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 12 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 115 125
Rank change year-on-year -5 +10 +36
Contract jobs citing CISA 7 5 5
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.31% 0.29% 0.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.19% 1.17% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 4
10th Percentile - - £491
25th Percentile - £663 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £675 £538
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +25.58% -23.21%
75th Percentile £613 £688 £634
90th Percentile £700 - £718
Central London median daily rate £500 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.33% -23.21%

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 587 426 439
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 25.67% 24.40% 20.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 425 283 287
10th Percentile £407 £405 £367
25th Percentile £459 £460 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% -7.83%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £775
Central London median daily rate £528 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.09% +4.76% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 3
10th Percentile £18.50 £23.62 -
25th Percentile £22.56 £26.04 £20.22
Median hourly rate £32.07 £45.33 £20.82
Median % change year-on-year -29.26% +117.75% -59.58%
75th Percentile £58.58 £72.81 £24.20
90th Percentile £69.70 £89.13 £25.88
Central London median hourly rate £32.07 £28.61 £25.99
% change year-on-year +12.08% +10.10% -49.54%

CISA
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

CISA job vacancy trend 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

CISA
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 12 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CISA in the City of London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) DB2
General
1 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) IT Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) SOX Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) IT Risk Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Risk Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Security Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Security Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Security Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Strategy Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Strategy Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Mainframe
1 1 (14.29%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Computer Science
1 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) Attestation
2 4 (57.14%) Change Management
2 4 (57.14%) IT Audit
2 4 (57.14%) IT Governance
2 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) AI
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Data Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
4 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 1 (14.29%) Information Security
4 1 (14.29%) LLM
4 1 (14.29%) Migration
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) CISSP
2 5 (71.43%) CRISC
2 5 (71.43%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) CISM
4 1 (14.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (14.29%) CCSK
4 1 (14.29%) CEH
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (85.71%) NIST
2 4 (57.14%) COBIT
2 4 (57.14%) ITGC
2 4 (57.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (14.29%) EU AI Act
3 1 (14.29%) GRC
3 1 (14.29%) ISO 20022
3 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 1 (14.29%) NIST 800
3 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
3 1 (14.29%) SEPA
3 1 (14.29%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) IBM