CISSP Contracts in the City of London

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
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 CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 105 135
Rank change year-on-year -3 +30 +35
Contract jobs citing CISSP 15 22 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.85% 1.00% 1.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.49% 4.93% 5.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 20 31
10th Percentile £520 £400 £485
25th Percentile £527 £525 £594
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £645 £613 £685
Median % change year-on-year +5.31% -10.58% +14.17%
75th Percentile £708 £718 £775
90th Percentile £731 £875 £820
Central London median daily rate £640 £613 £685
% change year-on-year +4.49% -10.58% +14.17%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

CISSP 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 430 446 717
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 24.49% 20.35% 19.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 285 292 416
10th Percentile £404 £376 £363
25th Percentile £459 £450 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £575
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -7.83% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £713
90th Percentile £763 £775 £820
Central London median daily rate £550 £525 £563
% change year-on-year +4.76% -6.67% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 5
10th Percentile £23.62 - £18.06
25th Percentile £26.04 £20.22 £20.22
Median hourly rate £45.33 £20.82 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year +117.75% -59.58% +9.57%
75th Percentile £72.81 £24.20 £53.75
90th Percentile £89.13 £25.88 £71.75
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £25.99 £51.50
% change year-on-year +11.87% -49.54% +9.57%

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 3 May 2025.

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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (40.00%) Azure
2 5 (33.33%) AWS
2 5 (33.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Network Security
2 1 (6.67%) Firewall
2 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
2 1 (6.67%) Wireless
General
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Finance
3 3 (20.00%) Banking
4 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
5 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Architect
1 7 (46.67%) Security Architect
2 5 (33.33%) Security Manager
3 2 (13.33%) CyberArk Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Operational Security Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Operations Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Security Operations Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Senior
3 2 (13.33%) Senior Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Senior Security Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Business Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Information Security Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) IT Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Lead
4 1 (6.67%) Lead Security Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Risk Business Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Security Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Algorithms
2 2 (13.33%) Insider Threat
2 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.67%) Cloud Native
3 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
3 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
3 1 (6.67%) Security Posture
3 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (26.67%) Information Security
3 4 (26.67%) Privileged Access Management
3 4 (26.67%) Risk Management
3 4 (26.67%) TOGAF
4 3 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (20.00%) Cloud Security
4 3 (20.00%) DevSecOps
4 3 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (20.00%) Machine Learning
4 3 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (20.00%) Risk Analysis
4 3 (20.00%) SABSA
4 3 (20.00%) Security Architecture
4 3 (20.00%) Security Operations
4 3 (20.00%) Security Testing
4 3 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
5 2 (13.33%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
1 2 (13.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (73.33%) CISM
2 6 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (13.33%) CISA
4 2 (13.33%) CRISC
5 1 (6.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (6.67%) CASP
5 1 (6.67%) CCSP
5 1 (6.67%) CEH
5 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (6.67%) Degree
5 1 (6.67%) GCIA
5 1 (6.67%) GCIH
5 1 (6.67%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (53.33%) NIST
3 3 (20.00%) GDPR
4 2 (13.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (6.67%) GRC
5 1 (6.67%) NIST 800
5 1 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) CyberArk
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.67%) Ariba
3 1 (6.67%) Google
3 1 (6.67%) LogRhythm
3 1 (6.67%) Okta
3 1 (6.67%) Ping Identity
3 1 (6.67%) Qualys
3 1 (6.67%) Rapid7
3 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow
3 1 (6.67%) Splunk
3 1 (6.67%) Tenable