Information Assurance Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Information Assurance Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Information Assurance Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 395 343 402
Rank change year-on-year -52 +59 +79
Contract jobs requiring an Information Assurance Manager 3 5 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.016% 0.034% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.037% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £385 £580 -
25th Percentile £513 £588 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
75th Percentile £775 £663 -
90th Percentile - £670 -
UK median daily rate £750 £625 -
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 16,548 13,436 18,127
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 92.34% 93.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,191 7,978 11,768
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £375 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% -3.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,650 749 1,283
10th Percentile £13.95 £15.22 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.26 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £31.52 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -20.21% -31.75% +80.14%
75th Percentile £58.63 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £71.25 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% -27.78% +41.93%

Information Assurance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Information Assurance Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Information Assurance Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Information Assurance Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Information Assurance Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Information Assurance Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Information Assurance Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Assurance Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Information Assurance Manager in the UK excluding London

Information Assurance Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Information Assurance Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Information Assurance Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Information Assurance Manager
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Assurance Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
South West -9 1 £750 +20.00%
North of England - 1 £300 -
North West - 1 £300 -
South East - 1 £750 - 1
Information Assurance Manager
UK

Information Assurance Manager Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, Information Assurance Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Information Assurance Manager in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) CISM
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) Information Assurance
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) NCSC
2 1 (33.33%) PMO
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (33.33%) Resilience Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling

Information Assurance Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
1 1 (33.33%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Information Assurance
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (33.33%) Resilience Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CISM
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NCSC
1 1 (33.33%) PMO