Information Assurance Contracts in London

Information Assurance
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 20 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 350 375 456
Rank change year-on-year +25 +81 +124
Contract jobs citing Information Assurance 11 24 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.081% 0.14% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.088% 0.16% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 21 18
10th Percentile £498 £425 £538
25th Percentile £625 £441 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £680 £575 £729
Median % change year-on-year +18.26% -21.07% +32.45%
75th Percentile £726 £738 £764
90th Percentile £736 - £833
England median daily rate £675 £588 £600
% change year-on-year +14.89% -2.08% -4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,568 15,106 22,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.09% 88.72% 90.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,416 10,742 16,462
10th Percentile £331 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 254 247
10th Percentile £16.50 £16.25 £18.54
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.99 £23.88
Median hourly rate £30.40 £33.53 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.31% -19.22% +16.90%
75th Percentile £50.13 £51.50 £65.05
90th Percentile £63.50 £70.73 £82.70
England median hourly rate £25.15 £39.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -36.33% -7.06% +63.46%

Information Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Assurance in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Information Assurance in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Assurance in London over the 6 months to 20 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Assurance in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Assurance in London

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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 within the London region over the 6 months to 20 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
Central London -8 1 £525 +16.67% 1
Information Assurance
England

Information Assurance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 1 (9.09%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) AWS
2 2 (18.18%) Azure
3 1 (9.09%) Amazon Bedrock
3 1 (9.09%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 4 (36.36%) Public Sector
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Law
4 1 (9.09%) Games
4 1 (9.09%) Military
4 1 (9.09%) Police
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Architect
1 3 (27.27%) Lead
2 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 2 (18.18%) Information Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Information Security Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Lead Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Security Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Security Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Security Specialist
2 2 (18.18%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Lead Enterprise Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Lead Security Architect
3 1 (9.09%) QA Leader
3 1 (9.09%) Ruby Developer
3 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Information Security Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Ruby Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Security Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
2 1 (9.09%) Cyberattack
2 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (36.36%) Agile
2 4 (36.36%) Information Security
3 3 (27.27%) Risk Management
4 2 (18.18%) Cloud Security
4 2 (18.18%) Cyber Resilience
4 2 (18.18%) ISMS
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (18.18%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (9.09%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (9.09%) Application Security
5 1 (9.09%) Backlog Refinement
5 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
5 1 (9.09%) Design Patterns
5 1 (9.09%) Due Diligence
5 1 (9.09%) Incident Response
5 1 (9.09%) Offensive Security
5 1 (9.09%) Risk Register
5 1 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) Security Cleared
2 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) CISM
3 2 (18.18%) DV Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (9.09%) CEH
4 1 (9.09%) CESG Certified Professional
4 1 (9.09%) CISA
4 1 (9.09%) CISSP
4 1 (9.09%) CREST Certified
4 1 (9.09%) GIAC
4 1 (9.09%) GPEN
4 1 (9.09%) GXPN
4 1 (9.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (9.09%) ISSAP
4 1 (9.09%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (18.18%) NCSC
3 1 (9.09%) JSP 440
3 1 (9.09%) NIST
3 1 (9.09%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Foundry