Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for ISACA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 579 701 822
Rank change year-on-year +122 +121 -148
Contract jobs citing ISACA 19 18 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.044% 0.030% 0.030%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.14% 0.11% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 9 17
10th Percentile - £513 £512
25th Percentile - £525 £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £575 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -11.54% +1.96%
75th Percentile - £619 £700
90th Percentile - £630 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate - £584 £650
% change year-on-year - -10.15% +62.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

ISACA 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 13,270 16,337 19,076
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.65% 27.32% 21.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,165 10,899 12,575
10th Percentile £300 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £738 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £530 £500
% change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,067 858 776
10th Percentile £13.86 £15.25 £13.46
25th Percentile £17.80 £20.06 £19.33
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +30.12% +5.06%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £56.31
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.28 £50.00 £31.89
% change year-on-year -19.45% +56.79% -14.39%

ISACA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for ISACA in the UK

ISACA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for ISACA in the UK

ISACA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for ISACA in the UK

ISACA
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISACA within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England +135 19 - - 4
UK excluding London +69 18 - - 3
South East +27 8 - - 3
South West - 8 - -
North of England +34 2 - -
Yorkshire - 2 - -
London +101 1 - - 1

ISACA
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) AWS
1 1 (5.26%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (42.11%) Network Security
General
1 8 (42.11%) Manufacturing
2 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (63.16%) Architect
2 11 (57.89%) Lead
3 8 (42.11%) Lead Architect
4 5 (26.32%) Consultant
4 5 (26.32%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 5 (26.32%) Security Consultant
5 4 (21.05%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 4 (21.05%) Security Architect
6 2 (10.53%) Senior
6 2 (10.53%) Senior Consultant
6 2 (10.53%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
6 2 (10.53%) Senior Security Consultant
7 1 (5.26%) Information Manager
7 1 (5.26%) Information Security Manager
7 1 (5.26%) Lead Consultant
7 1 (5.26%) Lead Security Consultant
7 1 (5.26%) Operations Consultant
7 1 (5.26%) Security Manager
7 1 (5.26%) Telecoms Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (42.11%) CESG
1 8 (42.11%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 19 (100.00%) Information Security
2 9 (47.37%) Vulnerability Management
3 8 (42.11%) Application Security
3 8 (42.11%) Conflict Resolution
3 8 (42.11%) Identity Access Management
3 8 (42.11%) Information Assurance
3 8 (42.11%) Information Security Management
3 8 (42.11%) ITIL
3 8 (42.11%) OWASP
3 8 (42.11%) Risk Management
3 8 (42.11%) Security Management
3 8 (42.11%) Security Operations
4 7 (36.84%) Roadmaps
5 6 (31.58%) Budget Management
5 6 (31.58%) Budgeting
5 6 (31.58%) Capacity Management
5 6 (31.58%) Project Planning
5 6 (31.58%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (10.53%) Agile
Qualifications
1 11 (57.89%) CISM
1 11 (57.89%) CISSP
2 9 (47.37%) CISA
3 8 (42.11%) CEH
3 8 (42.11%) CISMP
3 8 (42.11%) CompTIA Security+
3 8 (42.11%) SC Cleared
3 8 (42.11%) Security Cleared
3 8 (42.11%) SSCP
4 2 (10.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (5.26%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (84.21%) GDPR
1 16 (84.21%) NIST
2 8 (42.11%) COBIT
2 8 (42.11%) HIPAA
2 8 (42.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (42.11%) PCI DSS
3 2 (10.53%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (10.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (10.53%) IASME