CISSP Contracts in England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CISSP 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 216 240 239
Rank change year-on-year +24 -1 +81
Contract jobs citing CISSP 303 361 564
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.24% 0.97% 1.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.97% 3.11% 4.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 255 403
10th Percentile £450 £425 £500
25th Percentile £513 £500 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £648
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.34% +7.92%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £738
90th Percentile £750 £795 £823
UK median daily rate £610 £600 £625
% change year-on-year +1.67% -4.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 12
10th Percentile £50.15 £29.04 £40.45
25th Percentile £51.25 £38.10 £57.61
Median hourly rate £73.31 £53.21 £72.69
Median % change year-on-year +37.79% -26.80% +7.69%
75th Percentile £83.20 £68.31 £74.20
90th Percentile £90.10 £77.37 £79.48
UK median hourly rate £73.46 £23.00 £72.40
% change year-on-year +219.37% -68.23% +7.25%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 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%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in England

CISSP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for CISSP in England

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in England

CISSP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for CISSP in England

CISSP
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CISSP in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CISSP in England

CISSP
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 CISSP 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 +5 160 £645 +5.31% 247
South East +74 52 £600 +13.42% 113
Midlands +32 29 £600 -4.19% 37
South West +25 28 £600 +4.35% 53
West Midlands +20 24 £600 -4.19% 24
North of England -6 15 £625 +8.70% 78
East of England +32 8 £519 -13.50% 27
Yorkshire +7 7 £600 +4.35% 22
North West -5 7 £680 +0.59% 48
East Midlands +14 5 - - 10
North East -2 1 £625 +19.05% 9
CISSP
UK

CISSP
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 8 (2.64%) Confluence
2 2 (0.66%) TPMS
3 1 (0.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.32%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.33%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.33%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 83 (27.39%) Azure
2 49 (16.17%) AWS
3 30 (9.90%) GCP
4 19 (6.27%) Azure Sentinel
5 17 (5.61%) Entra ID
6 12 (3.96%) Microsoft Purview
7 9 (2.97%) SaaS
8 6 (1.98%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (1.65%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (1.32%) Akamai
10 4 (1.32%) Cloudflare
11 3 (0.99%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (0.99%) Azure Key Vault
11 3 (0.99%) OCI
12 2 (0.66%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (0.66%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.33%) Azure Logic Apps
13 1 (0.33%) Cloud Functions
13 1 (0.33%) Dynamics 365
13 1 (0.33%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 54 (17.82%) Firewall
2 47 (15.51%) Network Security
3 10 (3.30%) Intrusion Detection
4 9 (2.97%) DNS
5 8 (2.64%) VPN
6 6 (1.98%) HTTP
7 5 (1.65%) DHCP
7 5 (1.65%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.32%) NGFW
8 4 (1.32%) SSL
8 4 (1.32%) Wireless
9 2 (0.66%) Cisco Firepower
9 2 (0.66%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.66%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.66%) SAN
9 2 (0.66%) SMTP
10 1 (0.33%) BGP
10 1 (0.33%) LAN
10 1 (0.33%) VoIP
10 1 (0.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
1 3 (0.99%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (0.66%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.33%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (3.96%) JIRA
2 6 (1.98%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.65%) GitLab
4 4 (1.32%) Git
5 3 (0.99%) JMeter
5 3 (0.99%) Postman
5 3 (0.99%) REST Assured
5 3 (0.99%) Selenium
5 3 (0.99%) TestNG
5 3 (0.99%) Travis CI
6 1 (0.33%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.33%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.33%) SonarQube
General
1 138 (45.54%) Social Skills
2 65 (21.45%) Finance
3 58 (19.14%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (9.90%) Public Sector
5 20 (6.60%) Banking
6 19 (6.27%) Legal
7 14 (4.62%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (3.30%) Telecoms
9 9 (2.97%) Manufacturing
10 7 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.31%) Military
11 6 (1.98%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.32%) Law
13 3 (0.99%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.99%) Electronics
13 3 (0.99%) Marketing
13 3 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.99%) Retail
14 2 (0.66%) French Language
Job Titles
1 87 (28.71%) Architect
2 72 (23.76%) Security Architect
3 37 (12.21%) Consultant
4 36 (11.88%) Security Engineer
5 34 (11.22%) Senior
6 32 (10.56%) Security Consultant
7 28 (9.24%) Analyst
8 25 (8.25%) Lead
9 23 (7.59%) Security Manager
10 14 (4.62%) Senior Architect
10 14 (4.62%) Senior Security Architect
11 11 (3.63%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 11 (3.63%) Information Manager
11 11 (3.63%) IT Manager
12 10 (3.30%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 10 (3.30%) Enterprise Architect
12 10 (3.30%) Security Analyst
12 10 (3.30%) Solutions Architect
13 9 (2.97%) Risk Manager
14 8 (2.64%) IT Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.97%) SAML
2 7 (2.31%) SailPoint
3 6 (1.98%) Web Services
4 5 (1.65%) OAuth
5 4 (1.32%) LDAP
6 3 (0.99%) Apache Axis
6 3 (0.99%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (0.99%) OpenID
7 2 (0.66%) .NET
7 2 (0.66%) Kafka
7 2 (0.66%) React
8 1 (0.33%) JBoss Seam
8 1 (0.33%) Node.js
8 1 (0.33%) REST
8 1 (0.33%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 53 (17.49%) Management Information System
2 38 (12.54%) Security Posture
3 20 (6.60%) Operational Technology
4 17 (5.61%) Cyber Threat
5 13 (4.29%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (4.29%) Insider Threat
6 10 (3.30%) Security Operations Centre
7 9 (2.97%) Product Ownership
7 9 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (2.64%) Cyber Defence
8 8 (2.64%) Data Centre
8 8 (2.64%) Onboarding
9 7 (2.31%) Private Cloud
10 6 (1.98%) Mainframe
11 5 (1.65%) Cloud Native
12 4 (1.32%) Algorithms
12 4 (1.32%) Cyberattack
12 4 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.32%) PKI
13 3 (0.99%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 30 (9.90%) Windows
2 18 (5.94%) Linux
3 12 (3.96%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.98%) zOS
5 5 (1.65%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.66%) AIX
7 2 (0.66%) Solaris
7 2 (0.66%) Unix
8 1 (0.33%) Android
8 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (52.15%) Cybersecurity
2 97 (32.01%) Risk Management
3 85 (28.05%) Information Security
4 83 (27.39%) Incident Response
4 83 (27.39%) Problem-Solving
5 62 (20.46%) Cloud Security
5 62 (20.46%) SIEM
6 57 (18.81%) Security Architecture
7 51 (16.83%) Vulnerability Management
8 41 (13.53%) Security Operations
9 40 (13.20%) Computer Science
9 40 (13.20%) Stakeholder Management
10 39 (12.87%) Identity Access Management
10 39 (12.87%) Risk Assessment
11 38 (12.54%) Agile
12 37 (12.21%) Continuous Improvement
12 37 (12.21%) Roadmaps
13 34 (11.22%) DevSecOps
14 33 (10.89%) Data Loss Prevention
15 32 (10.56%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (10.56%) Python
2 30 (9.90%) PowerShell
3 14 (4.62%) Bash
4 9 (2.97%) Java
5 7 (2.31%) SQL
6 3 (0.99%) C#
6 3 (0.99%) PHP
6 3 (0.99%) Ruby
7 2 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.66%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.33%) C++
8 1 (0.33%) Groovy
8 1 (0.33%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.33%) Perl
8 1 (0.33%) Search Processing Language
8 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 164 (54.13%) CISM
2 84 (27.72%) Degree
3 73 (24.09%) Security Cleared
4 62 (20.46%) CISA
5 55 (18.15%) SC Cleared
6 51 (16.83%) CEH
7 45 (14.85%) CRISC
8 42 (13.86%) Cisco Certification
9 33 (10.89%) CompTIA Security+
10 31 (10.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 24 (7.92%) GIAC
12 21 (6.93%) CCSP
12 21 (6.93%) Computer Science Degree
12 21 (6.93%) DV Cleared
13 20 (6.60%) Microsoft Certification
14 19 (6.27%) Azure Certification
15 18 (5.94%) SANS
16 16 (5.28%) GCIH
16 16 (5.28%) OSCP
17 12 (3.96%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (39.93%) NIST
2 119 (39.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 64 (21.12%) GDPR
4 32 (10.56%) PCI DSS
5 28 (9.24%) HIPAA
6 22 (7.26%) GRC
7 18 (5.94%) NIST 800
8 17 (5.61%) SOC 2
9 13 (4.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 13 (4.29%) Cyber Essentials
10 12 (3.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 11 (3.63%) NCSC
12 10 (3.30%) COBIT
13 9 (2.97%) SLA
14 7 (2.31%) JSP 440
15 6 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 6 (1.98%) QA
16 5 (1.65%) RMADS
17 4 (1.32%) Actionable Recommendations
17 4 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 21 (6.93%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.31%) Docker
3 6 (1.98%) RACF
4 5 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.33%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.33%) IAG
5 1 (0.33%) NFS
5 1 (0.33%) Samba
Systems Management
1 13 (4.29%) CASB
2 11 (3.63%) Kubernetes
3 8 (2.64%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.65%) QRadar
4 5 (1.65%) Terraform
5 4 (1.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.99%) CSIRT
6 3 (0.99%) Kibana
6 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.99%) Nagios
6 3 (0.99%) Nessus
7 2 (0.66%) Ansible
7 2 (0.66%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.66%) OPNET
7 2 (0.66%) SCCM
8 1 (0.33%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.33%) Grafana
8 1 (0.33%) Puppet
8 1 (0.33%) SELinux
8 1 (0.33%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 63 (20.79%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.96%) CyberArk
3 11 (3.63%) Okta
3 11 (3.63%) Splunk
4 10 (3.30%) Google
4 10 (3.30%) ServiceNow
5 9 (2.97%) Qualys
6 7 (2.31%) Cisco
6 7 (2.31%) IBM
6 7 (2.31%) Tenable
7 6 (1.98%) Oracle
7 6 (1.98%) SAP
7 6 (1.98%) Zscaler
8 5 (1.65%) CrowdStrike
8 5 (1.65%) F5
8 5 (1.65%) Ping Identity
8 5 (1.65%) VMware
9 4 (1.32%) Ariba
9 4 (1.32%) Aruba
9 4 (1.32%) Imperva