CISSP Contract Job Trends in East Kilbride

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
South Lanarkshire > East Kilbride

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in East Kilbride with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 8 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - 17
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CISSP 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in East Kilbride 3.70% - 3.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.35% - 4.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South Lanarkshire median daily rate - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Kilbride

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 East Kilbride.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 23 4 48
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East Kilbride 85.19% 80.00% 76.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 22
10th Percentile £499 - £416
25th Percentile £613 - £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £722 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +33.33%
75th Percentile £825 - £750
90th Percentile £829 - -
South Lanarkshire median daily rate £722 - £600
% change year-on-year - - +33.33%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in East Kilbride

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CISSP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in East Kilbride.

CISSP job vacancy trend in East Kilbride

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Kilbride 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Forensic Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable