Information Assurance Contracts in the South West

Information Assurance
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Information Assurance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Information Assurance over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 80 125
Rank change year-on-year -11 +45 -38
Contract jobs citing Information Assurance 55 98 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.73% 2.70% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.08% 3.02% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 67 37
10th Percentile £463 £440 £498
25th Percentile £525 £452 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £625
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% -5.60% +19.05%
75th Percentile £638 £716 £769
90th Percentile £713 £785 £800
England median daily rate £575 £600 £602
% change year-on-year -4.17% -0.33% +4.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 21 4
10th Percentile - £62.75 £60.92
25th Percentile - £72.50 £60.93
Median hourly rate - £76.50 £63.37
Median % change year-on-year - +20.73% +8.45%
75th Percentile - £83.31 £68.30
90th Percentile - £83.40 -
England median hourly rate £62.47 £78.25 £44.50
% change year-on-year -20.17% +75.84% -23.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Information Assurance 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 the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,643 3,248 3,291
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.14% 89.65% 88.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,686 2,392 2,335
10th Percentile £220 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +6.52%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £589
90th Percentile £700 £722 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 335 334 195
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £28.63 £16.32 £20.16
Median hourly rate £55.00 £61.50 £48.74
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +26.18% +9.53%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.37 £70.65
England median hourly rate £36.33 £37.15 £24.35
% change year-on-year -2.21% +52.57% +3.62%

Information Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Information Assurance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Information Assurance in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Assurance in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Information Assurance in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Assurance in the South West over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Assurance in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Assurance in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Information Assurance in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Assurance within the South West region over the 6 months to 4 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
Bristol +10 18 £800 +33.33% 10
Wiltshire -25 17 £550 -4.35% 1
Gloucestershire +4 12 £673 +20.63% 4
Dorset +11 8 £550 -
Information Assurance
England

Information Assurance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 13 (23.64%) Azure
2 1 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.82%) Azure Functions
2 1 (1.82%) Azure Stack
2 1 (1.82%) GitHub
2 1 (1.82%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (1.82%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.27%) WAN
2 2 (3.64%) 4G
2 2 (3.64%) 5G
2 2 (3.64%) Network Security
2 2 (3.64%) VoIP
3 1 (1.82%) Firewall
3 1 (1.82%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.82%) Git
General
1 12 (21.82%) Manufacturing
2 9 (16.36%) Public Sector
3 5 (9.09%) Social Skills
4 4 (7.27%) Electronics
4 4 (7.27%) Finance
4 4 (7.27%) Marketing
4 4 (7.27%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.64%) Military
6 1 (1.82%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.82%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.82%) Legal
Job Titles
1 16 (29.09%) Architect
2 12 (21.82%) Analyst
2 12 (21.82%) SOC Analyst
3 9 (16.36%) Information Manager
4 8 (14.55%) Lead
4 8 (14.55%) Lead Architect
5 7 (12.73%) Consultant
5 7 (12.73%) Information Security Manager
5 7 (12.73%) Security Manager
6 6 (10.91%) Information Assurance Manager
6 6 (10.91%) Security Consultant
7 5 (9.09%) Information Assurance Consultant
7 5 (9.09%) Information Security Consultant
8 4 (7.27%) Compliance Officer
8 4 (7.27%) Network Architect
8 4 (7.27%) Project Officer
8 4 (7.27%) Security Assurance Manager
8 4 (7.27%) Security Compliance Officer
8 4 (7.27%) Security Officer
9 3 (5.45%) Security Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.45%) SOAP
1 3 (5.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.55%) CESG
2 7 (12.73%) Private Cloud
3 4 (7.27%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.45%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (5.45%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.82%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.82%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.45%) Linux
1 3 (5.45%) Windows
2 1 (1.82%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (50.91%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (23.64%) Information Security
3 12 (21.82%) Security Operations
3 12 (21.82%) Service Delivery
3 12 (21.82%) SIEM
3 12 (21.82%) SOAR
3 12 (21.82%) Vulnerability Management
4 7 (12.73%) Project Delivery
4 7 (12.73%) Systems Engineering
5 6 (10.91%) DevOps
6 5 (9.09%) ArchiMate
6 5 (9.09%) Customer Requirements
6 5 (9.09%) Data Security
6 5 (9.09%) Enterprise Architecture
6 5 (9.09%) MODAF
6 5 (9.09%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 5 (9.09%) Risk Management
6 5 (9.09%) SysML
6 5 (9.09%) UML
7 4 (7.27%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.82%) Bash
1 1 (1.82%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 54 (98.18%) Security Cleared
2 27 (49.09%) SC Cleared
3 26 (47.27%) DV Cleared
4 13 (23.64%) CISSP
5 9 (16.36%) CISM
6 8 (14.55%) CEH
6 8 (14.55%) CISA
6 8 (14.55%) CISMP
6 8 (14.55%) CompTIA Security+
6 8 (14.55%) ISACA
6 8 (14.55%) SSCP
7 5 (9.09%) CESG Certified Professional
7 5 (9.09%) CLAS
8 1 (1.82%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (27.27%) NIST
3 11 (20.00%) GDPR
3 11 (20.00%) HIPAA
4 8 (14.55%) PCI DSS
5 6 (10.91%) NCSC
6 5 (9.09%) Def Stans
6 5 (9.09%) JSP 440
6 5 (9.09%) RMADS
7 4 (7.27%) PMO
8 2 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (1.82%) Accessibility
9 1 (1.82%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (1.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.82%) Ansible
1 1 (1.82%) Packer
1 1 (1.82%) Puppet
1 1 (1.82%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (21.82%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.09%) SAP