Information Assurance Job Trends in the South East

Information Assurance
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Information Assurance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 277 262
Rank change year-on-year +32 -15 +112
Permanent jobs citing Information Assurance 22 17 29
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.21% 0.19% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.21% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9 9 24
10th Percentile - - £56,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £59,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £61,850
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -11.08% -4.85%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £71,000
90th Percentile £70,400 £76,000 -
England median annual salary £67,500 £64,627 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.45% +5.08% -12.14%

All Process & 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 8,351 7,921 7,768
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.19% 88.17% 88.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4,996 3,786 5,412
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,809 £45,000 £38,475
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Information Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Information Assurance job vacancy trend in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Information Assurance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Information Assurance

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Assurance in the South East over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Information Assurance in the South East

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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 15 January 2026. 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 -1 11 £52,500 -4.55% 3
Hampshire +33 8 £86,000 +56.36% 5
Thames Valley +15 3 £65,000 -13.33% 1
Oxfordshire - 2 £65,000 - 1
Berkshire -6 1 - - 1
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England

Information Assurance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 11 (50.00%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 1 (4.55%) Towers Watson Igloo
Development Applications
1 12 (54.55%) Rational DOORS
General
1 11 (50.00%) Military
2 10 (45.45%) Electronics
3 3 (13.64%) Social Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Legal
5 1 (4.55%) Aerospace
5 1 (4.55%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 15 (68.18%) Systems Engineer
2 12 (54.55%) Senior
3 10 (45.45%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 4 (18.18%) Information Assurance Engineer
5 3 (13.64%) Lead
6 2 (9.09%) Coordinator
6 2 (9.09%) Information Assurance Specialist
6 2 (9.09%) Information Specialist
6 2 (9.09%) Security Assurance Coordinator
6 2 (9.09%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 1 (4.55%) Architect
7 1 (4.55%) Development Engineer
7 1 (4.55%) FPGA Engineer
7 1 (4.55%) Head of Development
7 1 (4.55%) Head of IT
7 1 (4.55%) Head of IT Development
7 1 (4.55%) Head of Technology
7 1 (4.55%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 1 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (4.55%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 11 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (9.09%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (4.55%) Algorithms
3 1 (4.55%) FPGA
3 1 (4.55%) NVMe
3 1 (4.55%) PCIe
3 1 (4.55%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (68.18%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (54.55%) Agile
2 12 (54.55%) Systems Engineering
3 11 (50.00%) Mathematics
3 11 (50.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 11 (50.00%) Physics
4 10 (45.45%) Coaching
4 10 (45.45%) Requirements Management
4 10 (45.45%) SysML
5 2 (9.09%) Data Privacy
5 2 (9.09%) Impact Assessments
5 2 (9.09%) Information Security
5 2 (9.09%) Risk Management
6 1 (4.55%) Business Strategy
6 1 (4.55%) FPGA Design
6 1 (4.55%) Line Management
6 1 (4.55%) MODAF
6 1 (4.55%) Roadmaps
6 1 (4.55%) UVM
6 1 (4.55%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 11 (50.00%) MATLAB
2 1 (4.55%) Assembly Language
2 1 (4.55%) C
2 1 (4.55%) C++
Qualifications
1 12 (54.55%) Degree
2 11 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) RMADS
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (4.55%) Firmware
Vendors
1 11 (50.00%) Siemens
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.55%) Altera
3 1 (4.55%) Sparx
3 1 (4.55%) Xilinx