Information Assurance Specialist Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Information Assurance Specialist
England > East Midlands

As of 14 January 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Information Assurance Specialist daily rate in the East Midlands.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Information Assurance Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.11% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £525 £615 -
% change year-on-year -14.63% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the East Midlands with a recognized job title 846 516 686
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.96% 91.81% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 515 308 485
10th Percentile £185 £204 £188
25th Percentile £348 £310 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £420 £445
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% -5.62% -1.11%
75th Percentile £525 £525 £544
90th Percentile £625 £601 £664
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 25 51
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.10 £12.00
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £19.64 £22.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -12.71% +26.98% +4.43%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £23.75
90th Percentile £26.20 £32.95 £54.00
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £43.63
% change year-on-year -21.43% -19.77% +24.64%

Information Assurance Specialist
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Assurance Specialist within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Derbyshire - 1 - -
Information Assurance Specialist
England

Information Assurance Specialist Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Information Assurance Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East Midlands region featuring Information Assurance Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Management
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling

Information Assurance Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aviation
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Management
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001