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 citing CRISC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 31 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	545	504	463
Rank change year-on-year	-41	-41	-9
Contract jobs citing CRISC	96	32	52
As % of all contract jobs in England	0.21%	0.11%	0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category	0.63%	0.34%	0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted	59	14	43
10^th Percentile	£449	£379	£403
25^th Percentile	£500	£448	£454
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£600	£580	£600
Median % change year-on-year	+3.45%	-3.33%	+14.29%
75^th Percentile	£675	£703	£650
90^th Percentile	£750	£773	£685
UK median daily rate	£600	£580	£600
% change year-on-year	+3.45%	-3.33%	+14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted	2	1	2
10^th Percentile	£78.73	-	£70.24
25^th Percentile	£78.78	£30.61	£72.40
Median hourly rate	£78.85	£32.74	£78.40
Median % change year-on-year	+140.87%	-58.25%	-9.89%
75^th Percentile	£78.93	£34.86	£82.00
90^th Percentile	£78.97	-	£82.72
UK median hourly rate	£78.85	£32.74	£78.40
% change year-on-year	+140.87%	-58.25%	-9.89%

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 citing academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

	6 months to 31 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing academic qualifications or professional certifications	15,296	9,544	9,260
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England	33.14%	32.72%	29.73%
Number of daily rates quoted	10,072	6,134	5,678
10^th Percentile	£358	£300	£313
25^th Percentile	£450	£413	£425
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£537	£525	£528
Median % change year-on-year	+2.33%	-0.47%	-4.09%
75^th Percentile	£638	£625	£638
90^th Percentile	£725	£713	£728
UK median daily rate	£535	£525	£525
% change year-on-year	+1.90%	-	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1,463	816	416
10^th Percentile	£17.00	£17.69	£20.06
25^th Percentile	£25.75	£18.87	£30.00
Median hourly rate	£48.51	£25.15	£52.50
Median % change year-on-year	+92.88%	-52.10%	-
75^th Percentile	£75.00	£43.75	£68.32
90^th Percentile	£90.00	£72.50	£75.00
UK median hourly rate	£43.96	£25.15	£47.50
% change year-on-year	+74.79%	-47.05%	-9.52%

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 Daily Rate Trend in England

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 31 October 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.

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 31 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
London	-47	51	£600	+13.21%	14
North of England	-59	15	£606	-16.38%	6
South East	-50	11	£625	+66.67%	10
Midlands	-43	9	£538	-49.22%	2
South West	-21	8	£612	+6.48%	3
Yorkshire	-	8	£606	-	2
West Midlands	-34	7	£538	-49.22%	2
North West	-32	6	£650	-10.34%	3
East Midlands	-4	2	-	-
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CRISC Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 31 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing CRISC also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region citing CRISC.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CISSP	83.3%	80
2	CISM	82.3%	79
3	NIST	68.8%	66
4	ISO/IEC 27001	65.6%	63
5	Cybersecurity	64.6%	62
6	Risk Management	60.4%	58
6	Stakeholder Management	60.4%	58
8	Information Security	44.8%	43
9	CISA	39.6%	38
9	GRC	39.6%	38
11	Security Cleared	35.4%	34
12	SC Cleared	33.3%	32
13	Azure	29.2%	28
14	Risk Register	25.0%	24
15	Stakeholder Engagement	22.9%	22
16	Degree	21.9%	21
16	Microsoft	21.9%	21
18	Incident Management	20.8%	20
18	ISO 27001 Lead Auditor	20.8%	20
18	Vulnerability Management	20.8%	20
21	AWS	19.8%	19
21	Continuous Improvement	19.8%	19
21	Threat Intelligence	19.8%	19
24	(ISC)2 CCSP	18.8%	18
24	Cisco Certification	18.8%	18
24	Cloud Security	18.8%	18
24	Security Architecture	18.8%	18
28	Risk Assessment	17.7%	17
28	Security Management	17.7%	17
30	Decision-Making	16.7%	16

CRISC Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Qualifications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CISSP	83.3%	80
2	CISM	82.3%	79
3	CISA	39.6%	38
4	Security Cleared	35.4%	34
5	SC Cleared	33.3%	32
6	Degree	21.9%	21
7	ISO 27001 Lead Auditor	20.8%	20
8	(ISC)2 CCSP	18.8%	18
8	Cisco Certification	18.8%	18
10	CompTIA Security+	14.6%	14
11	ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	13.5%	13
12	CCSP	9.4%	9
13	GIAC	8.3%	8
14	Azure Certification	6.3%	6
14	ISACA	6.3%	6
14	Network+ Certification	6.3%	6
17	CEH	5.2%	5
17	SANS	5.2%	5
19	AWS Certification	4.2%	4
20	DV Cleared	3.1%	3