CISSP Contracts in London

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
England > London

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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 211 213 323
Rank change year-on-year +2 +110 -60
Contract jobs citing CISSP 197 349 295
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.11% 1.30% 0.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.60% 6.00% 4.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 264 210
10th Percentile £421 £500 £449
25th Percentile £500 £550 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +1.27%
75th Percentile £738 £775 £725
90th Percentile £825 £838 £788
England median daily rate £600 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £80.00 -
England median hourly rate £53.21 £72.98 £67.50
% change year-on-year -27.10% +8.12% +3.85%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

CISSP 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 London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,281 5,818 6,737
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 24.05% 21.61% 17.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,893 3,922 4,568
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £659 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £800 £750
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 80 152
10th Percentile £14.60 £19.94 £21.62
25th Percentile £20.29 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £25.25 £47.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.84% +6.74% +23.34%
75th Percentile £43.50 £64.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £68.75 £82.55 £65.65
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -3.75%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing CISSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in London

CISSP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISSP in London.

Daily rate trend for CISSP in London

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISSP in London over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in London

CISSP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISSP in London.

Hourly rate trend for CISSP in London

CISSP
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the London region over the 6 months to 2 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
Central London +27 23 £613 -10.58% 8
East London -2 17 £650 -13.33% 1
West London -7 3 £550 -33.33% 1
South London +12 2 £675 +22.73% 1
CISSP
England

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (1.52%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.02%) Confluence
3 1 (0.51%) Apache
3 1 (0.51%) IBM Notes
3 1 (0.51%) IIS
3 1 (0.51%) WebLogic
3 1 (0.51%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.51%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 40 (20.30%) Azure
2 29 (14.72%) AWS
3 16 (8.12%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (7.61%) GCP
5 10 (5.08%) Entra ID
6 6 (3.05%) SaaS
7 4 (2.03%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (1.52%) IaaS
9 2 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.02%) GitHub
9 2 (1.02%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.02%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.02%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.02%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.51%) AWS IoT
10 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.51%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.51%) PaaS
10 1 (0.51%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 23 (11.68%) Network Security
2 16 (8.12%) Firewall
3 7 (3.55%) SAN
4 6 (3.05%) TCP/IP
5 5 (2.54%) DNS
6 3 (1.52%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (1.02%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (1.02%) HTTP
7 2 (1.02%) Kerberos
7 2 (1.02%) SNMP
7 2 (1.02%) SSL
8 1 (0.51%) DHCP
8 1 (0.51%) DMZ
8 1 (0.51%) FTP
8 1 (0.51%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.51%) Internet
8 1 (0.51%) Modbus
8 1 (0.51%) tcpdump
8 1 (0.51%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.54%) BigQuery
2 4 (2.03%) Big Data
3 2 (1.02%) Power BI
3 2 (1.02%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.51%) DB2
4 1 (0.51%) MySQL
4 1 (0.51%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.51%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 3 (1.52%) Jenkins
1 3 (1.52%) JIRA
2 2 (1.02%) Git
3 1 (0.51%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 70 (35.53%) Finance
2 39 (19.80%) Social Skills
3 22 (11.17%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (10.66%) Banking
5 17 (8.63%) Financial Institution
6 8 (4.06%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.05%) Local Government
7 6 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.54%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.54%) Retail
8 5 (2.54%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.03%) Legal
10 3 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.52%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.52%) Marketing
10 3 (1.52%) Retail Banking
11 2 (1.02%) Dutch Language
11 2 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.02%) International Banking
11 2 (1.02%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 56 (28.43%) Architect
2 52 (26.40%) Security Architect
3 37 (18.78%) Analyst
4 31 (15.74%) Security Engineer
5 21 (10.66%) Security Manager
6 20 (10.15%) Lead
6 20 (10.15%) Security Analyst
7 15 (7.61%) Consultant
8 14 (7.11%) Project Manager
9 13 (6.60%) Security Project Manager
10 12 (6.09%) Security Consultant
11 11 (5.58%) CISSP Manager
11 11 (5.58%) Senior
12 10 (5.08%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 10 (5.08%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 10 (5.08%) Risk Analyst
13 9 (4.57%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
13 9 (4.57%) SOC Engineer
14 8 (4.06%) CISSP Architect
14 8 (4.06%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.54%) OAuth
1 5 (2.54%) SailPoint
2 3 (1.52%) OpenID
2 3 (1.52%) SAML
3 2 (1.02%) J2EE
3 2 (1.02%) LDAP
3 2 (1.02%) Regular Expression
3 2 (1.02%) REST
3 2 (1.02%) SPML
4 1 (0.51%) .NET
4 1 (0.51%) EJB
4 1 (0.51%) JDBC
4 1 (0.51%) JSON
4 1 (0.51%) JSP
4 1 (0.51%) RESTful
4 1 (0.51%) Servlets
4 1 (0.51%) Web Services
4 1 (0.51%) XML
4 1 (0.51%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (21.83%) Management Information System
2 26 (13.20%) Security Posture
3 12 (6.09%) Cyber Threat
4 10 (5.08%) Security Operations Centre
5 9 (4.57%) PKI
6 6 (3.05%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 6 (3.05%) Operational Technology
6 6 (3.05%) Public Cloud
7 5 (2.54%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (2.03%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.52%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (1.52%) Cyberattack
9 3 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.52%) PMI
9 3 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.52%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.02%) Cyber Security Posture
10 2 (1.02%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.61%) Windows
2 5 (2.54%) Linux
3 3 (1.52%) Unix
4 2 (1.02%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.51%) Android
5 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.51%) CentOS
5 1 (0.51%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (52.28%) Cybersecurity
2 74 (37.56%) Information Security
3 48 (24.37%) Risk Management
4 47 (23.86%) Security Architecture
5 39 (19.80%) SIEM
6 33 (16.75%) Cloud Security
6 33 (16.75%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (15.23%) Project Management
8 27 (13.71%) TOGAF
9 26 (13.20%) Incident Response
10 25 (12.69%) SABSA
11 23 (11.68%) Risk Assessment
11 23 (11.68%) Security Operations
11 23 (11.68%) Threat Modelling
12 22 (11.17%) Enterprise Architecture
13 20 (10.15%) Identity Access Management
14 18 (9.14%) Computer Science
14 18 (9.14%) Information Security Management
14 18 (9.14%) Security Management
15 16 (8.12%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.58%) Python
2 10 (5.08%) SQL
3 6 (3.05%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.52%) Java
5 2 (1.02%) Bash
6 1 (0.51%) Groovy
6 1 (0.51%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.51%) Perl
Qualifications
1 122 (61.93%) CISM
2 65 (32.99%) CISA
3 34 (17.26%) Degree
4 28 (14.21%) CRISC
5 27 (13.71%) Cisco Certification
6 26 (13.20%) CEH
7 21 (10.66%) SANS
8 20 (10.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 17 (8.63%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (7.61%) GIAC
11 14 (7.11%) CCSK
12 11 (5.58%) CompTIA Security+
12 11 (5.58%) CREST Certified
13 10 (5.08%) TOGAF Certification
14 9 (4.57%) OSCP
15 8 (4.06%) CCNP
16 7 (3.55%) GREM
16 7 (3.55%) GSEC
16 7 (3.55%) PMI Certification
17 6 (3.05%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (29.95%) NIST
2 46 (23.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (9.64%) NCSC
4 11 (5.58%) COBIT
4 11 (5.58%) GDPR
4 11 (5.58%) GRC
5 10 (5.08%) NIST 800
5 10 (5.08%) PCI DSS
6 7 (3.55%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (3.55%) ISO 22301
6 7 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 6 (3.05%) QA
8 5 (2.54%) ISO 31000
9 4 (2.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (1.02%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.51%) GPG13
12 1 (0.51%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 10 (5.08%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.02%) Docker
3 1 (0.51%) OpenAM
3 1 (0.51%) OpenDJ
Systems Management
1 6 (3.05%) Nessus
2 5 (2.54%) Terraform
3 4 (2.03%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.03%) QRadar
4 2 (1.02%) Ansible
4 2 (1.02%) CASB
4 2 (1.02%) CSIRT
4 2 (1.02%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.02%) Progress Chef
4 2 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.51%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.51%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.51%) McAfee ePO
5 1 (0.51%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 45 (22.84%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.58%) Splunk
3 10 (5.08%) Google
4 8 (4.06%) Cisco
5 6 (3.05%) AlienVault
5 6 (3.05%) Oracle
5 6 (3.05%) Rapid7
6 5 (2.54%) ArcSight
6 5 (2.54%) Okta
6 5 (2.54%) Qualys
7 4 (2.03%) CyberArk
7 4 (2.03%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.52%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.52%) Symantec
9 2 (1.02%) CA
9 2 (1.02%) Cybereason
9 2 (1.02%) ForgeRock
9 2 (1.02%) LogRhythm
9 2 (1.02%) SAP
9 2 (1.02%) Workday