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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 553 466 487
Rank change year-on-year -87 +21 -18
Contract jobs citing CRISC 71 49 37
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.16% 0.18% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.49% 0.56% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 21 31
10th Percentile £485 £363 £300
25th Percentile £500 £400 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £534 £560
Median % change year-on-year +6.74% -4.64% -9.31%
75th Percentile £628 £604 £659
90th Percentile £734 £738 £773
UK median daily rate £570 £538 £555
% change year-on-year +6.05% -3.15% -9.02%
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 14,456 8,695 10,189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.70% 31.46% 30.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,754 5,449 6,485
10th Percentile £350 £300 £325
25th Percentile £431 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £715 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,120 671 758
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.13 £15.10
25th Percentile £25.77 £18.87 £21.37
Median hourly rate £55.00 £25.15 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +118.69% -47.05% -13.64%
75th Percentile £75.00 £56.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £77.65
UK median hourly rate £51.25 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +103.78% -41.51% -21.82%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 35 £575 +16.75% 95
South West -38 14 £570 +6.05% 19
North of England -57 10 £531 -0.63% 11
South East -66 7 £900 +140.00% 16
Yorkshire - 6 £613 - 5
North West -40 3 £490 -32.41% 6
Midlands -50 3 - - 4
East of England -18 2 £515 - 5
East Midlands -20 2 - -
West Midlands -55 1 - - 4
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
Cloud Services
1 24 (33.80%) Azure
2 13 (18.31%) AWS
3 11 (15.49%) Entra ID
4 6 (8.45%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (7.04%) GCP
5 5 (7.04%) IaaS
5 5 (7.04%) PaaS
6 4 (5.63%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (5.63%) SaaS
7 2 (2.82%) Akamai
8 1 (1.41%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (1.41%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.41%) Power Platform
8 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%) Data Lake
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 19 (26.76%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (9.86%) Banking
4 7 (9.86%) Public Sector
5 5 (7.04%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (7.04%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (7.04%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.82%) Legal
6 2 (2.82%) Local Government
6 2 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.82%) Retail
7 1 (1.41%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.41%) Military
7 1 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 17 (23.94%) Lead
2 14 (19.72%) Consultant
3 9 (12.68%) Analyst
4 8 (11.27%) Security Consultant
4 8 (11.27%) Security Specialist
5 7 (9.86%) Senior
6 5 (7.04%) Architect
6 5 (7.04%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 5 (7.04%) Project Consultant
7 4 (5.63%) IT Analyst
7 4 (5.63%) Risk Analyst
7 4 (5.63%) Security Architect
7 4 (5.63%) SOX Analyst
8 3 (4.23%) Auditor
8 3 (4.23%) Risk Consultant
8 3 (4.23%) Risk Manager
8 3 (4.23%) Security Auditor
8 3 (4.23%) Security Engineer
8 3 (4.23%) Senior Consultant
9 2 (2.82%) Telecoms Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.45%) Leaflet
2 4 (5.63%) SailPoint
3 2 (2.82%) OAuth
3 2 (2.82%) SAML
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 7 (9.86%) Security Posture
3 6 (8.45%) Management Information System
4 5 (7.04%) Operational Technology
4 5 (7.04%) SCADA
5 4 (5.63%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (5.63%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (5.63%) Virtual Team
6 3 (4.23%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (2.82%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.82%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.41%) CMDB
8 1 (1.41%) NHS
8 1 (1.41%) Product Ownership
8 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 49 (69.01%) Cybersecurity
2 44 (61.97%) Risk Management
3 30 (42.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 25 (35.21%) Information Security
5 17 (23.94%) Risk Assessment
6 16 (22.54%) Risk Register
6 16 (22.54%) SABSA
7 15 (21.13%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (21.13%) Security Architecture
8 14 (19.72%) Cloud Security
8 14 (19.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 14 (19.72%) Vulnerability Management
9 12 (16.90%) Remediation Plan
10 11 (15.49%) Computer Science
10 11 (15.49%) Threat Intelligence
11 10 (14.08%) Change Control
11 10 (14.08%) CI/CD
11 10 (14.08%) Decision-Making
11 10 (14.08%) Incident Management
11 10 (14.08%) Security Management
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 61 (85.92%) CISSP
2 59 (83.10%) CISM
3 25 (35.21%) Security Cleared
4 23 (32.39%) Degree
4 23 (32.39%) SC Cleared
5 19 (26.76%) CISA
5 19 (26.76%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (25.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 12 (16.90%) GIAC
8 10 (14.08%) CompTIA Security+
8 10 (14.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 8 (11.27%) SANS
10 7 (9.86%) Azure Certification
10 7 (9.86%) CCSP
11 6 (8.45%) AWS Certification
11 6 (8.45%) CEH
11 6 (8.45%) CESG Certified Professional
11 6 (8.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 5 (7.04%) GSEC
12 5 (7.04%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (64.79%) NIST
2 42 (59.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (26.76%) GRC
4 11 (15.49%) NCSC
5 9 (12.68%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (11.27%) JSP 440
7 7 (9.86%) COBIT
8 6 (8.45%) ISO 31000
9 5 (7.04%) GDPR
10 4 (5.63%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 4 (5.63%) ITGC
10 4 (5.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (4.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (4.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (4.23%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 3 (4.23%) PCI DSS
11 3 (4.23%) SOC 2
12 2 (2.82%) EU AI Act
12 2 (2.82%) NIST 800
13 1 (1.41%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (11.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.82%) Terraform
2 1 (1.41%) Ansible
2 1 (1.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (22.54%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.23%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (4.23%) CyberArk
2 3 (4.23%) Google
2 3 (4.23%) Qualys
2 3 (4.23%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.82%) Palo Alto
3 2 (2.82%) Splunk
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%) Tenable
4 1 (1.41%) Zscaler