Information Assurance Specialist Contract Job Trends

Information Assurance Specialist
UK

The median Information Assurance Specialist daily rate in the UK is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 556 - 632
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Information Assurance Specialist 4 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.012% - 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% - 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £618
25th Percentile £513 - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £676
75th Percentile £538 - £727
90th Percentile - - £735
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

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 29,791 35,019 45,835
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 92.96% 94.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,801 21,166 31,341
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,619 1,520 1,529
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.85 £14.82
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% -4.49% +71.15%
75th Percentile £50.38 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.53 £77.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.08 £43.00 £43.95
% change year-on-year -41.69% -2.16% +95.33%

Information Assurance Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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.

Information Assurance Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK

Information Assurance Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Information Assurance Specialist
Top 5 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 Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 6 October 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 - 4 £525 - 2
UK excluding London - 2 - - 1
North of England - 2 - -
London - 2 £525 - 2
North West - 2 - -

Information Assurance Specialist Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 October 2025, 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 featuring Information Assurance Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (50.00%) CISSP
3 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (50.00%) Military
3 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) CESG Certified Professional
3 2 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (50.00%) Information Assurance
3 2 (50.00%) Confluence
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 2 (50.00%) JIRA
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Register
4 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
4 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
4 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (25.00%) NIST
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (25.00%) Information Security
4 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (25.00%) Taxonomies

Information Assurance Specialist 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Military
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (25.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (50.00%) Information Assurance
3 2 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 2 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) Information Security
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Register
4 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) CESG Certified Professional
3 2 (50.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NIST