CISSP Contracts in the City of London

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 101 131 164
Rank change year-on-year +30 +33 -37
Contract jobs citing CISSP 25 40 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.14% 1.11% 0.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.61% 5.69% 3.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 30 14
10th Percentile £409 £468 £513
25th Percentile £537 £591 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £693 £595
Median % change year-on-year -9.75% +16.39% +12.00%
75th Percentile £775 £788 £647
90th Percentile £866 £822 £701
Central London median daily rate £625 £693 £595
% change year-on-year -9.75% +16.39% +5.78%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

CISSP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 446 703 804
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 20.38% 19.47% 19.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 410 526
10th Percentile £371 £374 £364
25th Percentile £450 £475 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% +4.55% +5.26%
75th Percentile £650 £713 £649
90th Percentile £775 £820 £725
Central London median daily rate £525 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -6.67% +2.27% +5.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 18
10th Percentile - £18.06 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £20.22 £28.56
Median hourly rate £20.82 £51.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -59.58% +15.73% +71.15%
75th Percentile £24.20 £53.75 £57.88
90th Percentile £25.88 £71.75 £67.55
Central London median hourly rate £25.99 £51.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -49.54% +15.73% +122.50%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in the City of London

CISSP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for CISSP in the City of London

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISSP in the City of London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in the City of London

CISSP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISSP in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for CISSP in the City of London

CISSP
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (32.00%) Azure
2 6 (24.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (12.00%) AWS
3 3 (12.00%) GCP
4 1 (4.00%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (4.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) DMZ
1 1 (4.00%) Firewall
General
1 10 (40.00%) Finance
1 10 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (28.00%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 4 (16.00%) Local Government
5 2 (8.00%) Banking
5 2 (8.00%) International Banking
5 2 (8.00%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (8.00%) Telecoms
6 1 (4.00%) Financial Institution
6 1 (4.00%) Marketing
6 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (24.00%) Analyst
2 5 (20.00%) Architect
2 5 (20.00%) Security Architect
3 4 (16.00%) Consultant
3 4 (16.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Information Security Consultant
3 4 (16.00%) Security Consultant
3 4 (16.00%) Security Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) IT Analyst
4 3 (12.00%) IT Risk Analyst
4 3 (12.00%) Risk Analyst
4 3 (12.00%) Security Analyst
4 3 (12.00%) Security Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Information Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) Information Security Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) Information Security Officer
5 2 (8.00%) Operational Security Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Operations Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Security Officer
5 2 (8.00%) Security Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (28.00%) Security Posture
2 4 (16.00%) Management Information System
3 3 (12.00%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (8.00%) Product Ownership
5 1 (4.00%) Cyberattack
5 1 (4.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (4.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (76.00%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (64.00%) Information Security
3 8 (32.00%) Security Architecture
4 7 (28.00%) Cloud Security
5 6 (24.00%) Risk Management
5 6 (24.00%) SIEM
6 5 (20.00%) Information Security Management
6 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (20.00%) Security Management
6 5 (20.00%) TOGAF
7 4 (16.00%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (16.00%) Data Privacy
7 4 (16.00%) Information Security Governance
7 4 (16.00%) Log Aggregation
7 4 (16.00%) SABSA
7 4 (16.00%) Threat Detection
8 3 (12.00%) Business Case
8 3 (12.00%) Business Impact Analysis
8 3 (12.00%) Business Strategy
8 3 (12.00%) Impact Analysis
Qualifications
1 20 (80.00%) CISM
2 8 (32.00%) CRISC
3 5 (20.00%) CISA
3 5 (20.00%) Degree
4 4 (16.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 4 (16.00%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (16.00%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (12.00%) CCSK
6 2 (8.00%) SC Cleared
6 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
7 1 (4.00%) CCSP
7 1 (4.00%) CEH
7 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (4.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (4.00%) Master's Degree
7 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (4.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (52.00%) NIST
2 7 (28.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (16.00%) NIST 800
4 3 (12.00%) GDPR
4 3 (12.00%) ISO 31000
4 3 (12.00%) NCSC
4 3 (12.00%) PCI DSS
5 2 (8.00%) GRC
5 2 (8.00%) ISO 22301
5 2 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (4.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (16.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 11 (44.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) Google