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 1 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 558 466 490
Rank change year-on-year -92 +24 -43
Contract jobs citing CRISC 74 48 40
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.16% 0.17% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.51% 0.55% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 19 34
10th Percentile £443 £373 £330
25th Percentile £500 £409 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £538 £583
Median % change year-on-year +6.05% -7.73% -4.90%
75th Percentile £619 £621 £638
90th Percentile £731 £748 £673
UK median daily rate £570 £550 £583
% change year-on-year +3.64% -5.58% +5.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £56.74 - -
25th Percentile £64.98 £30.61 -
Median hourly rate £78.70 £32.74 -
Median % change year-on-year +140.42% - -
75th Percentile £78.85 £34.86 -
90th Percentile £78.94 - -
UK median hourly rate £78.70 £32.74 -
% change year-on-year +140.42% - -

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 14,491 8,664 10,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.73% 31.42% 30.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,739 5,465 6,298
10th Percentile £350 £300 £325
25th Percentile £440 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £631 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £713 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,124 678 648
10th Percentile £18.26 £18.19 £15.24
25th Percentile £25.77 £18.87 £23.37
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -49.70% -8.36%
75th Percentile £74.68 £53.44 £68.75
90th Percentile £88.00 £74.13 £79.42
UK median hourly rate £48.81 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +94.08% -47.05% -13.64%

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 1 September 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CRISC in England over the 6 months to 1 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for CRISC in England

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 1 September 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 -70 36 £568 +5.58% 87
North of England -55 15 £511 -18.78% 15
South West -32 12 £570 +6.05% 18
North West -49 7 £490 -32.41% 7
South East -57 7 £900 +140.00% 14
Yorkshire - 7 £613 - 6
Midlands -56 3 - - 5
East Midlands -14 2 - - 1
East of England -22 1 £505 - 4
West Midlands -51 1 - - 4
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 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.35%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 24 (32.43%) Azure
2 15 (20.27%) AWS
3 9 (12.16%) Entra ID
4 6 (8.11%) GCP
4 6 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (6.76%) IaaS
5 5 (6.76%) PaaS
6 4 (5.41%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (5.41%) SaaS
7 2 (2.70%) Akamai
8 1 (1.35%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (1.35%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.35%) GitHub
8 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.35%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.35%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.05%) Firewall
2 2 (2.70%) Network Security
2 2 (2.70%) VPN
3 1 (1.35%) 4G
3 1 (1.35%) 5G
3 1 (1.35%) NGFW
3 1 (1.35%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.70%) Burp Suite
1 2 (2.70%) Snyk
2 1 (1.35%) Claude Code
2 1 (1.35%) Git
2 1 (1.35%) GitLab
2 1 (1.35%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.35%) JIRA
General
1 34 (45.95%) Social Skills
2 24 (32.43%) Finance
3 18 (24.32%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (12.16%) Banking
4 9 (12.16%) Public Sector
5 7 (9.46%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (8.11%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (6.76%) Telecoms
8 4 (5.41%) Legal
9 2 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.70%) Local Government
9 2 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.35%) Military
10 1 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (22.97%) Lead
2 13 (17.57%) Consultant
3 12 (16.22%) Analyst
4 8 (10.81%) Security Specialist
4 8 (10.81%) Senior
5 7 (9.46%) Architect
6 6 (8.11%) Project Consultant
6 6 (8.11%) Security Architect
6 6 (8.11%) Security Consultant
7 5 (6.76%) Cybersecurity Specialist
7 5 (6.76%) IT Analyst
7 5 (6.76%) Risk Analyst
8 4 (5.41%) Risk Consultant
8 4 (5.41%) SOX Analyst
9 3 (4.05%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 3 (4.05%) Security Engineer
9 3 (4.05%) Senior Consultant
10 2 (2.70%) Business Analyst
10 2 (2.70%) Risk Manager
10 2 (2.70%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.41%) Leaflet
2 3 (4.05%) SailPoint
2 3 (4.05%) Terraform
3 2 (2.70%) OAuth
3 2 (2.70%) SAML
4 1 (1.35%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.35%) JSON
4 1 (1.35%) LDAP
4 1 (1.35%) ModSecurity
4 1 (1.35%) OAuth2
4 1 (1.35%) OpenID
4 1 (1.35%) REST
4 1 (1.35%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.86%) Onboarding
2 9 (12.16%) Management Information System
3 7 (9.46%) Security Posture
4 6 (8.11%) Operational Technology
5 5 (6.76%) SCADA
6 4 (5.41%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (5.41%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (4.05%) Cloud Native
7 3 (4.05%) Virtual Team
8 2 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (2.70%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (1.35%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (1.35%) Data Centre
9 1 (1.35%) NHS
9 1 (1.35%) Product Ownership
9 1 (1.35%) Reinsurance
9 1 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (1.35%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.81%) Linux
1 8 (10.81%) Windows
2 7 (9.46%) Unix
3 1 (1.35%) CentOS
3 1 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.35%) Ubuntu
3 1 (1.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (64.86%) Cybersecurity
2 47 (63.51%) Risk Management
3 33 (44.59%) Stakeholder Management
4 28 (37.84%) Information Security
5 19 (25.68%) Risk Register
6 18 (24.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 16 (21.62%) Cloud Security
7 16 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (21.62%) SABSA
7 16 (21.62%) Security Architecture
8 15 (20.27%) Risk Assessment
9 14 (18.92%) Incident Management
9 14 (18.92%) Vulnerability Management
10 13 (17.57%) Remediation Plan
11 12 (16.22%) Security Management
11 12 (16.22%) Threat Intelligence
12 11 (14.86%) Change Control
12 11 (14.86%) CI/CD
12 11 (14.86%) Computer Science
12 11 (14.86%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.41%) Python
2 3 (4.05%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.70%) Bash
4 1 (1.35%) Bicep
4 1 (1.35%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 60 (81.08%) CISSP
2 59 (79.73%) CISM
3 27 (36.49%) Security Cleared
4 26 (35.14%) CISA
5 25 (33.78%) SC Cleared
6 23 (31.08%) Degree
7 19 (25.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 19 (25.68%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (16.22%) GIAC
9 11 (14.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 10 (13.51%) CompTIA Security+
11 9 (12.16%) SANS
12 8 (10.81%) Azure Certification
13 7 (9.46%) CCSP
14 6 (8.11%) AWS Certification
14 6 (8.11%) CEH
14 6 (8.11%) CESG Certified Professional
14 6 (8.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 6 (8.11%) Network+ Certification
15 5 (6.76%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (63.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 46 (62.16%) NIST
3 21 (28.38%) GRC
4 11 (14.86%) NCSC
5 9 (12.16%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (9.46%) COBIT
7 6 (8.11%) ISO 31000
7 6 (8.11%) JSP 440
8 5 (6.76%) ITGC
8 5 (6.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (5.41%) GDPR
10 3 (4.05%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (2.70%) EU AI Act
11 2 (2.70%) ISO 22301
11 2 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 2 (2.70%) NIST 800
11 2 (2.70%) PCI DSS
11 2 (2.70%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (9.46%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.70%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.35%) Ansible
2 1 (1.35%) CASB
Vendors
1 17 (22.97%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.41%) CrowdStrike
2 4 (5.41%) Google
3 3 (4.05%) Qualys
4 2 (2.70%) CyberArk
4 2 (2.70%) Palo Alto
4 2 (2.70%) SAP
4 2 (2.70%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.70%) Splunk
5 1 (1.35%) BMC
5 1 (1.35%) Okta
5 1 (1.35%) Ping Identity
5 1 (1.35%) Progress
5 1 (1.35%) Tenable
5 1 (1.35%) Zscaler