CISSP Contract Job Trends in Leeds

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leeds with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 56 58
Rank change year-on-year -18 +2 +35
Contract jobs citing CISSP 4 4 4
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.46% 0.85% 0.51%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.17% 3.10% 2.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 3
10th Percentile - £539 £510
25th Percentile - £578 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £640 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +16.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile - £698 £575
90th Percentile - £729 £590
West Yorkshire median daily rate - £640 £550
% change year-on-year - +16.36% +4.76%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 184 129 165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 21.00% 27.56% 20.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 98 104
10th Percentile £293 £263 £365
25th Percentile £418 £375 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £550
90th Percentile £629 £729 £646
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £16.80 - -
25th Percentile £17.76 - -
Median hourly rate £19.34 - £12.53
Median % change year-on-year - - -79.95%
75th Percentile £21.82 - -
90th Percentile £23.30 - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.81 £27.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year -17.05% +83.33% -76.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

CISSP job vacancy trend in Leeds

CISSP
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing CISSP

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Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing CISSP

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (25.00%) NAS
1 1 (25.00%) SAN
1 1 (25.00%) VLAN
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Security Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Private Cloud
2 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Containerisation
2 3 (75.00%) Cryptography
2 3 (75.00%) Microservices
2 3 (75.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 3 (75.00%) OWASP
2 3 (75.00%) Security Management
2 3 (75.00%) Security Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (25.00%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (25.00%) Storage Management
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (75.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 3 (75.00%) CCSP
2 3 (75.00%) CEH
2 3 (75.00%) CISM
2 3 (75.00%) OSCP
3 1 (25.00%) CCNA
3 1 (25.00%) CCNP
3 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) COBIT
1 3 (75.00%) NIST
1 3 (75.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (25.00%) GxP
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft