Information Assurance Consultant Contracts

Information Assurance Consultant
UK

The median Information Assurance Consultant daily rate in the UK is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 548 593 670
Rank change year-on-year +45 +77 +187
Contract jobs requiring an Information Assurance Consultant 5 3 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.015% 0.007% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.008% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 10
10th Percentile £665 - £450
25th Percentile £668 £613 £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £725 £638 £617
90th Percentile £764 - £651
UK excluding London median daily rate £790 £625 £575
% change year-on-year +26.40% +8.70% -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £72.50
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
75th Percentile - - £82.50
90th Percentile - - £85.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £75.00

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 29,882 39,182 52,718
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.65% 93.03% 94.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,009 25,295 36,541
10th Percentile £285 £288 £310
25th Percentile £400 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £494 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -1.20% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,416 2,570 1,574
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.25 £14.45
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.50 £19.02
Median hourly rate £25.28 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.81% -5.88% +65.50%
75th Percentile £55.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £74.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.72 £39.03
% change year-on-year -38.24% +4.34% +85.83%

Information Assurance Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Information Assurance Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Information Assurance Consultant in the UK

Information Assurance Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Assurance Consultant.

Daily rate trend for Information Assurance Consultant in the UK

Information Assurance Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Assurance Consultant.

Hourly rate trend for Information Assurance Consultant in the UK

Information Assurance Consultant
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Assurance Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 18 July 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
Work from Home - 5 £700 - 2
England +54 4 £693 +10.80% 2
UK excluding London +25 1 £790 +26.40% 2
North of England - 1 £790 - 1
London - 1 £700 -
North West - 1 £790 - 1

Information Assurance Consultant Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 July 2025, Information Assurance Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Information Assurance Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
2 3 (60.00%) ISMS
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Information Assurance
2 3 (60.00%) GAP Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Information Security Management
2 3 (60.00%) Security Management
2 3 (60.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (60.00%) NIST
3 2 (40.00%) Police
3 2 (40.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Cyber Assurance
3 2 (40.00%) Domain Models
3 2 (40.00%) Zero Trust
3 2 (40.00%) Business Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (20.00%) COBIT
4 1 (20.00%) CISM
4 1 (20.00%) CISSP
4 1 (20.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (20.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Social Skills

Information Assurance Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

General
1 2 (40.00%) Police
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
1 5 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (60.00%) GAP Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Information Assurance
2 3 (60.00%) Information Security Management
2 3 (60.00%) ISMS
2 3 (60.00%) Security Management
3 2 (40.00%) Business Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) Cyber Assurance
3 2 (40.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 2 (40.00%) Domain Models
3 2 (40.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Zero Trust
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) CISM
2 1 (20.00%) CISSP
2 1 (20.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 1 (20.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) NIST
2 1 (20.00%) COBIT
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001