CISSP Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 41 71
Rank change year-on-year +2 +30 +32
Contract jobs citing CISSP 4 4 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 1.27% 1.08% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.30% 2.65% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile £483 £383 -
25th Percentile £494 £431 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -6.25% -10.40%
75th Percentile £527 £644 -
90th Percentile £531 £708 -
South East median daily rate £500 £575 £610
% change year-on-year -13.04% -5.74% +6.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 93 151 323
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 29.62% 40.92% 43.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 123 273
10th Percentile £303 £315 £320
25th Percentile £394 £411 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £463 £524
Median % change year-on-year +6.22% -11.65% +9.06%
75th Percentile £550 £519 £613
90th Percentile £626 £560 £680
South East median daily rate £514 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 4
10th Percentile £15.95 £20.96 £13.29
25th Percentile - £24.35 £13.47
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £13.57
Median % change year-on-year -16.17% +121.08% -28.58%
75th Percentile - £34.00 £14.87
90th Percentile - £36.40 £17.20
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £58.17 £60.00
% change year-on-year -56.77% -3.05% +33.33%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Job postings citing CISSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in Buckinghamshire

CISSP
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing CISSP

CISSP
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing CISSP

CISSP
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 20 September 2025. 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
Milton Keynes +4 4 £500 -4.76% 2
CISSP
South East

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
2 3 (75.00%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (75.00%) SIEM
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 2 (50.00%) Threat Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 2 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (25.00%) ISMS
3 1 (25.00%) Protective Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Remediation Plan
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CEH
2 2 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (25.00%) CISA
3 1 (25.00%) CISM
3 1 (25.00%) GCIH
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) GRC
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) QRadar
2 1 (25.00%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Splunk
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft