ISA99 Contract Job Trends in England

ISA99 (Industrial Automation and Control Systems Security)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring ISA99 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 575 - 554
Rank change year-on-year - - +136
Contract jobs citing ISA99 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.003% - 0.008%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.017% - 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - - £900
% change year-on-year - - +31.75%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

ISA99 falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,048 3,848 5,422
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.36% 14.83% 14.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,912 2,281 3,560
10th Percentile £325 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £610 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 343 150 309
10th Percentile £15.37 £15.00 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.00 £14.50
Median hourly rate £25.50 £30.99 £26.66
Median % change year-on-year -17.70% +16.22% -23.83%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £49.08
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.34 £72.95
UK median hourly rate £26.11 £28.00 £25.12
% change year-on-year -6.75% +11.49% -22.72%

ISA99
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISA99 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

ISA99 job vacancy trend in England

ISA99
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ISA99.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ISA99

ISA99
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 ISA99 within the England region over the 6 months to 20 February 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 - 1 - - 1
ISA99
UK

ISA99
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) Robotics
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST