CISA Contract Job Trends in Central London

ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for CISA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 112 131
Rank change year-on-year -8 +19 +51
Contract jobs citing CISA 9 18 11
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.44% 0.78% 0.41%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.59% 3.13% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 6
10th Percentile £456 £481 £544
25th Percentile £513 £550 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £563 £675
Median % change year-on-year -6.22% -16.67% +1.89%
75th Percentile £700 £623 £756
90th Percentile £880 £661 £800
London median daily rate £550 £630 £700
% change year-on-year -12.70% -10.00% +12.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

CISA 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 Central London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 565 576 541
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 27.93% 25.01% 20.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 348 339
10th Percentile £353 £313 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £679
90th Percentile £738 £727 £788
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 7
10th Percentile - £24.78 £16.26
25th Percentile £25.47 £28.94 £21.95
Median hourly rate £26.49 £72.25 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.34% +20.42% +39.53%
75th Percentile £29.31 £112.00 £69.38
90th Percentile £47.25 - £75.25
London median hourly rate £27.50 £38.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.10% -15.00% +5.88%

CISA
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CISA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

CISA job vacancy trend in Central London

CISA
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing CISA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing CISA

CISA
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISA in Central London over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISA in Central London

CISA
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISA within the Central London region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
City of London -15 8 £526 -13.02% 9
City of Westminster - 1 £700 -
CISA
London

CISA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 7 (77.78%) Finance
1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Financial Institution
4 2 (22.22%) Banking
4 2 (22.22%) Legal
5 1 (11.11%) Law
5 1 (11.11%) Private Banking
5 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Tester
2 2 (22.22%) Lead
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Head of Information Security
3 1 (11.11%) Information Assurance Leader
3 1 (11.11%) Management Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Management Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Leader
3 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Security Posture
2 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (11.11%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Information Security
2 5 (55.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (33.33%) Data Protection
4 2 (22.22%) Analytics
4 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
4 2 (22.22%) Incident Response
4 2 (22.22%) Information Security Management
4 2 (22.22%) IT Audit
4 2 (22.22%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (22.22%) Remediation Plan
4 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
4 2 (22.22%) Security Management
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (22.22%) Workflow
5 1 (11.11%) Application Security
5 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
5 1 (11.11%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Java
1 1 (11.11%) Python
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) CISSP
2 5 (55.56%) CISM
3 3 (33.33%) CRISC
3 3 (33.33%) Degree
4 2 (22.22%) SANS
4 2 (22.22%) SSCP
5 1 (11.11%) CEH
5 1 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (11.11%) CSSLP
5 1 (11.11%) GIAC
5 1 (11.11%) GSEC
5 1 (11.11%) ISACA
5 1 (11.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (11.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
5 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (88.89%) NIST
2 5 (55.56%) COBIT
2 5 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (22.22%) GRC
3 2 (22.22%) ITGC
4 1 (11.11%) GDPR
4 1 (11.11%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Palo Alto
1 1 (11.11%) Qualys
1 1 (11.11%) Rapid7
1 1 (11.11%) Tenable