CISSP Contracts 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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 66 83
Rank change year-on-year +9 +17 +18
Contract jobs citing CISSP 4 3 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 0.76% 0.38% 0.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.50% 1.92% 2.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 4
10th Percentile £472 £505 -
25th Percentile £487 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £569 £538 £559
90th Percentile £588 £545 £599
West Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £620 £563
% change year-on-year -15.32% +10.22% +2.27%

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 160 156 175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 30.48% 19.55% 14.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 115 134
10th Percentile £300 £304 £366
25th Percentile £413 £400 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £495 £561
Median % change year-on-year -0.61% -11.80% +12.25%
75th Percentile £538 £543 £700
90th Percentile £622 £595 £743
West Yorkshire median daily rate £492 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +3.58% -13.64% +13.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61.25
Median hourly rate - £12.53 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - -79.95% +120.97%
75th Percentile - £34.39 £63.75
90th Percentile - £47.51 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £27.50 £15.00 £46.25
% change year-on-year +83.33% -67.57% +68.18%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in Leeds

CISSP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Daily rate trend for CISSP in Leeds

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISSP in Leeds over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in Leeds

CISSP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Hourly rate trend for CISSP in Leeds

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) AWS Architect
2 1 (25.00%) AWS Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (25.00%) AWS Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) CISSP Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) IT Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Security Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) IT Security Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) JSON
1 1 (25.00%) LDAP
1 1 (25.00%) OAuth
1 1 (25.00%) OpenID
1 1 (25.00%) REST
1 1 (25.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) Microservices
3 1 (25.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 1 (25.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (25.00%) SIEM
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection
3 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Bash
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) CISM
2 1 (25.00%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (25.00%) GCIH
2 1 (25.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 1 (25.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (25.00%) GDPR
2 1 (25.00%) GRC
2 1 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (25.00%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Nessus
1 1 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (25.00%) Darktrace
1 1 (25.00%) Google
1 1 (25.00%) IBM
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Qualys
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (25.00%) Splunk