(ISC)² Information Systems Security Architecture Professional (ISC2 ISSAP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for ISSAP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 587 707 850
Rank change year-on-year +120 +143 -161
Contract jobs citing ISSAP 4 11 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.019% 0.005%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.030% 0.068% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 2
10th Percentile - £441 -
25th Percentile £500 £503 £631
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £638
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -9.80% +6.25%
75th Percentile £550 £653 £644
90th Percentile - £726 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £575 -
% change year-on-year -8.70% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

ISSAP 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 13,175 16,164 19,041
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.53% 27.33% 21.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,128 10,779 12,573
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 £744 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £530 £500
% change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,075 848 773
10th Percentile £13.86 £15.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.84 £20.00 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +10.82%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £66.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £49.94 £34.69
% change year-on-year -18.02% +43.96% +0.43%

ISSAP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for ISSAP in the UK

ISSAP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for ISSAP in the UK

ISSAP
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISSAP within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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
England +108 4 £525 -8.70% 1
UK excluding London +66 4 £525 -8.70%
North of England - 4 £525 -
Work from Home +126 2 £500 -13.04%
Yorkshire - 2 £525 -
North East - 2 £525 -

ISSAP
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:

General
1 2 (50.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Security Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Information Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Information Assurance Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 1 (25.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
1 4 (100.00%) Regulatory Change
1 4 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CISA
1 4 (100.00%) CISM
1 4 (100.00%) CISSP
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) COBIT
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 4 (100.00%) NIST