Information Assurance Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Information Assurance
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Information Assurance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 45
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Information Assurance 0 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland - - 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £43,375
25th Percentile - - £44,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £48,750
75th Percentile - - £52,188
90th Percentile - - £53,125
UK median annual salary £67,500 £64,814 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.14% +5.39% -12.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

Information Assurance falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 388 331 302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 76.53% 83.59% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 170 106 218
10th Percentile £27,225 £34,112 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,406 £45,000 £34,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £59,430 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.87% +18.86% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Information Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Information Assurance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Information Assurance job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Information Assurance
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Information Assurance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Information Assurance