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 8 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 64 58
Rank change year-on-year -9 -6 +13
Contract jobs citing CISSP 8 7 8
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.67% 0.92% 1.06%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.72% 3.61% 4.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 4
10th Percentile £476 £405 £515
25th Percentile £496 £413 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £425 £685
Median % change year-on-year +25.29% -37.96% +204.44%
75th Percentile £574 £473 £821
90th Percentile £597 £512 £824
England median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - -7.69%

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 215 194 191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 18.08% 25.46% 25.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 104 109
10th Percentile £174 £192 £224
25th Percentile £263 £262 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £437 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.96% -8.11% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £600
90th Percentile £650 £725 £659
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 37 28
10th Percentile £16.73 - £12.75
25th Percentile £17.97 £17.87 £14.89
Median hourly rate £22.81 £21.30 £20.87
Median % change year-on-year +7.09% +2.08% -0.64%
75th Percentile £25.77 £25.15 £51.91
90th Percentile £61.20 - -
England median hourly rate £54.25 £25.15 £46.18
% change year-on-year +115.71% -45.54% -16.04%

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 8 August 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 - 5 £575 -
Northamptonshire +10 1 £475 +15.15% 1
Nottinghamshire -17 1 - - 1
Leicestershire - 1 £533 -
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 4 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 1 (12.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) Network Security
2 1 (12.50%) NGFW
2 1 (12.50%) SD-WAN
2 1 (12.50%) SSL
2 1 (12.50%) WAN
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Auditor
2 2 (25.00%) Security Auditor
3 1 (12.50%) Audit Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Information Assurance Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Information Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Internal Audit Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Internal Auditor
3 1 (12.50%) IT Audit Manager
3 1 (12.50%) IT Auditor
3 1 (12.50%) IT Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Penetration Tester
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Penetration Tester
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Tester
3 1 (12.50%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Security Posture
2 2 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
3 1 (12.50%) Operational Technology
3 1 (12.50%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (50.00%) Information Security
2 4 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
3 3 (37.50%) Risk Assessment
3 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) Data Privacy
4 2 (25.00%) Internal Audit
4 2 (25.00%) IT Audit
4 2 (25.00%) Remediation Plan
4 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 1 (12.50%) Change Control
5 1 (12.50%) Event Correlation
5 1 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (12.50%) Information Assurance
5 1 (12.50%) Network Segmentation
5 1 (12.50%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (12.50%) SIEM
5 1 (12.50%) Social Engineering
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) CISM
2 4 (50.00%) Degree
3 3 (37.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 2 (25.00%) CISA
4 2 (25.00%) CRISC
4 2 (25.00%) Master's Degree
5 1 (12.50%) CCIE
5 1 (12.50%) CCIE Security
5 1 (12.50%) CCNP
5 1 (12.50%) CEH
5 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (12.50%) CREST Certified
5 1 (12.50%) ECSA
5 1 (12.50%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (25.00%) NIST
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (12.50%) GRC
3 1 (12.50%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Fortinet
2 1 (12.50%) OneTrust
2 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow