Information Assurance
North West > Manchester
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 96 | 107 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +11 | +31 |
| Contract jobs citing Information Assurance | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester | - | 0.069% | 0.44% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 0.080% | 0.48% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £520 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £559 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £588 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +2.17% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £605 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £666 |
| North West median daily rate | £488 | - | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +7.14% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £55.00 | - |
| North West median hourly rate | £29.80 | £55.00 | £83.40 |
| % change year-on-year | -45.82% | -34.05% | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester
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 Manchester.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 795 | 1,250 | 1,671 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester | 89.43% | 86.81% | 91.46% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 554 | 853 | 1,220 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £413 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £465 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.00% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £572 | £598 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £674 | £694 | £675 |
| North West median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 28 | 74 | 53 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.64 | £12.43 | £16.67 |
| 25th Percentile | £24.25 | £13.50 | £20.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £54.50 | £26.00 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +109.62% | -25.71% | +93.83% |
| 75th Percentile | £72.81 | £60.94 | £45.05 |
| 90th Percentile | £80.48 | £73.90 | £70.00 |
| North West median hourly rate | £31.88 | £23.50 | £36.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +35.66% | -34.72% | +52.90% |
Information Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings citing Information Assurance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
Information Assurance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Assurance in Manchester.