Information Assurance Contracts in England

Information Assurance
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Information Assurance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Information Assurance over the 6 months leading up to 24 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 442 474 432
Rank change year-on-year +32 -42 +216
Contract jobs citing Information Assurance 64 67 208
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.23% 0.19% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.22% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 46 113
10th Percentile £439 £441 £430
25th Percentile £569 £525 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +17.39% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £716 £674 £725
90th Percentile £750 £738 £811
UK median daily rate £675 £575 £600
% change year-on-year +17.39% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 21
10th Percentile £51.25 - £71.20
25th Percentile £60.75 - £72.50
Median hourly rate £85.00 £80.00 £76.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +4.58% +20.73%
75th Percentile £91.50 - £83.40
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £85.00 £80.00 £76.50
% change year-on-year +6.25% +4.58% +20.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 24,821 30,004 41,683
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.67% 85.82% 89.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,915 19,624 29,151
10th Percentile £300 £310 £325
25th Percentile £405 £413 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £633 £650 £666
90th Percentile £738 £753 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,339 1,932 1,457
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.60 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.25 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -6.98% +65.38%
75th Percentile £52.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.29 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -6.98% +62.26%

Information Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Information Assurance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Information Assurance in England

Information Assurance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Information Assurance in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Assurance in England over the 6 months to 24 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Assurance in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Assurance in England.

Hourly rate trend for Information Assurance in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Information Assurance in England over the 6 months to 24 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Information Assurance in England

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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 within the England region over the 6 months to 24 July 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 +47 29 £663 +7.72% 8
London +17 10 £675 +17.39% 12
East of England +22 9 £86 -85.00% 4
South West +15 8 £658 +9.58% 11
North of England -12 5 £690 +31.43% 10
North West - 4 £700 - 6
Midlands +1 2 - - 1
West Midlands +1 2 - -
Yorkshire -6 1 £538 +2.38% 1
Information Assurance
UK

Information Assurance
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 (3.13%) TPMS
2 1 (1.56%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.81%) AWS
2 4 (6.25%) Azure
3 2 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.56%) Amazon Bedrock
4 1 (1.56%) Azure AI
4 1 (1.56%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 10 (15.63%) Network Security
2 2 (3.13%) Firewall
3 1 (1.56%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.56%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.13%) DataStage
2 1 (1.56%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.56%) JIRA
General
1 27 (42.19%) Social Skills
2 14 (21.88%) Military
3 12 (18.75%) Public Sector
4 6 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.25%) Aerospace
6 2 (3.13%) Law
6 2 (3.13%) Police
6 2 (3.13%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.56%) Games
7 1 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.56%) Legal
7 1 (1.56%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 14 (21.88%) Security Specialist
1 14 (21.88%) Senior
2 13 (20.31%) Lead
3 11 (17.19%) Consultant
4 9 (14.06%) Security Engineer
5 8 (12.50%) Security Consultant
6 7 (10.94%) Architect
6 7 (10.94%) Information Manager
6 7 (10.94%) Information Specialist
7 6 (9.38%) Information Security Manager
7 6 (9.38%) Security Architect
7 6 (9.38%) Security Manager
8 5 (7.81%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 5 (7.81%) Information Security Specialist
8 5 (7.81%) Senior Consultant
9 4 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Specialist
9 4 (6.25%) Security Advisor
10 3 (4.69%) Information Assurance Manager
10 3 (4.69%) Lead Architect
10 3 (4.69%) Senior Information Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.56%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 21 (32.81%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.69%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (3.13%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.13%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.56%) CESG
4 1 (1.56%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.56%) Cyberattack
4 1 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.56%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (43.75%) Risk Management
2 25 (39.06%) Cybersecurity
3 24 (37.50%) Information Security
4 20 (31.25%) Security Architecture
5 17 (26.56%) Security Management
6 16 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 15 (23.44%) Agile
8 13 (20.31%) Incident Management
9 12 (18.75%) ISMS
9 12 (18.75%) Risk Assessment
10 11 (17.19%) GAP Analysis
11 10 (15.63%) Decision-Making
12 9 (14.06%) Key Management
12 9 (14.06%) Patch Management
12 9 (14.06%) Stakeholder Management
13 8 (12.50%) MODAF
13 8 (12.50%) SABSA
14 7 (10.94%) Customer Engagement
14 7 (10.94%) Information Security Management
14 7 (10.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.56%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 52 (81.25%) Security Cleared
2 27 (42.19%) SC Cleared
3 23 (35.94%) DV Cleared
4 17 (26.56%) CISM
5 9 (14.06%) CISSP
6 5 (7.81%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (7.81%) Degree
7 4 (6.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 3 (4.69%) CEH
8 3 (4.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (1.56%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (1.56%) CISA
9 1 (1.56%) CREST Certified
9 1 (1.56%) GIAC
9 1 (1.56%) GPEN
9 1 (1.56%) GXPN
9 1 (1.56%) ISSAP
9 1 (1.56%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (34.38%) NCSC
3 20 (31.25%) NIST
4 14 (21.88%) NIST 800
5 10 (15.63%) JSP 440
6 5 (7.81%) RMADS
7 2 (3.13%) COBIT
8 1 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (1.56%) QA
System Software
1 8 (12.50%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (3.13%) IBM
2 1 (1.56%) Cisco
2 1 (1.56%) Citrix
2 1 (1.56%) Darktrace
2 1 (1.56%) Foundry
2 1 (1.56%) Google
2 1 (1.56%) McAfee
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.56%) Oracle