IISP Contracts in England

Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for IISP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 503 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing IISP 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.022% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.069% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £663 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
75th Percentile £691 - -
90th Percentile £693 - -
UK median daily rate £675 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

IISP 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 8,703 10,179 12,388
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.43% 30.54% 27.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,470 6,477 8,155
10th Percentile £300 £325 £334
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +1.85%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £715 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 663 760 597
10th Percentile £18.13 £15.10 £15.72
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.37 £24.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.05% -13.64% +22.22%
75th Percentile £55.37 £67.56 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £79.25 £80.55
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% -21.82% +22.22%

IISP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing IISP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for IISP in England

IISP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IISP in England.

Daily rate trend for IISP in England

IISP
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 IISP within the England region over the 6 months to 12 August 2025. 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 - 6 £675 - 1
IISP
UK

IISP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (100.00%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
1 6 (100.00%) Military
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Coordinator
1 6 (100.00%) Security Assurance Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) PKI
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) Information Security
1 6 (100.00%) ITIL
1 6 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) ISACA
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (83.33%) Degree
3 3 (50.00%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft