Information Assurance Contract Job Trends in Reading

Information Assurance
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Information Assurance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 90 60
Rank change year-on-year +19 -30 +38
Contract jobs citing Information Assurance 5 1 26
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.71% 0.092% 2.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% 0.10% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 12
10th Percentile £535 - £458
25th Percentile £550 - £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £554
75th Percentile £650 - £628
90th Percentile £665 - £649
Berkshire median daily rate £600 - £565
% change year-on-year - - -9.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £60.97
25th Percentile £85.00 - £61.04
Median hourly rate £90.00 - £63.29
75th Percentile £95.00 - £63.78
90th Percentile - - £66.00
Berkshire median hourly rate £88.25 £61.50 £63.29
% change year-on-year +43.51% -2.84% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 641 983 963
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 91.31% 90.85% 92.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 443 551 628
10th Percentile £337 £330 £213
25th Percentile £425 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -
75th Percentile £609 £650 £615
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £540 £500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 11 17
10th Percentile £14.75 £29.00 £41.24
25th Percentile £16.66 £49.38 £59.89
Median hourly rate £58.00 £60.46 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year -4.06% -4.48% -2.63%
75th Percentile £82.25 £67.21 £65.25
90th Percentile £96.75 £74.87 £66.96
Berkshire median hourly rate £37.28 £59.00 £61.45
% change year-on-year -36.81% -3.98% +21.68%

Information Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Information Assurance job vacancy trend in Reading

Information Assurance
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Information Assurance
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Information Assurance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
1 1 (20.00%) Skype
1 1 (20.00%) Unified Communications
1 1 (20.00%) WebEx
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Security Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Security Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) CESG
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Register
2 2 (40.00%) Scrum
2 2 (40.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) ArchiMate
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) DevSecOps
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (20.00%) MODAF
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) AWS Certification
4 1 (20.00%) CCNA
4 1 (20.00%) CCNP
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (20.00%) CISSP
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (20.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (40.00%) NIST
1 2 (40.00%) NIST 800
1 2 (40.00%) RMADS
2 1 (20.00%) Def Stans
2 1 (20.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Polycom