Information Assurance Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Information Assurance
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Information Assurance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 - 140
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Contract jobs citing Information Assurance 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.066% - 0.042%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.077% - 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £550 £613 £595
% change year-on-year -10.20% +2.94% -0.83%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,297 1,499 2,149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 84.99% 91.51% 89.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 716 880 1,323
10th Percentile £224 £224 £264
25th Percentile £381 £363 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.05%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £588
90th Percentile £669 £631 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 43 82
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.23 £12.03
25th Percentile £17.23 £20.62 £16.06
Median hourly rate £20.00 £23.59 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.22% +20.97% +10.05%
75th Percentile £43.30 £24.18 £59.76
90th Percentile £64.00 £40.90 £73.18
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +7.69%

Information Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Information Assurance job vacancy trend in Scotland

Information Assurance
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Information Assurance
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Information Assurance
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 7 February 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
Glasgow - 1 £525 - 1
Information Assurance
UK

Information Assurance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Security Officer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Impact Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST