CISA Contracts in England

ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CISA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 402 425 485
Rank change year-on-year +23 +60 +121
Contract jobs citing CISA 83 117 169
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.34% 0.31% 0.33%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.09% 1.01% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 80 113
10th Percentile £324 £421 £465
25th Percentile £500 £505 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £603 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -7.31% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £688 £738 £750
90th Percentile £758 £774 £848
UK median daily rate £601 £600 £638
% change year-on-year +0.21% -5.88% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £39.25
Median hourly rate £95.00 - £40.50
75th Percentile - - £41.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £95.00 - £40.50

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CISA 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 England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,629 11,624 13,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.33% 31.25% 27.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,849 7,135 9,365
10th Percentile £290 £306 £330
25th Percentile £415 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £629 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 985 748
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £15.15
25th Percentile £22.39 £18.13 £20.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%
75th Percentile £67.75 £62.50 £68.25
90th Percentile £81.74 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

CISA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CISA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CISA in England

CISA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISA in England.

Daily rate trend for CISA in England

CISA
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISA in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISA in England

CISA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISA in England.

Hourly rate trend for CISA in England

CISA
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISA within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London +19 54 £650 - 82
Midlands +32 11 £600 - 13
South East +43 9 £525 +7.69% 22
West Midlands - 8 £600 - 10
South West +44 7 £625 +13.64% 7
East Midlands +12 3 - - 3
North of England +6 1 £450 -25.00% 17
Yorkshire +6 1 £450 -18.18% 6
CISA
UK

CISA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 4 (4.82%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (4.82%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 17 (20.48%) Azure
2 6 (7.23%) AWS
3 4 (4.82%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.41%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (2.41%) GCP
5 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.20%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.20%) OCI
6 1 (1.20%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 15 (18.07%) Firewall
2 8 (9.64%) Network Security
3 5 (6.02%) VPN
4 3 (3.61%) SD-WAN
4 3 (3.61%) WAN
5 2 (2.41%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.20%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 5 (6.02%) JIRA
2 1 (1.20%) GitLab
2 1 (1.20%) Jenkins
General
1 48 (57.83%) Social Skills
2 21 (25.30%) Finance
3 15 (18.07%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (15.66%) Legal
5 6 (7.23%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (6.02%) Public Sector
7 4 (4.82%) Manufacturing
8 3 (3.61%) Banking
9 2 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.41%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (2.41%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.20%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (1.20%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.20%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.20%) Publishing
10 1 (1.20%) Retail
10 1 (1.20%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (16.87%) IT Manager
2 12 (14.46%) Risk Manager
3 11 (13.25%) Analyst
3 11 (13.25%) Architect
3 11 (13.25%) IT Risk Manager
4 10 (12.05%) Consultant
4 10 (12.05%) Security Architect
5 7 (8.43%) Security Manager
6 6 (7.23%) Business Analyst
6 6 (7.23%) Senior
7 5 (6.02%) Auditor
7 5 (6.02%) Lead
7 5 (6.02%) Senior Architect
7 5 (6.02%) Senior Security Architect
8 4 (4.82%) Information Manager
9 3 (3.61%) Coordinator
9 3 (3.61%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 3 (3.61%) Information Assurance Manager
9 3 (3.61%) IT Auditor
9 3 (3.61%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.82%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 23 (27.71%) Management Information System
2 8 (9.64%) Operational Technology
3 6 (7.23%) Data Centre
3 6 (7.23%) Security Posture
4 3 (3.61%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.61%) Industry 4.0
4 3 (3.61%) PKI
5 2 (2.41%) Low-Code
5 2 (2.41%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.41%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.41%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.20%) CESG
6 1 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.20%) PMI
6 1 (1.20%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.20%) Reinsurance
6 1 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.64%) Windows
2 6 (7.23%) Linux
3 3 (3.61%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.20%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (60.24%) Risk Management
2 29 (34.94%) Stakeholder Management
3 28 (33.73%) Cybersecurity
3 28 (33.73%) Information Security
4 15 (18.07%) Cloud Security
4 15 (18.07%) Incident Response
5 14 (16.87%) Project Management
6 13 (15.66%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (14.46%) Security Architecture
7 12 (14.46%) Security Management
8 11 (13.25%) Computer Science
8 11 (13.25%) Risk Assessment
9 10 (12.05%) Agile
9 10 (12.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 9 (10.84%) SABSA
10 9 (10.84%) SIEM
10 9 (10.84%) Vulnerability Management
11 8 (9.64%) Regulatory Compliance
11 8 (9.64%) Waterfall
12 7 (8.43%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.61%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.41%) SQL
3 1 (1.20%) PHP
3 1 (1.20%) Python
3 1 (1.20%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 62 (74.70%) CISSP
2 49 (59.04%) CISM
3 35 (42.17%) Degree
4 28 (33.73%) CRISC
5 13 (15.66%) Security Cleared
6 11 (13.25%) GIAC
7 9 (10.84%) SANS
8 8 (9.64%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (9.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 8 (9.64%) SC Cleared
9 6 (7.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (7.23%) CEH
9 6 (7.23%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (7.23%) DV Cleared
10 5 (6.02%) CCSK
10 5 (6.02%) ISACA
10 5 (6.02%) Master's Degree
10 5 (6.02%) PMP
11 4 (4.82%) CBAP
11 4 (4.82%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (49.40%) NIST
2 40 (48.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (20.48%) GDPR
4 16 (19.28%) NIST 800
5 15 (18.07%) GRC
6 13 (15.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (9.64%) COBIT
7 8 (9.64%) PCI DSS
8 6 (7.23%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (7.23%) SOC 2
9 4 (4.82%) COSO
9 4 (4.82%) ITGC
9 4 (4.82%) JSP 440
10 3 (3.61%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (3.61%) RMADS
11 2 (2.41%) HIPAA
11 2 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (2.41%) SOX 404
12 1 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (1.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (8.43%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.20%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (4.82%) RSA Archer
2 3 (3.61%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.41%) FortiGate
3 2 (2.41%) Nagios
3 2 (2.41%) SCCM
4 1 (1.20%) OPNET
4 1 (1.20%) Puppet
4 1 (1.20%) QRadar
Vendors
1 8 (9.64%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.43%) ServiceNow
3 3 (3.61%) CyberArk
3 3 (3.61%) Oracle
3 3 (3.61%) SAP
3 3 (3.61%) SolarWinds
3 3 (3.61%) Zscaler
4 2 (2.41%) Cisco
4 2 (2.41%) Qualys
4 2 (2.41%) Snow
4 2 (2.41%) Splunk
4 2 (2.41%) Tenable
5 1 (1.20%) Okta
5 1 (1.20%) Red Hat