Information Assurance Contract Job Trends in Chester

Information Assurance
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chester requiring Information Assurance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Information Assurance 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Chester 1.23% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.77% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £608 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Chester

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 Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 113 60 45
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 69.75% 81.08% 78.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 24 16
10th Percentile £342 £325 £450
25th Percentile £416 £475 £542
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £618
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -2.83% +23.50%
75th Percentile £597 £718 £738
90th Percentile £694 £798 -
Cheshire median daily rate £484 £447 £475
% change year-on-year +8.28% -5.89% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 9
10th Percentile - £22.67 £31.20
25th Percentile £16.01 £33.40 -
Median hourly rate £32.06 £50.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.88% +42.86% +6.06%
75th Percentile £37.50 - £47.50
90th Percentile £78.68 £73.20 -
Cheshire median hourly rate £33.61 £32.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +5.04% -8.57% +14.60%

Information Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Information Assurance job vacancy trend in Chester

Information Assurance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Local Government
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Attestation
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft