Information Assurance Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Information Assurance
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Surrey 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 52 52 59
Rank change year-on-year 0 +7 -
Contract jobs citing Information Assurance 1 1 17
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 0.25% 0.22% 2.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.24% 2.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 11
10th Percentile - - £563
25th Percentile - - £595
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £632 - £600
75th Percentile - - £660
90th Percentile - - £738
South East median daily rate £600 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +1.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
10th Percentile - - £64.88
25th Percentile - £68.26 £68.26
Median hourly rate - £73.31 £76.53
Median % change year-on-year - -4.21% -
75th Percentile - £78.36 -
90th Percentile - - £77.63
South East median hourly rate £88.25 £61.50 £67.27
% change year-on-year +43.51% -8.58% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 362 413 609
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 90.05% 90.17% 89.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 287 479
10th Percentile £204 £203 £195
25th Percentile £250 £262 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £463 £515
Median % change year-on-year +5.14% -10.19% -1.90%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £600
90th Percentile £678 £653 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £523
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.91% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 15 35
10th Percentile £25.15 £16.07 £19.20
25th Percentile £28.25 - £45.42
Median hourly rate £55.00 £24.18 £61.63
Median % change year-on-year +127.46% -60.77% +36.96%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.45 £76.53
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.02
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £55.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -60.00% +4.76% +23.01%

Information Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Information Assurance job vacancy trend in Surrey

Information Assurance
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

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

Information Assurance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Security Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Product Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) RMADS