Information Assurance Contract Job Trends in Central London

Information Assurance
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Information Assurance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 125 136
Rank change year-on-year -11 +11 +34
Contract jobs citing Information Assurance 2 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.078% 0.053% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.091% 0.056% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 £513 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £444
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +18.31% -32.54%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £475
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £560 £675 £575
% change year-on-year -17.04% +17.39% -14.85%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

Information Assurance 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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,204 1,779 2,194
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 86.16% 93.63% 90.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,490 1,154 1,545
10th Percentile £356 £352 £350
25th Percentile £450 £449 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £669 £678 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £789
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 25 23
10th Percentile £17.60 £19.36 £20.22
25th Percentile £18.75 £22.75 £22.50
Median hourly rate £26.56 £28.50 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +2.48% -20.54%
75th Percentile £52.41 £44.61 £31.19
90th Percentile £59.72 £58.55 £41.47
London median hourly rate £37.00 £32.89 £28.25
% change year-on-year +12.50% +16.42% -28.34%

Information Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Information Assurance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Information Assurance job vacancy trend in Central London

Information Assurance
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Information Assurance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Information Assurance

Information Assurance
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 10 June 2026. 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
City of London -12 2 £475 -9.52% 1
Information Assurance
London

Information Assurance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Information Assurance Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) NCSC
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) JSP 440
2 1 (50.00%) NIST