Information Security Contracts in England

Information Security (InfoSec)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Information Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Information Security over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 113 141
Rank change year-on-year +2 +28 0
Contract jobs citing Information Security 749 1,087 1,375
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.00% 2.31% 1.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 2.57% 2.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 456 811 945
10th Percentile £363 £400 £388
25th Percentile £472 £500 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £615 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.25% +6.96% +6.98%
75th Percentile £696 £728 £675
90th Percentile £800 £825 £775
UK median daily rate £588 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -2.08% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 29 20
10th Percentile £12.75 £24.87 £15.82
25th Percentile £17.79 £70.00 £26.13
Median hourly rate £19.50 £76.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -74.51% +93.67% -32.11%
75th Percentile £23.89 £83.40 £75.00
90th Percentile £37.08 - £79.25
UK median hourly rate £19.50 £75.75 £40.75
% change year-on-year -74.26% +85.89% -18.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Information Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,030 42,283 63,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.40% 89.90% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,779 29,697 45,496
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,363 1,526 1,693
10th Percentile £12.79 £10.69 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.01 £15.75 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.59 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.71 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in England

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security in England

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in England

Information Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Security in England

Information Security
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Information Security in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Information Security in England

Information Security
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
London -18 355 £575 -11.54% 178
South East +5 133 £582 -3.00% 82
South West +17 96 £591 -9.08% 45
North of England +14 93 £582 +5.82% 82
Midlands +12 72 £629 +14.43% 80
North West +5 50 £595 +8.18% 40
West Midlands -8 42 £645 +12.17% 55
Yorkshire +19 39 £582 +5.56% 36
East Midlands +20 24 £500 -4.76% 24
East of England -41 7 £378 -20.53% 30
North East +12 4 £525 -12.50% 6
Information Security
UK

Information Security
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 17 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (2.14%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.80%) Apache
3 6 (0.80%) nginx
4 5 (0.67%) Confluence
5 4 (0.53%) Apache Solr
5 4 (0.53%) IIS
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.27%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.13%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 24 (3.20%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.27%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.13%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.13%) Camtasia
5 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (0.27%) SAP CRM
1 2 (0.27%) SAP IS-U
1 2 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.13%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 140 (18.69%) Azure
2 98 (13.08%) AWS
3 63 (8.41%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (6.41%) SaaS
5 41 (5.47%) GCP
6 35 (4.67%) IaaS
7 20 (2.67%) Entra ID
7 20 (2.67%) PaaS
8 18 (2.40%) Azure Sentinel
9 12 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (1.07%) GitHub
10 8 (1.07%) Mimecast
11 7 (0.93%) OneDrive
12 6 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (0.80%) Serverless
13 4 (0.53%) Amazon S3
13 4 (0.53%) Amazon SQS
13 4 (0.53%) AWS Lambda
13 4 (0.53%) Power Platform
14 3 (0.40%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 99 (13.22%) Network Security
2 62 (8.28%) Firewall
3 27 (3.60%) Intrusion Detection
4 24 (3.20%) DNS
4 24 (3.20%) VPN
5 15 (2.00%) TCP/IP
6 14 (1.87%) WAN
7 13 (1.74%) HTTPS
8 11 (1.47%) LAN
8 11 (1.47%) Wireless
9 7 (0.93%) DHCP
10 6 (0.80%) Kerberos
10 6 (0.80%) SAN
11 5 (0.67%) HTTP
11 5 (0.67%) Internet
11 5 (0.67%) Intranet
11 5 (0.67%) IPsec
11 5 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (0.53%) MPLS
12 4 (0.53%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.07%) Big Data
2 8 (1.07%) MySQL
2 8 (1.07%) Oracle Database
2 8 (1.07%) SQL Server
3 6 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (0.80%) NoSQL
4 5 (0.67%) GIS
5 4 (0.53%) Couchbase
5 4 (0.53%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.40%) DynamoDB
6 3 (0.40%) Metadata
6 3 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.40%) RDBMS
6 3 (0.40%) Spatial Data
7 2 (0.27%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.27%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (0.27%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.27%) Geospatial Data
7 2 (0.27%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 21 (2.80%) Jenkins
2 17 (2.27%) GitLab
3 16 (2.14%) JIRA
4 7 (0.93%) Maven
5 5 (0.67%) Postman
6 2 (0.27%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.27%) Git
6 2 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.27%) RStudio
6 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.13%) Android Studio
7 1 (0.13%) AppScan
7 1 (0.13%) MSI
7 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.13%) Selenium
7 1 (0.13%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.13%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.13%) Subversion
7 1 (0.13%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.13%) Xcode
General
1 229 (30.57%) Social Skills
2 184 (24.57%) Finance
3 120 (16.02%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (8.14%) Public Sector
5 56 (7.48%) Legal
6 39 (5.21%) Telecoms
7 37 (4.94%) Banking
8 29 (3.87%) Manufacturing
9 22 (2.94%) Law
10 21 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
11 20 (2.67%) Marketing
12 14 (1.87%) Retail
13 13 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (1.47%) Military
15 10 (1.34%) Front Office
16 8 (1.07%) Electronics
17 6 (0.80%) Financial Institution
17 6 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.80%) Police
18 5 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 116 (15.49%) Analyst
2 96 (12.82%) Architect
3 77 (10.28%) Security Architect
4 75 (10.01%) Consultant
5 58 (7.74%) Security Consultant
6 49 (6.54%) Lead
7 44 (5.87%) Security Engineer
8 43 (5.74%) Security Manager
9 41 (5.47%) Senior
10 37 (4.94%) Security Analyst
11 36 (4.81%) Project Manager
12 27 (3.60%) Information Security Consultant
13 26 (3.47%) Security Specialist
14 24 (3.20%) Information Manager
14 24 (3.20%) Information Security Manager
15 23 (3.07%) SOC Analyst
16 22 (2.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 20 (2.67%) Developer
18 18 (2.40%) Cybersecurity Consultant
18 18 (2.40%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.40%) Apache NiFi
2 17 (2.27%) Elastic Stack
3 11 (1.47%) HTML
4 9 (1.20%) CSS
4 9 (1.20%) LDAP
4 9 (1.20%) SailPoint
5 7 (0.93%) .NET
5 7 (0.93%) Hibernate
5 7 (0.93%) JPA
5 7 (0.93%) JSON
5 7 (0.93%) SAML
6 6 (0.80%) RabbitMQ
6 6 (0.80%) YAML
7 5 (0.67%) Web Services
8 4 (0.53%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.53%) EDI
8 4 (0.53%) LEMP Stack
8 4 (0.53%) OAuth
9 3 (0.40%) Node.js
9 3 (0.40%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 218 (29.11%) Management Information System
2 89 (11.88%) Cyber Defence
3 82 (10.95%) Cyber Threat
4 59 (7.88%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 38 (5.07%) Security Operations Centre
6 31 (4.14%) Security Posture
7 20 (2.67%) Distributed Applications
8 19 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
9 16 (2.14%) Product Ownership
10 15 (2.00%) Onboarding
11 14 (1.87%) Data Centre
11 14 (1.87%) Operational Technology
12 13 (1.74%) Virtual Team
13 12 (1.60%) CSOC
14 11 (1.47%) CMDB
14 11 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
15 10 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
16 8 (1.07%) Cloud Native
17 7 (0.93%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
17 7 (0.93%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 96 (12.82%) Windows
2 57 (7.61%) Linux
3 28 (3.74%) Apple iOS
4 22 (2.94%) Android
4 22 (2.94%) Unix
4 22 (2.94%) Windows Server
5 19 (2.54%) Windows 10
6 13 (1.74%) Windows 7
7 4 (0.53%) CentOS
7 4 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.40%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.27%) Solaris
9 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 323 (43.12%) Cybersecurity
2 137 (18.29%) SIEM
3 133 (17.76%) Risk Management
4 117 (15.62%) Incident Response
4 117 (15.62%) Security Operations
5 103 (13.75%) Problem-Solving
6 94 (12.55%) Agile
7 90 (12.02%) Security Architecture
8 85 (11.35%) Threat Intelligence
9 83 (11.08%) Incident Management
10 80 (10.68%) Cloud Security
11 71 (9.48%) Vulnerability Management
12 70 (9.35%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 70 (9.35%) Use Case
13 68 (9.08%) Mentoring
14 67 (8.95%) Root Cause Analysis
15 65 (8.68%) Project Management
16 64 (8.54%) Identity Access Management
17 63 (8.41%) Data Protection
17 63 (8.41%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 45 (6.01%) PowerShell
2 32 (4.27%) Python
3 22 (2.94%) Java
4 18 (2.40%) SQL
5 15 (2.00%) JavaScript
6 9 (1.20%) Bash
6 9 (1.20%) Perl
7 8 (1.07%) Swift
8 6 (0.80%) C++
9 5 (0.67%) C#
10 4 (0.53%) PHP
11 3 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.40%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.27%) AWK
12 2 (0.27%) Bourne shell
12 2 (0.27%) Gremlin
12 2 (0.27%) Korn
12 2 (0.27%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.27%) R
12 2 (0.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 187 (24.97%) Security Cleared
2 135 (18.02%) CISSP
3 108 (14.42%) CISM
4 103 (13.75%) DV Cleared
5 102 (13.62%) Degree
6 87 (11.62%) SC Cleared
7 42 (5.61%) CISA
8 39 (5.21%) Computer Science Degree
9 23 (3.07%) CEH
10 19 (2.54%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (2.40%) GIAC
12 15 (2.00%) CRISC
12 15 (2.00%) ISACA
13 14 (1.87%) CompTIA Security+
14 11 (1.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 10 (1.34%) CCNP
15 10 (1.34%) CREST Certified
15 10 (1.34%) PMI Certification
16 9 (1.20%) GCIH
16 9 (1.20%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (23.77%) NIST
2 138 (18.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 76 (10.15%) GDPR
4 69 (9.21%) NIST 800
5 44 (5.87%) PCI DSS
6 37 (4.94%) GRC
7 31 (4.14%) QA
8 30 (4.01%) NCSC
9 25 (3.34%) COBIT
10 21 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 21 (2.80%) SLA
11 20 (2.67%) Actionable Recommendations
12 16 (2.14%) Cyber Essentials
13 15 (2.00%) HIPAA
14 11 (1.47%) Data Quality
15 7 (0.93%) Accessibility
15 7 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 5 (0.67%) ISO 31000
17 4 (0.53%) PMO
18 3 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 69 (9.21%) Active Directory
2 18 (2.40%) Docker
3 16 (2.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.67%) Firmware
6 4 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.53%) XenApp
7 2 (0.27%) Snort
8 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 43 (5.74%) Terraform
2 29 (3.87%) SCCM
3 20 (2.67%) logstash
4 18 (2.40%) Ansible
4 18 (2.40%) Kibana
5 17 (2.27%) Kubernetes
6 14 (1.87%) Nessus
7 11 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (1.07%) CASB
9 7 (0.93%) CSIRT
10 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (0.80%) QRadar
11 5 (0.67%) WSUS
12 4 (0.53%) Podman
12 4 (0.53%) Puppet
13 3 (0.40%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 3 (0.40%) Packer
13 3 (0.40%) Progress Chef
14 2 (0.27%) Oracle ZFS
14 2 (0.27%) Salt
Vendors
1 193 (25.77%) Microsoft
2 24 (3.20%) Google
2 24 (3.20%) Oracle
3 23 (3.07%) Red Hat
4 21 (2.80%) Cisco
5 20 (2.67%) VMware
6 19 (2.54%) ServiceNow
7 16 (2.14%) Okta
8 13 (1.74%) Citrix
8 13 (1.74%) SAP
9 12 (1.60%) CrowdStrike
10 10 (1.34%) Qualys
10 10 (1.34%) Tanium
11 9 (1.20%) Splunk
12 8 (1.07%) Rapid7
13 7 (0.93%) Palo Alto
13 7 (0.93%) Workday
14 6 (0.80%) Apple
14 6 (0.80%) BeyondTrust
14 6 (0.80%) Computacenter