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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 621 622 744
Rank change year-on-year +1 +122 +170
Permanent jobs citing Information Assurance 96 287 241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.29% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.34% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 84 224 182
10th Percentile £52,500 £44,325 £46,650
25th Percentile £54,375 £52,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,375 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.57% -6.61% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,050 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £64,627 £65,050 £67,925
% change year-on-year -0.65% -4.23% -2.96%

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 51,728 84,924 96,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.83% 85.58% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 26,848 59,902 56,809
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,010 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,415 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £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 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Assurance in the UK

Information Assurance
Top 14 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 12 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 -58 66 £64,627 -1.63% 120
UK excluding London -25 61 £64,627 -0.65% 94
Work from Home +113 36 £65,000 +8.33% 155
South East +61 23 £55,000 -14.73% 35
North of England +55 19 £75,000 +30.43% 8
North West -4 18 £75,000 +30.43% 5
London +104 9 £85,000 +17.89% 41
South West -10 9 £64,627 -5.65% 20
Midlands +36 6 £51,887 -5.66% 9
West Midlands +28 6 £51,887 -5.66% 6
Scotland +113 2 £66,882 +4.34% 6
North East - 1 £81,764 - 2
Wales - 1 £81,764 - 3
Northern Ireland - 1 £82,801 - 5

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 (2.08%) TPMS
Applications
1 20 (20.83%) Simulink
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.08%) Azure
1 2 (2.08%) SaaS
2 1 (1.04%) AWS
2 1 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (1.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (1.04%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (1.04%) GCP
2 1 (1.04%) IaaS
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (1.04%) PaaS
2 1 (1.04%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.04%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 21 (21.88%) Firewall
1 21 (21.88%) Intrusion Detection
2 8 (8.33%) Network Security
3 1 (1.04%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.04%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.04%) GIS
1 1 (1.04%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 20 (20.83%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.04%) JIRA
General
1 53 (55.21%) Social Skills
2 42 (43.75%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (36.46%) Electronics
4 28 (29.17%) Finance
5 22 (22.92%) Public Sector
6 20 (20.83%) Marketing
7 19 (19.79%) Manufacturing
7 19 (19.79%) Telecoms
8 17 (17.71%) Military
9 11 (11.46%) Legal
10 8 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (4.17%) Aerospace
11 4 (4.17%) Retail
12 1 (1.04%) Financial Institution
12 1 (1.04%) Local Government
12 1 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (31.25%) Architect
2 29 (30.21%) Security Architect
3 21 (21.88%) Senior
4 16 (16.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 16 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
5 8 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 8 (8.33%) Lead
5 8 (8.33%) Security Manager
6 7 (7.29%) Principal Architect
6 7 (7.29%) Principal Security Architect
7 4 (4.17%) Business Continuity Manager
7 4 (4.17%) Business Manager
7 4 (4.17%) Information Security Advisor
7 4 (4.17%) Risk Manager
7 4 (4.17%) Security Advisor
7 4 (4.17%) Security Assurance Manager
7 4 (4.17%) Security Specialist
8 3 (3.13%) Consultant
8 3 (3.13%) Information Specialist
8 3 (3.13%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.04%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 51 (53.13%) Management Information System
2 25 (26.04%) Security Posture
3 21 (21.88%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (21.88%) Social Media
3 21 (21.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 19 (19.79%) PMI
5 4 (4.17%) Cyber Security Posture
5 4 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (2.08%) CESG
6 2 (2.08%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (1.04%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.04%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (1.04%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.04%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (21.88%) Windows
1 21 (21.88%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (91.67%) Cybersecurity
2 58 (60.42%) Risk Management
3 44 (45.83%) Information Security
4 43 (44.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 40 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (37.50%) Agile
7 32 (33.33%) Security Architecture
8 30 (31.25%) Incident Response
9 29 (30.21%) Risk Analysis
10 28 (29.17%) TOGAF
11 26 (27.08%) Cloud Security
12 23 (23.96%) Data Protection
13 22 (22.92%) Collaborative Working
13 22 (22.92%) Identity Management
13 22 (22.92%) Vulnerability Management
14 21 (21.88%) Computer Science
14 21 (21.88%) DevSecOps
14 21 (21.88%) Ethical Hacking
14 21 (21.88%) Proactive Management
14 21 (21.88%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 20 (20.83%) MATLAB
2 5 (5.21%) Python
3 4 (4.17%) C
3 4 (4.17%) C++
4 1 (1.04%) Scala
4 1 (1.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (46.88%) Degree
2 40 (41.67%) Security Cleared
3 28 (29.17%) CISM
3 28 (29.17%) CISSP
4 23 (23.96%) CEH
5 21 (21.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 21 (21.88%) CISA
5 21 (21.88%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (21.88%) DBS Check
5 21 (21.88%) DV Cleared
5 21 (21.88%) Master's Degree
6 20 (20.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 19 (19.79%) PMI Certification
8 16 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
8 16 (16.67%) SC Cleared
9 3 (3.13%) CESG Certified Professional
10 1 (1.04%) CRISC
10 1 (1.04%) FFIEC
10 1 (1.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 1 (1.04%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (44.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 40 (41.67%) NIST
3 24 (25.00%) GDPR
4 10 (10.42%) NCSC
5 8 (8.33%) QA
6 4 (4.17%) NIST 800
7 2 (2.08%) GRC
8 1 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (1.04%) ITGC
8 1 (1.04%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1 (1.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.04%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.04%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (20.83%) Siemens
2 19 (19.79%) SAP
3 2 (2.08%) Microsoft