Information Assurance Contracts in the UK excluding London

Information Assurance
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 302 310 287
Rank change year-on-year +8 -23 +137
Contract jobs citing Information Assurance 32 84 169
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.25% 0.41% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.48% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 48 98
10th Percentile £313 £443 £450
25th Percentile £475 £522 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £550 £591
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -6.88% -1.56%
75th Percentile £680 £628 £700
90th Percentile £736 £683 £750
UK median daily rate £650 £575 £615
% change year-on-year +13.04% -6.50% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 26
10th Percentile £46.96 £52.74 £62.75
25th Percentile £51.25 £52.90 £72.50
Median hourly rate £61.50 £61.65 £78.25
Median % change year-on-year -0.24% -21.22% +18.92%
75th Percentile £78.36 £63.29 £83.40
90th Percentile £88.50 £69.97 -
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £62.47 £76.50
% change year-on-year -1.56% -18.34% +71.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,544 17,537 21,420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.36% 84.72% 89.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,245 10,476 14,867
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 827 2,058 1,303
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.31 £15.24 £15.75
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +6.69% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.58 £36.00
% change year-on-year -18.48% -1.18% +44.00%

Information Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Information Assurance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Information Assurance in the UK excluding London

Information Assurance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Assurance in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Information Assurance in the UK excluding London

Information Assurance
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Assurance in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Assurance in the UK excluding London

Information Assurance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Assurance in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Information Assurance in the UK excluding London

Information Assurance
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Information Assurance in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Information Assurance in the UK excluding London

Information Assurance
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
South East +35 16 £663 +7.72% 15
South West -19 6 £650 +18.18% 16
North of England +10 5 £325 -38.10% 9
Midlands +19 3 - - 3
North West +12 3 £488 - 5
East Midlands - 3 - -
East of England +38 2 £500 -13.04% 5
Yorkshire +7 2 £325 -38.10% 2
Information Assurance
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Information Assurance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (6.25%) TPMS
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.13%) AWS
1 1 (3.13%) Azure
1 1 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (3.13%) Entra ID
1 1 (3.13%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.63%) Firewall
2 3 (9.38%) Network Security
3 1 (3.13%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) GIS
General
1 10 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 7 (21.88%) Public Sector
3 6 (18.75%) Military
4 5 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (12.50%) Legal
5 4 (12.50%) Manufacturing
6 3 (9.38%) Telecoms
7 2 (6.25%) Aerospace
7 2 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (3.13%) Local Government
8 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (31.25%) Senior
2 7 (21.88%) Information Specialist
3 6 (18.75%) Information Assurance Manager
3 6 (18.75%) Information Manager
3 6 (18.75%) Security Specialist
3 6 (18.75%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 5 (15.63%) Information Security Specialist
4 5 (15.63%) Senior Security Specialist
5 4 (12.50%) Architect
5 4 (12.50%) Lead
5 4 (12.50%) Senior Information Security Specialist
6 3 (9.38%) Security Advisor
6 3 (9.38%) Security Architect
6 3 (9.38%) Security Manager
7 2 (6.25%) Consultant
7 2 (6.25%) Information Assurance Specialist
7 2 (6.25%) Information Security Manager
7 2 (6.25%) Project Manager
7 2 (6.25%) Security Assurance Manager
7 2 (6.25%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 17 (53.13%) Management Information System
2 3 (9.38%) Industry 4.0
3 2 (6.25%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.13%) CESG
4 1 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.13%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.38%) Linux
1 3 (9.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (56.25%) Risk Management
2 14 (43.75%) Security Architecture
3 13 (40.63%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (40.63%) Information Security
4 12 (37.50%) Risk Assessment
5 11 (34.38%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 10 (31.25%) Decision-Making
7 5 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (9.38%) Budget Management
8 3 (9.38%) Change Management
8 3 (9.38%) Collaborative Working
8 3 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (9.38%) Cryptography
8 3 (9.38%) Data Analysis
8 3 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (9.38%) Security Management
8 3 (9.38%) Security Testing
9 2 (6.25%) Incident Response
9 2 (6.25%) Information Governance
9 2 (6.25%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 19 (59.38%) Security Cleared
2 13 (40.63%) CISM
3 12 (37.50%) DV Cleared
4 10 (31.25%) CISSP
5 7 (21.88%) SC Cleared
6 6 (18.75%) Degree
7 4 (12.50%) CISA
8 3 (9.38%) CEH
8 3 (9.38%) GIAC
9 2 (6.25%) Master's Degree
10 1 (3.13%) CESG Certified Professional
10 1 (3.13%) CISMP
10 1 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (3.13%) ISACA
10 1 (3.13%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (34.38%) NCSC
3 10 (31.25%) NIST
4 5 (15.63%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (15.63%) NIST 800
5 2 (6.25%) GDPR
5 2 (6.25%) PMO
6 1 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (3.13%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (3.13%) HIPAA
6 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (3.13%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.13%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (3.13%) Darktrace
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft
1 1 (3.13%) Oracle
1 1 (3.13%) ServiceNow