CISSP Contract Job Trends in the Highlands

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Highlands with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CISSP 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Highlands 2.53% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 11.76% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £455 - -
25th Percentile £455 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 - -
75th Percentile £467 - -
90th Percentile £467 - -
Scotland median daily rate £683 £445 £585
% change year-on-year +53.37% -23.93% +17.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Highlands

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 the Highlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17 6 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Highlands 21.52% 42.86% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 1 0
10th Percentile £437 - -
25th Percentile £447 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £175 -
Median % change year-on-year +162.86% - -
75th Percentile £481 - -
90th Percentile £485 - -
Scotland median daily rate £450 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -3.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £25.15 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year - +101.20% -
75th Percentile - - £14.31
90th Percentile - - £17.58
Scotland median hourly rate £51.25 £20.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year +156.25% +11.11% -57.65%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Highlands

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

CISSP job vacancy trend in the Highlands

CISSP
Contract Job Locations in the Highlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the Highlands region over the 6 months to 16 July 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
Inverness - 2 £461 - 1
CISSP
Scotland

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Highlands 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) LDAP
2 1 (50.00%) OAuth
2 1 (50.00%) OpenID
2 1 (50.00%) SAML
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISA
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory