Information Assurance Consultant Contracts in the North of England

Information Assurance Consultant
England > North of England

The median Information Assurance Consultant daily rate in the North of England is £790, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 170 - 208
Rank change year-on-year - - +41
Contract jobs requiring an Information Assurance Consultant 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.028% - 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% - 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £790 - £613
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.52%
75th Percentile - - £619
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £693 £625 £575
% change year-on-year +10.80% +8.70% -11.54%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 3,289 4,499 5,214
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.30% 92.76% 95.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,166 2,736 3,621
10th Percentile £263 £263 £263
25th Percentile £375 £388 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.13% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £638 £650 £688
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 437 169
10th Percentile £12.73 £11.10 £14.00
25th Percentile £14.14 £13.25 £17.50
Median hourly rate £22.14 £24.10 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.13% -7.31% +30.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 £47.50 £43.48
90th Percentile £75.83 £68.75 £56.38
England median hourly rate £28.17 £39.78 £43.32
% change year-on-year -29.19% -8.17% +73.26%

Information Assurance Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Information Assurance Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Information Assurance Consultant in the North of England

Information Assurance Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Assurance Consultant in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Information Assurance Consultant in the North of England

Information Assurance Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Assurance Consultant within the North of England region over the 6 months to 26 June 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
North West - 1 £790 - 1
Information Assurance Consultant
England

Information Assurance Consultant Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 26 June 2025, Information Assurance Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region featuring Information Assurance Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) COBIT
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

Information Assurance Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) COBIT
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST