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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 558 469 489
Rank change year-on-year -89 +20 -32
Contract jobs citing CRISC 71 48 38
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.16% 0.17% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.49% 0.55% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 20 32
10th Percentile £477 £357 £312
25th Percentile £500 £400 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £536 £583
Median % change year-on-year +6.39% -8.03% -5.67%
75th Percentile £619 £612 £645
90th Percentile £731 £743 £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 14,437 8,682 10,101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.60% 31.52% 30.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,707 5,461 6,389
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 1,126 679 688
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.20 £14.84
25th Percentile £25.77 £18.87 £21.87
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £48.56
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -48.21% -11.71%
75th Percentile £75.00 £55.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £78.35
UK median hourly rate £48.84 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +94.19% -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 25 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 25 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 25 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 -68 33 £575 +16.75% 54
South West -34 14 £570 +6.05% 14
North of England -54 13 £531 -15.70% 6
South East -62 7 £900 +140.00% 4
North West -33 6 £490 -32.41% 3
Yorkshire - 6 £613 - 3
Midlands -64 3 - - 2
East Midlands -18 2 - - 1
East of England -21 1 £505 - 2
West Midlands -47 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 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.41%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 22 (30.99%) Azure
2 13 (18.31%) AWS
3 9 (12.68%) Entra ID
4 6 (8.45%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (7.04%) IaaS
5 5 (7.04%) PaaS
6 4 (5.63%) GCP
6 4 (5.63%) SaaS
7 3 (4.23%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (2.82%) Akamai
9 1 (1.41%) Azure AKS
9 1 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (1.41%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (1.41%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.41%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.82%) Firewall
1 2 (2.82%) Network Security
2 1 (1.41%) 4G
2 1 (1.41%) 5G
2 1 (1.41%) NGFW
2 1 (1.41%) SSH
2 1 (1.41%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.41%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.82%) Burp Suite
1 2 (2.82%) Snyk
2 1 (1.41%) Claude Code
2 1 (1.41%) Git
2 1 (1.41%) JIRA
General
1 31 (43.66%) Social Skills
2 22 (30.99%) Finance
3 17 (23.94%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (11.27%) Banking
5 7 (9.86%) Influencing Skills
5 7 (9.86%) Public Sector
6 6 (8.45%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (7.04%) Telecoms
8 3 (4.23%) Legal
9 2 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.82%) Local Government
9 2 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.41%) Military
10 1 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (26.76%) Lead
2 12 (16.90%) Consultant
3 10 (14.08%) Analyst
4 8 (11.27%) Security Specialist
5 6 (8.45%) Architect
5 6 (8.45%) Project Consultant
5 6 (8.45%) Security Consultant
5 6 (8.45%) Senior
6 5 (7.04%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 5 (7.04%) Risk Analyst
6 5 (7.04%) Security Architect
7 4 (5.63%) IT Analyst
7 4 (5.63%) SOX Analyst
8 3 (4.23%) Risk Consultant
8 3 (4.23%) Security Engineer
9 2 (2.82%) Information Manager
9 2 (2.82%) Project Leader
9 2 (2.82%) Risk Manager
9 2 (2.82%) Senior Consultant
9 2 (2.82%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.45%) Leaflet
2 3 (4.23%) SailPoint
3 2 (2.82%) OAuth
3 2 (2.82%) SAML
3 2 (2.82%) Terraform
4 1 (1.41%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.41%) JSON
4 1 (1.41%) LDAP
4 1 (1.41%) ModSecurity
4 1 (1.41%) OAuth2
4 1 (1.41%) OpenID
4 1 (1.41%) REST
4 1 (1.41%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.49%) Onboarding
2 6 (8.45%) Management Information System
2 6 (8.45%) Operational Technology
2 6 (8.45%) Security Posture
3 5 (7.04%) SCADA
4 4 (5.63%) Cyber Defence
4 4 (5.63%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (4.23%) Virtual Team
6 2 (2.82%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.82%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.82%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.41%) NHS
7 1 (1.41%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (9.86%) Linux
1 7 (9.86%) Unix
1 7 (9.86%) Windows
2 1 (1.41%) CentOS
2 1 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.41%) Ubuntu
2 1 (1.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (64.79%) Risk Management
2 45 (63.38%) Cybersecurity
3 32 (45.07%) Stakeholder Management
4 25 (35.21%) Information Security
5 18 (25.35%) Risk Register
6 15 (21.13%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (21.13%) SABSA
6 15 (21.13%) Security Architecture
6 15 (21.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 14 (19.72%) Cloud Security
7 14 (19.72%) Risk Assessment
8 13 (18.31%) Vulnerability Management
9 12 (16.90%) Incident Management
9 12 (16.90%) Remediation Plan
10 11 (15.49%) Change Control
10 11 (15.49%) Security Management
10 11 (15.49%) Threat Intelligence
11 10 (14.08%) CI/CD
11 10 (14.08%) Computer Science
11 10 (14.08%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.23%) Python
2 2 (2.82%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.41%) Bash
3 1 (1.41%) Bicep
3 1 (1.41%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 58 (81.69%) CISSP
2 57 (80.28%) CISM
3 26 (36.62%) Security Cleared
4 24 (33.80%) SC Cleared
5 23 (32.39%) CISA
6 21 (29.58%) Degree
7 18 (25.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 18 (25.35%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (16.90%) GIAC
9 10 (14.08%) CompTIA Security+
10 9 (12.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 8 (11.27%) SANS
12 7 (9.86%) Azure Certification
12 7 (9.86%) CCSP
13 6 (8.45%) AWS Certification
13 6 (8.45%) CESG Certified Professional
13 6 (8.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 6 (8.45%) Network+ Certification
14 5 (7.04%) CEH
14 5 (7.04%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (61.97%) NIST
2 43 (60.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (26.76%) GRC
4 10 (14.08%) NCSC
5 8 (11.27%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (11.27%) JSP 440
6 6 (8.45%) COBIT
6 6 (8.45%) ISO 31000
7 4 (5.63%) GDPR
7 4 (5.63%) ITGC
7 4 (5.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (4.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (4.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (2.82%) EU AI Act
9 2 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 2 (2.82%) PCI DSS
9 2 (2.82%) SOC 2
10 1 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (1.41%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (9.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.41%) Ansible
1 1 (1.41%) CASB
1 1 (1.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (22.54%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.23%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (2.82%) CyberArk
3 2 (2.82%) Google
3 2 (2.82%) Palo Alto
3 2 (2.82%) Qualys
3 2 (2.82%) SAP
3 2 (2.82%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.41%) BMC
4 1 (1.41%) Okta
4 1 (1.41%) Ping Identity
4 1 (1.41%) Progress
4 1 (1.41%) Splunk
4 1 (1.41%) Zscaler