Information Assurance Contracts in England

Information Assurance
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Information Assurance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Information Assurance over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 421 445 611
Rank change year-on-year +24 +166 -140
Contract jobs citing Information Assurance 115 219 177
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.31% 0.43% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.48% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 130 106
10th Percentile £441 £450 £463
25th Percentile £513 £500 £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -0.04% +4.39%
75th Percentile £669 £713 £724
90th Percentile £738 £750 £788
UK median daily rate £575 £614 £600
% change year-on-year -6.31% +2.29% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 25 42
10th Percentile £52.74 £62.75 -
25th Percentile £52.90 £72.50 £39.75
Median hourly rate £61.65 £76.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.42% +71.91% -22.61%
75th Percentile £63.29 £83.40 £56.94
90th Percentile £71.34 - £68.27
UK median hourly rate £61.65 £76.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% +70.79% -21.59%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Information Assurance is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,208 45,878 64,835
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.52% 90.28% 90.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,179 32,145 45,991
10th Percentile £300 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,233 1,631 1,786
10th Percentile £12.86 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.95 £16.74 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £38.35 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.74% +59.79% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.23
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.19
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

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

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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 April 2024.

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 April 2024.

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 April 2024. 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 West -13 56 £550 -4.35% 18
London +87 29 £600 -14.29% 3
South East +8 17 £615 -1.60% 9
North of England +14 7 £550 -8.33% 1
Yorkshire +23 3 £525 -
Midlands +31 2 £438 -10.71% 1
West Midlands +27 2 £438 -9.79% 1
North West -6 2 £575 -4.17% 1
North East - 2 £525 -
East of England +9 1 £575 -14.81% 2
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 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.61%) Teamcenter
2 2 (1.74%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 15 (13.04%) Azure
2 11 (9.57%) AWS
3 7 (6.09%) SaaS
4 1 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.87%) Azure Functions
4 1 (0.87%) Azure Stack
4 1 (0.87%) GitHub
4 1 (0.87%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (0.87%) Google Workspace
4 1 (0.87%) IaaS
4 1 (0.87%) PaaS
4 1 (0.87%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.87%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (13.91%) Network Security
2 7 (6.09%) Firewall
3 5 (4.35%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (4.35%) WAN
4 2 (1.74%) 4G
4 2 (1.74%) 5G
4 2 (1.74%) DNS
4 2 (1.74%) Unified Communications
4 2 (1.74%) VoIP
5 1 (0.87%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.87%) DHCP
5 1 (0.87%) Internet
5 1 (0.87%) OpenLDAP
5 1 (0.87%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.87%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (2.61%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.87%) Git
2 1 (0.87%) GitLab
2 1 (0.87%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.87%) JIRA
2 1 (0.87%) SonarQube
General
1 20 (17.39%) Public Sector
2 13 (11.30%) Manufacturing
3 12 (10.43%) Social Skills
4 10 (8.70%) Legal
5 6 (5.22%) Finance
6 5 (4.35%) Electronics
6 5 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (4.35%) Marketing
6 5 (4.35%) Police
6 5 (4.35%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.48%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.74%) Military
9 1 (0.87%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.87%) Law
9 1 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (28.70%) Architect
2 19 (16.52%) Analyst
3 18 (15.65%) Security Architect
4 16 (13.91%) Consultant
5 14 (12.17%) SOC Analyst
6 10 (8.70%) Information Manager
6 10 (8.70%) Lead
7 9 (7.83%) Security Consultant
8 8 (6.96%) Information Security Manager
8 8 (6.96%) Lead Architect
8 8 (6.96%) Security Manager
9 7 (6.09%) SAP Consultant
10 6 (5.22%) Development Manager
10 6 (5.22%) Information Assurance Manager
10 6 (5.22%) Network Architect
11 5 (4.35%) Information Assurance Consultant
11 5 (4.35%) Information Security Consultant
11 5 (4.35%) Security Officer
12 4 (3.48%) Security Analyst
12 4 (3.48%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.61%) SOAP
1 3 (2.61%) XML
2 1 (0.87%) Keycloak
2 1 (0.87%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.43%) Management Information System
2 8 (6.96%) CESG
2 8 (6.96%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (6.96%) Private Cloud
3 7 (6.09%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (6.09%) Data Centre
3 7 (6.09%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (5.22%) Virtual Team
5 4 (3.48%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.48%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.61%) NHS
7 2 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.74%) iPad
7 2 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.87%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.87%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.87%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.87%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.87%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.09%) Windows
2 6 (5.22%) Linux
3 2 (1.74%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.74%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (1.74%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.87%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (41.74%) Cybersecurity
2 44 (38.26%) Information Security
3 20 (17.39%) Security Management
4 17 (14.78%) Security Architecture
5 16 (13.91%) Architectural Patterns
5 16 (13.91%) Business Strategy
5 16 (13.91%) Risk Assessment
6 14 (12.17%) Information Security Management
6 14 (12.17%) Security Operations
6 14 (12.17%) SIEM
7 13 (11.30%) Risk Management
7 13 (11.30%) Service Delivery
8 12 (10.43%) SOAR
8 12 (10.43%) Vulnerability Management
9 11 (9.57%) SABSA
9 11 (9.57%) TOGAF
10 10 (8.70%) Information Management
11 9 (7.83%) Agile
11 9 (7.83%) Project Delivery
11 9 (7.83%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.87%) Bash
1 1 (0.87%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 85 (73.91%) Security Cleared
2 49 (42.61%) SC Cleared
3 37 (32.17%) DV Cleared
4 26 (22.61%) CISSP
5 22 (19.13%) CISM
6 20 (17.39%) CISA
7 9 (7.83%) CEH
8 8 (6.96%) CISMP
8 8 (6.96%) CompTIA Security+
8 8 (6.96%) CREST Certified
8 8 (6.96%) ISACA
8 8 (6.96%) SSCP
8 8 (6.96%) TOGAF Certification
9 7 (6.09%) Degree
10 6 (5.22%) CESG Certified Professional
11 5 (4.35%) CLAS
11 5 (4.35%) CTC Cleared
12 4 (3.48%) ISSAP
13 2 (1.74%) GCIA
13 2 (1.74%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (28.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (24.35%) NIST
3 25 (21.74%) NCSC
4 12 (10.43%) GDPR
5 11 (9.57%) HIPAA
6 8 (6.96%) PCI DSS
7 7 (6.09%) COBIT
7 7 (6.09%) RMADS
8 6 (5.22%) JSP 440
9 5 (4.35%) Def Stans
9 5 (4.35%) GRC
9 5 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (3.48%) PMO
11 3 (2.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (2.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.87%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.87%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.87%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 3 (2.61%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.87%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.74%) Ansible
1 2 (1.74%) CSIRT
1 2 (1.74%) Nessus
1 2 (1.74%) QRadar
1 2 (1.74%) SCCM
1 2 (1.74%) SCOM
2 1 (0.87%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.87%) Packer
2 1 (0.87%) Puppet
2 1 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.87%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (14.78%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.30%) SAP
3 3 (2.61%) Cisco
4 2 (1.74%) BeyondTrust
4 2 (1.74%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (1.74%) Oracle
4 2 (1.74%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.87%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.87%) CheckPoint
5 1 (0.87%) CyberArk
5 1 (0.87%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.87%) TOWER Software
5 1 (0.87%) VMware