CISSP Contracts in London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 207 204 332
Rank change year-on-year -3 +128 -57
Contract jobs citing CISSP 200 345 296
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.13% 1.27% 0.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.66% 5.92% 4.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 259 211
10th Percentile £421 £500 £450
25th Percentile £500 £556 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £738 £775 £725
90th Percentile £825 £838 £788
England median daily rate £600 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £60.25 -
England median hourly rate £53.21 £72.69 £67.50
% change year-on-year -26.80% +7.69% +3.85%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

CISSP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,288 5,827 6,706
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 24.21% 21.52% 17.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,898 3,938 4,559
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £660 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £800 £750
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 81 150
10th Percentile £14.49 £20.00 £22.85
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £26.00 £47.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.26% +6.74% +21.92%
75th Percentile £43.75 £64.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £69.75 £82.50 £65.84
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -3.85%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in London

CISSP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for CISSP in London

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISSP in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in London

CISSP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for CISSP in London

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 27 April 2024. 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 +24 24 £625 -10.71% 11
East London 0 17 £650 -13.33% 1
West London -3 3 £550 -33.33% 1
South London +14 2 £675 +22.73% 1
CISSP
England

CISSP
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 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (2.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.00%) Confluence
3 1 (0.50%) Apache
3 1 (0.50%) IBM Notes
3 1 (0.50%) IIS
3 1 (0.50%) WebLogic
3 1 (0.50%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.50%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.50%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (0.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 40 (20.00%) Azure
2 30 (15.00%) AWS
3 17 (8.50%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (7.50%) GCP
5 9 (4.50%) Entra ID
5 9 (4.50%) SaaS
6 5 (2.50%) IaaS
7 4 (2.00%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (1.50%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.00%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.00%) GitHub
9 2 (1.00%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.00%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.00%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.50%) AWS IoT
10 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.50%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.50%) PaaS
10 1 (0.50%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 23 (11.50%) Network Security
2 19 (9.50%) Firewall
3 8 (4.00%) SAN
4 6 (3.00%) TCP/IP
5 5 (2.50%) DNS
6 3 (1.50%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (1.00%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (1.00%) HTTP
7 2 (1.00%) Kerberos
7 2 (1.00%) SNMP
7 2 (1.00%) SSL
8 1 (0.50%) DHCP
8 1 (0.50%) DMZ
8 1 (0.50%) FTP
8 1 (0.50%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.50%) Internet
8 1 (0.50%) Modbus
8 1 (0.50%) tcpdump
8 1 (0.50%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.50%) BigQuery
2 4 (2.00%) Big Data
3 2 (1.00%) Power BI
3 2 (1.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.50%) DB2
4 1 (0.50%) MySQL
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 3 (1.50%) Jenkins
1 3 (1.50%) JIRA
2 2 (1.00%) Git
3 1 (0.50%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 72 (36.00%) Finance
2 40 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 22 (11.00%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (10.50%) Banking
5 16 (8.00%) Financial Institution
6 8 (4.00%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.00%) Local Government
7 6 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.50%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.50%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.00%) Legal
9 4 (2.00%) Retail
10 3 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.50%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.50%) Marketing
10 3 (1.50%) Retail Banking
11 2 (1.00%) Dutch Language
11 2 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.00%) International Banking
11 2 (1.00%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 62 (31.00%) Architect
2 58 (29.00%) Security Architect
3 37 (18.50%) Analyst
4 31 (15.50%) Security Engineer
5 20 (10.00%) Lead
5 20 (10.00%) Security Analyst
5 20 (10.00%) Security Manager
6 16 (8.00%) Senior
7 15 (7.50%) Consultant
8 13 (6.50%) Project Manager
9 12 (6.00%) Security Consultant
9 12 (6.00%) Security Project Manager
10 11 (5.50%) Senior Architect
10 11 (5.50%) Senior Security Architect
11 10 (5.00%) CISSP Manager
11 10 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 10 (5.00%) Risk Analyst
12 9 (4.50%) CISSP Architect
12 9 (4.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 9 (4.50%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.50%) OAuth
1 5 (2.50%) SailPoint
2 3 (1.50%) OpenID
2 3 (1.50%) SAML
3 2 (1.00%) J2EE
3 2 (1.00%) LDAP
3 2 (1.00%) Regular Expression
3 2 (1.00%) REST
3 2 (1.00%) SPML
4 1 (0.50%) .NET
4 1 (0.50%) EJB
4 1 (0.50%) JDBC
4 1 (0.50%) JSON
4 1 (0.50%) JSP
4 1 (0.50%) RESTful
4 1 (0.50%) Servlets
4 1 (0.50%) Web Services
4 1 (0.50%) XML
4 1 (0.50%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (22.50%) Management Information System
2 25 (12.50%) Security Posture
3 12 (6.00%) Cyber Threat
4 10 (5.00%) Security Operations Centre
5 9 (4.50%) PKI
6 6 (3.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 6 (3.00%) Operational Technology
6 6 (3.00%) Public Cloud
7 5 (2.50%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (2.00%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.50%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (1.50%) Cyber Security Posture
9 3 (1.50%) Cyberattack
9 3 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.50%) PMI
9 3 (1.50%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.00%) Derivative
10 2 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 16 (8.00%) Windows
2 6 (3.00%) Linux
3 3 (1.50%) Unix
4 2 (1.00%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.50%) Android
5 1 (0.50%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.50%) CentOS
5 1 (0.50%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (51.00%) Cybersecurity
2 76 (38.00%) Information Security
3 53 (26.50%) Risk Management
4 50 (25.00%) Security Architecture
5 39 (19.50%) SIEM
6 36 (18.00%) Cloud Security
7 33 (16.50%) Problem-Solving
8 30 (15.00%) SABSA
9 29 (14.50%) Project Management
10 27 (13.50%) TOGAF
11 25 (12.50%) Incident Response
12 24 (12.00%) Enterprise Architecture
13 23 (11.50%) Risk Assessment
13 23 (11.50%) Security Operations
13 23 (11.50%) Threat Modelling
14 20 (10.00%) Computer Science
14 20 (10.00%) Data Loss Prevention
14 20 (10.00%) Identity Access Management
15 18 (9.00%) Information Security Management
15 18 (9.00%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.50%) Python
2 10 (5.00%) SQL
3 6 (3.00%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.50%) Java
5 2 (1.00%) Bash
6 1 (0.50%) Groovy
6 1 (0.50%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.50%) Perl
Qualifications
1 123 (61.50%) CISM
2 68 (34.00%) CISA
3 37 (18.50%) Degree
4 32 (16.00%) Cisco Certification
4 32 (16.00%) CRISC
5 26 (13.00%) CEH
6 25 (12.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 24 (12.00%) SANS
8 19 (9.50%) GIAC
9 18 (9.00%) CCSK
10 17 (8.50%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (5.50%) CompTIA Security+
11 11 (5.50%) CREST Certified
12 10 (5.00%) TOGAF Certification
13 9 (4.50%) OSCP
14 8 (4.00%) CCNP
15 7 (3.50%) GREM
15 7 (3.50%) GSEC
15 7 (3.50%) PMI Certification
15 7 (3.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (30.50%) NIST
2 48 (24.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (10.00%) NCSC
4 13 (6.50%) NIST 800
5 11 (5.50%) GDPR
5 11 (5.50%) GRC
5 11 (5.50%) PCI DSS
6 10 (5.00%) COBIT
7 9 (4.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 7 (3.50%) ISO 22301
9 6 (3.00%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (3.00%) QA
10 5 (2.50%) ISO 31000
11 3 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 2 (1.00%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (1.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.50%) GPG13
13 1 (0.50%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 9 (4.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.00%) Docker
3 1 (0.50%) OpenAM
3 1 (0.50%) OpenDJ
Systems Management
1 5 (2.50%) Nessus
1 5 (2.50%) Terraform
2 4 (2.00%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.00%) QRadar
3 2 (1.00%) Ansible
3 2 (1.00%) CASB
3 2 (1.00%) CSIRT
3 2 (1.00%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 2 (1.00%) Progress Chef
3 2 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (0.50%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.50%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.50%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 44 (22.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.50%) Splunk
3 10 (5.00%) Google
4 8 (4.00%) Cisco
5 6 (3.00%) AlienVault
5 6 (3.00%) Oracle
6 5 (2.50%) ArcSight
6 5 (2.50%) Qualys
6 5 (2.50%) Rapid7
7 4 (2.00%) CyberArk
7 4 (2.00%) Okta
7 4 (2.00%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.50%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.50%) Symantec
9 2 (1.00%) CA
9 2 (1.00%) Cybereason
9 2 (1.00%) ForgeRock
9 2 (1.00%) LogRhythm
9 2 (1.00%) SAP
9 2 (1.00%) Workday