Information Assurance Analyst Contract Job Trends

Information Assurance Analyst
UK

The median Information Assurance Analyst daily rate in the UK is £439, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 December 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 584 - 610
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Information Assurance Analyst 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.005% - 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% - 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £419 - -
25th Percentile £419 - £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £439 - £515
75th Percentile £459 - £523
90th Percentile £460 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £515

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 33,203 33,385 41,795
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.97% 92.79% 93.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,069 20,333 28,157
10th Percentile £285 £300 £292
25th Percentile £402 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £645
90th Percentile £723 £738 £741
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,921 1,159 1,498
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.46 £15.22
25th Percentile £17.89 £20.75 £19.08
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +44.15%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +78.00%

Information Assurance Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Information Assurance Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Information Assurance Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Information Assurance Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Information Assurance Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Information Assurance Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Information Assurance Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Information Assurance Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Information Assurance Analyst
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Assurance Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 4 December 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
England - 2 £439 - 3
London - 2 £439 - 2
Work from Home - 1 £440 - 1

Information Assurance Analyst Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 December 2025, Information Assurance Analyst 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 featuring Information Assurance Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) GIAC
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) ISACA
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Nessus
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Qualys
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning

Information Assurance Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (50.00%) Military
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Information Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) GIAC
2 1 (50.00%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Qualys