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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 310 315 279
Rank change year-on-year +5 -36 +137
Contract jobs citing Information Assurance 33 75 164
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.26% 0.37% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.44% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 46 94
10th Percentile £313 £438 £450
25th Percentile £550 £525 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -6.83% -1.62%
75th Percentile £688 £624 £700
90th Percentile £749 £669 £750
UK median daily rate £675 £575 £625
% change year-on-year +17.39% -8.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 23
10th Percentile £44.82 £52.62 £64.44
25th Percentile £51.25 £52.80 £72.50
Median hourly rate £61.50 £55.80 £83.31
Median % change year-on-year +10.21% -33.02% +26.61%
75th Percentile £80.65 £64.03 £83.40
90th Percentile £89.00 £73.61 -
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £55.80 £79.91
% change year-on-year +10.21% -30.17% +79.56%

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 11,649 17,108 20,638
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.51% 84.43% 89.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,262 10,200 14,248
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.04%
75th Percentile £581 £600 £600
90th Percentile £656 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 838 2,053 1,261
10th Percentile £14.10 £12.31 £10.75
25th Percentile £17.26 £15.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +75.00%
75th Percentile £63.66 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.82 £73.71
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.05 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.32% +0.13% +40.19%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 +55 17 £675 +9.76% 16
South West -4 6 £650 +18.18% 15
North of England +17 5 £325 -38.10% 9
Midlands +15 3 - - 7
North West +10 3 £488 - 6
East Midlands - 3 - -
East of England +25 2 £500 -13.04% 4
Yorkshire +13 2 £325 -38.10% 1
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 (6.06%) TPMS
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.03%) AWS
1 1 (3.03%) Azure
1 1 (3.03%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
1 1 (3.03%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.15%) Firewall
1 5 (15.15%) Network Security
2 1 (3.03%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.06%) GIS
General
1 11 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 7 (21.21%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (21.21%) Public Sector
3 5 (15.15%) Military
4 4 (12.12%) Legal
5 3 (9.09%) Manufacturing
6 2 (6.06%) Aerospace
6 2 (6.06%) Telecoms
7 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.03%) Local Government
7 1 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (24.24%) Senior
2 7 (21.21%) Information Manager
2 7 (21.21%) Information Specialist
2 7 (21.21%) Security Specialist
3 6 (18.18%) Information Assurance Manager
4 5 (15.15%) Information Security Specialist
5 4 (12.12%) Security Manager
6 3 (9.09%) Architect
6 3 (9.09%) Information Security Manager
6 3 (9.09%) Lead
6 3 (9.09%) Security Advisor
6 3 (9.09%) Security Architect
6 3 (9.09%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 2 (6.06%) Information Assurance Leader
7 2 (6.06%) Information Assurance Specialist
7 2 (6.06%) Project Manager
7 2 (6.06%) Security Assurance Manager
7 2 (6.06%) Senior Information Security Specialist
7 2 (6.06%) Senior Security Specialist
8 1 (3.03%) Information Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 16 (48.48%) Management Information System
2 3 (9.09%) Industry 4.0
3 2 (6.06%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.03%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.03%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.09%) Linux
1 3 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (57.58%) Risk Management
2 16 (48.48%) Information Security
3 12 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (33.33%) Security Architecture
5 10 (30.30%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 9 (27.27%) Risk Assessment
7 7 (21.21%) Decision-Making
8 6 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (15.15%) Security Testing
10 4 (12.12%) Agile
10 4 (12.12%) Incident Management
10 4 (12.12%) Security Management
11 3 (9.09%) Analytical Thinking
11 3 (9.09%) Change Management
11 3 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (9.09%) Cryptography
11 3 (9.09%) Data Analysis
11 3 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
11 3 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 3 (9.09%) Validation
Qualifications
1 20 (60.61%) Security Cleared
2 12 (36.36%) CISM
3 11 (33.33%) DV Cleared
4 9 (27.27%) CISSP
4 9 (27.27%) SC Cleared
5 7 (21.21%) Degree
6 3 (9.09%) CISA
6 3 (9.09%) GIAC
7 2 (6.06%) CEH
7 2 (6.06%) Master's Degree
8 1 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (3.03%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 11 (33.33%) NCSC
2 8 (24.24%) NIST
3 5 (15.15%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (12.12%) NIST 800
5 2 (6.06%) PMO
6 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (3.03%) GDPR
6 1 (3.03%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.03%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (3.03%) Darktrace
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle
1 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow