Information Assurance Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Information Assurance
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Information Assurance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 82 -
Rank change year-on-year -40 - -
Contract jobs citing Information Assurance 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.21% 0.10% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.12% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £635 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £670 £790 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.19% - -
75th Percentile £705 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £625 £735 -
% change year-on-year -14.97% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £28.25 - -
North West median hourly rate £82.50 £40.00 -
% change year-on-year +106.25% - -

All Process & 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 1,626 857 1,143
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 83.60% 87.72% 86.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 988 559 741
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £589 £581 £588
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
North West median daily rate £488 £450 £493
% change year-on-year +8.33% -8.72% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 48 64
10th Percentile £22.63 £16.21 £13.37
25th Percentile £30.00 £19.35 £20.38
Median hourly rate £62.50 £23.63 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +164.55% -30.51% +74.36%
75th Percentile £77.00 £60.94 £62.50
90th Percentile £87.50 £77.88 £73.90
North West median hourly rate £55.72 £28.88 £28.00
% change year-on-year +92.97% +3.13% -4.44%

Information Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Information Assurance job vacancy trend in Manchester

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Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Information Assurance
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 22 July 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
Bolton - 1 - - 2
Information Assurance
North West

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Information Security Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Head of Information
2 1 (25.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Internal Audit
3 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Information Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Records Management
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) CISSP
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) GRC
2 2 (50.00%) NIST
3 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001