CISA Contracts in London

ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for CISA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 299 318 374
Rank change year-on-year +19 +56 +128
Contract jobs citing CISA 54 73 119
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.43% 0.41% 0.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.68% 1.70% 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 53 88
10th Percentile £326 £490 £474
25th Percentile £505 £563 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.00%
75th Percentile £700 £770 £750
90th Percentile £824 £775 £925
England median daily rate £603 £650 £650
% change year-on-year -7.31% - +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £39.25
Median hourly rate £95.00 - £40.50
75th Percentile - - £41.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £95.00 - £40.50

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

CISA 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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,210 4,292 5,821
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.58% 24.07% 21.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,169 2,903 3,919
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £653 £661 £688
90th Percentile £754 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 111 80
10th Percentile £19.20 £14.25 £19.94
25th Percentile £22.27 £20.74 £21.24
Median hourly rate £29.07 £26.00 £45.25
Median % change year-on-year +11.81% -42.54% +1.69%
75th Percentile £55.50 £43.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £69.72 £68.75 £82.55
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%

CISA
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing CISA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for CISA in London

CISA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISA in London.

Daily rate trend for CISA in London

CISA
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISA in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISA in London

CISA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISA in London.

Hourly rate trend for CISA in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISA within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Central London +5 7 £550 -4.35% 4
CISA
England

CISA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (7.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (7.41%) MS Visio
2 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (24.07%) Azure
2 4 (7.41%) AWS
3 3 (5.56%) Entra ID
3 3 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.85%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.85%) OCI
5 1 (1.85%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (14.81%) Firewall
2 4 (7.41%) Network Security
3 3 (5.56%) SD-WAN
3 3 (5.56%) VPN
3 3 (5.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.85%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 4 (7.41%) JIRA
2 1 (1.85%) GitLab
2 1 (1.85%) Jenkins
General
1 34 (62.96%) Social Skills
2 19 (35.19%) Finance
3 8 (14.81%) Legal
4 5 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (9.26%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (5.56%) Banking
6 2 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.85%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (1.85%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.85%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.85%) Publishing
7 1 (1.85%) Retail
7 1 (1.85%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (25.93%) IT Manager
2 12 (22.22%) Risk Manager
3 11 (20.37%) IT Risk Manager
4 9 (16.67%) Analyst
4 9 (16.67%) Architect
4 9 (16.67%) Security Architect
5 6 (11.11%) Consultant
6 5 (9.26%) Business Analyst
7 4 (7.41%) Senior
7 4 (7.41%) Senior Architect
7 4 (7.41%) Senior Security Architect
8 3 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 3 (5.56%) Lead
9 2 (3.70%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
9 2 (3.70%) Integration Architect
9 2 (3.70%) IT Project Manager
9 2 (3.70%) Operations Manager
9 2 (3.70%) Project Manager
9 2 (3.70%) Risk Project Manager
9 2 (3.70%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.56%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.37%) Management Information System
2 4 (7.41%) Operational Technology
3 3 (5.56%) Cloud Native
3 3 (5.56%) Data Centre
3 3 (5.56%) PKI
4 2 (3.70%) Low-Code
4 2 (3.70%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.70%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.85%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.85%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.41%) Windows
2 3 (5.56%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.70%) Linux
4 1 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (64.81%) Risk Management
2 21 (38.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (25.93%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (25.93%) Information Security
4 10 (18.52%) Cloud Security
4 10 (18.52%) Security Architecture
5 8 (14.81%) Incident Response
5 8 (14.81%) Project Management
5 8 (14.81%) Risk Assessment
5 8 (14.81%) SABSA
6 7 (12.96%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (11.11%) Agile
7 6 (11.11%) Computer Science
7 6 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (9.26%) GAP Analysis
8 5 (9.26%) Identity Access Management
8 5 (9.26%) IT Audit
8 5 (9.26%) ITIL
8 5 (9.26%) Migration
8 5 (9.26%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.56%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.70%) SQL
3 1 (1.85%) PHP
3 1 (1.85%) Python
3 1 (1.85%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 35 (64.81%) CISSP
2 29 (53.70%) CISM
3 24 (44.44%) CRISC
4 22 (40.74%) Degree
5 7 (12.96%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (11.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 6 (11.11%) SANS
7 5 (9.26%) CCSK
7 5 (9.26%) GIAC
7 5 (9.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 4 (7.41%) CBAP
8 4 (7.41%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (7.41%) PMP
9 3 (5.56%) AWS Certification
9 3 (5.56%) Azure Certification
9 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (5.56%) PMI Certification
9 3 (5.56%) Security Cleared
10 2 (3.70%) DV Cleared
10 2 (3.70%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (48.15%) NIST
2 25 (46.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (18.52%) GRC
3 10 (18.52%) NIST 800
3 10 (18.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 9 (16.67%) GDPR
5 7 (12.96%) COBIT
6 6 (11.11%) SOC 2
7 3 (5.56%) COSO
7 3 (5.56%) ITGC
7 3 (5.56%) PCI DSS
8 2 (3.70%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (3.70%) SOX 404
9 1 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 6 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (7.41%) RSA Archer
2 3 (5.56%) Kubernetes
2 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.70%) Nagios
3 2 (3.70%) SCCM
4 1 (1.85%) Puppet
Vendors
1 7 (12.96%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.11%) ServiceNow
3 3 (5.56%) CyberArk
3 3 (5.56%) Zscaler
4 2 (3.70%) Oracle
4 2 (3.70%) Qualys
4 2 (3.70%) SAP
4 2 (3.70%) Snow
5 1 (1.85%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.85%) Splunk