CISSP Contracts in Central London

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 109 133
Rank change year-on-year -1 +24 +39
Contract jobs citing CISSP 19 24 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.95% 0.98% 1.01%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.87% 4.78% 5.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 21 29
10th Percentile £525 £400 £527
25th Percentile £536 £533 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £645 £625 £700
Median % change year-on-year +3.20% -10.71% +16.67%
75th Percentile £708 £773 £800
90th Percentile £794 £875 £824
London median daily rate £645 £613 £650
% change year-on-year +5.31% -5.77% +8.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 491 502 769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 24.59% 20.52% 19.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 315 451
10th Percentile £368 £366 £325
25th Percentile £456 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £663 £644 £700
90th Percentile £763 £775 £820
London median daily rate £525 £540 £575
% change year-on-year -2.78% -6.09% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 5
10th Percentile £24.16 £20.22 £18.06
25th Percentile £27.39 £22.60 £20.22
Median hourly rate £29.07 £27.00 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.67% -47.57% +13.19%
75th Percentile £63.75 £54.38 £53.75
90th Percentile £85.50 £65.00 £71.75
London median hourly rate £29.07 £26.00 £45.25
% change year-on-year +11.81% -42.54% +1.69%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in Central London

CISSP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISSP in Central London.

Daily rate trend for CISSP in Central London

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISSP in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in Central London

CISSP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISSP in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for CISSP in Central London

CISSP
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 CISSP within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +1 16 £650 +4.00% 20
Camden - 2 £550 -
West End of London -2 1 £650 - 2
City of Westminster - 1 £650 -
CISSP
London

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) SAP GRC
1 1 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (42.11%) Azure
2 5 (26.32%) AWS
2 5 (26.32%) GCP
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) Network Security
2 1 (5.26%) Firewall
2 1 (5.26%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.26%) Wireless
General
1 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Finance
3 3 (15.79%) Banking
4 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
5 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (57.89%) Architect
1 11 (57.89%) Security Architect
2 5 (26.32%) Security Manager
3 2 (10.53%) CyberArk Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Integration Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Operational Security Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Operations Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Security Operations Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Security Solutions Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Senior
3 2 (10.53%) Senior Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Senior Security Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Cloud Security Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Information Security Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Lead
4 1 (5.26%) Lead Security Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Network Security Architect
4 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) SailPoint
1 1 (5.26%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Algorithms
1 3 (15.79%) Cloud Native
2 2 (10.53%) Insider Threat
2 2 (10.53%) Low-Code
2 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.53%) Operational Technology
2 2 (10.53%) Security Posture
3 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.26%) Public Cloud
3 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (26.32%) Cloud Security
2 5 (26.32%) Identity Access Management
2 5 (26.32%) Incident Response
2 5 (26.32%) Privileged Access Management
2 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (26.32%) Security Architecture
2 5 (26.32%) Threat Modelling
3 4 (21.05%) DevSecOps
3 4 (21.05%) Information Security
3 4 (21.05%) Risk Management
3 4 (21.05%) SABSA
3 4 (21.05%) Security Operations
3 4 (21.05%) TOGAF
4 3 (15.79%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (15.79%) Migration
4 3 (15.79%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (15.79%) Risk Analysis
4 3 (15.79%) Security Management
4 3 (15.79%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) PowerShell
1 2 (10.53%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (73.68%) CISM
2 7 (36.84%) Security Cleared
3 6 (31.58%) SC Cleared
4 4 (21.05%) CISA
5 2 (10.53%) CRISC
6 1 (5.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (5.26%) CASP
6 1 (5.26%) CCSP
6 1 (5.26%) CEH
6 1 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (5.26%) Degree
6 1 (5.26%) GCIA
6 1 (5.26%) GCIH
6 1 (5.26%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (57.89%) NIST
2 9 (47.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (15.79%) GDPR
3 3 (15.79%) NIST 800
4 2 (10.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (10.53%) GRC
4 2 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (5.26%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.26%) IAG
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (10.53%) Nagios
1 2 (10.53%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) CyberArk
2 3 (15.79%) Qualys
2 3 (15.79%) ServiceNow
3 2 (10.53%) Snow
4 1 (5.26%) Ariba
4 1 (5.26%) Google
4 1 (5.26%) LogRhythm
4 1 (5.26%) Okta
4 1 (5.26%) Ping Identity
4 1 (5.26%) Rapid7
4 1 (5.26%) SAP
4 1 (5.26%) Splunk
4 1 (5.26%) Tenable