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 6 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 61 70
Rank change year-on-year -8 +9 +28
Contract jobs citing CISSP 8 2 8
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 1.12% 0.31% 0.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.64% 1.22% 4.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 6
10th Percentile £445 £560 £534
25th Percentile £466 £575 £584
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £600 £715
Median % change year-on-year -15.44% -16.08% +84.52%
75th Percentile £585 £625 £770
90th Percentile £600 £640 £779
West Yorkshire median daily rate £507 £670 £600
% change year-on-year -24.27% +11.67% +54.84%

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 220 164 168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 30.73% 25.04% 16.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 123 130
10th Percentile £363 £288 £312
25th Percentile £425 £400 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £530
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -15.09% +0.95%
75th Percentile £552 £550 £638
90th Percentile £650 £600 £720
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £520
% change year-on-year +11.11% -13.46% +2.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £34.50 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - £40.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year - +33.33% -

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 6 November 2025.

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 6 (75.00%) AWS
2 5 (62.50%) Azure
2 5 (62.50%) GCP
3 2 (25.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
1 2 (25.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) MongoDB
1 1 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Git
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
1 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Legal
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Architect
1 4 (50.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) AWS Architect
2 1 (12.50%) AWS Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (12.50%) AWS Security Architect
2 1 (12.50%) CISSP Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
2 1 (12.50%) Security Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Security Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Flash
1 2 (25.00%) Smart Contracts
2 1 (12.50%) JSON
2 1 (12.50%) REST
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%) Public Cloud
2 2 (25.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Information Security
2 5 (62.50%) Cloud Security
2 5 (62.50%) DevSecOps
2 5 (62.50%) Zero Trust
3 4 (50.00%) Application Security
3 4 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (50.00%) Data Security
3 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 4 (50.00%) SDLC
3 4 (50.00%) Security Architecture
3 4 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
4 3 (37.50%) AI
4 3 (37.50%) Incident Response
4 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (37.50%) KYC
4 3 (37.50%) SIEM
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
2 1 (12.50%) Bash
2 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 3 (37.50%) AWS Certification
1 3 (37.50%) CCSP
1 3 (37.50%) CISA
1 3 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (37.50%) CISM
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (25.00%) CCSK
2 2 (25.00%) CEH
2 2 (25.00%) OSCP
3 1 (12.50%) CIMA
3 1 (12.50%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) GCIH
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) GDPR
1 5 (62.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (62.50%) NIST
1 5 (62.50%) PCI DSS
2 3 (37.50%) PSD2
3 2 (25.00%) SOC 2
4 1 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (12.50%) Darktrace
1 1 (12.50%) Google
1 1 (12.50%) IBM
1 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow
1 1 (12.50%) Splunk