CISA Contracts 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 28 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 114 154
Rank change year-on-year -6 +40 +32
Contract jobs citing CISA 7 7 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.37% 0.34% 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.53% 1.46% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 5
10th Percentile £437 £288 £550
25th Percentile £465 £491 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £650
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -17.31% +13.04%
75th Percentile £533 £630 £725
90th Percentile £536 £709 -
Central London median daily rate £525 £538 £650
% change year-on-year -2.33% -17.31% +13.04%

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 457 478 653
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 24.46% 23.07% 19.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 300 389
10th Percentile £346 £400 £346
25th Percentile £460 £473 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £761 £775 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 4
10th Percentile £22.28 - £17.03
25th Percentile £26.00 £20.22 £17.65
Median hourly rate £28.15 £21.00 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year +34.05% -40.43% -24.79%
75th Percentile £64.66 £27.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £79.34 - £74.75
Central London median hourly rate £31.78 £24.00 £35.25
% change year-on-year +32.40% -31.91% -24.79%

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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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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISA in the City of London.

Daily rate trend 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 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Banking
3 3 (42.86%) Financial Institution
4 1 (14.29%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking
4 1 (14.29%) Legal
4 1 (14.29%) Private Banking
4 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 1 (14.29%) Retail
4 1 (14.29%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Tester
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) IT Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Management Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Risk Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Management Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Information Security
1 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
2 2 (28.57%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) Wealth Management
2 2 (28.57%) Workflow
3 1 (14.29%) Application Security
3 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (14.29%) Data Management
3 1 (14.29%) Data Security
3 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (14.29%) IT Governance
3 1 (14.29%) Regulatory Change
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (14.29%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
1 1 (14.29%) Python
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) CISSP
2 2 (28.57%) CRISC
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (14.29%) CISM
3 1 (14.29%) CSSLP
3 1 (14.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 1 (14.29%) SANS
3 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) NIST
2 3 (42.86%) COBIT
2 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (14.29%) GDPR
3 1 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto
1 1 (14.29%) Qualys
1 1 (14.29%) Rapid7
1 1 (14.29%) Tenable