Hybrid/Remote Information Assurance Contract Job Trends

Information Assurance
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Information Assurance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 300 307 350
Rank change year-on-year +7 +43 +164
Contract jobs citing Information Assurance 18 9 41
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.18% 0.074% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.084% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 7 23
10th Percentile £525 £313 £450
25th Percentile £553 £394 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £624 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year +5.76% +2.61% -11.54%
75th Percentile £706 £647 £638
90th Percentile £725 £735 £708
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £595
% change year-on-year -8.33% +0.84% -0.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85.00 - £62.63
Median hourly rate £90.00 - £67.27
75th Percentile £95.00 - £71.90
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £90.00 £61.50 £63.40
% change year-on-year +46.35% -3.00% -3.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Information Assurance falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,282 10,741 15,802
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.14% 88.53% 88.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,142 6,773 10,840
10th Percentile £325 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £724 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 326 222 384
10th Percentile £15.18 £17.58 £19.99
25th Percentile £20.25 £22.50 £26.25
Median hourly rate £41.59 £37.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% -28.57% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £25.13 £33.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -23.86% -22.35% +21.43%

Information Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Information Assurance and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Information Assurance job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Information Assurance
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Information Assurance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Information Assurance

Information Assurance
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Information Assurance over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Information Assurance daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Information Assurance
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Information Assurance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Information Assurance

Information Assurance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 1 (5.56%) Confluence
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.56%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Azure
2 3 (16.67%) AWS
3 1 (5.56%) Amazon Bedrock
3 1 (5.56%) Azure AI
3 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Network Security
2 1 (5.56%) Skype
2 1 (5.56%) Unified Communications
2 1 (5.56%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Law
3 1 (5.56%) Military
3 1 (5.56%) Police
3 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Consultant
2 5 (27.78%) Information Assurance Consultant
3 4 (22.22%) Architect
4 3 (16.67%) Analyst
4 3 (16.67%) Senior
4 3 (16.67%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (11.11%) Cyber Threat Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Security Architect
5 2 (11.11%) Senior Information Assurance Consultant
5 2 (11.11%) SOC Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) Cisco Consultant
6 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 1 (5.56%) Information Security Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) Information Security Consultant
6 1 (5.56%) Lead Architect
6 1 (5.56%) Lead Solutions Architect
6 1 (5.56%) Senior Information Security Consultant
6 1 (5.56%) Senior Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Cyber Threat
1 5 (27.78%) Security Posture
2 4 (22.22%) Management Information System
3 3 (16.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 2 (11.11%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (38.89%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 7 (38.89%) Information Security
2 7 (38.89%) Threat Intelligence
3 5 (27.78%) Risk Management
4 4 (22.22%) Decision-Making
4 4 (22.22%) Open Source
4 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
5 3 (16.67%) Cyber Intelligence
5 3 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Analysis
5 3 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
5 3 (16.67%) Incident Response
5 3 (16.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 3 (16.67%) OSINT
5 3 (16.67%) Security Operations
5 3 (16.67%) Threat Analysis
5 3 (16.67%) Threat Detection
5 3 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
5 3 (16.67%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 13 (72.22%) SC Cleared
3 6 (33.33%) CISSP
4 3 (16.67%) CISM
4 3 (16.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 2 (11.11%) CESG Certified Professional
5 2 (11.11%) DV Cleared
5 2 (11.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (5.56%) AWS Certification
6 1 (5.56%) CCNA
6 1 (5.56%) CCNP
6 1 (5.56%) CISA
6 1 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (5.56%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (5.56%) Degree
6 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (5.56%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (55.56%) NIST
2 9 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (27.78%) NCSC
4 3 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (16.67%) GDPR
5 2 (11.11%) COBIT
6 1 (5.56%) Def Stans
6 1 (5.56%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Computacenter
2 1 (5.56%) Cisco
2 1 (5.56%) Foundry
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) Polycom
2 1 (5.56%) Qualys