CISA Contracts in England

ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CISA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 423 480 608
Rank change year-on-year +57 +128 -65
Contract jobs citing CISA 120 169 176
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.32% 0.33% 0.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.03% 1.21% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 113 118
10th Percentile £421 £465 £475
25th Percentile £506 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £738 £750 £688
90th Percentile £773 £848 £791
UK median daily rate £600 £638 £625
% change year-on-year -5.88% +2.00% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £40.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £40.50 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CISA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,662 13,994 15,329
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.33% 27.73% 21.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,158 9,370 10,062
10th Percentile £300 £330 £318
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.60%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 986 748 694
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.15 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.13 £20.00 £18.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.40 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.66% +39.73% -3.75%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.25 £55.96
90th Percentile £76.12 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.62
% change year-on-year -25.93% +29.75% +6.94%

CISA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CISA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CISA in England

CISA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISA in England.

Daily rate trend for CISA in England

CISA
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISA in England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CISA in England

CISA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISA in England.

Hourly rate trend for CISA in England

CISA
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISA within the England region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
London +64 76 £650 - 28
North of England +33 14 £600 +33.33% 6
South East +11 12 £488 -31.39% 7
North West +24 9 £676 +50.22% 6
South West +18 9 £550 -4.35% 7
Yorkshire +25 3 £550 +41.94%
North East - 2 £525 -
Midlands +23 1 - - 8
East of England +12 1 £400 -17.95% 1
East Midlands - 1 - - 1
CISA
UK

CISA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 9 (7.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.83%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 12 (10.00%) AWS
2 11 (9.17%) Azure
3 4 (3.33%) Entra ID
3 4 (3.33%) IaaS
3 4 (3.33%) SaaS
4 2 (1.67%) GCP
4 2 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.83%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 12 (10.00%) Network Security
2 10 (8.33%) Firewall
3 6 (5.00%) SAN
4 3 (2.50%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.67%) Broadband
5 2 (1.67%) DNS
5 2 (1.67%) Internet
5 2 (1.67%) SSL
6 1 (0.83%) Cisco IPT
6 1 (0.83%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.83%) Modbus
General
1 39 (32.50%) Finance
2 22 (18.33%) Social Skills
3 13 (10.83%) Financial Institution
4 10 (8.33%) Manufacturing
5 8 (6.67%) Banking
5 8 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (5.83%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (4.17%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.33%) French Language
8 4 (3.33%) German Language
8 4 (3.33%) Legal
9 3 (2.50%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.67%) International Banking
10 2 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.67%) Retail
11 1 (0.83%) Automotive
11 1 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (34.17%) Architect
2 32 (26.67%) Security Architect
3 20 (16.67%) Analyst
3 20 (16.67%) Security Manager
4 17 (14.17%) Project Manager
4 17 (14.17%) Security Project Manager
5 15 (12.50%) Consultant
5 15 (12.50%) Security Consultant
6 10 (8.33%) CISSP Manager
6 10 (8.33%) Lead
7 9 (7.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 9 (7.50%) Lead Architect
7 9 (7.50%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
7 9 (7.50%) Senior
8 8 (6.67%) Senior Architect
8 8 (6.67%) Senior Security Architect
9 7 (5.83%) IT Analyst
9 7 (5.83%) IT Risk Analyst
9 7 (5.83%) Risk Analyst
9 7 (5.83%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.67%) OAuth
1 2 (1.67%) OpenID
1 2 (1.67%) SailPoint
1 2 (1.67%) SAML
1 2 (1.67%) SPML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (32.50%) Management Information System
2 8 (6.67%) CESG
3 7 (5.83%) Security Posture
4 6 (5.00%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (4.17%) IoT
5 5 (4.17%) Operational Technology
6 3 (2.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (2.50%) Industry 4.0
6 3 (2.50%) PKI
6 3 (2.50%) PMI
7 2 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.67%) Derivative
7 2 (1.67%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.83%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.83%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 1 (0.83%) NHS
8 1 (0.83%) SCADA
8 1 (0.83%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (61.67%) Cybersecurity
2 46 (38.33%) Risk Management
3 44 (36.67%) Information Security
4 33 (27.50%) Security Architecture
5 27 (22.50%) SABSA
6 24 (20.00%) Cloud Security
7 20 (16.67%) Information Assurance
8 17 (14.17%) Enterprise Architecture
9 16 (13.33%) Project Delivery
9 16 (13.33%) Security Management
10 15 (12.50%) Information Security Management
10 15 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (12.50%) Project Management
11 14 (11.67%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
11 14 (11.67%) Static Application Security Testing
12 11 (9.17%) Risk Assessment
13 10 (8.33%) TOGAF
14 9 (7.50%) Business Continuity
14 9 (7.50%) Computer Science
14 9 (7.50%) Decision-Making
Qualifications
1 108 (90.00%) CISSP
2 100 (83.33%) CISM
3 33 (27.50%) CRISC
4 27 (22.50%) Cisco Certification
4 27 (22.50%) Degree
5 24 (20.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 17 (14.17%) Security Cleared
7 15 (12.50%) CEH
7 15 (12.50%) CISMP
7 15 (12.50%) SC Cleared
8 14 (11.67%) SANS
9 13 (10.83%) CCSK
9 13 (10.83%) CompTIA Security+
10 10 (8.33%) GIAC
11 9 (7.50%) ISACA
12 8 (6.67%) CREST Certified
12 8 (6.67%) SSCP
12 8 (6.67%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (5.83%) Master's Degree
13 7 (5.83%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (40.00%) NIST
2 44 (36.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (13.33%) GDPR
3 16 (13.33%) NIST 800
3 16 (13.33%) PCI DSS
4 15 (12.50%) COBIT
5 12 (10.00%) GRC
6 11 (9.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 11 (9.17%) NCSC
7 9 (7.50%) HIPAA
8 4 (3.33%) ISO 31000
9 3 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (2.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (1.67%) ITGC
11 1 (0.83%) COSO
11 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.83%) GPG13
11 1 (0.83%) ISA99
System Software
1 3 (2.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.67%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.83%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.83%) Nessus
Vendors
1 15 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.50%) Cisco
3 2 (1.67%) CA
3 2 (1.67%) Cadence
3 2 (1.67%) Checkmarx
3 2 (1.67%) Okta
3 2 (1.67%) OneTrust
3 2 (1.67%) Rapid7
4 1 (0.83%) CheckPoint
4 1 (0.83%) CyberArk
4 1 (0.83%) ForeScout
4 1 (0.83%) Palo Alto
4 1 (0.83%) SAP
4 1 (0.83%) Sparx
4 1 (0.83%) Splunk
4 1 (0.83%) Varonis