CISSP Contracts 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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 108 109
Rank change year-on-year +35 +1 +10
Contract jobs citing CISSP 13 6 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.13% 0.32% 0.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.43% 1.06% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 6
10th Percentile £134 £440 £450
25th Percentile £205 £500 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -31.91% -2.22% -11.76%
75th Percentile £505 £600 £616
90th Percentile £513 - £637
England median daily rate £600 £600 £650
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £28.52 - -
25th Percentile £29.79 - -
Median hourly rate £58.62 - £31.41
75th Percentile £96.44 - -
90th Percentile £102.75 - -
England median hourly rate £69.50 £23.00 £72.69
% change year-on-year +202.17% -68.36% +7.69%

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 379 567 686
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 33.01% 29.84% 34.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 210 342
10th Percentile £178 £219 £260
25th Percentile £247 £325 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.17%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £650
90th Percentile £603 £650 £725
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 210 163
10th Percentile £15.48 £14.48 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.37 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.00 £42.75 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +103.57% +5.00%
75th Percentile £72.50 £64.25 £61.25
90th Percentile £84.70 £75.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £28.18 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -33.69% -22.73% +35.80%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISSP in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for CISSP in the East of England

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 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in the East of England

CISSP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISSP in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for CISSP in the East of England

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 6 July 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 6 July 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
Hertfordshire +28 6 £249 -58.50% 15
Bedfordshire +1 5 £88 -82.50% 21
Norfolk - 1 £500 - 8
Suffolk - 1 £519 - 6
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) AWS
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Network Security
2 1 (7.69%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (7.69%) DHCP
2 1 (7.69%) DNS
2 1 (7.69%) Firewall
2 1 (7.69%) LAN
2 1 (7.69%) SD-WAN
2 1 (7.69%) VPN
2 1 (7.69%) WAN
2 1 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Military
3 1 (7.69%) Aerospace
3 1 (7.69%) Automotive
3 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Analyst
1 3 (23.08%) Architect
1 3 (23.08%) Security Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Compliance Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Information Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Information Security Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Information Security Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Junior
2 2 (15.38%) Junior Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Security Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Security Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Security Manager
2 2 (15.38%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) CyberArk Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Information Security Compliance Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Network Security Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Project Delivery Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Security Compliance Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (30.77%) Security Posture
3 2 (15.38%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
4 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Android
1 1 (7.69%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Incident Response
2 6 (46.15%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (46.15%) Security Operations
2 6 (46.15%) Vulnerability Management
3 5 (38.46%) Information Security
3 5 (38.46%) SIEM
4 4 (30.77%) Roadmaps
5 3 (23.08%) Cloud Security
5 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (23.08%) ITIL
5 3 (23.08%) OWASP
5 3 (23.08%) Threat Modelling
6 2 (15.38%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 2 (15.38%) Patch Management
6 2 (15.38%) SABSA
6 2 (15.38%) Security Architecture
6 2 (15.38%) Security Monitoring
6 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (15.38%) Threat Analysis
6 2 (15.38%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) CISM
2 4 (30.77%) Degree
2 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
3 3 (23.08%) OSCP
4 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (15.38%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (15.38%) GCIA
4 2 (15.38%) PMI Certification
4 2 (15.38%) PMP
5 1 (7.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (7.69%) CCIE
5 1 (7.69%) CCIE Security
5 1 (7.69%) CCNP
5 1 (7.69%) CCSP
5 1 (7.69%) CEH
5 1 (7.69%) CISA
5 1 (7.69%) CRISC
5 1 (7.69%) GIAC
5 1 (7.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (76.92%) NIST
2 8 (61.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (46.15%) GDPR
4 4 (30.77%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (30.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (30.77%) PCI DSS
5 3 (23.08%) COBIT
5 3 (23.08%) NCSC
6 2 (15.38%) GRC
6 2 (15.38%) JSP 440
7 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (7.69%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
1 2 (15.38%) Zscaler
2 1 (7.69%) BeyondTrust
2 1 (7.69%) Cisco
2 1 (7.69%) CyberArk
2 1 (7.69%) Fortinet
2 1 (7.69%) Palo Alto
2 1 (7.69%) Thycotic