Information Assurance Contracts in the Thames Valley

Information Assurance
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 139 159
Rank change year-on-year +17 +20 -22
Contract jobs citing Information Assurance 14 13 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.53% 0.45% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.49% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 4
10th Percentile £548 £455 -
25th Percentile £608 £463 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £500 £563
Median % change year-on-year +23.00% -11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £631
90th Percentile - £705 £665
South East median daily rate £615 £620 £575
% change year-on-year -0.81% +7.83% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.90 £71.20 -
Median hourly rate £61.65 £72.40 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.85% - -
75th Percentile £63.29 £73.59 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £61.65 £72.40 £64.50
% change year-on-year -14.85% +12.24% +12.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,313 2,661 3,138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.02% 91.82% 89.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,304 1,850 2,115
10th Percentile £213 £322 £225
25th Percentile £370 £413 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £600 £604 £576
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 64 87
10th Percentile £14.25 £18.50 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £22.88 £12.15
Median hourly rate £45.00 £51.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +192.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.21 £25.36
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £66.75
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £49.00 £21.95
% change year-on-year -3.06% +123.23% -20.51%

Information Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Assurance in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Assurance in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Information Assurance in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Assurance in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Assurance in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Assurance in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Information Assurance in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 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
Berkshire -7 8 £465 -25.60%
Oxfordshire +10 6 £615 +26.15%
Information Assurance
South East

Information Assurance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (14.29%) SAP PLM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Firewall
1 1 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 6 (42.86%) Legal
2 5 (35.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Consultant
1 6 (42.86%) SAP Consultant
2 2 (14.29%) SAP PLM Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Functional Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Functional Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) SAP Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) SAP Functional Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) SAP Functional Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (42.86%) Virtual Team
3 2 (14.29%) iPad
4 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Business Strategy
1 7 (50.00%) PLM
1 7 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 6 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (42.86%) Information Management
2 6 (42.86%) Information Security
3 1 (7.14%) Decision-Making
3 1 (7.14%) DevOps
3 1 (7.14%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (7.14%) Risk Management
3 1 (7.14%) Security Architecture
3 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (7.14%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 7 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) NCSC
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) SAP