Information Security Contracts in London

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > London

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 108 160
Rank change year-on-year -14 +52 -10
Contract jobs citing Information Security 348 624 715
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.99% 2.44% 1.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.25% 2.68% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 484 498
10th Percentile £325 £411 £400
25th Percentile £447 £529 £482
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £648 £575
Median % change year-on-year -11.20% +12.61% -
75th Percentile £728 £775 £688
90th Percentile £823 £835 £775
England median daily rate £600 £618 £575
% change year-on-year -2.83% +7.39% +9.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 6
10th Percentile £16.80 - £19.92
25th Percentile £18.00 - £25.82
Median hourly rate £24.18 £70.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -65.46% +154.55% +37.50%
75th Percentile £25.00 - £36.25
90th Percentile - - £40.13
England median hourly rate £19.50 £75.75 £41.50
% change year-on-year -74.26% +82.53% -28.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,473 23,264 35,752
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.29% 90.93% 92.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,093 16,856 26,215
10th Percentile £340 £375 £394
25th Percentile £449 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 320 265 402
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.49 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.21% +9.86% +8.07%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £68.08 £82.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in London

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security in London

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in London

Information Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Security in London

Information Security
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 2 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
Central London +12 72 £533 -19.09% 13
South London +8 2 £475 -13.64% 4
East London -13 2 £325 -56.67% 2
West London +17 1 £325 -45.83% 2
Information Security
England

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 16 (4.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (3.45%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.15%) Apache
3 4 (1.15%) IIS
4 3 (0.86%) Confluence
5 2 (0.57%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.57%) nginx
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.29%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 13 (3.74%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.86%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.29%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 71 (20.40%) Azure
2 57 (16.38%) AWS
3 32 (9.20%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (8.33%) GCP
5 26 (7.47%) SaaS
6 19 (5.46%) IaaS
7 17 (4.89%) Entra ID
8 8 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.01%) GitHub
9 7 (2.01%) Mimecast
10 6 (1.72%) PaaS
10 6 (1.72%) Serverless
11 5 (1.44%) OneDrive
12 4 (1.15%) Amazon S3
12 4 (1.15%) Amazon SQS
12 4 (1.15%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (1.15%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (0.86%) AWS CloudFormation
13 3 (0.86%) WhatsApp
14 2 (0.57%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 38 (10.92%) Firewall
2 32 (9.20%) Network Security
3 17 (4.89%) DNS
4 12 (3.45%) VPN
5 8 (2.30%) WAN
6 7 (2.01%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.72%) DHCP
7 6 (1.72%) Intrusion Detection
8 5 (1.44%) Internet
8 5 (1.44%) LAN
9 4 (1.15%) HTTP
9 4 (1.15%) HTTPS
9 4 (1.15%) MPLS
9 4 (1.15%) VoIP
9 4 (1.15%) Wireless
10 2 (0.57%) Kerberos
10 2 (0.57%) OSPF
10 2 (0.57%) SNMP
10 2 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.57%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.30%) Oracle Database
2 7 (2.01%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.44%) MySQL
4 4 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.86%) Big Data
5 3 (0.86%) DynamoDB
5 3 (0.86%) GIS
5 3 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.86%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.86%) Spatial Data
6 2 (0.57%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (0.57%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (0.57%) Metadata
6 2 (0.57%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.29%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.29%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.29%) Redis
7 1 (0.29%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 21 (6.03%) Jenkins
2 17 (4.89%) GitLab
3 12 (3.45%) JIRA
4 7 (2.01%) Maven
5 4 (1.15%) Postman
6 2 (0.57%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.57%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.57%) RStudio
7 1 (0.29%) AppScan
7 1 (0.29%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.29%) Git
7 1 (0.29%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.29%) Subversion
General
1 132 (37.93%) Finance
2 103 (29.60%) Social Skills
3 44 (12.64%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (10.06%) Banking
5 19 (5.46%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.02%) Legal
7 10 (2.87%) Front Office
8 9 (2.59%) Law
8 9 (2.59%) Marketing
8 9 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (2.59%) Retail
9 8 (2.30%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.30%) Telecoms
10 7 (2.01%) Financial Institution
11 5 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.15%) Advertising
12 4 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.86%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 55 (15.80%) Architect
2 49 (14.08%) Analyst
3 46 (13.22%) Security Architect
4 38 (10.92%) Consultant
5 32 (9.20%) Security Consultant
6 29 (8.33%) Security Engineer
6 29 (8.33%) Security Manager
7 25 (7.18%) Senior
8 17 (4.89%) Developer
9 16 (4.60%) Information Security Consultant
10 15 (4.31%) Information Security Manager
11 14 (4.02%) Information Manager
11 14 (4.02%) Project Manager
11 14 (4.02%) Security Specialist
12 13 (3.74%) Security Analyst
13 12 (3.45%) Applications Architect
13 12 (3.45%) Senior Analyst
14 10 (2.87%) Head of Security
14 10 (2.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 10 (2.87%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.59%) SailPoint
2 7 (2.01%) Hibernate
2 7 (2.01%) JPA
3 4 (1.15%) .NET
3 4 (1.15%) CSS
3 4 (1.15%) EDI
3 4 (1.15%) HTML
3 4 (1.15%) LDAP
3 4 (1.15%) Web Services
4 3 (0.86%) SAML
5 2 (0.57%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.57%) XML
6 1 (0.29%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.29%) JSON
6 1 (0.29%) Kafka
6 1 (0.29%) Node.js
6 1 (0.29%) REST
6 1 (0.29%) RESTful
6 1 (0.29%) WPF
6 1 (0.29%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 70 (20.11%) Management Information System
2 20 (5.75%) Security Posture
3 15 (4.31%) Cyber Threat
4 11 (3.16%) Product Ownership
5 9 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.30%) Security Operations Centre
7 7 (2.01%) Cyber Defence
7 7 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (2.01%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 7 (2.01%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.72%) Hedge funds
8 6 (1.72%) Learning Management System
8 6 (1.72%) Operational Technology
8 6 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.15%) CMDB
9 4 (1.15%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.15%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.15%) PKI
9 4 (1.15%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 40 (11.49%) Windows
2 17 (4.89%) Linux
3 14 (4.02%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.72%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.15%) Unix
6 3 (0.86%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.57%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (35.92%) Cybersecurity
2 59 (16.95%) Risk Management
3 55 (15.80%) Cloud Security
4 50 (14.37%) Agile
5 46 (13.22%) Problem-Solving
6 37 (10.63%) Security Architecture
6 37 (10.63%) Security Operations
7 34 (9.77%) Computer Science
7 34 (9.77%) Data Protection
7 34 (9.77%) Project Management
8 33 (9.48%) CI/CD
8 33 (9.48%) Vulnerability Management
9 32 (9.20%) SIEM
9 32 (9.20%) Threat Modelling
10 31 (8.91%) DevOps
10 31 (8.91%) Migration
10 31 (8.91%) Penetration Testing
11 30 (8.62%) Application Security
11 30 (8.62%) Stakeholder Management
12 29 (8.33%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 21 (6.03%) PowerShell
2 19 (5.46%) Python
3 17 (4.89%) Java
4 14 (4.02%) SQL
5 7 (2.01%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.44%) Bash
6 5 (1.44%) C++
7 3 (0.86%) Perl
8 2 (0.57%) C#
8 2 (0.57%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.57%) R
9 1 (0.29%) Go
9 1 (0.29%) Gremlin
9 1 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.29%) Ruby
9 1 (0.29%) Scala
9 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 79 (22.70%) CISSP
2 66 (18.97%) CISM
3 60 (17.24%) Degree
4 31 (8.91%) Security Cleared
5 28 (8.05%) CISA
5 28 (8.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (7.18%) SC Cleared
7 13 (3.74%) GIAC
8 12 (3.45%) CRISC
9 11 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (2.87%) CREST Certified
11 9 (2.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 9 (2.59%) TOGAF Certification
12 7 (2.01%) CEH
13 6 (1.72%) DV Cleared
14 5 (1.44%) GCIA
14 5 (1.44%) GCIH
14 5 (1.44%) Master's Degree
14 5 (1.44%) PMI Certification
14 5 (1.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (20.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 58 (16.67%) NIST
3 27 (7.76%) GDPR
4 24 (6.90%) GRC
5 23 (6.61%) QA
6 18 (5.17%) PCI DSS
7 17 (4.89%) NCSC
8 12 (3.45%) COBIT
9 9 (2.59%) NIST 800
9 9 (2.59%) SLA
10 7 (2.01%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (2.01%) Data Quality
10 7 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 6 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (1.44%) ISO 31000
13 3 (0.86%) ISO 22301
13 3 (0.86%) PMO
14 2 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.57%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 47 (13.51%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.16%) Docker
3 9 (2.59%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.86%) Firmware
6 2 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.57%) XenApp
7 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 31 (8.91%) Terraform
2 19 (5.46%) SCCM
3 12 (3.45%) Ansible
4 11 (3.16%) Kubernetes
5 8 (2.30%) CASB
5 8 (2.30%) Nessus
6 6 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.44%) CSIRT
7 5 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (1.15%) Podman
8 4 (1.15%) Progress Chef
8 4 (1.15%) Puppet
9 3 (0.86%) Packer
9 3 (0.86%) QRadar
9 3 (0.86%) WSUS
10 2 (0.57%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.57%) Kibana
10 2 (0.57%) logstash
10 2 (0.57%) Salt
10 2 (0.57%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 80 (22.99%) Microsoft
2 21 (6.03%) Oracle
3 16 (4.60%) Google
4 15 (4.31%) ServiceNow
5 9 (2.59%) Cisco
5 9 (2.59%) Qualys
5 9 (2.59%) VMware
6 8 (2.30%) Okta
7 7 (2.01%) CrowdStrike
7 7 (2.01%) Workday
8 6 (1.72%) Palo Alto
9 5 (1.44%) Apple
9 5 (1.44%) BeyondTrust
9 5 (1.44%) SAP
10 4 (1.15%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.15%) Citrix
10 4 (1.15%) Rapid7
11 3 (0.86%) Polycom
11 3 (0.86%) SolarWinds
11 3 (0.86%) Splunk