Information Assurance Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Information Assurance
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Information Assurance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Information Assurance 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 2.16% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.59% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £647 - -
25th Percentile £680 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £770 - -
75th Percentile £800 - -
90th Percentile £860 - -
North West median daily rate £725 £600 £575
% change year-on-year +20.83% +4.35% -16.36%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 193 118 185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 83.19% 83.69% 89.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 62 99
10th Percentile £163 £301 £343
25th Percentile £356 £466 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £626 £575 £717
90th Percentile £700 £615 £725
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 17 46
10th Percentile £25.15 £24.05 £12.75
25th Percentile £41.94 £30.40 £39.47
Median hourly rate £45.46 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -1.56% - +11.18%
75th Percentile £59.63 £51.00 -
90th Percentile £74.26 £65.75 £50.00
North West median hourly rate £41.94 £31.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +33.14% -10.00% -6.42%

Information Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Information Assurance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Information Assurance job vacancy trend in Lancashire

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Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Information Assurance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Information Assurance

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Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Assurance in Lancashire over the 6 months to 29 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Information Assurance in Lancashire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Information Assurance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Information Assurance

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Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 29 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
Preston - 2 £835 - 2
Lancaster - 1 £650 - 1
Information Assurance
North West

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Project Manager
1 3 (60.00%) Security Manager
1 3 (60.00%) Security Project Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Information Security Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Security Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Information Security
1 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (40.00%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Change Control
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) JSP 440
2 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (60.00%) NIST