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 4 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 44 59
Rank change year-on-year -26 +15 +23
Contract jobs citing CISSP 6 9 4
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.67% 1.57% 0.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.33% 6.57% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 2
10th Percentile - - £667
25th Percentile £413 - £693
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £437 £600 £759
Median % change year-on-year -27.17% -20.92% +21.40%
75th Percentile £475 - £823
90th Percentile £506 - £847
England median daily rate £550 £625 £623
% change year-on-year -12.00% +0.40% -0.40%

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 257 137 232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 28.81% 23.95% 32.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 69 148
10th Percentile £164 £225 £209
25th Percentile £333 £340 £292
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £420 £495
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% -15.07% +3.02%
75th Percentile £529 £588 £569
90th Percentile £613 £715 £664
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 15 17
10th Percentile £16.35 - £17.72
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.50 £21.59 £17.95
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% +20.31% +6.63%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £20.00
90th Percentile £25.48 £29.92 £23.74
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £51.89
% change year-on-year -45.54% -11.00% +15.31%

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 4 January 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 -2 1 £525 - 3
Nottinghamshire -12 1 £450 -25.00% 3
Northamptonshire - 1 £425 - 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:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) AWS
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
1 2 (33.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Security Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Security Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Security Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (66.67%) SailPoint
2 1 (16.67%) LDAP
2 1 (16.67%) OAuth
2 1 (16.67%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Information Security
1 4 (66.67%) IT Audit
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Kanban
3 2 (33.33%) AI
3 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (33.33%) Data-Driven Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Fintech
3 2 (33.33%) Generative AI
3 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
4 1 (16.67%) Attestation
4 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 1 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (16.67%) Incident Response
4 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) RBAC
4 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Change
4 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) CISA
1 5 (83.33%) CISM
1 5 (83.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) AWS Certification
3 1 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (16.67%) GIAC
3 1 (16.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (83.33%) NIST
2 4 (66.67%) COBIT
2 4 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 4 (66.67%) NIST 800
3 1 (16.67%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (16.67%) GDPR
3 1 (16.67%) HIPAA
3 1 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Rapid7
1 4 (66.67%) ServiceNow
2 2 (33.33%) Alteryx
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) SAP
3 1 (16.67%) Workday