Information Assurance Jobs in the South East

Information Assurance
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Information Assurance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Information Assurance over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 291 335 341
Rank change year-on-year +44 +6 +97
Permanent jobs citing Information Assurance 24 58 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.25% 0.33% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.39% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 23 42 47
10th Percentile - £42,500 £46,715
25th Percentile £52,500 £42,625 £47,025
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £67,925
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -7.99% -2.96%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,438 £76,875
90th Percentile £68,750 £71,225 £85,000
England median annual salary £64,627 £65,050 £70,000
% change year-on-year -0.65% -7.07% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,915 14,700 13,131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 92.05% 83.43% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 4,320 10,114 7,701
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,750 £30,625
25th Percentile £39,500 £36,906 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Information Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Information Assurance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Information Assurance in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Assurance in the South East.

Salary trend for Information Assurance in the South East

Information Assurance
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Assurance in the South East over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Assurance in the South East

Information Assurance
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Assurance within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Kent - 20 £55,000 - 2
Surrey +43 2 £60,000 +14.29% 1
Thames Valley +41 2 £72,500 +5.07% 5
Berkshire +14 2 £72,500 +5.07% 3
Information Assurance
England

Information Assurance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (8.33%) TPMS
Applications
1 20 (83.33%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.33%) SCCP
Development Applications
1 20 (83.33%) Rational DOORS
General
1 16 (66.67%) Electronics
1 16 (66.67%) Military
2 4 (16.67%) Aerospace
3 2 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (75.00%) Senior
2 16 (66.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 16 (66.67%) Systems Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Information Specialist
3 4 (16.67%) Lead
4 2 (8.33%) Information Assurance Specialist
4 2 (8.33%) Information Security Specialist
4 2 (8.33%) Security Specialist
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Information Security Specialist
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 18 (75.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.33%) CESG
2 2 (8.33%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (91.67%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (83.33%) Mathematics
2 20 (83.33%) Physics
2 20 (83.33%) Requirements Management
2 20 (83.33%) Systems Engineering
3 16 (66.67%) Agile
3 16 (66.67%) Coaching
3 16 (66.67%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 16 (66.67%) SysML
4 6 (25.00%) Software Engineering
5 2 (8.33%) Cryptography
5 2 (8.33%) Information Security
5 2 (8.33%) Integration Testing
5 2 (8.33%) Mentoring
5 2 (8.33%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (8.33%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (8.33%) Security Testing
5 2 (8.33%) Validation
5 2 (8.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 2 (8.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 20 (83.33%) MATLAB
2 4 (16.67%) C
2 4 (16.67%) C++
2 4 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (83.33%) Degree
2 14 (58.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (16.67%) CISSP
3 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 2 (8.33%) CEH
4 2 (8.33%) CESG Certified Professional
4 2 (8.33%) CISM
4 2 (8.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (8.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 20 (83.33%) Siemens