Information Assurance Contracts with Work from Home Options

Information Assurance
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 298 409 484
Rank change year-on-year +111 +75 -64
Contract jobs citing Information Assurance 51 65 139
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.33% 0.25% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.28% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 46 95
10th Percentile £441 £503 £463
25th Percentile £500 £563 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £620 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% +3.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £713 £700 £703
90th Percentile £738 £747 £788
UK median daily rate £575 £620 £600
% change year-on-year -7.26% +3.33% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 37
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £69.25 £39.75
Median hourly rate - £70.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year - +58.43% -11.00%
75th Percentile - £71.75 £49.25
90th Percentile - - £60.92
UK median hourly rate £62.47 £76.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -17.81% +70.79% -22.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,465 23,106 40,645
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.81% 91.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,984 16,334 29,499
10th Percentile £325 £363 £360
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.81%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 579 532 548
10th Percentile £15.17 £19.00 £13.50
25th Percentile £25.25 £30.54 £19.98
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +34.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £36.42 £25.00
% change year-on-year -2.53% +45.69% -

Information Assurance
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Information Assurance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Information Assurance trend for jobs with a WFH option

Information Assurance
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Information Assurance.

Information Assurance daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Information Assurance
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Information Assurance over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Information Assurance daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Information Assurance
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Information Assurance.

Information Assurance hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Information Assurance
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:

Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (17.65%) AWS
2 6 (11.76%) SaaS
3 3 (5.88%) Azure
4 1 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.96%) Azure Functions
4 1 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.96%) Azure Stack
4 1 (1.96%) GitHub
4 1 (1.96%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (1.96%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.96%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.96%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (27.45%) Network Security
2 4 (7.84%) WAN
3 2 (3.92%) 4G
3 2 (3.92%) 5G
3 2 (3.92%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.96%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.92%) JIRA
2 1 (1.96%) Git
General
1 8 (15.69%) Public Sector
2 6 (11.76%) Legal
2 6 (11.76%) Social Skills
3 5 (9.80%) Police
4 3 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.88%) Military
5 2 (3.92%) Finance
6 1 (1.96%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.96%) Law
6 1 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (35.29%) Architect
2 13 (25.49%) Security Architect
3 6 (11.76%) Development Manager
4 5 (9.80%) Consultant
4 5 (9.80%) Security Consultant
5 4 (7.84%) Network Architect
6 3 (5.88%) Analyst
7 2 (3.92%) Information Analyst
7 2 (3.92%) Information Assurance Analyst
7 2 (3.92%) Information Assurance Leader
7 2 (3.92%) Information Manager
7 2 (3.92%) Information Security Analyst
7 2 (3.92%) Information Security Manager
7 2 (3.92%) Integration Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) Lead
7 2 (3.92%) Security Analyst
7 2 (3.92%) Security Manager
8 1 (1.96%) AWS Security Architect
8 1 (1.96%) Head of Information
8 1 (1.96%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.76%) Data Centre
1 6 (11.76%) Hybrid Cloud
1 6 (11.76%) Virtual Team
2 4 (7.84%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.88%) NHS
4 1 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.96%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (1.96%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (1.96%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.88%) Linux
1 3 (5.88%) Windows
2 1 (1.96%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (47.06%) Information Security
2 23 (45.10%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (29.41%) Risk Assessment
3 15 (29.41%) Security Architecture
3 15 (29.41%) Security Management
4 12 (23.53%) Architectural Patterns
4 12 (23.53%) Information Security Management
5 10 (19.61%) SABSA
5 10 (19.61%) TOGAF
6 9 (17.65%) Information Management
7 8 (15.69%) Agile
7 8 (15.69%) Roadmaps
8 7 (13.73%) Migration
8 7 (13.73%) Performance Management
8 7 (13.73%) Systems Engineering
9 6 (11.76%) DevOps
9 6 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
9 6 (11.76%) Risk Management
9 6 (11.76%) Service Design
9 6 (11.76%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.96%) Bash
1 1 (1.96%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 29 (56.86%) Security Cleared
2 16 (31.37%) SC Cleared
3 12 (23.53%) CISSP
4 11 (21.57%) CISM
5 10 (19.61%) CISA
6 8 (15.69%) CREST Certified
6 8 (15.69%) TOGAF Certification
7 6 (11.76%) DV Cleared
8 5 (9.80%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (3.92%) ISSAP
10 1 (1.96%) CESG Certified Professional
10 1 (1.96%) CLAS
10 1 (1.96%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (41.18%) NCSC
2 11 (21.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (21.57%) NIST
3 4 (7.84%) COBIT
4 3 (5.88%) GRC
4 3 (5.88%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 2 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (3.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (1.96%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.96%) Def Stans
6 1 (1.96%) JSP 440
6 1 (1.96%) RMADS
6 1 (1.96%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (1.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.96%) Ansible
1 1 (1.96%) Packer
1 1 (1.96%) Puppet
1 1 (1.96%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.96%) Atlassian
2 1 (1.96%) CheckPoint
2 1 (1.96%) Palo Alto
2 1 (1.96%) TOWER Software