CISSP Contract Job Trends in East London

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
London > East London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in East London with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 22 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 23 18
Rank change year-on-year -2 -5 0
Contract jobs citing CISSP 1 1 18
As % of all contract jobs in East London 0.84% 0.92% 7.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.94% 6.25% 26.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 18
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £763 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year +40.91% -15.38% -13.33%
75th Percentile £788 - £770
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £600 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East 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 East London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 34 16 67
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 28.57% 14.68% 29.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 12 59
10th Percentile £314 £297 £368
25th Percentile £435 £400 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £688 £600 £650
90th Percentile £775 £668 £770
London median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 7
10th Percentile - £11.33 -
25th Percentile £25.19 £16.33 £20.98
Median hourly rate £25.39 £24.66 £23.32
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +5.75% +3.71%
75th Percentile £25.58 £26.63 £25.66
90th Percentile - £27.81 -
London median hourly rate £44.50 £30.00 £26.12
% change year-on-year +48.33% +14.85% -39.26%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

CISSP job vacancy trend in East London

CISSP
Daily Rate Trend in East London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing CISSP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing CISSP

CISSP
Contract Job Locations in East London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the East London region over the 6 months to 22 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Tower Hamlets - 1 £775 -
CISSP
London

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Security Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC