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 28 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 542 463 487
Rank change year-on-year -79 +24 -25
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 48 19 34
10th Percentile £455 £373 £336
25th Percentile £500 £409 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £538 £591
Median % change year-on-year +6.05% -9.09% -4.25%
75th Percentile £619 £621 £642
90th Percentile £731 £748 £675
UK median daily rate £570 £550 £583
% change year-on-year +3.64% -5.58% -2.92%
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 14,504 8,680 10,054
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.69% 31.51% 30.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,747 5,462 6,346
10th Percentile £350 £300 £325
25th Percentile £438 £413 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £630 £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 1,125 677 675
10th Percentile £18.26 £18.13 £14.29
25th Percentile £25.77 £18.87 £22.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £48.56
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -48.21% -11.71%
75th Percentile £75.00 £53.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £48.72 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +93.72% -44.11% -18.18%

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 28 August 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 28 August 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 28 August 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 -84 35 £568 +5.58% 46
South West -22 14 £570 +6.05% 13
North of England -53 14 £511 -18.78% 11
South East -54 7 £900 +140.00% 10
Yorkshire - 7 £613 - 4
North West -40 6 £490 -32.41% 5
Midlands -50 3 - - 2
East Midlands -17 2 - - 1
East of England -19 1 £505 - 1
West Midlands -56 1 - - 1
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 2 (2.70%) Firewall
1 2 (2.70%) Network Security
2 1 (1.35%) 4G
2 1 (1.35%) 5G
2 1 (1.35%) NGFW
2 1 (1.35%) SSH
2 1 (1.35%) VPN
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 33 (44.59%) Social Skills
2 22 (29.73%) Finance
3 18 (24.32%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (12.16%) Public Sector
5 8 (10.81%) Banking
6 7 (9.46%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (8.11%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (6.76%) Telecoms
9 3 (4.05%) Legal
10 2 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (2.70%) Local Government
10 2 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.35%) Military
11 1 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (1.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (25.68%) Lead
2 12 (16.22%) Consultant
3 11 (14.86%) Analyst
4 8 (10.81%) Security Specialist
5 7 (9.46%) Architect
6 6 (8.11%) Project Consultant
6 6 (8.11%) Security Architect
6 6 (8.11%) Security Consultant
6 6 (8.11%) Senior
7 5 (6.76%) Cybersecurity Specialist
7 5 (6.76%) Risk Analyst
8 4 (5.41%) IT Analyst
8 4 (5.41%) SOX Analyst
9 3 (4.05%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 3 (4.05%) Risk Consultant
9 3 (4.05%) Security Engineer
10 2 (2.70%) Auditor
10 2 (2.70%) Information Manager
10 2 (2.70%) Information Security Manager
10 2 (2.70%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.11%) 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 8 (10.81%) 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%) Self-Motivation
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
1 48 (64.86%) Risk Management
2 35 (47.30%) Stakeholder Management
3 27 (36.49%) Information Security
4 18 (24.32%) Risk Register
5 17 (22.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 16 (21.62%) Cloud Security
6 16 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (21.62%) SABSA
6 16 (21.62%) Security Architecture
7 14 (18.92%) Risk Assessment
8 13 (17.57%) Incident Management
8 13 (17.57%) Remediation Plan
8 13 (17.57%) Vulnerability Management
9 12 (16.22%) Threat Intelligence
10 11 (14.86%) Change Control
10 11 (14.86%) CI/CD
10 11 (14.86%) Computer Science
10 11 (14.86%) Decision-Making
10 11 (14.86%) Security Management
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 61 (82.43%) CISSP
2 60 (81.08%) CISM
3 28 (37.84%) Security Cleared
4 26 (35.14%) SC Cleared
5 24 (32.43%) CISA
6 22 (29.73%) Degree
7 19 (25.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 19 (25.68%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (16.22%) GIAC
9 10 (13.51%) CompTIA Security+
9 10 (13.51%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 9 (12.16%) SANS
11 8 (10.81%) Azure Certification
12 7 (9.46%) CCSP
13 6 (8.11%) AWS Certification
13 6 (8.11%) CEH
13 6 (8.11%) CESG Certified Professional
13 6 (8.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 6 (8.11%) Network+ Certification
14 5 (6.76%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (62.16%) NIST
2 45 (60.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (27.03%) GRC
4 11 (14.86%) NCSC
5 8 (10.81%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (10.81%) JSP 440
6 6 (8.11%) COBIT
6 6 (8.11%) ISO 31000
7 4 (5.41%) GDPR
7 4 (5.41%) ITGC
7 4 (5.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (4.05%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (2.70%) EU AI Act
9 2 (2.70%) ISO 22301
9 2 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 2 (2.70%) PCI DSS
9 2 (2.70%) SOC 2
10 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 42001
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