CISSP Contract Job Trends in the East of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 91 103
Rank change year-on-year +16 +12 +13
Contract jobs citing CISSP 15 5 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.17% 0.33% 0.54%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.64% 1.18% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 7
10th Percentile £165 £511 £455
25th Percentile £308 £528 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - -8.00%
75th Percentile - £603 £680
90th Percentile £525 £609 £721
England median daily rate £600 £600 £625
% change year-on-year - -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £28.72 - -
25th Percentile £30.06 - -
Median hourly rate £84.50 - -
75th Percentile £94.38 - -
90th Percentile £102.20 - -
England median hourly rate £57.50 - £73.31
% change year-on-year - - +8.61%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 412 425 631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 32.01% 28.15% 33.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 151 303
10th Percentile £198 £200 £273
25th Percentile £363 £309 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.60% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £675
90th Percentile £675 £588 £742
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 134 154
10th Percentile £16.30 £16.30 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.87 £23.51 £15.27
Median hourly rate £30.00 £43.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.23% +104.76% -
75th Percentile £60.63 £65.00 £62.19
90th Percentile £85.15 £67.50 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £54.00 £54.78
% change year-on-year -53.43% -1.42% +21.73%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing CISSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in the East of England

CISSP
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISSP in the East of England over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in the East of England

CISSP
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

CISSP
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CISSP in the East of England over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CISSP in the East of England

CISSP
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 15 September 2025. 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
Bedfordshire -3 7 £500 - 3
Hertfordshire +8 5 £249 -58.50% 2
Cambridgeshire +1 1 - - 4
Norfolk - 1 £500 - 2
Suffolk - 1 £550 - 3
CISSP
England

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) AWS
1 3 (20.00%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Network Security
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (6.67%) DHCP
2 1 (6.67%) DNS
2 1 (6.67%) Firewall
2 1 (6.67%) LAN
2 1 (6.67%) SD-WAN
2 1 (6.67%) VPN
2 1 (6.67%) WAN
2 1 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Burp Suite
General
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Military
3 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Aerospace
4 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Analyst
3 3 (20.00%) Architect
3 3 (20.00%) Security Architect
4 2 (13.33%) Compliance Consultant
4 2 (13.33%) Consultant
4 2 (13.33%) Information Security Consultant
4 2 (13.33%) Lead
4 2 (13.33%) Risk Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Security Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Security Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Application Security Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) CyberArk Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Information Security Compliance Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Junior
5 1 (6.67%) Network Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Network Security Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Security Compliance Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Senior
5 1 (6.67%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
1 5 (33.33%) Security Posture
2 2 (13.33%) Data Centre
2 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
1 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Incident Response
2 8 (53.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 6 (40.00%) Security Operations
4 5 (33.33%) SIEM
5 4 (26.67%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (26.67%) Information Security
5 4 (26.67%) ITIL
5 4 (26.67%) Roadmaps
5 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (20.00%) Cloud Security
6 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (20.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 3 (20.00%) OWASP
6 3 (20.00%) Patch Management
6 3 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
6 3 (20.00%) SABSA
6 3 (20.00%) Security Management
6 3 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
7 2 (13.33%) Information Assurance
7 2 (13.33%) Key Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) CISM
2 7 (46.67%) SC Cleared
2 7 (46.67%) Security Cleared
3 5 (33.33%) Degree
4 4 (26.67%) OSCP
5 3 (20.00%) CEH
6 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (13.33%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (13.33%) CRISC
7 1 (6.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (6.67%) CCIE
7 1 (6.67%) CCIE Security
7 1 (6.67%) CCNP
7 1 (6.67%) CCSP
7 1 (6.67%) CISA
7 1 (6.67%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (6.67%) GCIA
7 1 (6.67%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (93.33%) NIST
2 9 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (40.00%) NCSC
4 5 (33.33%) GDPR
4 5 (33.33%) JSP 440
4 5 (33.33%) PCI DSS
5 4 (26.67%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (26.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (26.67%) NIST 800
6 3 (20.00%) COBIT
6 3 (20.00%) GRC
7 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 4 (26.67%) Firmware
2 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Nexpose
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Tenable
1 2 (13.33%) Zscaler
2 1 (6.67%) BeyondTrust
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco
2 1 (6.67%) Citrix
2 1 (6.67%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (6.67%) CyberArk
2 1 (6.67%) Fortinet
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Palo Alto
2 1 (6.67%) Qualys
2 1 (6.67%) Thycotic
2 1 (6.67%) VMware