Security Management 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,679 51,168 79,259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.19% 89.82% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,608 35,479 55,636
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £479
% change year-on-year - +4.38% +9.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,436 1,692 1,900
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.64 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.94 £16.10 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.21%

Information Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Information Security Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Management in the UK

Information Security Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security Management in the UK

Information Security Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security Management over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security Management in the UK

Information Security Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Security Management in the UK

Information Security Management
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Management within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
England +115 53 £650 +18.18% 53
Work from Home +135 38 £602 +1.52% 32
London +117 33 £725 +31.82% 19
UK excluding London +30 25 £575 -4.17% 35
South East +11 15 £500 -24.81% 10
Scotland +25 7 £590 -1.75% 1
North of England +23 2 £575 +12.20% 6
Midlands +26 1 £575 +17.35% 8
West Midlands +25 1 £575 +17.35% 5
North West +18 1 £575 -6.12% 2
Yorkshire +12 1 £575 +21.05% 2
East of England - 1 - - 1

Information Security Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 5 (7.46%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (7.46%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (7.46%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (7.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (4.48%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (4.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 15 (22.39%) AWS
2 12 (17.91%) Azure
3 5 (7.46%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (4.48%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.49%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.49%) GCP
5 1 (1.49%) IaaS
5 1 (1.49%) PaaS
5 1 (1.49%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (47.76%) Network Security
2 5 (7.46%) Firewall
3 3 (4.48%) DNS
4 2 (2.99%) DHCP
4 2 (2.99%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (2.99%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.49%) Internet
5 1 (1.49%) SCCP
5 1 (1.49%) SNMP
5 1 (1.49%) VPN
General
1 15 (22.39%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (20.90%) Public Sector
2 14 (20.90%) Social Skills
3 12 (17.91%) Finance
4 6 (8.96%) Telecoms
5 3 (4.48%) Marketing
5 3 (4.48%) Police
6 2 (2.99%) Financial Institution
6 2 (2.99%) Legal
7 1 (1.49%) Billing
7 1 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.49%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (32.84%) Architect
1 22 (32.84%) Security Architect
2 16 (23.88%) Consultant
3 12 (17.91%) Security Consultant
4 9 (13.43%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 8 (11.94%) Lead
6 7 (10.45%) Information Security Officer
6 7 (10.45%) Security Officer
7 6 (8.96%) Chief Information Security Officer
7 6 (8.96%) Chief Security Officer
8 5 (7.46%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 5 (7.46%) Security Engineer
9 4 (5.97%) Risk Consultant
9 4 (5.97%) Security Manager
9 4 (5.97%) Senior
10 3 (4.48%) Analyst
10 3 (4.48%) Fraud Manager
10 3 (4.48%) Lead Architect
10 3 (4.48%) Lead Security Architect
11 2 (2.99%) IT Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.48%) PyTorch
1 3 (4.48%) scikit-learn
1 3 (4.48%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 24 (35.82%) Management Information System
2 10 (14.93%) Data Centre
3 4 (5.97%) Security Posture
4 3 (4.48%) Algorithms
5 2 (2.99%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.99%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.49%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.49%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.97%) Windows
2 3 (4.48%) Linux
3 2 (2.99%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (100.00%) Information Security
1 67 (100.00%) Security Management
2 36 (53.73%) Cybersecurity
3 28 (41.79%) Risk Management
4 22 (32.84%) Risk Assessment
5 20 (29.85%) ISMS
6 18 (26.87%) Security Architecture
7 16 (23.88%) Architectural Patterns
8 14 (20.90%) Information Assurance
9 13 (19.40%) ITIL
10 12 (17.91%) Cloud Security
10 12 (17.91%) SABSA
11 11 (16.42%) Application Security
11 11 (16.42%) Identity Access Management
11 11 (16.42%) TOGAF
11 11 (16.42%) Vulnerability Management
12 10 (14.93%) Stakeholder Management
13 9 (13.43%) OWASP
14 8 (11.94%) Budgeting
14 8 (11.94%) Conflict Resolution
Qualifications
1 34 (50.75%) CISSP
2 29 (43.28%) CISM
3 21 (31.34%) Security Cleared
4 19 (28.36%) CISA
5 14 (20.90%) SC Cleared
6 12 (17.91%) Degree
7 9 (13.43%) DV Cleared
8 8 (11.94%) CREST Certified
8 8 (11.94%) CRISC
8 8 (11.94%) TOGAF Certification
9 7 (10.45%) ISACA
10 5 (7.46%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (7.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 5 (7.46%) Master's Degree
11 4 (5.97%) CGEIT
12 2 (2.99%) CTC Cleared
12 2 (2.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 1 (1.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 1 (1.49%) CCSK
13 1 (1.49%) CLAS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (47.76%) NIST
2 25 (37.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (28.36%) NCSC
4 14 (20.90%) COBIT
5 11 (16.42%) GDPR
6 5 (7.46%) NIST 800
7 4 (5.97%) GRC
7 4 (5.97%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 4 (5.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (4.48%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (2.99%) PCI DSS
10 1 (1.49%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (1.49%) GxP
System Software
1 2 (2.99%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.49%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (2.99%) SCCM
1 2 (2.99%) WSUS
Vendors
1 12 (17.91%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.48%) Oracle
2 3 (4.48%) Sparx
3 2 (2.99%) Rapid7
3 2 (2.99%) Sophos
4 1 (1.49%) Cisco
4 1 (1.49%) VMware