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 20 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 529 447 515
Rank change year-on-year -82 +68 -13
Contract jobs citing CRISC 69 50 41
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.16% 0.20% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.51% 0.64% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 24 31
10th Percentile £450 £400 £421
25th Percentile £500 £495 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £575 £638
Median % change year-on-year -0.87% -9.80% -1.92%
75th Percentile £619 £675 £825
90th Percentile £736 - £875
UK median daily rate £570 £601 £625
% change year-on-year -5.20% -3.80% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 £68.80 -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £73.60 -
Median % change year-on-year -28.67% - -
75th Percentile £53.75 £78.40 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £78.40 -
% change year-on-year -33.04% - -

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 13,650 7,760 11,510
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.60% 31.16% 30.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,203 4,893 7,098
10th Percentile £350 £280 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £645
90th Percentile £721 £713 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,034 496 1,021
10th Percentile £17.87 £17.87 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £20.18 £20.25
Median hourly rate £52.50 £30.27 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +73.44% -27.06% -24.55%
75th Percentile £73.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.39 £80.50 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £30.00 £40.25
% change year-on-year +66.67% -25.47% -27.24%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 40 £575 +4.55% 17
South West -20 12 £570 +6.05% 3
South East -58 7 £900 +50.00% 12
North of England -74 5 £511 -4.25% 1
East of England - 4 £525 - 2
North West -42 3 £490 -32.41% 1
Yorkshire - 2 £613 -
East Midlands -20 1 - - 1
Midlands -61 1 - - 3
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 (5.80%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (5.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 21 (30.43%) Azure
2 12 (17.39%) AWS
3 10 (14.49%) Entra ID
4 6 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (7.25%) GCP
5 5 (7.25%) IaaS
5 5 (7.25%) PaaS
6 3 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (4.35%) SaaS
7 2 (2.90%) Akamai
8 1 (1.45%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.45%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.45%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.90%) Firewall
2 1 (1.45%) Network Security
2 1 (1.45%) NGFW
2 1 (1.45%) SSH
2 1 (1.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.45%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Burp Suite
1 2 (2.90%) Snyk
2 1 (1.45%) Git
2 1 (1.45%) JIRA
General
1 33 (47.83%) Social Skills
2 24 (34.78%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (27.54%) Finance
4 7 (10.14%) Banking
4 7 (10.14%) Legal
5 3 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (4.35%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.35%) Retail
5 3 (4.35%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.90%) Financial Institution
6 2 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.45%) Local Government
7 1 (1.45%) Military
7 1 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 13 (18.84%) Lead
2 12 (17.39%) Analyst
2 12 (17.39%) Security Specialist
3 9 (13.04%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 8 (11.59%) IT Analyst
4 8 (11.59%) Risk Analyst
5 6 (8.70%) Consultant
5 6 (8.70%) IT Risk Analyst
6 5 (7.25%) Architect
7 4 (5.80%) Project Manager
7 4 (5.80%) Risk Manager
7 4 (5.80%) Security Architect
7 4 (5.80%) SOX Analyst
8 3 (4.35%) Security Consultant
8 3 (4.35%) Security Engineer
8 3 (4.35%) Security Manager
8 3 (4.35%) Security Project Manager
8 3 (4.35%) Senior
8 3 (4.35%) ServiceNow Manager
9 2 (2.90%) Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.70%) Leaflet
2 4 (5.80%) SailPoint
3 2 (2.90%) OAuth
3 2 (2.90%) SAML
4 1 (1.45%) JSON
4 1 (1.45%) LDAP
4 1 (1.45%) ModSecurity
4 1 (1.45%) OAuth2
4 1 (1.45%) OpenID
4 1 (1.45%) REST
4 1 (1.45%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.04%) Management Information System
1 9 (13.04%) Onboarding
2 8 (11.59%) Security Posture
3 5 (7.25%) Operational Technology
3 5 (7.25%) SCADA
4 4 (5.80%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (4.35%) Cloud Native
5 3 (4.35%) Virtual Team
6 2 (2.90%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.90%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.45%) CMDB
7 1 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.45%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (10.14%) Linux
1 7 (10.14%) Unix
1 7 (10.14%) Windows
2 1 (1.45%) CentOS
2 1 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.45%) Ubuntu
2 1 (1.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (69.57%) Cybersecurity
2 45 (65.22%) Risk Management
3 31 (44.93%) Information Security
4 23 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 22 (31.88%) Risk Assessment
6 18 (26.09%) Risk Register
7 16 (23.19%) Vulnerability Management
8 15 (21.74%) Cloud Security
8 15 (21.74%) SABSA
9 14 (20.29%) Computer Science
9 14 (20.29%) Security Architecture
10 13 (18.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 12 (17.39%) Agile
12 11 (15.94%) CI/CD
13 10 (14.49%) Data Protection
13 10 (14.49%) Remediation Plan
14 9 (13.04%) Decision-Making
14 9 (13.04%) OWASP
15 8 (11.59%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.80%) Python
2 2 (2.90%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.45%) Bash
3 1 (1.45%) Go
Qualifications
1 63 (91.30%) CISSP
2 59 (85.51%) CISM
3 27 (39.13%) Degree
4 24 (34.78%) CISA
5 16 (23.19%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (23.19%) Security Cleared
6 15 (21.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 14 (20.29%) SC Cleared
8 12 (17.39%) GIAC
9 8 (11.59%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 8 (11.59%) PMI Certification
9 8 (11.59%) PMP
9 8 (11.59%) SANS
10 7 (10.14%) GSEC
10 7 (10.14%) Master's Degree
11 6 (8.70%) AWS Certification
11 6 (8.70%) Azure Certification
11 6 (8.70%) CEH
11 6 (8.70%) CESG Certified Professional
11 6 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (66.67%) NIST
2 41 (59.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (36.23%) GRC
4 13 (18.84%) COBIT
5 10 (14.49%) GDPR
6 9 (13.04%) PCI DSS
7 8 (11.59%) ISO 31000
7 8 (11.59%) JSP 440
7 8 (11.59%) SOC 2
8 7 (10.14%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (8.70%) NCSC
10 4 (5.80%) ITGC
10 4 (5.80%) NIST 800
10 4 (5.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 3 (4.35%) SLA
12 2 (2.90%) PMO
13 1 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (1.45%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 8 (11.59%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.90%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.45%) Ansible
2 1 (1.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (20.29%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.25%) ServiceNow
3 3 (4.35%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (4.35%) CyberArk
3 3 (4.35%) Google
3 3 (4.35%) Qualys
4 2 (2.90%) Palo Alto
4 2 (2.90%) Splunk
5 1 (1.45%) BMC
5 1 (1.45%) Okta
5 1 (1.45%) Ping Identity
5 1 (1.45%) Progress
5 1 (1.45%) Tenable
5 1 (1.45%) Zscaler