CISA Contract Job Trends in the City of London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for CISA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 119 150
Rank change year-on-year +10 +31 +38
Contract jobs citing CISA 10 11 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.57% 0.52% 0.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.30% 2.18% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 4
10th Percentile £446 £250 £456
25th Percentile £489 £434 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £538 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.09% -10.42% -5.88%
75th Percentile £653 £588 £725
90th Percentile £861 £616 -
Central London median daily rate £526 £538 £650
% change year-on-year -2.09% -17.31% +1.96%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 435 504 606
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 24.67% 24.02% 20.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 295 312 362
10th Percentile £328 £364 £341
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £553
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +1.81% -3.91%
75th Percentile £663 £664 £692
90th Percentile £738 £761 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 3
10th Percentile £22.28 £20.31 £16.89
25th Percentile £26.00 £20.43 £17.31
Median hourly rate £28.15 £24.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.29% +33.33% -58.26%
75th Percentile £64.66 £27.00 £47.75
90th Percentile £79.34 - £65.60
Central London median hourly rate £34.48 £24.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year +43.67% +33.33% -58.26%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing CISA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for CISA in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CISA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CISA

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISA in the City of London over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISA in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (80.00%) Finance
2 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (30.00%) Banking
4 3 (30.00%) Financial Institution
5 2 (20.00%) Legal
6 1 (10.00%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (10.00%) Investment Banking
6 1 (10.00%) Law
6 1 (10.00%) Private Banking
6 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (10.00%) Retail
6 1 (10.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Tester
2 1 (10.00%) Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Head of Information Security
2 1 (10.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Lead
2 1 (10.00%) Management Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Risk Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Senior
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Management Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (20.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Information Security
2 5 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (20.00%) Analytics
5 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
5 2 (20.00%) IT Audit
5 2 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (20.00%) Remediation Plan
5 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (20.00%) Wealth Management
5 2 (20.00%) Workflow
6 1 (10.00%) Application Security
6 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
6 1 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
6 1 (10.00%) People Management
6 1 (10.00%) Secure Coding
6 1 (10.00%) Security Architecture
6 1 (10.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Java
1 1 (10.00%) Python
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) CISSP
2 4 (40.00%) CISM
2 4 (40.00%) CRISC
3 2 (20.00%) Degree
3 2 (20.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 2 (20.00%) SANS
4 1 (10.00%) CSSLP
4 1 (10.00%) GIAC
4 1 (10.00%) GSEC
4 1 (10.00%) ISACA
4 1 (10.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (70.00%) NIST
2 6 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (50.00%) COBIT
4 2 (20.00%) GRC
4 2 (20.00%) ITGC
5 1 (10.00%) GDPR
5 1 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (10.00%) Qualys
1 1 (10.00%) Rapid7
1 1 (10.00%) Tenable