Information Assurance Contracts

Information Assurance
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Information Assurance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Information Assurance over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 486 474 640
Rank change year-on-year -12 +166 -87
Contract jobs citing Information Assurance 98 229 209
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.41% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.46% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 130 147
10th Percentile £441 £450 £458
25th Percentile £525 £500 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £689 £718 £676
90th Percentile £738 £775 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £563 £591 £625
% change year-on-year -4.76% -5.50% +5.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 22 39
10th Percentile £52.66 £71.53 -
25th Percentile £52.90 £72.50 £39.75
Median hourly rate £55.80 £83.31 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.02% +87.21% -16.78%
75th Percentile £80.00 £83.40 £49.25
90th Percentile £82.05 - £68.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.80 £83.31 £65.80
% change year-on-year -33.02% +26.61% +13.10%

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 contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,178 49,770 79,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.13% 89.61% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,737 34,458 55,587
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,678 1,852
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%
75th Percentile £61.28 £65.00 £50.15
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
% change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Information Assurance in the UK

Information Assurance
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Assurance over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Assurance in the UK

Information Assurance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Assurance in the UK

Information Assurance
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Information Assurance over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Information Assurance in the UK

Information Assurance
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Assurance within the UK over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -28 92 £575 -4.17% 30
UK excluding London -81 61 £563 -4.76% 30
Work from Home +99 45 £575 -5.66% 10
South West -46 37 £575 - 12
London +81 31 £575 -14.88% 1
South East +4 12 £615 +2.50% 8
North of England -25 6 £525 -8.70% 5
Yorkshire +9 3 £525 -8.70% 2
Scotland +49 2 £538 - 1
West Midlands +16 2 £450 -6.25% 2
Midlands +10 2 £450 -24.02% 2
East of England +4 2 £575 +24.32% 2
North East - 2 £525 -
North West -24 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 1 (1.02%) Confluence
1 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (3.06%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.02%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.04%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 11 (11.22%) AWS
2 8 (8.16%) Azure
2 8 (8.16%) SaaS
3 1 (1.02%) Google Workspace
3 1 (1.02%) IaaS
3 1 (1.02%) PaaS
3 1 (1.02%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 18 (18.37%) Network Security
2 8 (8.16%) Firewall
3 5 (5.10%) WAN
4 4 (4.08%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (2.04%) 4G
5 2 (2.04%) 5G
5 2 (2.04%) DNS
5 2 (2.04%) VoIP
6 1 (1.02%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (1.02%) DHCP
6 1 (1.02%) Internet
6 1 (1.02%) OpenLDAP
6 1 (1.02%) SNMP
6 1 (1.02%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.02%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.04%) JIRA
1 2 (2.04%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.02%) GitLab
2 1 (1.02%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.02%) SonarQube
General
1 18 (18.37%) Public Sector
2 11 (11.22%) Manufacturing
2 11 (11.22%) Social Skills
3 10 (10.20%) Legal
4 5 (5.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (5.10%) Police
5 4 (4.08%) Electronics
5 4 (4.08%) Finance
5 4 (4.08%) Marketing
5 4 (4.08%) Telecoms
6 3 (3.06%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.06%) Military
7 1 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (33.67%) Architect
2 19 (19.39%) Security Architect
3 14 (14.29%) Analyst
4 12 (12.24%) Lead
5 9 (9.18%) Consultant
6 8 (8.16%) SOC Analyst
7 7 (7.14%) Information Manager
7 7 (7.14%) Lead Architect
7 7 (7.14%) Security Consultant
8 6 (6.12%) Development Manager
8 6 (6.12%) Information Security Manager
8 6 (6.12%) Security Manager
9 5 (5.10%) Information Assurance Manager
9 5 (5.10%) Network Architect
9 5 (5.10%) Security Analyst
10 4 (4.08%) Information Assurance Leader
10 4 (4.08%) Security Assurance Manager
11 3 (3.06%) Information Assurance Consultant
11 3 (3.06%) Security Officer
11 3 (3.06%) Security Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.06%) EDI
1 3 (3.06%) SailPoint
2 2 (2.04%) SOAP
2 2 (2.04%) XML
3 1 (1.02%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 19 (19.39%) Management Information System
2 9 (9.18%) Private Cloud
3 7 (7.14%) CESG
3 7 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (7.14%) Data Centre
4 6 (6.12%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (6.12%) Virtual Team
5 4 (4.08%) Security Posture
5 4 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (3.06%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (3.06%) Legacy Applications
6 3 (3.06%) NHS
7 2 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (2.04%) iPad
7 2 (2.04%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.02%) Mainframe
8 1 (1.02%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.02%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.14%) Linux
1 7 (7.14%) Windows
2 1 (1.02%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (45.92%) Information Security
2 42 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
3 20 (20.41%) Security Management
4 19 (19.39%) Risk Assessment
4 19 (19.39%) Security Architecture
5 16 (16.33%) Risk Management
6 15 (15.31%) Architectural Patterns
7 14 (14.29%) Information Security Management
8 13 (13.27%) Security Operations
9 12 (12.24%) SABSA
9 12 (12.24%) TOGAF
10 11 (11.22%) Information Management
11 10 (10.20%) Roadmaps
11 10 (10.20%) SIEM
12 9 (9.18%) Business Strategy
12 9 (9.18%) Enterprise Architecture
12 9 (9.18%) Systems Engineering
13 8 (8.16%) Agile
13 8 (8.16%) Project Delivery
14 7 (7.14%) DevOps
Qualifications
1 64 (65.31%) Security Cleared
2 39 (39.80%) SC Cleared
3 23 (23.47%) CISSP
4 21 (21.43%) DV Cleared
5 20 (20.41%) CISM
6 19 (19.39%) CISA
7 10 (10.20%) Degree
8 8 (8.16%) CEH
8 8 (8.16%) CREST Certified
8 8 (8.16%) TOGAF Certification
9 7 (7.14%) CISMP
9 7 (7.14%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (7.14%) ISACA
9 7 (7.14%) SSCP
10 5 (5.10%) CTC Cleared
11 4 (4.08%) CESG Certified Professional
11 4 (4.08%) GCIA
11 4 (4.08%) GCIH
11 4 (4.08%) GIAC
11 4 (4.08%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (26.53%) NIST
3 25 (25.51%) NCSC
4 10 (10.20%) GDPR
5 9 (9.18%) HIPAA
6 7 (7.14%) COBIT
6 7 (7.14%) GRC
6 7 (7.14%) PCI DSS
7 5 (5.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 5 (5.10%) JSP 440
7 5 (5.10%) RMADS
8 3 (3.06%) Def Stans
8 3 (3.06%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (3.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (2.04%) PMO
10 1 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (1.02%) ISO 22301
10 1 (1.02%) NIST 800
System Software
1 4 (4.08%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (2.04%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.02%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (4.08%) CSIRT
1 4 (4.08%) Nessus
1 4 (4.08%) QRadar
2 1 (1.02%) Ansible
2 1 (1.02%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.02%) SCCM
2 1 (1.02%) SCOM
2 1 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (11.22%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.12%) SAP
3 4 (4.08%) BeyondTrust
3 4 (4.08%) Oracle
4 3 (3.06%) CyberArk
5 2 (2.04%) Cisco
5 2 (2.04%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (2.04%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.02%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.02%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.02%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.02%) TOWER Software
6 1 (1.02%) VMware