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 20 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 54 62
Rank change year-on-year -17 +8 +28
Contract jobs citing CISSP 8 4 4
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.92% 0.89% 0.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.94% 3.28% 2.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 3
10th Percentile £444 £539 £510
25th Percentile £468 £578 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £640 £550
Median % change year-on-year -20.72% +16.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile £555 £698 £575
90th Percentile £582 £729 £590
West Yorkshire median daily rate £507 £640 £550
% change year-on-year -20.72% +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 203 122 170
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 23.41% 27.05% 21.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 90 105
10th Percentile £315 £263 £366
25th Percentile £425 £374 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £506 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +1.25% -9.09%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £550
90th Percentile £625 £738 £675
West Yorkshire median daily rate £476 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -7.12% +2.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.17 - -
Median hourly rate £16.25 - £12.53
Median % change year-on-year - - -79.95%
75th Percentile £16.33 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.26 £27.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year -29.97% +83.33% -76.00%

CISSP
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

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISSP in Leeds over the 6 months to 20 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in Leeds

CISSP
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) AWS
1 5 (62.50%) Azure
1 5 (62.50%) GCP
2 2 (25.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Firewall
2 2 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (12.50%) NAS
3 1 (12.50%) SAN
3 1 (12.50%) VLAN
3 1 (12.50%) VPN
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Legal
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Architect
1 4 (50.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Security Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Security Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Security Solutions Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Flash
1 2 (25.00%) RESTful
1 2 (25.00%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (25.00%) Blockchain
2 2 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (25.00%) Cloud Security Posture
2 2 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (25.00%) Private Cloud
2 2 (25.00%) Public Cloud
2 2 (25.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (12.50%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Threat Modelling
2 5 (62.50%) Cloud Security
2 5 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (62.50%) DevSecOps
2 5 (62.50%) Information Security
2 5 (62.50%) Regulatory Compliance
2 5 (62.50%) Zero Trust
3 4 (50.00%) Application Security
3 4 (50.00%) Cryptography
3 4 (50.00%) Data Security
3 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (50.00%) SDLC
3 4 (50.00%) Security Testing
4 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
4 3 (37.50%) Incident Response
4 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (37.50%) KYC
4 3 (37.50%) Security Architecture
4 3 (37.50%) Strategic Thinking
4 3 (37.50%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Rust
1 2 (25.00%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (62.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 5 (62.50%) CCSP
3 4 (50.00%) CEH
3 4 (50.00%) CISM
3 4 (50.00%) OSCP
4 3 (37.50%) AWS Certification
5 2 (25.00%) Azure Certification
5 2 (25.00%) CCSK
5 2 (25.00%) CISA
5 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
6 1 (12.50%) CCNA
6 1 (12.50%) CCNP
6 1 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (87.50%) NIST
1 7 (87.50%) PCI DSS
2 5 (62.50%) GDPR
2 5 (62.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (37.50%) PSD2
4 2 (25.00%) COBIT
4 2 (25.00%) SOC 2
5 1 (12.50%) GxP
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft