Information Assurance Jobs

Information Assurance
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 605 617 741
Rank change year-on-year +12 +124 +162
Permanent jobs citing Information Assurance 87 290 248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.29% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.34% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 75 229 186
10th Percentile £52,500 £45,700 £46,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,050 £69,400
Median % change year-on-year -0.08% -6.27% -0.14%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,250 £77,500
90th Percentile - £76,300 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,564 £65,050 £67,500
% change year-on-year -2.29% -3.63% -3.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,568 84,685 99,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.32% 85.99% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,511 59,837 58,366
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,009 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Information Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Information Assurance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Information Assurance in the UK

Information Assurance
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Information Assurance in the UK

Information Assurance
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Assurance over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Assurance in the UK

Information Assurance
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Assurance within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England -35 60 £64,627 -2.49% 59
UK excluding London +5 53 £63,564 -2.29% 38
Work from Home +161 29 £65,000 +8.33% 94
South East +71 23 £55,000 -12.00% 13
North of England +76 17 £75,000 +30.43% 5
North West +25 17 £75,000 +30.43% 3
London +100 8 £85,000 +8.28% 23
South West -10 8 £64,627 -5.65% 14
Midlands +47 3 £60,750 +10.45% 3
West Midlands +16 3 £60,750 +10.45% 2
Scotland +132 1 £52,000 -18.88% 1
East of England +50 1 - - 3

Information Assurance
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 (2.30%) TPMS
Applications
1 20 (22.99%) Simulink
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.30%) Azure
1 2 (2.30%) SaaS
2 1 (1.15%) AWS
2 1 (1.15%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (1.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (1.15%) GCP
2 1 (1.15%) IaaS
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (1.15%) PaaS
2 1 (1.15%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.15%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 21 (24.14%) Firewall
1 21 (24.14%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.15%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.15%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.15%) GIS
1 1 (1.15%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 20 (22.99%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.15%) JIRA
General
1 45 (51.72%) Social Skills
2 41 (47.13%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (40.23%) Electronics
4 22 (25.29%) Finance
5 21 (24.14%) Public Sector
6 19 (21.84%) Manufacturing
6 19 (21.84%) Marketing
6 19 (21.84%) Telecoms
7 17 (19.54%) Military
8 4 (4.60%) Aerospace
8 4 (4.60%) Retail
9 2 (2.30%) Legal
10 1 (1.15%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.15%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 23 (26.44%) Architect
2 22 (25.29%) Security Architect
3 21 (24.14%) Senior
4 16 (18.39%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 16 (18.39%) Systems Engineer
5 10 (11.49%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 10 (11.49%) Security Manager
6 7 (8.05%) Lead
7 6 (6.90%) Business Continuity Manager
7 6 (6.90%) Business Manager
7 6 (6.90%) Security Assurance Manager
8 4 (4.60%) Risk Manager
8 4 (4.60%) Security Specialist
9 3 (3.45%) Consultant
9 3 (3.45%) Information Specialist
9 3 (3.45%) Security Consultant
9 3 (3.45%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 3 (3.45%) Senior Security Specialist
10 2 (2.30%) Information Assurance Specialist
10 2 (2.30%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.15%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 50 (57.47%) Management Information System
2 27 (31.03%) Security Posture
3 21 (24.14%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (24.14%) Social Media
3 21 (24.14%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 19 (21.84%) PMI
5 6 (6.90%) Cyber Security Posture
5 6 (6.90%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (2.30%) CESG
6 2 (2.30%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (1.15%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.15%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.15%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (24.14%) Windows
1 21 (24.14%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (91.95%) Cybersecurity
2 50 (57.47%) Risk Management
3 41 (47.13%) Continuous Improvement
4 40 (45.98%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (41.38%) Agile
6 35 (40.23%) Information Security
7 31 (35.63%) Incident Response
8 26 (29.89%) Cloud Security
9 25 (28.74%) Security Architecture
10 22 (25.29%) Data Protection
10 22 (25.29%) Risk Analysis
10 22 (25.29%) Vulnerability Management
11 21 (24.14%) Computer Science
11 21 (24.14%) DevSecOps
11 21 (24.14%) Ethical Hacking
11 21 (24.14%) Identity Management
11 21 (24.14%) Proactive Management
11 21 (24.14%) SIEM
11 21 (24.14%) TOGAF
12 20 (22.99%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 20 (22.99%) MATLAB
2 5 (5.75%) Python
3 4 (4.60%) C
3 4 (4.60%) C++
4 1 (1.15%) Scala
4 1 (1.15%) SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (51.72%) Degree
2 33 (37.93%) Security Cleared
3 27 (31.03%) CISM
3 27 (31.03%) CISSP
4 23 (26.44%) CEH
5 21 (24.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 21 (24.14%) CISA
5 21 (24.14%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (24.14%) DBS Check
5 21 (24.14%) DV Cleared
5 21 (24.14%) Master's Degree
6 20 (22.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 19 (21.84%) PMI Certification
8 16 (18.39%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (10.34%) SC Cleared
10 3 (3.45%) CESG Certified Professional
11 1 (1.15%) Azure Certification
11 1 (1.15%) ISEB
11 1 (1.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 1 (1.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (40.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (35.63%) NIST
3 23 (26.44%) GDPR
4 4 (4.60%) NIST 800
5 3 (3.45%) NCSC
6 1 (1.15%) GRC
6 1 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (1.15%) ITGC
6 1 (1.15%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1 (1.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.15%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.15%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (22.99%) Siemens
2 19 (21.84%) SAP
3 2 (2.30%) Microsoft