CISSP Contract Job Trends in London

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 187 200
Rank change year-on-year -36 +13 +2
Contract jobs citing CISSP 192 159 205
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.07% 1.27% 1.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.78% 4.97% 4.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 93 145
10th Percentile £465 £450 £416
25th Percentile £500 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £640 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £753 £688 £738
90th Percentile £825 £820 £824
England median daily rate £585 £623 £600
% change year-on-year -6.02% +3.75% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £78.40 -
England median hourly rate £71.25 £73.31 £53.21
% change year-on-year -2.81% +37.79% -27.10%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,074 3,199 4,230
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.38% 25.65% 23.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,625 2,156 2,877
10th Percentile £363 £355 £325
25th Percentile £441 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.42% -6.43%
75th Percentile £638 £653 £650
90th Percentile £738 £756 £775
England median daily rate £521 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 59 109
10th Percentile £20.70 £18.39 £14.21
25th Percentile £25.51 £22.27 £20.22
Median hourly rate £54.00 £29.07 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +85.76% +16.28% -48.72%
75th Percentile £76.58 £55.75 £42.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £70.68 £66.35
England median hourly rate £47.54 £40.72 £40.00
% change year-on-year +16.76% +1.79% -23.81%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

CISSP job vacancy trend in London

CISSP
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CISSP

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISSP in London over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in London

CISSP
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CISSP

CISSP
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 CISSP within the London region over the 6 months to 9 May 2026. 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 -1 28 £544 -15.04% 26
South London -10 8 £500 -
East London -6 2 £763 +38.64% 8
West London -27 1 - - 5
CISSP
England

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (4.17%) Confluence
2 2 (1.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 84 (43.75%) Azure
2 67 (34.90%) AWS
3 36 (18.75%) GCP
4 30 (15.63%) Entra ID
5 21 (10.94%) Azure Sentinel
6 13 (6.77%) SaaS
7 8 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (3.65%) IaaS
8 7 (3.65%) PaaS
9 5 (2.60%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (2.60%) GitHub
10 4 (2.08%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (1.56%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (1.56%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 3 (1.56%) Azure AKS
11 3 (1.56%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (1.56%) OCI
12 2 (1.04%) AWS Control Tower
12 2 (1.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 1 (0.52%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 28 (14.58%) Network Security
2 13 (6.77%) Firewall
3 4 (2.08%) SSL
4 3 (1.56%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (1.56%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.04%) NGFW
5 2 (1.04%) VLAN
6 1 (0.52%) BGP
6 1 (0.52%) DMZ
6 1 (0.52%) DNS
6 1 (0.52%) HTTP
6 1 (0.52%) Internet
6 1 (0.52%) IPsec
6 1 (0.52%) OSPF
6 1 (0.52%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.04%) Big Data
1 2 (1.04%) Metadata
1 2 (1.04%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.52%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.52%) DB2
2 1 (0.52%) EDRMS
2 1 (0.52%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.52%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (4.69%) JIRA
2 4 (2.08%) Snyk
3 3 (1.56%) Git
4 1 (0.52%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.52%) GitLab
4 1 (0.52%) Jenkins
General
1 76 (39.58%) Social Skills
2 51 (26.56%) Finance
3 32 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (13.02%) Public Sector
5 22 (11.46%) Banking
6 9 (4.69%) Legal
7 7 (3.65%) Financial Institution
7 7 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.60%) Law
10 4 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.08%) Retail
11 3 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.56%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (1.04%) Investment Banking
12 2 (1.04%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.52%) Back Office
13 1 (0.52%) Front Office
13 1 (0.52%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 50 (26.04%) Architect
2 42 (21.88%) Security Architect
3 24 (12.50%) Security Engineer
4 18 (9.38%) Analyst
5 16 (8.33%) Consultant
5 16 (8.33%) Lead
6 15 (7.81%) Security Specialist
7 12 (6.25%) Security Consultant
7 12 (6.25%) Security Manager
7 12 (6.25%) Senior
8 11 (5.73%) Project Manager
8 11 (5.73%) Security Analyst
9 10 (5.21%) Cybersecurity Architect
10 8 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 8 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 7 (3.65%) Security Officer
12 6 (3.13%) Cloud Engineer
12 6 (3.13%) Head of Security
12 6 (3.13%) Technical Leader
13 5 (2.60%) Cybersecurity Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.77%) OAuth
2 12 (6.25%) SailPoint
3 10 (5.21%) SAML
4 9 (4.69%) OpenID
5 8 (4.17%) REST
6 7 (3.65%) LDAP
7 6 (3.13%) JDBC
7 6 (3.13%) JSON
7 6 (3.13%) SOAP
8 5 (2.60%) J2EE
9 4 (2.08%) .NET
10 3 (1.56%) OAuth2
11 2 (1.04%) YAML
12 1 (0.52%) .NET Framework
12 1 (0.52%) Kafka
12 1 (0.52%) React
12 1 (0.52%) RESTful
12 1 (0.52%) Spring
12 1 (0.52%) STL
12 1 (0.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 23 (11.98%) Security Posture
3 10 (5.21%) Onboarding
4 9 (4.69%) Cloud Native
4 9 (4.69%) Operational Technology
5 5 (2.60%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.60%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.08%) Security Operations Centre
6 4 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.56%) AI Agents
7 3 (1.56%) CMDB
7 3 (1.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 3 (1.56%) Mainframe
7 3 (1.56%) SCADA
8 2 (1.04%) IBM Mainframe
8 2 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.04%) Life Science
8 2 (1.04%) STIX
8 2 (1.04%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.25%) Windows
2 7 (3.65%) Linux
3 2 (1.04%) Unix
3 2 (1.04%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.52%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (53.65%) Cybersecurity
2 65 (33.85%) Information Security
3 54 (28.13%) Cloud Security
4 53 (27.60%) Security Architecture
5 51 (26.56%) Incident Response
6 50 (26.04%) Risk Management
7 44 (22.92%) SIEM
8 41 (21.35%) Threat Modelling
9 38 (19.79%) Problem-Solving
10 34 (17.71%) Identity Access Management
11 33 (17.19%) Data Protection
12 31 (16.15%) AI
13 30 (15.63%) Security Operations
14 29 (15.10%) Computer Science
14 29 (15.10%) Stakeholder Management
14 29 (15.10%) Vulnerability Management
15 28 (14.58%) Continuous Improvement
16 27 (14.06%) TOGAF
16 27 (14.06%) Zero Trust
17 26 (13.54%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 25 (13.02%) Python
2 22 (11.46%) PowerShell
3 10 (5.21%) Java
4 8 (4.17%) SQL
5 5 (2.60%) Bash
6 4 (2.08%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (1.04%) Search Processing Language
8 1 (0.52%) C#
8 1 (0.52%) Go
8 1 (0.52%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 117 (60.94%) CISM
2 52 (27.08%) Cisco Certification
3 50 (26.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 48 (25.00%) Security Cleared
5 41 (21.35%) Degree
6 35 (18.23%) SC Cleared
7 30 (15.63%) CRISC
8 26 (13.54%) CCSP
9 24 (12.50%) CISA
9 24 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
10 23 (11.98%) CEH
10 23 (11.98%) GIAC
11 17 (8.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 16 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (6.25%) OSCP
14 10 (5.21%) Azure Certification
14 10 (5.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 10 (5.21%) SANS
15 9 (4.69%) GCIH
15 9 (4.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (43.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 81 (42.19%) NIST
3 44 (22.92%) GDPR
4 28 (14.58%) GRC
5 24 (12.50%) PCI DSS
6 18 (9.38%) COBIT
7 15 (7.81%) NCSC
7 15 (7.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 11 (5.73%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (5.21%) NIST 800
10 8 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (3.65%) HIPAA
11 7 (3.65%) SOC 2
12 4 (2.08%) Government Security Classifications
12 4 (2.08%) ITGC
13 3 (1.56%) PMO
13 3 (1.56%) SLA
14 2 (1.04%) GMP
14 2 (1.04%) GxP
14 2 (1.04%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 17 (8.85%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.13%) Docker
3 3 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.52%) RACF
4 1 (0.52%) Squid
Systems Management
1 17 (8.85%) Kubernetes
2 8 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (3.65%) Terraform
4 6 (3.13%) CASB
5 2 (1.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (1.04%) Ansible
5 2 (1.04%) CA Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.04%) PingFederate
5 2 (1.04%) QRadar
6 1 (0.52%) SELinux
Vendors
1 35 (18.23%) Microsoft
2 21 (10.94%) Splunk
3 16 (8.33%) ServiceNow
4 12 (6.25%) CyberArk
5 11 (5.73%) Tenable
6 8 (4.17%) Okta
7 7 (3.65%) SAP
8 6 (3.13%) Google
8 6 (3.13%) Qualys
8 6 (3.13%) Workday
9 4 (2.08%) Cribl.io
9 4 (2.08%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (2.08%) Rapid7
9 4 (2.08%) Zscaler
10 3 (1.56%) ForgeRock
10 3 (1.56%) Palo Alto
11 2 (1.04%) BeyondTrust
11 2 (1.04%) Cisco
11 2 (1.04%) Oracle
11 2 (1.04%) Ping Identity