CISSP Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 50 63
Rank change year-on-year -35 +13 -
Contract jobs citing CISSP 4 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.36% 0.90% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.54% 3.38% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £585 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -6.40% +4.17% -4.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 259 148 254
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 23.25% 26.57% 32.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 87 146
10th Percentile £256 £200 £168
25th Percentile £377 £250 £251
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £450 £361
Median % change year-on-year +4.78% +24.57% -27.75%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £584
90th Percentile £638 £650 £659
England median daily rate £521 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 15 36
10th Percentile £16.35 £18.43 £12.75
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.87 £14.72
Median hourly rate £22.50 £24.18 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.95% +20.90% +6.67%
75th Percentile £25.15 £25.15 £35.56
90th Percentile £29.58 £30.31 £51.91
England median hourly rate £47.54 £40.55 £40.00
% change year-on-year +17.25% +1.36% -23.81%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

CISSP job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

CISSP
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing CISSP

CISSP
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing CISSP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing CISSP

CISSP
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
Leicestershire -4 2 £475 -
Derbyshire -11 1 - - 3
Lincolnshire - 1 - -
CISSP
England

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Senior
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Security Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Security Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Auditor
3 1 (25.00%) Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) Internal Auditor
3 1 (25.00%) IT Auditor
3 1 (25.00%) Principal Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (25.00%) CESG
2 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Security Management
2 2 (50.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Business Transformation
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security Management
3 1 (25.00%) Internal Audit
3 1 (25.00%) ISMS
3 1 (25.00%) IT Audit
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Security Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CESG Certified Professional
1 2 (50.00%) CSSLP
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) CISA
2 1 (25.00%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GRC
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NIST