Information Assurance Officer Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Information Assurance Officer
England > East of England

The median Information Assurance Officer daily rate in the East of England is £246, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Information Assurance Officer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.063% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.070% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £246 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £246 - -
75th Percentile £247 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £246 - £430
% change year-on-year - - -4.56%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 1,419 964 1,535
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.81% 89.76% 90.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 638 437 839
10th Percentile £188 £225 £200
25th Percentile £325 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £454 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.63% -4.42% -
75th Percentile £579 £600 £575
90th Percentile £681 £690 £688
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 418 146 325
10th Percentile £13.50 £16.24 £13.70
25th Percentile £16.04 £21.46 £15.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year -49.70% +26.42% +92.93%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £43.63
% change year-on-year -21.43% -19.77% +24.64%

Information Assurance Officer
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Assurance Officer within the East of England 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
Norfolk - 1 £246 - 2
Information Assurance Officer
England

Information Assurance Officer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Information Assurance Officer 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 of England region featuring Information Assurance Officer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Datix
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance

Information Assurance Officer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Datix