Information Assurance Job Trends in Stoke-on-Trent

Information Assurance
Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent requiring Information Assurance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 35 27
Rank change year-on-year +14 -8 +13
Permanent jobs citing Information Assurance 1 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Stoke-on-Trent 0.64% 0.82% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 0.88% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £58,750 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile - - -
Staffordshire median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Stoke-on-Trent

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 Stoke-on-Trent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 111 113 128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 71.15% 92.62% 87.07%
Number of salaries quoted 62 81 114
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,000 £23,150
25th Percentile £26,430 £32,500 £27,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,866 £35,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.47% -17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £55,000 £47,500 £54,688
90th Percentile £64,950 £54,500 £60,875
Staffordshire median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% +4.94% -14.74%

Information Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Information Assurance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent.

Information Assurance job vacancy trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Information Assurance
Salary Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stoke-on-Trent citing Information Assurance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stoke-on-Trent citing Information Assurance

Information Assurance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF Certification