Information Assurance Contracts

Information Assurance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Information Assurance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Information Assurance over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 462 506 648
Rank change year-on-year +44 +142 -163
Contract jobs citing Information Assurance 124 215 209
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.35% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.39% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 136 139
10th Percentile £441 £450 £463
25th Percentile £502 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £609 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.54% +1.46% +4.35%
75th Percentile £669 £713 £697
90th Percentile £738 £744 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 25 42
10th Percentile £52.74 £62.75 -
25th Percentile £52.90 £72.50 £39.75
Median hourly rate £61.65 £76.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.42% +71.91% -21.59%
75th Percentile £63.29 £83.40 £56.94
90th Percentile £71.34 - £68.27
UK excluding London median hourly rate £58.72 £78.25 £65.80
% change year-on-year -24.96% +18.92% +13.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Information Assurance is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,706 54,523 81,413
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.36% 89.87% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,375 37,727 57,191
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,416 1,789 1,947
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.38 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £36.31 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.59% +45.22% -
75th Percentile £58.70 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £71.88 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £36.00 £19.96
% change year-on-year -2.78% +80.41% -7.83%

Information Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Information Assurance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Information Assurance in the UK

Information Assurance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Information Assurance in the UK

Information Assurance
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Assurance over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Assurance in the UK

Information Assurance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Assurance in the UK

Information Assurance
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Information Assurance over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Information Assurance in the UK

Information Assurance
Top 14 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. 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 +40 115 £575 -4.17% 36
UK excluding London +14 85 £550 -4.35% 31
South West -5 56 £550 -4.35% 15
Work from Home +125 53 £575 -5.35% 16
London +93 29 £600 -14.29% 4
South East +11 17 £615 -1.60% 11
North of England +29 7 £550 -8.33% 3
Yorkshire +18 3 £525 -
Scotland +38 2 £525 -23.64%
Midlands +28 2 £438 -10.71% 2
West Midlands +22 2 £438 -9.79% 2
North West +15 2 £575 -4.17% 3
North East - 2 £525 -
East of England +10 1 £575 -14.81%

Information Assurance
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.42%) Teamcenter
2 2 (1.61%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 18 (14.52%) Azure
2 11 (8.87%) AWS
3 9 (7.26%) SaaS
4 1 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.81%) Azure Functions
4 1 (0.81%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (0.81%) Azure Stack
4 1 (0.81%) GitHub
4 1 (0.81%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (0.81%) Google Workspace
4 1 (0.81%) IaaS
4 1 (0.81%) PaaS
4 1 (0.81%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.81%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (13.71%) Network Security
2 7 (5.65%) Firewall
3 5 (4.03%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (4.03%) WAN
4 2 (1.61%) 4G
4 2 (1.61%) 5G
4 2 (1.61%) DNS
4 2 (1.61%) Unified Communications
4 2 (1.61%) VoIP
5 1 (0.81%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.81%) DHCP
5 1 (0.81%) Internet
5 1 (0.81%) OpenLDAP
5 1 (0.81%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.81%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (2.42%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (1.61%) JIRA
3 1 (0.81%) Git
3 1 (0.81%) GitLab
3 1 (0.81%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.81%) SonarQube
General
1 22 (17.74%) Public Sector
2 13 (10.48%) Manufacturing
3 12 (9.68%) Social Skills
4 10 (8.06%) Legal
5 7 (5.65%) Finance
6 6 (4.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.03%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (4.03%) Electronics
7 5 (4.03%) Marketing
7 5 (4.03%) Police
7 5 (4.03%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.42%) Military
9 1 (0.81%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.81%) Law
9 1 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (30.65%) Architect
2 21 (16.94%) Security Architect
3 19 (15.32%) Analyst
4 17 (13.71%) Consultant
5 14 (11.29%) SOC Analyst
6 11 (8.87%) Lead
7 10 (8.06%) Information Manager
7 10 (8.06%) Security Consultant
8 8 (6.45%) Information Security Manager
8 8 (6.45%) Lead Architect
8 8 (6.45%) Security Manager
9 7 (5.65%) SAP Consultant
10 6 (4.84%) Development Manager
10 6 (4.84%) Information Assurance Manager
10 6 (4.84%) Network Architect
11 5 (4.03%) Information Assurance Consultant
11 5 (4.03%) Information Security Consultant
11 5 (4.03%) Security Officer
12 4 (3.23%) Project Officer
12 4 (3.23%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.42%) SailPoint
1 3 (2.42%) SOAP
1 3 (2.42%) XML
2 1 (0.81%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.29%) Management Information System
2 10 (8.06%) Private Cloud
3 8 (6.45%) CESG
3 8 (6.45%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (5.65%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (5.65%) Data Centre
4 7 (5.65%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (4.84%) Virtual Team
6 4 (3.23%) Onboarding
6 4 (3.23%) Security Posture
7 3 (2.42%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (2.42%) NHS
8 2 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.61%) iPad
8 2 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.81%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.81%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.65%) Windows
2 6 (4.84%) Linux
3 2 (1.61%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.61%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.81%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (41.13%) Cybersecurity
2 46 (37.10%) Information Security
3 20 (16.13%) Security Architecture
3 20 (16.13%) Security Management
4 17 (13.71%) Risk Assessment
5 16 (12.90%) Architectural Patterns
5 16 (12.90%) Business Strategy
6 14 (11.29%) Information Security Management
6 14 (11.29%) Risk Management
6 14 (11.29%) Security Operations
6 14 (11.29%) Service Delivery
6 14 (11.29%) SIEM
7 13 (10.48%) TOGAF
8 12 (9.68%) Project Delivery
8 12 (9.68%) SOAR
8 12 (9.68%) Vulnerability Management
9 11 (8.87%) Agile
9 11 (8.87%) Information Management
9 11 (8.87%) SABSA
10 10 (8.06%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.81%) Bash
1 1 (0.81%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 89 (71.77%) Security Cleared
2 53 (42.74%) SC Cleared
3 37 (29.84%) DV Cleared
4 27 (21.77%) CISSP
5 22 (17.74%) CISM
6 20 (16.13%) CISA
7 12 (9.68%) Degree
8 9 (7.26%) CEH
9 8 (6.45%) CISMP
9 8 (6.45%) CompTIA Security+
9 8 (6.45%) CREST Certified
9 8 (6.45%) ISACA
9 8 (6.45%) SSCP
9 8 (6.45%) TOGAF Certification
10 6 (4.84%) CESG Certified Professional
11 5 (4.03%) CLAS
11 5 (4.03%) CTC Cleared
12 4 (3.23%) ISSAP
13 2 (1.61%) GCIA
13 2 (1.61%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (26.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (22.58%) NIST
3 26 (20.97%) NCSC
4 12 (9.68%) GDPR
5 11 (8.87%) HIPAA
6 8 (6.45%) PCI DSS
7 7 (5.65%) COBIT
7 7 (5.65%) GRC
7 7 (5.65%) RMADS
8 6 (4.84%) JSP 440
9 5 (4.03%) Def Stans
9 5 (4.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (3.23%) PMO
11 3 (2.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (2.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.81%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.81%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.81%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (2.42%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.61%) Docker
2 2 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (1.61%) Ansible
1 2 (1.61%) CSIRT
1 2 (1.61%) Nessus
1 2 (1.61%) QRadar
1 2 (1.61%) SCCM
1 2 (1.61%) SCOM
2 1 (0.81%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.81%) Packer
2 1 (0.81%) Puppet
2 1 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.81%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (15.32%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.48%) SAP
3 3 (2.42%) Cisco
3 3 (2.42%) CyberArk
4 2 (1.61%) BeyondTrust
4 2 (1.61%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (1.61%) Oracle
4 2 (1.61%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.81%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.81%) CheckPoint
5 1 (0.81%) Palo Alto
5 1 (0.81%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.81%) TOWER Software
5 1 (0.81%) VMware