IISP Contract Job Trends in Central London

Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for IISP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing IISP 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.042% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.15% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £555 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 - -
75th Percentile £685 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £710 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

IISP 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 658 510 514
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 27.78% 25.68% 20.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 477 339 322
10th Percentile £368 £359 £351
25th Percentile £450 £456 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £530
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% +0.94% -7.83%
75th Percentile £638 £654 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £775
London median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 9
10th Percentile £19.34 £24.12 £17.59
25th Percentile £25.47 £27.30 £20.22
Median hourly rate £25.77 £45.79 £24.97
Median % change year-on-year -43.72% +83.36% -51.51%
75th Percentile £42.63 £72.81 £65.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £89.13 £66.75
London median hourly rate £37.50 £37.25 £28.12
% change year-on-year +0.67% +32.47% -32.65%

IISP
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

IISP job vacancy trend in Central London

IISP
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

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

IISP
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 IISP within the Central London region over the 6 months to 10 April 2026. 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 £620 -
IISP
London

IISP
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) COBIT
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS