Information Assurance Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Information Assurance
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of 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 129 117 121
Rank change year-on-year -12 +4 +43
Contract jobs citing Information Assurance 2 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.084% 0.059% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.098% 0.063% 0.20%
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 - - -
Central London median daily rate £475 £525 £444
% change year-on-year -9.52% +18.31% -32.54%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,034 1,598 1,972
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.53% 93.78% 90.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,371 1,016 1,378
10th Percentile £358 £355 £350
25th Percentile £450 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £551 £565
Median % change year-on-year -0.18% -2.48% -5.83%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 15 13
10th Percentile £17.45 £18.70 £19.98
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.21 £20.22
Median hourly rate £25.77 £28.50 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -9.58% +8.57% -25.00%
75th Percentile £47.58 £46.25 £40.00
90th Percentile £61.83 £78.75 £48.57
Central London median hourly rate £26.56 £28.50 £27.81
% change year-on-year -6.82% +2.48% -20.54%

Information Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Information Assurance job vacancy trend in the City of London

Information Assurance
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Information Assurance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Information Assurance

Information Assurance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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