CISSP Contract Job Trends 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 25 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 83 119
Rank change year-on-year -26 +36 +42
Contract jobs citing CISSP 27 48 25
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.33% 2.06% 0.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.75% 8.22% 4.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 20 17
10th Percentile £433 £450 £450
25th Percentile £481 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £695 £688 £650
90th Percentile £750 £838 £785
London median daily rate £600 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -

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 568 584 551
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 28.05% 25.05% 20.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 426 355 341
10th Percentile £350 £313 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £684
90th Percentile £738 £738 £788
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 7
10th Percentile £22.95 £24.78 £16.26
25th Percentile £25.47 £28.94 £21.95
Median hourly rate £25.99 £72.25 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -64.03% +20.42% +39.53%
75th Percentile £28.94 £112.00 £69.38
90th Percentile £40.15 - £75.25
London median hourly rate £25.47 £39.00 £47.44
% change year-on-year -34.69% -17.79% +7.55%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

CISSP job vacancy trend in Central London

CISSP
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

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

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISSP in Central London over the 6 months to 25 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in Central London

CISSP
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing CISSP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing CISSP

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 25 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 -22 24 £605 - 17
City of Westminster - 1 £700 -
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 £450 -
CISSP
London

CISSP
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.41%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 8 (29.63%) Azure
2 6 (22.22%) GCP
3 5 (18.52%) AWS
3 5 (18.52%) Azure Sentinel
3 5 (18.52%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (14.81%) Entra ID
4 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (11.11%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 2 (7.41%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (7.41%) SaaS
7 1 (3.70%) Amazon ECR
7 1 (3.70%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (3.70%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (3.70%) Azure AKS
7 1 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (3.70%) GitHub
7 1 (3.70%) IaaS
7 1 (3.70%) OCI
7 1 (3.70%) PaaS
7 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.81%) Firewall
2 3 (11.11%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (11.11%) Network Security
3 2 (7.41%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) BigQuery
2 2 (7.41%) Big Data
3 1 (3.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) JIRA
2 1 (3.70%) Git
General
1 11 (40.74%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.81%) Finance
2 4 (14.81%) Legal
3 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Banking
4 2 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Law
5 1 (3.70%) Private Banking
5 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (25.93%) Security Engineer
2 6 (22.22%) Security Manager
3 5 (18.52%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 3 (11.11%) Consultant
4 3 (11.11%) GCP Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Programme Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 2 (7.41%) Information Assurance Specialist
5 2 (7.41%) Information Security Specialist
5 2 (7.41%) Information Specialist
5 2 (7.41%) Lead
5 2 (7.41%) Principal Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Principal Security Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Project Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
5 2 (7.41%) Security Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Security Project Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) .NET
1 1 (3.70%) OAuth
1 1 (3.70%) OpenID
1 1 (3.70%) REST
1 1 (3.70%) SAML
1 1 (3.70%) Spring
1 1 (3.70%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (29.63%) Security Posture
2 7 (25.93%) Management Information System
3 4 (14.81%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (7.41%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (7.41%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (3.70%) BYOD
5 1 (3.70%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
5 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.70%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.70%) STIX
5 1 (3.70%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.41%) Windows
2 1 (3.70%) Linux
2 1 (3.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (62.96%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (40.74%) Information Security
3 10 (37.04%) Cloud Security
4 8 (29.63%) Data Protection
5 7 (25.93%) Incident Response
5 7 (25.93%) Risk Management
6 6 (22.22%) Identity Access Management
6 6 (22.22%) Security Architecture
6 6 (22.22%) Threat Modelling
6 6 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
7 5 (18.52%) Analytics
7 5 (18.52%) SIEM
7 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (14.81%) CI/CD
8 4 (14.81%) Data Loss Prevention
8 4 (14.81%) DevSecOps
8 4 (14.81%) Impact Assessments
8 4 (14.81%) Infrastructure as Code
8 4 (14.81%) Risk Assessment
8 4 (14.81%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) Python
2 4 (14.81%) SQL
3 2 (7.41%) Java
3 2 (7.41%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.70%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 12 (44.44%) CISM
2 6 (22.22%) CISA
3 5 (18.52%) SC Cleared
3 5 (18.52%) Security Cleared
4 4 (14.81%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (14.81%) Degree
5 3 (11.11%) CRISC
5 3 (11.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 3 (11.11%) Master's Degree
5 3 (11.11%) SANS
6 2 (7.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (7.41%) CEH
6 2 (7.41%) CESG Certified Professional
6 2 (7.41%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (7.41%) SSCP
7 1 (3.70%) GCIA
7 1 (3.70%) GCIH
7 1 (3.70%) GSEC
7 1 (3.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (48.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (44.44%) NIST
3 7 (25.93%) GDPR
4 3 (11.11%) COBIT
4 3 (11.11%) GRC
4 3 (11.11%) PCI DSS
5 2 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (7.41%) ITGC
6 1 (3.70%) COSO
6 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (3.70%) NCSC
6 1 (3.70%) NIST 800
6 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (18.52%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.41%) Docker
3 1 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) Terraform
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (7.41%) Progress Chef
4 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
4 1 (3.70%) Nessus
Vendors
1 8 (29.63%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.81%) Google
3 3 (11.11%) Palo Alto
4 2 (7.41%) Fortinet
4 2 (7.41%) Rapid7
4 2 (7.41%) Tenable
5 1 (3.70%) CheckPoint
5 1 (3.70%) Qualys
5 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow