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 10 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 556 462 508
Rank change year-on-year -94 +46 -6
Contract jobs citing CRISC 65 49 40
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.18% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.46% 0.59% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 23 29
10th Percentile £470 £380 £421
25th Percentile £500 £424 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £638 £644 £700
90th Percentile £738 £705 £875
UK median daily rate £570 £575 £568
% change year-on-year -0.87% +1.32% -12.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 £30.61 -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £32.74 -
Median % change year-on-year +60.38% - -
75th Percentile £53.75 £34.86 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £32.74 -
% change year-on-year +60.38% - -

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 14,173 8,341 11,350
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.62% 30.86% 30.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,556 5,267 7,064
10th Percentile £350 £285 £313
25th Percentile £430 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £716 £716 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +0.05% -0.05% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,059 580 997
10th Percentile £17.87 £18.13 £14.16
25th Percentile £25.25 £19.87 £20.75
Median hourly rate £53.90 £27.85 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +93.54% -34.47% -22.73%
75th Percentile £74.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.62 £76.34 £75.65
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £27.38 £40.94
% change year-on-year +82.65% -33.13% -25.56%

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 10 July 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 10 July 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 -60 37 £585 +7.59% 22
South West -25 10 £570 +6.05% 4
South East -56 7 £900 +71.43% 9
North of England -78 6 £531 -0.63% 6
East of England -29 4 £525 - 1
North West -40 3 £490 -32.41% 3
Yorkshire - 3 £613 - 3
East Midlands -16 1 - - 1
Midlands -59 1 - - 5
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 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (6.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 21 (32.31%) Azure
2 12 (18.46%) AWS
3 10 (15.38%) Entra ID
4 6 (9.23%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (7.69%) GCP
5 5 (7.69%) IaaS
5 5 (7.69%) PaaS
6 3 (4.62%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (4.62%) SaaS
7 2 (3.08%) Akamai
8 1 (1.54%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.54%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.54%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.08%) Firewall
2 1 (1.54%) Network Security
2 1 (1.54%) NGFW
2 1 (1.54%) SSH
2 1 (1.54%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.54%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.54%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.08%) Burp Suite
1 2 (3.08%) Snyk
2 1 (1.54%) Git
2 1 (1.54%) JIRA
General
1 31 (47.69%) Social Skills
2 20 (30.77%) Finance
3 17 (26.15%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (10.77%) Banking
5 4 (6.15%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (6.15%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (6.15%) Legal
5 4 (6.15%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.62%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (4.62%) Retail
6 3 (4.62%) Telecoms
7 2 (3.08%) Financial Institution
7 2 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.54%) Local Government
8 1 (1.54%) Military
8 1 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 13 (20.00%) Lead
2 12 (18.46%) Security Specialist
3 9 (13.85%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 8 (12.31%) Analyst
5 6 (9.23%) Consultant
6 5 (7.69%) Architect
7 4 (6.15%) IT Analyst
7 4 (6.15%) Risk Analyst
7 4 (6.15%) Risk Manager
7 4 (6.15%) Security Architect
7 4 (6.15%) Senior
7 4 (6.15%) SOX Analyst
8 3 (4.62%) Security Consultant
8 3 (4.62%) Security Engineer
8 3 (4.62%) ServiceNow Manager
9 2 (3.08%) Information Manager
9 2 (3.08%) Information Security Manager
9 2 (3.08%) Project Leader
9 2 (3.08%) Security Manager
9 2 (3.08%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.23%) Leaflet
2 4 (6.15%) SailPoint
3 2 (3.08%) OAuth
3 2 (3.08%) SAML
4 1 (1.54%) JSON
4 1 (1.54%) LDAP
4 1 (1.54%) ModSecurity
4 1 (1.54%) OAuth2
4 1 (1.54%) OpenID
4 1 (1.54%) REST
4 1 (1.54%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.85%) Onboarding
1 9 (13.85%) Security Posture
2 6 (9.23%) Management Information System
3 5 (7.69%) Operational Technology
3 5 (7.69%) SCADA
4 4 (6.15%) Cyber Defence
4 4 (6.15%) Virtual Team
5 3 (4.62%) Cloud Native
5 3 (4.62%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (3.08%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (3.08%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.54%) CMDB
7 1 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.54%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (10.77%) Linux
1 7 (10.77%) Unix
1 7 (10.77%) Windows
2 1 (1.54%) CentOS
2 1 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.54%) Ubuntu
2 1 (1.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (76.92%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (60.00%) Risk Management
3 29 (44.62%) Information Security
4 24 (36.92%) Stakeholder Management
5 18 (27.69%) Risk Assessment
6 16 (24.62%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (24.62%) Vulnerability Management
7 15 (23.08%) SABSA
8 14 (21.54%) Risk Register
8 14 (21.54%) Security Architecture
9 13 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 12 (18.46%) Cloud Security
10 12 (18.46%) Computer Science
11 11 (16.92%) CI/CD
11 11 (16.92%) Remediation Plan
12 9 (13.85%) Agile
12 9 (13.85%) Data Protection
12 9 (13.85%) Decision-Making
12 9 (13.85%) OWASP
13 8 (12.31%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.15%) Python
2 2 (3.08%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.54%) Bash
3 1 (1.54%) Go
Qualifications
1 62 (95.38%) CISSP
2 55 (84.62%) CISM
3 25 (38.46%) Degree
4 21 (32.31%) CISA
5 17 (26.15%) Security Cleared
6 16 (24.62%) Cisco Certification
7 15 (23.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 15 (23.08%) SC Cleared
8 12 (18.46%) GIAC
9 8 (12.31%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 8 (12.31%) SANS
10 7 (10.77%) GSEC
11 6 (9.23%) AWS Certification
11 6 (9.23%) Azure Certification
11 6 (9.23%) CEH
11 6 (9.23%) CESG Certified Professional
11 6 (9.23%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (7.69%) PMI Certification
12 5 (7.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (67.69%) NIST
2 39 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (35.38%) GRC
4 9 (13.85%) COBIT
4 9 (13.85%) PCI DSS
5 8 (12.31%) GDPR
5 8 (12.31%) ISO 31000
5 8 (12.31%) JSP 440
5 8 (12.31%) NCSC
5 8 (12.31%) SOC 2
6 7 (10.77%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (6.15%) ITGC
7 4 (6.15%) NIST 800
7 4 (6.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (4.62%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (4.62%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (4.62%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 3 (4.62%) SLA
9 2 (3.08%) PMO
10 1 (1.54%) Def Stans
System Software
1 8 (12.31%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.08%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.54%) Ansible
2 1 (1.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (21.54%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.69%) ServiceNow
3 3 (4.62%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (4.62%) CyberArk
3 3 (4.62%) Google
3 3 (4.62%) Qualys
4 2 (3.08%) Palo Alto
4 2 (3.08%) Splunk
5 1 (1.54%) BMC
5 1 (1.54%) Okta
5 1 (1.54%) Ping Identity
5 1 (1.54%) Progress
5 1 (1.54%) Tenable
5 1 (1.54%) Zscaler