Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for IISP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - - 827
Rank change year-on-year - - -166
Contract jobs citing IISP 0 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK - - 0.005%
As % of the Qualifications category - - 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £745
25th Percentile - - £751
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £775
Median % change year-on-year - - +31.91%
75th Percentile - - £794
90th Percentile - - £798
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £775
% change year-on-year - - +31.91%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

IISP 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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,394 16,404 19,071
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.69% 27.32% 21.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,256 10,939 12,533
10th Percentile £300 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.84% +4.76% +8.36%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £738 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,065 866 781
10th Percentile £13.86 £15.25 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.80 £20.22 £19.06
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.28 £41.36
Median % change year-on-year -26.31% +31.25% +7.42%
75th Percentile £61.50 £68.56 £56.25
90th Percentile £75.25 £79.88 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.28 £50.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year -19.45% +61.29% -10.25%

IISP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing IISP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IISP in the UK

IISP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for IISP in the UK