Information Assurance Specialist Jobs

Information Assurance Specialist
UK

The median Information Assurance Specialist salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 710 - 958
Rank change year-on-year - - +257
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Assurance Specialist 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.004% - 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% - 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £65,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 50,162 93,945 92,753
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.62% 94.63% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,234 67,289 58,554
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £80,627
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +6.00%

Information Assurance Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Information Assurance Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Information Assurance Specialist in the UK

Information Assurance Specialist
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Assurance Specialist.

Salary trend for Information Assurance Specialist in the UK

Information Assurance Specialist
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Assurance Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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
South East - 2 £60,000 -
England - 2 £60,000 -
UK excluding London - 2 £60,000 -

Information Assurance Specialist Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, Information Assurance Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Information Assurance Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 2 (100.00%) CEH
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) TPMS
1 2 (100.00%) Communications Security
1 2 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response

Information Assurance Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (100.00%) TPMS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Communications Security
1 2 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CEH
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST