CISSP Contract Job Trends in Bristol

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 64 52
Rank change year-on-year -3 -12 +43
Contract jobs citing CISSP 6 6 26
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.75% 0.76% 2.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.71% 1.82% 5.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 11
10th Percentile - £600 £513
25th Percentile £518 £619 £591
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £650 £620
Median % change year-on-year -17.69% +4.84% -5.88%
75th Percentile £553 £706 £671
90th Percentile - £733 £688
South West median daily rate £625 £625 £625
% change year-on-year - - +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £87.00
South West median hourly rate - - £73.31
% change year-on-year - - -0.62%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bristol

CISSP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Bristol.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 350 329 478
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 43.70% 41.70% 45.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 152 277
10th Percentile £204 £248 £325
25th Percentile £425 £424 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £500 £595
Median % change year-on-year +7.40% -15.97% +8.18%
75th Percentile £631 £638 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £712
South West median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +2.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 57 82
10th Percentile £17.85 £31.10 £33.00
25th Percentile £25.12 £60.75 £56.25
Median hourly rate £33.50 £67.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.37% -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £66.46 £74.00 £80.00
90th Percentile £79.25 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.50 £62.28
% change year-on-year -61.60% +5.18% -4.19%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CISSP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

CISSP job vacancy trend in Bristol

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Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing CISSP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing CISSP

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Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing CISSP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing CISSP

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Automotive
3 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Lead
1 2 (33.33%) Security Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Auditor
2 1 (16.67%) Security Auditor
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (33.33%) Security Posture
3 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
3 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Information Security
2 3 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 2 (33.33%) Forensic Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 2 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
3 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 2 (33.33%) SIEM
3 2 (33.33%) Threat Detection
3 2 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Internal Audit
4 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 2 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) CISM
2 2 (33.33%) CEH
2 2 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (33.33%) CRISC
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) HND
3 1 (16.67%) MCSE
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) GRC
2 1 (16.67%) ISO 9001
2 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft