CISSP Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CISSP 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 0.95% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.71% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
North West median daily rate £538 £600 £627
% change year-on-year -10.42% -4.31% -0.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £42.29 - -
25th Percentile £42.82 - -
Median hourly rate £43.70 - -
75th Percentile £44.58 - -
90th Percentile £45.11 - -
North West median hourly rate £43.70 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 117 54 109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 55.71% 37.50% 48.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 25 63
10th Percentile £160 £200 £450
25th Percentile £198 £259 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £518 £625
Median % change year-on-year +6.28% -17.20% +16.28%
75th Percentile £576 £540 £720
90th Percentile £680 £601 -
North West median daily rate £492 £500 £538
% change year-on-year -1.60% -6.98% +4.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 10 31
10th Percentile - £36.45 £45.88
25th Percentile £45.46 £37.00 -
Median hourly rate £52.78 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +14.28% - -0.43%
75th Percentile £71.13 - -
90th Percentile £74.72 £52.72 £50.00
North West median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +39.88% -29.62% +85.42%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

CISSP job vacancy trend in Lancashire

CISSP
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing CISSP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing CISSP

CISSP
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing CISSP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing CISSP

CISSP
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
Preston - 2 - - 3
CISSP
North West

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Operations Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Operations Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Technical Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) SOAR
2 1 (50.00%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory