Information Assurance Contracts in the South East

Information Assurance
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 181 195
Rank change year-on-year +45 +14 +54
Contract jobs citing Information Assurance 16 17 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.53% 0.31% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.36% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 12
10th Percentile £615 £451 £464
25th Percentile £621 £608 £533
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £615 £620
Median % change year-on-year +7.72% -0.81% +7.83%
75th Percentile £703 £623 £725
90th Percentile £731 £661 £748
England median daily rate £650 £575 £600
% change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% -0.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 1
10th Percentile £51.25 - -
25th Percentile £56.00 £52.90 £71.20
Median hourly rate £61.50 £61.65 £72.40
Median % change year-on-year -0.24% -14.85% +12.24%
75th Percentile £70.30 £63.29 £73.59
90th Percentile £82.02 - -
England median hourly rate £61.50 £62.47 £76.50
% change year-on-year -1.56% -18.34% +71.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,758 4,707 5,155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.54% 84.81% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,757 2,740 3,571
10th Percentile £256 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 435 221
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £16.05 £18.26 £23.00
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.79
England median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
% change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%

Information Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Information Assurance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Information Assurance in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Assurance in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Information Assurance in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Assurance in the South East over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Assurance in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Assurance in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Information Assurance in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Information Assurance in the South East over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Information Assurance in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Thames Valley +35 12 £675 +9.76% 5
Berkshire +29 10 £750 +61.29% 4
Surrey +17 3 - - 1
Hampshire +25 1 £650 -16.13% 4
Oxfordshire +1 1 £675 +9.76% 2
Buckinghamshire - 1 £620 -
Information Assurance
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) TPMS
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) AWS
1 1 (6.25%) Azure
1 1 (6.25%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (6.25%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Firewall
1 1 (6.25%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 5 (31.25%) Public Sector
2 4 (25.00%) Military
2 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Telecoms
4 2 (12.50%) Aerospace
4 2 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Senior
2 7 (43.75%) Information Specialist
3 6 (37.50%) Security Specialist
4 5 (31.25%) Information Security Specialist
4 5 (31.25%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 5 (31.25%) Senior Security Specialist
5 4 (25.00%) Senior Information Security Specialist
6 3 (18.75%) Architect
6 3 (18.75%) Security Advisor
6 3 (18.75%) Security Architect
7 2 (12.50%) Consultant
7 2 (12.50%) Information Assurance Specialist
7 2 (12.50%) Security Consultant
8 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 1 (6.25%) Information Officer
8 1 (6.25%) Information Security Risk Consultant
8 1 (6.25%) Principal Security Architect
8 1 (6.25%) Product Architect
8 1 (6.25%) Risk Consultant
8 1 (6.25%) Senior Information Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 12 (75.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (81.25%) Risk Management
1 13 (81.25%) Security Architecture
2 11 (68.75%) Risk Assessment
2 11 (68.75%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 9 (56.25%) Decision-Making
4 8 (50.00%) Information Security
5 6 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (18.75%) Security Testing
6 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (12.50%) Communications Security
7 2 (12.50%) Cryptography
7 2 (12.50%) Incident Response
7 2 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
7 2 (12.50%) Software Engineering
7 2 (12.50%) Validation
7 2 (12.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 1 (6.25%) Incident Management
8 1 (6.25%) Risk Analysis
8 1 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 12 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (62.50%) DV Cleared
3 7 (43.75%) CISM
4 4 (25.00%) CISSP
4 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (12.50%) CEH
6 1 (6.25%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (6.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (62.50%) NCSC
2 7 (43.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (18.75%) NIST
4 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (6.25%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Darktrace
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle