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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 539 467 488
Rank change year-on-year -72 +21 -43
Contract jobs citing CRISC 83 44 46
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.18% 0.16% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.56% 0.50% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 17 39
10th Percentile £479 £385 £380
25th Percentile £500 £515 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £573 £575 £583
Median % change year-on-year -0.43% -1.29% +5.91%
75th Percentile £653 £673 £647
90th Percentile £733 £758 £678
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £583
% change year-on-year - -1.29% +10.95%
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 14,943 8,720 9,547
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.11% 31.59% 29.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,993 5,545 5,856
10th Percentile £350 £304 £325
25th Percentile £445 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £714 £738
UK median daily rate £529 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +0.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,235 696 549
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.99 £18.03
25th Percentile £25.77 £18.87 £30.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -54.27% +1.85%
75th Percentile £74.00 £43.81 £70.00
90th Percentile £89.48 £73.75 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £47.54 £25.15 £50.00
% change year-on-year +89.03% -49.70% -7.41%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 -66 45 £571 +3.86% 74
North of England -64 15 £575 -20.69% 14
South East -56 9 £713 +105.04% 19
South West -33 8 £635 +10.39% 11
Yorkshire - 8 £606 - 4
North West -44 6 £490 -32.41% 8
Midlands -50 4 £625 -40.95% 7
East Midlands -19 2 - - 2
West Midlands -41 2 £625 -40.95% 5
East of England -30 1 £505 -8.18% 3
CRISC
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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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.20%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.20%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 26 (31.33%) Azure
2 16 (19.28%) AWS
3 9 (10.84%) Entra ID
4 7 (8.43%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (7.23%) GCP
6 5 (6.02%) IaaS
6 5 (6.02%) PaaS
7 4 (4.82%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (4.82%) SaaS
8 2 (2.41%) Akamai
9 1 (1.20%) Azure AKS
9 1 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.20%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (1.20%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (1.20%) GitHub
9 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (1.20%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.20%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.23%) Firewall
2 3 (3.61%) Network Security
3 2 (2.41%) VPN
4 1 (1.20%) 4G
4 1 (1.20%) 5G
4 1 (1.20%) NGFW
4 1 (1.20%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.20%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Burp Suite
1 2 (2.41%) Claude Code
1 2 (2.41%) Snyk
2 1 (1.20%) Git
2 1 (1.20%) GitLab
2 1 (1.20%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.20%) JIRA
General
1 42 (50.60%) Social Skills
2 28 (33.73%) Finance
3 18 (21.69%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (12.05%) Banking
4 10 (12.05%) Public Sector
5 7 (8.43%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (7.23%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (6.02%) Legal
7 5 (6.02%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.41%) Local Government
8 2 (2.41%) Military
8 2 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.20%) Law
9 1 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.20%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (16.87%) Consultant
1 14 (16.87%) Lead
2 11 (13.25%) Analyst
3 10 (12.05%) Senior
4 9 (10.84%) Architect
5 8 (9.64%) Security Architect
5 8 (9.64%) Security Specialist
6 6 (7.23%) Project Consultant
6 6 (7.23%) Risk Analyst
6 6 (7.23%) Security Consultant
7 5 (6.02%) Cybersecurity Specialist
8 4 (4.82%) Risk Manager
8 4 (4.82%) Security Manager
9 3 (3.61%) Governance Analyst
9 3 (3.61%) Information Manager
9 3 (3.61%) Information Security Manager
9 3 (3.61%) Risk Consultant
9 3 (3.61%) Security Engineer
9 3 (3.61%) Senior Consultant
9 3 (3.61%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.61%) SailPoint
1 3 (3.61%) Terraform
2 2 (2.41%) OAuth
2 2 (2.41%) SAML
3 1 (1.20%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.20%) JSON
3 1 (1.20%) LDAP
3 1 (1.20%) Leaflet
3 1 (1.20%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.20%) OpenID
3 1 (1.20%) REST
3 1 (1.20%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.46%) Onboarding
2 10 (12.05%) Management Information System
2 10 (12.05%) Security Posture
3 6 (7.23%) Operational Technology
4 5 (6.02%) Cyber Defence
4 5 (6.02%) SCADA
5 4 (4.82%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (3.61%) Cloud Native
6 3 (3.61%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (3.61%) Taxonomies
6 3 (3.61%) Virtual Team
7 2 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (2.41%) Data Centre
7 2 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (2.41%) PKI
8 1 (1.20%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (1.20%) Mobile Payment
8 1 (1.20%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.20%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.64%) Linux
1 8 (9.64%) Windows
2 7 (8.43%) Unix
3 1 (1.20%) CentOS
3 1 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.20%) Ubuntu
3 1 (1.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (62.65%) Cybersecurity
2 48 (57.83%) Risk Management
3 40 (48.19%) Stakeholder Management
4 37 (44.58%) Information Security
5 21 (25.30%) Risk Register
6 20 (24.10%) Security Architecture
6 20 (24.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 17 (20.48%) Risk Assessment
7 17 (20.48%) Threat Intelligence
8 16 (19.28%) Incident Management
8 16 (19.28%) SABSA
8 16 (19.28%) Vulnerability Management
9 15 (18.07%) Cloud Security
9 15 (18.07%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (15.66%) Continuous Improvement
10 13 (15.66%) Remediation Plan
11 12 (14.46%) Security Management
11 12 (14.46%) Threat Modelling
12 11 (13.25%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 11 (13.25%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.82%) Python
2 3 (3.61%) Korn
2 3 (3.61%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.41%) Bash
4 1 (1.20%) Bicep
4 1 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 69 (83.13%) CISM
2 68 (81.93%) CISSP
3 29 (34.94%) Security Cleared
4 27 (32.53%) SC Cleared
5 26 (31.33%) CISA
6 22 (26.51%) Degree
7 21 (25.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 21 (25.30%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (14.46%) GIAC
8 12 (14.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 11 (13.25%) CompTIA Security+
10 9 (10.84%) CCSP
10 9 (10.84%) SANS
11 8 (9.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 7 (8.43%) Azure Certification
13 6 (7.23%) CESG Certified Professional
13 6 (7.23%) ISACA
13 6 (7.23%) Network+ Certification
14 5 (6.02%) AWS Certification
14 5 (6.02%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (65.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 52 (62.65%) NIST
3 29 (34.94%) GRC
4 14 (16.87%) NCSC
5 10 (12.05%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (9.64%) GDPR
6 8 (9.64%) NIST 800
7 7 (8.43%) ISO 31000
8 5 (6.02%) COBIT
8 5 (6.02%) ISO 22301
8 5 (6.02%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 5 (6.02%) PCI DSS
9 4 (4.82%) ITGC
9 4 (4.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (3.61%) EU AI Act
10 3 (3.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 2 (2.41%) QA
11 2 (2.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (10.84%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.41%) Docker
2 2 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.41%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.20%) Ansible
2 1 (1.20%) CASB
Vendors
1 20 (24.10%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.82%) CrowdStrike
2 4 (4.82%) Google
3 3 (3.61%) Qualys
3 3 (3.61%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.41%) CyberArk
4 2 (2.41%) Palo Alto
4 2 (2.41%) SAP
4 2 (2.41%) Splunk
4 2 (2.41%) VMware
5 1 (1.20%) BMC
5 1 (1.20%) Okta
5 1 (1.20%) Ping Identity
5 1 (1.20%) Progress
5 1 (1.20%) Rapid7
5 1 (1.20%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.20%) Sophos
5 1 (1.20%) Tenable
5 1 (1.20%) Zscaler
128 CRISC jobs in England