CRISC Contract Job Trends in England

ISACA Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CRISC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 537 418 495
Rank change year-on-year -119 +77 +77
Contract jobs citing CRISC 48 57 61
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.13% 0.23% 0.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.38% 0.74% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 34 44
10th Percentile £375 £424 £421
25th Percentile £450 £505 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £600 £605
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% -0.83% -6.92%
75th Percentile £630 £675 £825
90th Percentile £764 - £875
UK median daily rate £548 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -12.40% +4.17% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
Median hourly rate - £83.20 £87.00
Median % change year-on-year - -4.37% +33.85%
UK median hourly rate - £83.20 £87.00
% change year-on-year - -4.37% +33.85%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CRISC 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 12,776 7,652 11,789
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.68% 31.29% 31.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,492 4,906 7,325
10th Percentile £338 £300 £300
25th Percentile £425 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.89% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 987 434 917
10th Percentile £16.35 £18.50 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.35 £25.25 £17.80
Median hourly rate £35.91 £50.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.18% +33.33% -25.00%
75th Percentile £69.00 £68.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £85.36 £81.88 £75.25
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £42.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -15.29% +13.33% -28.57%

CRISC
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

CRISC job vacancy trend in England

CRISC
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CRISC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CRISC

CRISC
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CRISC in England over the 6 months to 30 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CRISC in England

CRISC
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CRISC.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CRISC

CRISC
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 CRISC within the England region over the 6 months to 30 March 2026. 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 -67 28 £575 -10.85% 6
South West -21 10 £570 +6.05% 1
East of England -27 3 £525 -
North of England -68 3 £490 -8.24% 5
North West - 3 £490 - 3
South East -55 2 £400 -33.33% 6
CRISC
UK

CRISC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.50%) Azure
2 4 (8.33%) AWS
3 2 (4.17%) Entra ID
3 2 (4.17%) GCP
4 1 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.08%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.08%) Data Lake
General
1 22 (45.83%) Social Skills
2 19 (39.58%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (22.92%) Finance
4 7 (14.58%) Legal
5 4 (8.33%) Banking
5 4 (8.33%) Retail
6 2 (4.17%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.08%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (27.08%) Analyst
2 7 (14.58%) IT Analyst
2 7 (14.58%) Lead
2 7 (14.58%) Risk Analyst
3 6 (12.50%) Consultant
3 6 (12.50%) Security Specialist
4 5 (10.42%) IT Risk Analyst
4 5 (10.42%) Security Consultant
5 4 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 4 (8.33%) Project Manager
5 4 (8.33%) Risk Manager
5 4 (8.33%) Security Manager
6 3 (6.25%) Security Analyst
6 3 (6.25%) Security Project Manager
6 3 (6.25%) ServiceNow Manager
6 3 (6.25%) SOX Analyst
7 2 (4.17%) Chief Security Officer
7 2 (4.17%) Engagement Manager
7 2 (4.17%) Information Security Officer
7 2 (4.17%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.42%) Leaflet
2 1 (2.08%) ModSecurity
2 1 (2.08%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.58%) Management Information System
2 6 (12.50%) Security Posture
3 4 (8.33%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (4.17%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.08%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.08%) CMDB
5 1 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.08%) IoT
5 1 (2.08%) NHS
5 1 (2.08%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (75.00%) Risk Management
2 35 (72.92%) Cybersecurity
3 23 (47.92%) Information Security
4 17 (35.42%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
6 14 (29.17%) Stakeholder Management
7 13 (27.08%) Computer Science
8 10 (20.83%) Risk Register
8 10 (20.83%) Vulnerability Management
9 9 (18.75%) Cloud Security
9 9 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (16.67%) Data Protection
11 7 (14.58%) Decision-Making
12 6 (12.50%) Agile
12 6 (12.50%) Change Management
12 6 (12.50%) PRINCE2
12 6 (12.50%) Project Management
13 5 (10.42%) Business Continuity
13 5 (10.42%) Incident Response
13 5 (10.42%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.08%) Go
1 1 (2.08%) Python
Qualifications
1 42 (87.50%) CISSP
2 41 (85.42%) CISM
3 18 (37.50%) Degree
4 17 (35.42%) CISA
5 7 (14.58%) Security Cleared
6 6 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (12.50%) Master's Degree
6 6 (12.50%) PMI Certification
6 6 (12.50%) PMP
6 6 (12.50%) SC Cleared
7 4 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (8.33%) GIAC
7 4 (8.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 3 (6.25%) CEH
8 3 (6.25%) CGEIT
8 3 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (6.25%) GSEC
9 2 (4.17%) AWS Certification
9 2 (4.17%) CISMP
9 2 (4.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (64.58%) NIST
2 24 (50.00%) GRC
2 24 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (29.17%) COBIT
4 11 (22.92%) GDPR
5 8 (16.67%) PCI DSS
6 6 (12.50%) JSP 440
6 6 (12.50%) SOC 2
7 5 (10.42%) NCSC
8 3 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 3 (6.25%) ITGC
8 3 (6.25%) NIST 800
8 3 (6.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (6.25%) SLA
9 2 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (4.17%) ISO 31000
9 2 (4.17%) PMO
10 1 (2.08%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 1 (2.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.08%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft
1 3 (6.25%) ServiceNow
2 1 (2.08%) CyberArk
2 1 (2.08%) Google
2 1 (2.08%) Progress
2 1 (2.08%) Qualys
2 1 (2.08%) Splunk
2 1 (2.08%) Tenable