Information Security Contracts

Information Security (InfoSec)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 108 133
Rank change year-on-year -9 +25 +3
Contract jobs citing Information Security 850 1,303 1,763
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.96% 2.35% 2.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.30% 2.62% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 525 970 1,226
10th Percentile £363 £390 £389
25th Percentile £481 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £583 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.83% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £702 £663
90th Percentile £775 £813 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £585 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +6.36% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 31 25
10th Percentile £12.75 £17.72 £14.89
25th Percentile £17.86 £49.68 £26.25
Median hourly rate £19.50 £75.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -74.00% +80.72% -17.15%
75th Percentile £23.59 £83.40 £75.00
90th Percentile £35.74 - £80.35
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.50 £76.50 £73.76
% change year-on-year -74.51% +3.71% +26.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,914 49,809 79,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.21% 89.64% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,592 34,469 55,846
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £649
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,564 1,687 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
% change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the UK

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security in the UK

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in the UK

Information Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Security in the UK

Information Security
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Information Security over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Information Security in the UK

Information Security
Top 16 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 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 +1 753 £583 -4.90% 492
UK excluding London +6 420 £585 +6.36% 324
London -22 349 £575 -11.20% 158
Work from Home -24 280 £575 -6.88% 216
South East +8 133 £575 -4.56% 76
South West +30 102 £600 -7.69% 46
North of England +24 94 £582 +5.82% 75
Midlands +13 71 £629 +14.43% 82
North West +3 51 £600 +9.09% 35
Scotland +21 42 £575 +4.55% 16
West Midlands -13 42 £645 +12.17% 56
Yorkshire +16 39 £582 +5.56% 34
East Midlands +24 23 £500 -4.76% 26
East of England -44 7 £378 -20.53% 27
North East +16 4 £525 -12.50% 6
Wales +4 3 £638 +70.00% 5

Information Security
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 19 (2.24%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.94%) Apache
4 6 (0.71%) Confluence
4 6 (0.71%) IIS
4 6 (0.71%) nginx
5 4 (0.47%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.24%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.24%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.24%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.24%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.12%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 30 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (3.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.94%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.12%) Camtasia
6 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.24%) SAP CRM
2 2 (0.24%) SAP IS-U
2 2 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.12%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 155 (18.24%) Azure
2 102 (12.00%) AWS
3 69 (8.12%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (5.88%) SaaS
5 44 (5.18%) GCP
6 36 (4.24%) IaaS
7 25 (2.94%) Entra ID
8 21 (2.47%) Azure Sentinel
8 21 (2.47%) PaaS
9 14 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (1.06%) GitHub
10 9 (1.06%) Mimecast
11 7 (0.82%) OneDrive
11 7 (0.82%) Power Platform
12 6 (0.71%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (0.71%) Serverless
13 4 (0.47%) Amazon S3
13 4 (0.47%) Amazon SQS
13 4 (0.47%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (0.47%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 121 (14.24%) Network Security
2 77 (9.06%) Firewall
3 30 (3.53%) Intrusion Detection
4 29 (3.41%) DNS
5 28 (3.29%) VPN
6 20 (2.35%) TCP/IP
7 16 (1.88%) WAN
8 15 (1.76%) Wireless
9 13 (1.53%) HTTPS
9 13 (1.53%) LAN
10 12 (1.41%) DHCP
11 7 (0.82%) Kerberos
12 6 (0.71%) SAN
12 6 (0.71%) SCCP
13 5 (0.59%) HTTP
13 5 (0.59%) Internet
13 5 (0.59%) Intranet
13 5 (0.59%) IPsec
13 5 (0.59%) VLAN
13 5 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (2.82%) Big Data
2 10 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (1.06%) MySQL
3 9 (1.06%) SQL Server
4 8 (0.94%) Oracle Database
5 6 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (0.71%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.59%) GIS
6 5 (0.59%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.47%) Couchbase
7 4 (0.47%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.35%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.35%) Metadata
8 3 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.35%) Spatial Data
9 2 (0.24%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.24%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.24%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (0.24%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 23 (2.71%) Jenkins
2 19 (2.24%) GitLab
3 18 (2.12%) JIRA
4 7 (0.82%) Maven
5 5 (0.59%) Postman
6 4 (0.47%) Git
7 2 (0.24%) AppScan
7 2 (0.24%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.24%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.24%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.24%) RStudio
7 2 (0.24%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.24%) Subversion
7 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.12%) Android Studio
8 1 (0.12%) git-flow
8 1 (0.12%) MSI
8 1 (0.12%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.12%) Xcode
General
1 260 (30.59%) Social Skills
2 201 (23.65%) Finance
3 145 (17.06%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (11.18%) Public Sector
5 56 (6.59%) Legal
6 43 (5.06%) Banking
7 39 (4.59%) Telecoms
8 30 (3.53%) Manufacturing
9 25 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
10 24 (2.82%) Law
11 20 (2.35%) Marketing
12 15 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 12 (1.41%) Retail
14 11 (1.29%) Military
15 10 (1.18%) Front Office
16 8 (0.94%) Electronics
16 8 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.82%) Financial Institution
17 7 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
18 6 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 141 (16.59%) Analyst
2 106 (12.47%) Architect
3 94 (11.06%) Consultant
4 85 (10.00%) Security Architect
5 69 (8.12%) Security Consultant
6 62 (7.29%) Lead
7 53 (6.24%) Senior
8 51 (6.00%) Security Analyst
9 49 (5.76%) Security Manager
10 45 (5.29%) Security Engineer
11 38 (4.47%) Project Manager
12 33 (3.88%) Information Security Consultant
13 32 (3.76%) SOC Analyst
14 31 (3.65%) Security Specialist
15 26 (3.06%) Information Manager
16 25 (2.94%) Information Security Manager
17 24 (2.82%) Cybersecurity Analyst
18 22 (2.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 22 (2.59%) Senior Analyst
19 21 (2.47%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.59%) Elastic Stack
2 18 (2.12%) Apache NiFi
3 12 (1.41%) LDAP
4 11 (1.29%) HTML
5 10 (1.18%) SailPoint
6 9 (1.06%) .NET
6 9 (1.06%) CSS
7 8 (0.94%) SAML
8 7 (0.82%) Hibernate
8 7 (0.82%) JPA
8 7 (0.82%) JSON
8 7 (0.82%) Web Services
9 6 (0.71%) EDI
9 6 (0.71%) RabbitMQ
9 6 (0.71%) YAML
10 5 (0.59%) OAuth
10 5 (0.59%) XML
11 4 (0.47%) AngularJS
11 4 (0.47%) LEMP Stack
11 4 (0.47%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 261 (30.71%) Management Information System
2 92 (10.82%) Cyber Defence
3 91 (10.71%) Cyber Threat
4 62 (7.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 47 (5.53%) Security Operations Centre
6 36 (4.24%) Security Posture
7 21 (2.47%) Data Protection Act
8 20 (2.35%) Distributed Applications
9 19 (2.24%) Operational Technology
10 18 (2.12%) CSOC
11 16 (1.88%) Data Centre
11 16 (1.88%) Onboarding
11 16 (1.88%) Product Ownership
12 14 (1.65%) Virtual Team
13 12 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (1.29%) CMDB
15 10 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
16 8 (0.94%) CESG
16 8 (0.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
17 7 (0.82%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 104 (12.24%) Windows
2 60 (7.06%) Linux
3 29 (3.41%) Apple iOS
4 24 (2.82%) Windows Server
5 22 (2.59%) Android
5 22 (2.59%) Unix
6 19 (2.24%) Windows 10
7 13 (1.53%) Windows 7
8 4 (0.47%) CentOS
8 4 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.35%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.24%) Solaris
10 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 381 (44.82%) Cybersecurity
2 164 (19.29%) Risk Management
3 155 (18.24%) SIEM
4 134 (15.76%) Incident Response
5 132 (15.53%) Security Operations
6 127 (14.94%) Problem-Solving
7 108 (12.71%) Security Architecture
8 102 (12.00%) Agile
8 102 (12.00%) Incident Management
9 94 (11.06%) Threat Intelligence
10 88 (10.35%) Vulnerability Management
11 87 (10.24%) Cloud Security
12 86 (10.12%) Use Case
13 77 (9.06%) Mentoring
14 75 (8.82%) MITRE ATT&CK
15 74 (8.71%) Computer Science
15 74 (8.71%) Identity Access Management
16 73 (8.59%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
16 73 (8.59%) Project Management
17 72 (8.47%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 47 (5.53%) PowerShell
2 35 (4.12%) Python
3 26 (3.06%) Java
4 20 (2.35%) SQL
5 17 (2.00%) JavaScript
6 10 (1.18%) Bash
6 10 (1.18%) Perl
7 8 (0.94%) Swift
8 7 (0.82%) C++
9 5 (0.59%) C#
10 4 (0.47%) PHP
10 4 (0.47%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.24%) AWK
12 2 (0.24%) Bourne shell
12 2 (0.24%) Go
12 2 (0.24%) Gremlin
12 2 (0.24%) Korn
12 2 (0.24%) R
12 2 (0.24%) Scala
Qualifications
1 219 (25.76%) Security Cleared
2 176 (20.71%) CISSP
3 125 (14.71%) CISM
3 125 (14.71%) Degree
4 121 (14.24%) DV Cleared
5 107 (12.59%) SC Cleared
6 54 (6.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 51 (6.00%) CISA
8 36 (4.24%) CEH
9 33 (3.88%) Cisco Certification
10 23 (2.71%) CRISC
11 17 (2.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 17 (2.00%) GIAC
12 16 (1.88%) ISACA
13 13 (1.53%) CCNP
13 13 (1.53%) CompTIA Security+
13 13 (1.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 11 (1.29%) CCNA
14 11 (1.29%) GCIH
14 11 (1.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 200 (23.53%) NIST
2 177 (20.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 86 (10.12%) GDPR
4 71 (8.35%) NIST 800
5 49 (5.76%) PCI DSS
6 46 (5.41%) GRC
7 42 (4.94%) NCSC
8 32 (3.76%) QA
9 27 (3.18%) COBIT
10 23 (2.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 21 (2.47%) Cyber Essentials
11 21 (2.47%) SLA
12 20 (2.35%) Actionable Recommendations
13 17 (2.00%) HIPAA
14 11 (1.29%) Data Quality
15 9 (1.06%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 8 (0.94%) Accessibility
16 8 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 6 (0.71%) Disclosure Scotland
18 5 (0.59%) PMO
System Software
1 76 (8.94%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (1.76%) Docker
4 11 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.59%) Firmware
5 5 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.47%) XenApp
7 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 42 (4.94%) Terraform
2 30 (3.53%) SCCM
3 22 (2.59%) Kibana
3 22 (2.59%) logstash
4 19 (2.24%) Ansible
5 17 (2.00%) Kubernetes
6 15 (1.76%) Nessus
7 13 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.94%) CASB
9 7 (0.82%) CSIRT
10 6 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (0.71%) Puppet
10 6 (0.71%) QRadar
11 5 (0.59%) WSUS
12 4 (0.47%) Podman
12 4 (0.47%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.35%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 3 (0.35%) Packer
13 3 (0.35%) PingFederate
14 2 (0.24%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 214 (25.18%) Microsoft
2 30 (3.53%) Oracle
3 26 (3.06%) Cisco
4 24 (2.82%) Google
5 23 (2.71%) Red Hat
6 20 (2.35%) ServiceNow
6 20 (2.35%) VMware
7 17 (2.00%) Okta
8 15 (1.76%) Citrix
9 14 (1.65%) SAP
10 11 (1.29%) CrowdStrike
11 10 (1.18%) CheckPoint
11 10 (1.18%) Qualys
11 10 (1.18%) Tanium
11 10 (1.18%) Zscaler
12 9 (1.06%) Splunk
13 8 (0.94%) Palo Alto
13 8 (0.94%) Rapid7
14 7 (0.82%) Apple
14 7 (0.82%) Workday