Information Security Officer Contracts

Information Security Officer
UK

The median Information Security Officer daily rate in the UK is £524, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 572 674 820
Rank change year-on-year +102 +146 -111
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Officer 12 23 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.041% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.044% 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 21 19
10th Percentile £200 £563 £267
25th Percentile £400 £800 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £875 £613
Median % change year-on-year -40.17% +42.86% +36.11%
75th Percentile £575 £1,063 £731
90th Percentile £600 £1,113 £900
UK excluding London median daily rate £562 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -10.12% -3.85% +44.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £25.68
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

Information Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Information Security Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Officer in the UK

Information Security Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security Officer in the UK

Information Security Officer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Information Security Officer in the UK

Information Security Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Security Officer in the UK

Information Security Officer
Top 6 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 Officer within the UK 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
England +76 10 £550 -37.14% 11
London +75 6 £550 -37.14% 3
UK excluding London +29 4 £562 -10.12% 8
Work from Home +104 2 £508 -50.49% 6
South East +16 2 £600 - 4
Scotland - 2 £516 - 1

Information Security Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Information Security Officer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Information Security Officer in the job title.

1 10 (83.33%) Information Security
2 8 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (50.00%) CISSP
3 6 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (50.00%) Cloud Security
4 5 (41.67%) NIST
5 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
5 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 4 (33.33%) CCSK
5 4 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (33.33%) Cisco
5 4 (33.33%) CCSP
5 4 (33.33%) CCNP
5 4 (33.33%) CISM
5 4 (33.33%) AWS
5 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
5 4 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (25.00%) GDPR
6 3 (25.00%) Data Protection
6 3 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (25.00%) SABSA
6 3 (25.00%) Data Analysis
6 3 (25.00%) TOGAF
6 3 (25.00%) Ethical Hacking
6 3 (25.00%) CEH
6 3 (25.00%) Security Posture
7 2 (16.67%) Cyber Security Posture
7 2 (16.67%) Incident Response
7 2 (16.67%) GRC

Information Security Officer Skill Set
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 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) AWS
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) DNS
1 2 (16.67%) SNMP
2 1 (8.33%) Internet
2 1 (8.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Legal
3 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
1 3 (25.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (16.67%) Cyber Security Posture
2 2 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (16.67%) Operational Technology
2 2 (16.67%) Virtual Team
3 1 (8.33%) BBC
3 1 (8.33%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Information Security
2 8 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (50.00%) Cloud Security
4 3 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 3 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 3 (25.00%) Ethical Hacking
4 3 (25.00%) SABSA
4 3 (25.00%) TOGAF
5 2 (16.67%) Information Security Management
5 2 (16.67%) ISMS
5 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
5 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 2 (16.67%) Security Management
5 2 (16.67%) Security Operations
5 2 (16.67%) SIEM
5 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (16.67%) Strategic Planning
5 2 (16.67%) Virtual Team Management
5 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) CISSP
2 4 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 4 (33.33%) CCNP
2 4 (33.33%) CCSK
2 4 (33.33%) CCSP
2 4 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (33.33%) CISM
2 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) CEH
4 2 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (16.67%) Degree
4 2 (16.67%) GIAC
5 1 (8.33%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (41.67%) NIST
3 4 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 3 (25.00%) GDPR
5 2 (16.67%) GRC
5 2 (16.67%) NIST 800
5 2 (16.67%) QA
6 1 (8.33%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (8.33%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (8.33%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Cisco
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft