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 7 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 79 101
Rank change year-on-year -7 +22 +23
Contract jobs citing CISSP 14 8 10
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.89% 0.65% 0.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.89% 2.25% 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 8
10th Percentile £93 £488 £495
25th Percentile - £509 £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £649
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -11.40% +3.84%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £665
90th Percentile £610 £606 £718
England median daily rate £537 £625 £618
% change year-on-year -14.08% +1.21% -1.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £46.40 - -
25th Percentile £70.09 - -
Median hourly rate £86.00 - -
75th Percentile £92.94 - -
90th Percentile £100.48 - -
England median hourly rate £61.25 £83.20 £73.31
% change year-on-year -26.38% +13.49% +11.92%

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 484 355 621
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 30.87% 29.03% 34.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 137 303
10th Percentile £193 £184 £265
25th Percentile £363 £306 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £481 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.10% -8.48% +5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £675
90th Percentile £688 £650 £743
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 185 85 151
10th Percentile £15.50 £21.46 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.87 £30.78 £14.25
Median hourly rate £22.63 £62.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.79% +108.33% +42.86%
75th Percentile £51.53 £68.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £68.25 £91.00 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -49.70% -4.76% +16.67%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

CISSP job vacancy trend 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 7 December 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 7 December 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 7 December 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 +1 8 £500 - 15
Hertfordshire -16 2 £650 +30.00% 14
Suffolk - 2 £525 - 4
Cambridgeshire -10 1 - - 9
Norfolk - 1 £500 - 4
CISSP
England

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 3 (21.43%) AWS
1 3 (21.43%) Azure
1 3 (21.43%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (14.29%) DHCP
1 2 (14.29%) DNS
1 2 (14.29%) Firewall
1 2 (14.29%) LAN
1 2 (14.29%) Network Security
1 2 (14.29%) SD-WAN
1 2 (14.29%) VPN
1 2 (14.29%) WAN
1 2 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (7.14%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Burp Suite
General
1 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Military
3 2 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Finance
4 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Security Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Architect
2 4 (28.57%) Security Architect
3 3 (21.43%) Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Lead
4 2 (14.29%) Network Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Network Security Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Risk Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Security Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Application Security Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
5 1 (7.14%) Cyber Threat Specialist
5 1 (7.14%) CyberArk Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Security Risk Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Security Solutions Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Security Specialist
5 1 (7.14%) Senior
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Risk Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Security Posture
2 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.14%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
3 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (7.14%) Operational Technology
3 1 (7.14%) SCADA
3 1 (7.14%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
1 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Incident Response
2 5 (35.71%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (35.71%) SIEM
2 5 (35.71%) Threat Modelling
2 5 (35.71%) Vulnerability Management
3 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (28.57%) Zero Trust
4 3 (21.43%) Cloud Security
4 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (21.43%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 3 (21.43%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 3 (21.43%) Patch Management
4 3 (21.43%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
4 3 (21.43%) SABSA
4 3 (21.43%) Security Operations
4 3 (21.43%) Threat Intelligence
5 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 2 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (14.29%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) Python
2 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) CISM
1 7 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (35.71%) Degree
3 3 (21.43%) CEH
4 2 (14.29%) CCIE
4 2 (14.29%) CCIE Security
4 2 (14.29%) CCNP
4 2 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (14.29%) CRISC
4 2 (14.29%) GIAC
5 1 (7.14%) CISA
5 1 (7.14%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (7.14%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (7.14%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (100.00%) NIST
2 9 (64.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (35.71%) JSP 440
3 5 (35.71%) NCSC
4 4 (28.57%) NIST 800
5 2 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (14.29%) GDPR
5 2 (14.29%) GRC
5 2 (14.29%) PCI DSS
6 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) Firmware
2 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) FortiGate
1 1 (7.14%) Nexpose
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Fortinet
2 2 (14.29%) Cisco
2 2 (14.29%) Palo Alto
2 2 (14.29%) Tenable
2 2 (14.29%) Zscaler
3 1 (7.14%) BeyondTrust
3 1 (7.14%) Citrix
3 1 (7.14%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (7.14%) CyberArk
3 1 (7.14%) Qualys
3 1 (7.14%) Thycotic
3 1 (7.14%) VMware