Information Assurance Contracts

Information Assurance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Information Assurance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Information Assurance over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 460 463 633
Rank change year-on-year +3 +170 -109
Contract jobs citing Information Assurance 111 229 212
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.26% 0.40% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.45% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 135 142
10th Percentile £441 £450 £451
25th Percentile £506 £503 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £670 £724 £685
90th Percentile £738 £764 £786
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £591 £600
% change year-on-year -6.88% -1.61% +4.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 23 42
10th Percentile £52.66 £69.64 -
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% -14.42%
75th Percentile £80.00 £83.40 £56.94
90th Percentile £82.05 - £68.27
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.80 £83.31 £65.80
% change year-on-year -33.02% +26.61% +14.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Information Assurance is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,673 51,121 79,325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.13% 89.77% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,631 35,432 55,673
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,683 1,892
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.99 £16.01 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -4.99%

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 18 May 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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Information Assurance over the 6 months to 18 May 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 18 May 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 +8 104 £575 -4.17% 27
UK excluding London -27 74 £550 -6.88% 27
South West -25 51 £550 -7.56% 12
Work from Home +96 48 £575 -8.00% 19
London +91 29 £600 -15.79%
South East +25 12 £615 -1.60% 8
North of England -4 6 £525 -10.64% 3
Yorkshire +12 3 £525 - 1
West Midlands +22 2 £438 -17.06% 3
Midlands +20 2 £438 -23.91% 3
East of England +4 2 £575 +64.29% 4
North East - 2 £525 -
Scotland +40 1 £525 -
North West -15 1 - - 2

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 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.70%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 15 (13.51%) Azure
2 11 (9.91%) AWS
3 8 (7.21%) SaaS
4 1 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (0.90%) Azure Stack
4 1 (0.90%) Google Workspace
4 1 (0.90%) IaaS
4 1 (0.90%) PaaS
4 1 (0.90%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 17 (15.32%) Network Security
2 6 (5.41%) Firewall
3 5 (4.50%) WAN
4 4 (3.60%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (1.80%) 4G
5 2 (1.80%) 5G
5 2 (1.80%) DNS
5 2 (1.80%) VoIP
6 1 (0.90%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.90%) DHCP
6 1 (0.90%) Internet
6 1 (0.90%) OpenLDAP
6 1 (0.90%) SNMP
6 1 (0.90%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.90%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (2.70%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (1.80%) JIRA
3 1 (0.90%) GitLab
3 1 (0.90%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.90%) SonarQube
General
1 19 (17.12%) Public Sector
2 13 (11.71%) Manufacturing
3 12 (10.81%) Social Skills
4 10 (9.01%) Legal
5 7 (6.31%) Finance
6 5 (4.50%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.50%) Electronics
6 5 (4.50%) Marketing
6 5 (4.50%) Police
6 5 (4.50%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.60%) Military
8 3 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.90%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.90%) Law
9 1 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (32.43%) Architect
2 21 (18.92%) Security Architect
3 18 (16.22%) Analyst
4 14 (12.61%) SOC Analyst
5 13 (11.71%) Consultant
6 11 (9.91%) Lead
7 10 (9.01%) Security Consultant
8 8 (7.21%) Information Manager
8 8 (7.21%) Lead Architect
9 6 (5.41%) Development Manager
9 6 (5.41%) Information Assurance Manager
9 6 (5.41%) Information Security Manager
9 6 (5.41%) Security Manager
10 5 (4.50%) Information Assurance Consultant
10 5 (4.50%) Information Security Consultant
10 5 (4.50%) Network Architect
11 4 (3.60%) Security Analyst
11 4 (3.60%) Security Assurance Manager
11 4 (3.60%) Security Officer
11 4 (3.60%) Security Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.70%) SailPoint
1 3 (2.70%) SOAP
1 3 (2.70%) XML
2 1 (0.90%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.61%) Management Information System
2 10 (9.01%) Private Cloud
3 8 (7.21%) CESG
4 7 (6.31%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (6.31%) Data Centre
5 6 (5.41%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (5.41%) Virtual Team
6 4 (3.60%) Security Posture
7 3 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.70%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (2.70%) NHS
7 3 (2.70%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.80%) iPad
8 2 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.90%) Freedom of Information
9 1 (0.90%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.50%) Linux
1 5 (4.50%) Windows
2 1 (0.90%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (44.14%) Cybersecurity
2 43 (38.74%) Information Security
3 21 (18.92%) Security Management
4 19 (17.12%) Security Architecture
5 17 (15.32%) Risk Assessment
6 16 (14.41%) Architectural Patterns
7 15 (13.51%) Risk Management
8 14 (12.61%) Information Security Management
8 14 (12.61%) Security Operations
8 14 (12.61%) Service Delivery
8 14 (12.61%) SIEM
9 12 (10.81%) SABSA
9 12 (10.81%) SOAR
9 12 (10.81%) TOGAF
9 12 (10.81%) Vulnerability Management
10 10 (9.01%) Business Strategy
10 10 (9.01%) Information Management
10 10 (9.01%) Project Delivery
10 10 (9.01%) Roadmaps
11 9 (8.11%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 79 (71.17%) Security Cleared
2 46 (41.44%) SC Cleared
3 30 (27.03%) DV Cleared
4 27 (24.32%) CISSP
5 22 (19.82%) CISM
6 20 (18.02%) CISA
7 9 (8.11%) CEH
7 9 (8.11%) Degree
8 8 (7.21%) CISMP
8 8 (7.21%) CompTIA Security+
8 8 (7.21%) CREST Certified
8 8 (7.21%) ISACA
8 8 (7.21%) SSCP
8 8 (7.21%) TOGAF Certification
9 6 (5.41%) CESG Certified Professional
10 5 (4.50%) CLAS
10 5 (4.50%) CTC Cleared
11 4 (3.60%) ISSAP
12 2 (1.80%) GCIA
12 2 (1.80%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (28.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (26.13%) NIST
3 26 (23.42%) NCSC
4 12 (10.81%) GDPR
5 11 (9.91%) HIPAA
6 8 (7.21%) PCI DSS
7 7 (6.31%) COBIT
7 7 (6.31%) GRC
7 7 (6.31%) JSP 440
7 7 (6.31%) RMADS
8 5 (4.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (3.60%) Def Stans
10 3 (2.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (2.70%) PMO
10 3 (2.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.90%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.90%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (1.80%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.90%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.80%) CSIRT
1 2 (1.80%) Nessus
1 2 (1.80%) QRadar
2 1 (0.90%) Ansible
2 1 (0.90%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.90%) SCCM
2 1 (0.90%) SCOM
2 1 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (15.32%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.21%) SAP
3 3 (2.70%) CyberArk
4 2 (1.80%) BeyondTrust
4 2 (1.80%) Cisco
4 2 (1.80%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (1.80%) Oracle
4 2 (1.80%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.90%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.90%) CheckPoint
5 1 (0.90%) Palo Alto
5 1 (0.90%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.90%) TOWER Software
5 1 (0.90%) VMware