Information Assurance Contract Job Trends in Lancaster

Information Assurance
Lancashire > Lancaster

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancaster requiring Information Assurance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Information Assurance 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancaster 14.29% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 25.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median daily rate £770 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancaster

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 Lancaster.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4 3 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancaster 57.14% 100.00% 70.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 5
10th Percentile £468 £260 £379
25th Percentile £569 £350 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £500 £750
Median % change year-on-year +32.50% -33.33% -
75th Percentile £691 £556 £900
90th Percentile £696 £590 £960
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £525 £610
% change year-on-year +4.76% -13.93% +17.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £46.18
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year -1.56% - +13.81%

Information Assurance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancaster 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST