Information Assurance Specialist Contracts in England

Information Assurance Specialist
UK > England

The median Information Assurance Specialist daily rate in England is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 481 - 669
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Information Assurance Specialist 5 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.020% - 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% - 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile - - £482
25th Percentile £575 - £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £525
75th Percentile £635 - £600
90th Percentile £641 - £623
UK median daily rate £600 - £525
% change year-on-year - - -19.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £52.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 22,595 34,453 47,601
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,023 22,865 33,797
10th Percentile £300 £280 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £640 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 899 2,434 1,402
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.30
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.78 £36.02 £44.77
Median % change year-on-year -14.55% -19.53% +98.96%
75th Percentile £64.13 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.95
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +91.49%

Information Assurance Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Information Assurance Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Information Assurance Specialist in England

Information Assurance Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Assurance Specialist in England.

Daily rate trend for Information Assurance Specialist in England

Information Assurance Specialist
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. 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
South East - 5 £600 -
Information Assurance Specialist
UK

Information Assurance Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Information Assurance Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Information Assurance Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) NIST
2 3 (60.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (60.00%) Security Posture
2 3 (60.00%) CISSP
2 3 (60.00%) CISM
2 3 (60.00%) Information Security
2 3 (60.00%) CEH
2 3 (60.00%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (40.00%) Cryptography
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (40.00%) Aerospace
3 2 (40.00%) Legal
3 2 (40.00%) Validation
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (40.00%) Security Testing
3 2 (40.00%) TPMS
3 2 (40.00%) Communications Security
3 2 (40.00%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (40.00%) Information Assurance
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 2 (40.00%) Cyber Security Posture
3 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
4 1 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Assurance

Information Assurance Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) TPMS
General
1 2 (40.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (40.00%) Legal
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (40.00%) Cyber Security Posture
2 2 (40.00%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (60.00%) Information Security
2 3 (60.00%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Communications Security
3 2 (40.00%) Cryptography
3 2 (40.00%) Information Assurance
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (40.00%) Security Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Validation
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Assurance
4 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (20.00%) Information Security Management
4 1 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (20.00%) Security Management
4 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CEH
1 3 (60.00%) CISM
1 3 (60.00%) CISSP
2 1 (20.00%) CISA
2 1 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (20.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) NIST
2 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (20.00%) NIST 800