ISSEP Contracts in England

(ISC)² Information Systems Security Engineering Professional (ISC2 ISSEP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for ISSEP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 480 540 -
Rank change year-on-year +60 - -
Contract jobs citing ISSEP 5 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.021% 0.005% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.066% 0.017% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £618 - -
25th Percentile £625 £638 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £675 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - -
75th Percentile £725 £713 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £700 £675 -
% change year-on-year +3.70% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

ISSEP 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 7,629 11,624 13,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.33% 31.25% 27.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,849 7,135 9,365
10th Percentile £290 £306 £330
25th Percentile £415 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £629 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 985 748
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £15.15
25th Percentile £22.39 £18.13 £20.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%
75th Percentile £67.75 £62.50 £68.25
90th Percentile £81.74 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

ISSEP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for ISSEP in England

ISSEP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for ISSEP in England

ISSEP
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 ISSEP within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
South East +48 3 £700 - 1
London - 2 £638 - 9
ISSEP
UK

ISSEP
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (40.00%) AWS
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Information Security Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Information Systems Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Security Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Cyber Defence
1 3 (60.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (40.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 3 (60.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (60.00%) Process Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (60.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 3 (60.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (60.00%) Workload Management
3 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (40.00%) Critical Thinking
3 2 (40.00%) Information Security
3 2 (40.00%) OWASP
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (40.00%) Security Management
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (60.00%) Azure Certification
2 3 (60.00%) CISSP
2 3 (60.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 3 (60.00%) SSCP
3 2 (40.00%) AWS Certification
3 2 (40.00%) CISM
3 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (40.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft