Information Assurance Specialist Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Information Assurance Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Information Assurance Specialist daily rate in the UK excluding London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 414 338 413
Rank change year-on-year -76 +75 -
Contract jobs requiring an Information Assurance Specialist 4 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.019% 0.023% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.025% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 -
UK median daily rate £525 £600 -
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -

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 18,901 12,125 19,557
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.41% 92.32% 92.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,300 7,525 12,225
10th Percentile £237 £209 £213
25th Percentile £384 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £487
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% -2.46% -2.60%
75th Percentile £580 £588 £594
90th Percentile £675 £674 £681
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,043 659 2,011
10th Percentile £14.28 £15.28 £12.82
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.00 £15.86
Median hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% -7.03%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £33.50 £34.06 £34.25
% change year-on-year -1.63% -0.57% -14.38%

Information Assurance Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Information Assurance Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Information Assurance Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Information Assurance Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 March 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 East -35 2 - - 2
North of England - 1 £600 -
Yorkshire - 1 £600 -
East Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
Information Assurance Specialist
UK

Information Assurance Specialist Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 2 March 2026, Information Assurance Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (50.00%) NIST
3 2 (50.00%) RMADS
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) CCSK
4 1 (25.00%) Change Control
4 1 (25.00%) CISM
4 1 (25.00%) CISSP
4 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
4 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (25.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (25.00%) Information Security
4 1 (25.00%) Matrix Management
4 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (25.00%) NCSC
4 1 (25.00%) NIST 800
4 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Register
4 1 (25.00%) SaaS
4 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) Threat Modelling

Information Assurance Specialist 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Aviation
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Information Assurance
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Change Control
4 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
4 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (25.00%) Information Security
4 1 (25.00%) Matrix Management
4 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Register
4 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) CCSK
2 1 (25.00%) CISM
2 1 (25.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
1 2 (50.00%) RMADS
2 1 (25.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 1 (25.00%) NCSC
2 1 (25.00%) NIST 800