CISSP Contracts in the UK excluding London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 24 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 254 212 257
Rank change year-on-year -42 +45 -19
Contract jobs citing CISSP 135 248 278
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.66% 1.08% 0.91%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.83% 3.31% 3.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 175 190
10th Percentile £425 £454 £456
25th Percentile £500 £513 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £615 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% +2.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £645 £700 £693
90th Percentile £753 £791 £764
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 12
10th Percentile - £56.90 £33.59
25th Percentile - £62.60 £57.55
Median hourly rate £23.00 £72.69 £68.04
Median % change year-on-year -68.36% +6.83% +6.73%
75th Percentile - £73.90 £73.07
90th Percentile - £76.69 £81.01
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £72.98 £68.04
% change year-on-year -68.48% +7.26% +7.15%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,382 7,492 8,001
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.14% 32.72% 26.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,316 4,985 5,206
10th Percentile £275 £300 £260
25th Percentile £425 £425 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £631 £600
90th Percentile £719 £709 £675
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 932 580 532
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.49 £13.27
25th Percentile £16.50 £20.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.63 £51.82 £35.10
Median % change year-on-year -21.58% +47.62% +6.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £66.00 £56.25
90th Percentile £76.82 £78.00 £68.14
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +23.61%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in the UK excluding London

CISSP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for CISSP in the UK excluding London

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISSP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in the UK excluding London

CISSP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for CISSP in the UK excluding London

CISSP
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 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
South West +18 40 £550 -15.38% 15
North of England +32 34 £575 +9.52% 28
North West +31 27 £676 +39.09% 15
Scotland +28 22 £585 +17.00% 11
South East -54 22 £558 -16.79% 76
Midlands +4 10 £640 +6.67% 17
West Midlands -10 8 £645 +7.50% 9
East of England +3 6 £550 +22.22% 14
Yorkshire +9 4 £550 -10.20% 11
North East - 3 £525 - 2
Wales +15 2 £781 +35.87% 3
East Midlands - 2 £525 - 7
CISSP
UK

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Applications
1 7 (5.19%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 23 (17.04%) Azure
2 14 (10.37%) Azure Sentinel
3 10 (7.41%) AWS
4 7 (5.19%) Entra ID
5 5 (3.70%) IaaS
5 5 (3.70%) PaaS
5 5 (3.70%) SaaS
6 3 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.74%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.74%) Cloudflare
7 1 (0.74%) GCP
7 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.74%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.74%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 23 (17.04%) Network Security
2 10 (7.41%) Firewall
3 5 (3.70%) Cisco Firepower
4 4 (2.96%) SCCP
5 3 (2.22%) Cisco IPT
6 2 (1.48%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.74%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.74%) Internet
7 1 (0.74%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.74%) VPN
7 1 (0.74%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.48%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.74%) Power BI
2 1 (0.74%) Tableau
General
1 26 (19.26%) Public Sector
1 26 (19.26%) Social Skills
2 24 (17.78%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 13 (9.63%) Finance
5 9 (6.67%) Telecoms
6 7 (5.19%) Legal
6 7 (5.19%) Military
7 5 (3.70%) Electronics
7 5 (3.70%) Marketing
8 3 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.48%) French Language
9 2 (1.48%) German Language
10 1 (0.74%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.74%) Automotive
10 1 (0.74%) Banking
10 1 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.74%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 25 (18.52%) Analyst
2 22 (16.30%) Architect
3 16 (11.85%) Consultant
3 16 (11.85%) Lead
4 15 (11.11%) Project Manager
5 13 (9.63%) Security Architect
5 13 (9.63%) Security Consultant
5 13 (9.63%) Senior
6 12 (8.89%) Security Analyst
6 12 (8.89%) Security Manager
7 9 (6.67%) Security Project Manager
8 8 (5.93%) Lead Architect
9 7 (5.19%) Information Security Consultant
9 7 (5.19%) SOC Analyst
9 7 (5.19%) SOC Manager
10 6 (4.44%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 6 (4.44%) Security Advisor
10 6 (4.44%) Security Engineer
11 5 (3.70%) Information Assurance Consultant
11 5 (3.70%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.22%) SailPoint
2 2 (1.48%) CSS
2 2 (1.48%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (1.48%) LDAP
3 1 (0.74%) HTML
3 1 (0.74%) JSP
3 1 (0.74%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.74%) REST
3 1 (0.74%) SAML
3 1 (0.74%) SOAP
3 1 (0.74%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 36 (26.67%) Management Information System
2 12 (8.89%) Security Operations Centre
3 11 (8.15%) Cyber Defence
4 8 (5.93%) CESG
4 8 (5.93%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (5.93%) Operational Technology
4 8 (5.93%) Security Posture
5 5 (3.70%) SCADA
6 4 (2.96%) PMI
7 3 (2.22%) Cyber Security Posture
7 3 (2.22%) Insider Threat
8 2 (1.48%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (1.48%) Cyberattack
8 2 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.48%) NHS
9 1 (0.74%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.74%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.74%) Life Science
9 1 (0.74%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.70%) Linux
2 4 (2.96%) Windows
3 2 (1.48%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.74%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (57.78%) Cybersecurity
2 59 (43.70%) Information Security
3 35 (25.93%) Risk Management
4 23 (17.04%) Security Operations
5 20 (14.81%) Cloud Security
6 19 (14.07%) SIEM
7 17 (12.59%) Decision-Making
7 17 (12.59%) Information Assurance
8 16 (11.85%) Incident Response
9 15 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (10.37%) Mentoring
10 14 (10.37%) Security Architecture
11 13 (9.63%) ISMS
11 13 (9.63%) Programme Management
11 13 (9.63%) Risk Assessment
12 12 (8.89%) Identity Access Management
12 12 (8.89%) Threat Modelling
13 11 (8.15%) Agile
13 11 (8.15%) Business Continuity
13 11 (8.15%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.67%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (2.22%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.48%) Java
3 2 (1.48%) Python
4 1 (0.74%) ABAP
4 1 (0.74%) Bash
4 1 (0.74%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.74%) SQL
Qualifications
1 82 (60.74%) CISM
2 55 (40.74%) Security Cleared
3 38 (28.15%) CISA
4 37 (27.41%) SC Cleared
5 25 (18.52%) Degree
6 21 (15.56%) Cisco Certification
6 21 (15.56%) CompTIA Security+
6 21 (15.56%) DV Cleared
7 16 (11.85%) CEH
8 13 (9.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 12 (8.89%) CRISC
10 10 (7.41%) CISMP
10 10 (7.41%) CLAS
11 9 (6.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 9 (6.67%) CCNP
11 9 (6.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 8 (5.93%) ISACA
12 8 (5.93%) Master's Degree
12 8 (5.93%) SSCP
13 7 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (42.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 47 (34.81%) NIST
3 19 (14.07%) GDPR
4 14 (10.37%) PCI DSS
5 10 (7.41%) COBIT
6 9 (6.67%) HIPAA
6 9 (6.67%) JSP 440
7 8 (5.93%) NIST 800
7 8 (5.93%) RMADS
8 7 (5.19%) GRC
9 6 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (2.96%) NCSC
11 2 (1.48%) COSO
11 2 (1.48%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.74%) ITGC
12 1 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.74%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (3.70%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.48%) Kibana
1 2 (1.48%) logstash
1 2 (1.48%) Nessus
2 1 (0.74%) OpenVAS
2 1 (0.74%) QRadar
2 1 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (18.52%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.89%) Cisco
3 6 (4.44%) SAP
4 3 (2.22%) CyberArk
5 2 (1.48%) Qualys
5 2 (1.48%) Splunk
6 1 (0.74%) Ariba
6 1 (0.74%) BeyondTrust
6 1 (0.74%) Cadence
6 1 (0.74%) Concur
6 1 (0.74%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.74%) Google
6 1 (0.74%) Oracle
6 1 (0.74%) Proofpoint
6 1 (0.74%) Rapid7
6 1 (0.74%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.74%) SolarWinds
6 1 (0.74%) Sophos
6 1 (0.74%) Symantec
6 1 (0.74%) VMware