Information Assurance Specialist Contract Job Trends in London

Information Assurance Specialist
England > London

The median Information Assurance Specialist daily rate in London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 371 - 438
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Information Assurance Specialist 2 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.015% - 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% - 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £618
25th Percentile £513 - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £676
75th Percentile £538 - £727
90th Percentile - - £735
England median daily rate £525 - £676

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 12,418 15,207 20,097
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.62% 93.99% 94.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,290 9,973 14,659
10th Percentile £331 £340 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.92% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £663 £675 £694
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £512 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.57% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 178 218
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.43 £18.11
25th Percentile £22.69 £24.16 £22.26
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.75 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year -22.20% -5.30% +25.83%
75th Percentile £50.00 £57.50 £61.31
90th Percentile £66.92 £78.75 £76.63
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.49 £45.88
% change year-on-year -42.17% -5.21% +76.46%

Information Assurance Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Information Assurance Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Information Assurance Specialist job vacancy trend in London

Information Assurance Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Information Assurance Specialist job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Information Assurance Specialist job vacancies in London

Information Assurance Specialist
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
Central London - 2 £525 - 1
Information Assurance Specialist
England

Information Assurance Specialist Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 5 October 2025, Information Assurance Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Information Assurance Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 2 (100.00%) Confluence
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) CESG Certified Professional
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response

Information Assurance Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CESG Certified Professional
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared