Information Assurance Specialist Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Information Assurance Specialist
UK > Work from Home

The median Information Assurance Specialist daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £630, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 303 - 475
Rank change year-on-year - - +156
Contract jobs requiring an Information Assurance Specialist 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.010% - 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% - 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £493
25th Percentile £615 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 - £553
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.00%
75th Percentile £645 - £598
90th Percentile - - £622
UK median daily rate £600 - £525
% change year-on-year - - -19.23%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Information Assurance Specialist
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Information Assurance Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Information Assurance Specialist trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Information Assurance Specialist
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Information Assurance Specialist.

Information Assurance Specialist daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Information Assurance Specialist Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Information Assurance Specialist 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Information Assurance Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) SSCP
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology

Information Assurance Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800