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 7 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 60 52
Rank change year-on-year -19 -8 +15
Contract jobs citing CISSP 9 11 14
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.66% 1.33% 1.84%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.56% 5.02% 8.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 7
10th Percentile £482 £410 £530
25th Percentile £512 £413 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £554 £449 £600
Median % change year-on-year +23.33% -25.17% -11.11%
75th Percentile £594 £475 £710
90th Percentile £605 £538 £822
England median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - -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 253 219 169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 18.41% 26.39% 22.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 113 84
10th Percentile £175 £164 £306
25th Percentile £313 £309 £336
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £437 £400
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +9.25% -23.81%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £588
90th Percentile £650 £694 £646
England median daily rate £535 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +1.90% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 49 17
10th Percentile £16.46 - £16.24
25th Percentile £18.06 £17.87 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.75 £18.87 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +36.46% -21.96% +36.46%
75th Percentile £28.81 £25.15 -
90th Percentile £47.40 - £51.91
England median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £52.50
% change year-on-year +98.81% -52.10% -2.17%

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 7 October 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
Derbyshire -6 6 £575 +9.52% 1
Northamptonshire +12 1 £475 +15.15% 3
Nottinghamshire -14 1 - - 5
Leicestershire - 1 £533 - 3
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) AWS
3 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 1 (11.11%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Firewall
1 2 (22.22%) SSL
2 1 (11.11%) Network Security
2 1 (11.11%) NGFW
2 1 (11.11%) SD-WAN
2 1 (11.11%) WAN
2 1 (11.11%) X.509
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Aerospace
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Auditor
2 2 (22.22%) Security Auditor
2 2 (22.22%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Audit Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Information Assurance Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Information Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Internal Audit Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Internal Auditor
3 1 (11.11%) IT Audit Manager
3 1 (11.11%) IT Auditor
3 1 (11.11%) IT Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Lead
3 1 (11.11%) Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Penetration Tester
3 1 (11.11%) Security Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Penetration Tester
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Tester
3 1 (11.11%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Security Posture
2 2 (22.22%) PKI
2 2 (22.22%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
3 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
3 1 (11.11%) Operational Technology
3 1 (11.11%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (55.56%) Risk Management
3 4 (44.44%) Information Security
3 4 (44.44%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
4 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (22.22%) Architecture Governance
5 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (22.22%) Data Privacy
5 2 (22.22%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (22.22%) Internal Audit
5 2 (22.22%) IT Audit
5 2 (22.22%) Remediation Plan
5 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
5 2 (22.22%) Security Architecture
5 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 2 (22.22%) Workflow
5 2 (22.22%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) CISM
2 5 (55.56%) Degree
3 3 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 2 (22.22%) CISA
4 2 (22.22%) CRISC
4 2 (22.22%) Master's Degree
5 1 (11.11%) AWS Certification
5 1 (11.11%) CCIE
5 1 (11.11%) CCIE Security
5 1 (11.11%) CCNP
5 1 (11.11%) CEH
5 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (11.11%) CREST Certified
5 1 (11.11%) ECSA
5 1 (11.11%) OSCP
5 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
5 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (33.33%) NIST
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (11.11%) GRC
3 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Fortinet
2 1 (11.11%) OneTrust
2 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow
2 1 (11.11%) VMware