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 17 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 538 426 483
Rank change year-on-year -112 +57 +78
Contract jobs citing CRISC 52 53 59
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.13% 0.22% 0.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.40% 0.69% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 32 44
10th Percentile £389 £402 £421
25th Percentile £489 £528 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £601 £558
Median % change year-on-year -5.20% +7.85% -14.23%
75th Percentile £628 £675 £825
90th Percentile £749 - £875
UK median daily rate £570 £625 £550
% change year-on-year -8.80% +13.64% -15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £83.20 -
UK median hourly rate - £83.20 -

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 13,018 7,691 11,701
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.08% 31.47% 31.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,728 4,919 7,227
10th Percentile £340 £300 £300
25th Percentile £425 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £621 £630 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £745
UK median daily rate £518 £525 £536
% change year-on-year -1.43% -2.05% -2.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 985 430 944
10th Percentile £16.41 £18.20 £13.99
25th Percentile £20.82 £24.54 £17.74
Median hourly rate £45.46 £50.00 £39.44
Median % change year-on-year -9.08% +26.79% -23.80%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.36 £82.25 £75.25
UK median hourly rate £45.46 £42.50 £38.95
% change year-on-year +6.96% +9.11% -26.99%

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 17 April 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 17 April 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 -79 31 £575 -10.85% 3
South West -23 11 £570 +6.05%
East of England - 4 £525 - 5
North of England -69 3 £490 -8.24% 2
North West - 3 £490 - 1
South East -58 1 £350 -41.67% 2
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 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (5.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (13.46%) Azure
2 5 (9.62%) AWS
3 3 (5.77%) GCP
4 2 (3.85%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (3.85%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.92%) Azure AKS
5 1 (1.92%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.85%) Network Security
2 1 (1.92%) Firewall
2 1 (1.92%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.92%) Data Lake
General
1 22 (42.31%) Social Skills
2 20 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (23.08%) Finance
4 7 (13.46%) Legal
5 4 (7.69%) Banking
5 4 (7.69%) Retail
6 2 (3.85%) Financial Institution
6 2 (3.85%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.92%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (26.92%) Analyst
2 8 (15.38%) Consultant
2 8 (15.38%) IT Analyst
2 8 (15.38%) Lead
2 8 (15.38%) Risk Analyst
3 6 (11.54%) IT Risk Analyst
3 6 (11.54%) Security Specialist
4 5 (9.62%) Security Consultant
5 4 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 4 (7.69%) Project Manager
5 4 (7.69%) Risk Manager
5 4 (7.69%) Security Manager
5 4 (7.69%) SOX Analyst
6 3 (5.77%) Security Analyst
6 3 (5.77%) Security Project Manager
6 3 (5.77%) ServiceNow Manager
7 2 (3.85%) Engagement Manager
7 2 (3.85%) Information Security Officer
7 2 (3.85%) IT Manager
7 2 (3.85%) Supply Chain Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.54%) Leaflet
2 1 (1.92%) ModSecurity
2 1 (1.92%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.46%) Management Information System
2 6 (11.54%) Security Posture
3 4 (7.69%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (3.85%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.92%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.92%) CMDB
5 1 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.92%) IoT
5 1 (1.92%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
1 36 (69.23%) Risk Management
2 24 (46.15%) Information Security
3 18 (34.62%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (30.77%) Risk Assessment
5 15 (28.85%) Stakeholder Management
6 14 (26.92%) Computer Science
7 10 (19.23%) Cloud Security
7 10 (19.23%) Risk Register
7 10 (19.23%) Vulnerability Management
8 9 (17.31%) Data Protection
9 8 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (13.46%) Change Management
10 7 (13.46%) Decision-Making
11 6 (11.54%) Agile
11 6 (11.54%) PRINCE2
11 6 (11.54%) Project Management
12 5 (9.62%) Business Continuity
12 5 (9.62%) Incident Response
12 5 (9.62%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.85%) Python
2 1 (1.92%) Bash
2 1 (1.92%) Go
2 1 (1.92%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 46 (88.46%) CISSP
2 44 (84.62%) CISM
3 20 (38.46%) Degree
4 18 (34.62%) CISA
5 8 (15.38%) Security Cleared
6 7 (13.46%) SC Cleared
7 6 (11.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (11.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 6 (11.54%) Master's Degree
7 6 (11.54%) PMI Certification
7 6 (11.54%) PMP
8 4 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (7.69%) GIAC
9 3 (5.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (5.77%) CEH
9 3 (5.77%) CGEIT
9 3 (5.77%) GSEC
10 2 (3.85%) AWS Certification
10 2 (3.85%) CASP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (63.46%) NIST
2 27 (51.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (44.23%) GRC
4 15 (28.85%) COBIT
5 11 (21.15%) GDPR
6 8 (15.38%) PCI DSS
7 7 (13.46%) JSP 440
7 7 (13.46%) NCSC
7 7 (13.46%) SOC 2
8 4 (7.69%) ITGC
8 4 (7.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (5.77%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 3 (5.77%) NIST 800
9 3 (5.77%) SLA
10 2 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (3.85%) ISO 31000
10 2 (3.85%) PMO
11 1 (1.92%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 1 (1.92%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.92%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (5.77%) Microsoft
1 3 (5.77%) ServiceNow
2 1 (1.92%) CyberArk
2 1 (1.92%) Google
2 1 (1.92%) Palo Alto
2 1 (1.92%) Progress
2 1 (1.92%) Qualys
2 1 (1.92%) Splunk
2 1 (1.92%) Tenable