CISSP Contracts in Glasgow

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 64 84
Rank change year-on-year -4 +20 +1
Contract jobs citing CISSP 14 7 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 1.84% 0.86% 0.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.07% 3.78% 3.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 4
10th Percentile £258 £123 £474
25th Percentile £299 £203 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £340 £513
Median % change year-on-year +17.54% -33.60% -14.58%
75th Percentile £464 £475 £541
90th Percentile £514 £554 £546
Scotland median daily rate £483 £585 £500
% change year-on-year -17.44% +17.00% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £83.20 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £83.20 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Glasgow

CISSP 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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 139 185 194
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 18.29% 22.81% 21.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 113 137
10th Percentile £215 £215 £250
25th Percentile £313 £325 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £490 £468
Median % change year-on-year -8.98% +4.81% +1.08%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £575
90th Percentile £600 £650 £650
Scotland median daily rate £445 £465 £450
% change year-on-year -4.41% +3.33% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 14 0
10th Percentile £16.14 - -
25th Percentile £16.84 - -
Median hourly rate £17.45 £40.94 -
Median % change year-on-year -57.39% - -
75th Percentile £45.08 £69.38 -
90th Percentile £72.28 £75.00 -
Scotland median hourly rate £22.88 £19.50 £18.88
% change year-on-year +17.31% +3.28% -60.25%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings citing CISSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in Glasgow

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISSP in Glasgow.

Daily rate trend for CISSP in Glasgow

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Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISSP in Glasgow over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in Glasgow

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISSP in Glasgow.

Hourly rate trend for CISSP in Glasgow

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) AWS
1 4 (28.57%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) Power Platform
3 2 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (14.29%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) Power BI
General
1 8 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Banking
4 2 (14.29%) Finance
4 2 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Analyst
2 4 (28.57%) Architect
3 3 (21.43%) Consultant
3 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Security Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Security Architect
3 3 (21.43%) Security Consultant
3 3 (21.43%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (21.43%) Vulnerability Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Cloud Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Cloud Security Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Security Solutions Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Senior
4 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) AWS Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) CISSP Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (7.14%) Driving Licence
1 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (7.14%) Operational Technology
1 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Linux
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
2 2 (14.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (42.86%) DevSecOps
2 6 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (35.71%) Risk Management
4 4 (28.57%) Artificial Intelligence
4 4 (28.57%) Generative AI
4 4 (28.57%) ITIL
4 4 (28.57%) Security Operations
4 4 (28.57%) TOGAF
5 3 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (21.43%) Information Security
5 3 (21.43%) Security Architecture
5 3 (21.43%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (14.29%) Agile
6 2 (14.29%) Change Management
6 2 (14.29%) Data Privacy
6 2 (14.29%) DevOps
6 2 (14.29%) Machine Learning
6 2 (14.29%) SDLC
6 2 (14.29%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) Python
2 1 (7.14%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) CISM
2 4 (28.57%) AWS Certification
3 2 (14.29%) CompTIA CySA+
3 2 (14.29%) Degree
3 2 (14.29%) GCIA
3 2 (14.29%) GCIH
3 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) CASP
4 1 (7.14%) CRISC
4 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (35.71%) GRC
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (7.14%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.14%) NIST
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Qualys
2 4 (28.57%) ServiceNow
3 2 (14.29%) ArcSight
3 2 (14.29%) Google
4 1 (7.14%) Ariba