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 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 211 191 323
Rank change year-on-year -20 +132 -59
Contract jobs citing CISSP 202 355 305
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.16% 1.38% 0.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.94% 6.32% 4.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 271 219
10th Percentile £413 £500 £450
25th Percentile £500 £561 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £738 £785 £725
90th Percentile £823 £838 £775
England median daily rate £600 £649 £600
% change year-on-year -7.51% +8.13% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £80.00 -
England median hourly rate £23.00 £72.98 £67.50
% change year-on-year -68.48% +8.12% +5.88%

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 4,093 5,619 6,737
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.51% 21.86% 17.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,780 3,817 4,628
10th Percentile £325 £363 £369
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% +5.77%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £800 £750
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 84 152
10th Percentile £14.21 £19.58 £24.77
25th Percentile £20.22 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £25.00 £47.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.37% +6.74% +21.92%
75th Percentile £41.25 £70.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £68.15 £87.50 £66.57
England median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.36
% change year-on-year -25.93% +30.58% +10.28%

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 22 May 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 22 May 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 +32 26 £631 -2.88% 13
East London -5 11 £650 -13.33% 1
West London -10 3 £550 -33.33% 1
South London +10 1 £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 3 (1.49%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.99%) Confluence
2 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
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 5 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.50%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.50%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 44 (21.78%) Azure
2 35 (17.33%) AWS
3 21 (10.40%) GCP
4 13 (6.44%) Entra ID
4 13 (6.44%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (2.48%) SaaS
6 4 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.49%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (1.49%) IaaS
8 2 (0.99%) GitHub
8 2 (0.99%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.99%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.99%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.50%) AWS IoT
9 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.50%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.50%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.50%) PaaS
9 1 (0.50%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 26 (12.87%) Network Security
2 17 (8.42%) Firewall
3 6 (2.97%) TCP/IP
4 5 (2.48%) DNS
5 3 (1.49%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (1.49%) SAN
6 2 (0.99%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (0.99%) HTTP
6 2 (0.99%) Kerberos
6 2 (0.99%) SNMP
6 2 (0.99%) SSL
7 1 (0.50%) DHCP
7 1 (0.50%) DMZ
7 1 (0.50%) FTP
7 1 (0.50%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.50%) Internet
7 1 (0.50%) Modbus
7 1 (0.50%) tcpdump
7 1 (0.50%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.48%) BigQuery
2 4 (1.98%) Big Data
2 4 (1.98%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.99%) Power BI
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 5 (2.48%) JIRA
2 3 (1.49%) Git
2 3 (1.49%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (0.99%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.99%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.50%) Artifactory
General
1 74 (36.63%) Finance
2 41 (20.30%) Social Skills
3 25 (12.38%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (11.88%) Banking
5 17 (8.42%) Financial Institution
6 8 (3.96%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (3.47%) Front Office
8 6 (2.97%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.48%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.48%) Retail
9 5 (2.48%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.49%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.49%) Legal
10 3 (1.49%) Marketing
10 3 (1.49%) Retail Banking
11 2 (0.99%) Dutch Language
11 2 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.99%) International Banking
11 2 (0.99%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 57 (28.22%) Architect
2 52 (25.74%) Security Architect
3 36 (17.82%) Analyst
4 33 (16.34%) Security Engineer
5 21 (10.40%) Security Manager
6 20 (9.90%) Security Analyst
7 19 (9.41%) Lead
8 15 (7.43%) Consultant
9 12 (5.94%) Project Manager
10 11 (5.45%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 11 (5.45%) Security Consultant
10 11 (5.45%) Security Project Manager
11 10 (4.95%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 10 (4.95%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
11 10 (4.95%) Risk Analyst
12 9 (4.46%) CISSP Manager
12 9 (4.46%) Senior
12 9 (4.46%) SOC Engineer
13 8 (3.96%) IT Analyst
13 8 (3.96%) SIEM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.47%) SailPoint
2 5 (2.48%) OAuth
3 4 (1.98%) .NET
3 4 (1.98%) REST
3 4 (1.98%) Web Services
4 3 (1.49%) JDBC
4 3 (1.49%) OpenID
4 3 (1.49%) SAML
5 2 (0.99%) J2EE
5 2 (0.99%) LDAP
5 2 (0.99%) Regular Expression
5 2 (0.99%) SPML
6 1 (0.50%) EJB
6 1 (0.50%) JSON
6 1 (0.50%) JSP
6 1 (0.50%) RESTful
6 1 (0.50%) Servlets
6 1 (0.50%) XML
6 1 (0.50%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (19.31%) Management Information System
2 26 (12.87%) Security Posture
3 11 (5.45%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (4.46%) Security Operations Centre
5 8 (3.96%) PKI
6 6 (2.97%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 6 (2.97%) Operational Technology
7 5 (2.48%) Cyber Defence
7 5 (2.48%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.98%) Hedge funds
8 4 (1.98%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.98%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.98%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.49%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.49%) PMI
9 3 (1.49%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.46%) Windows
2 3 (1.49%) Linux
2 3 (1.49%) Unix
3 1 (0.50%) CentOS
3 1 (0.50%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.50%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (50.99%) Cybersecurity
2 86 (42.57%) Information Security
3 44 (21.78%) Risk Management
4 41 (20.30%) Security Architecture
5 38 (18.81%) SIEM
6 37 (18.32%) Problem-Solving
7 34 (16.83%) Cloud Security
8 27 (13.37%) Project Management
9 26 (12.87%) Threat Modelling
10 25 (12.38%) Computer Science
10 25 (12.38%) TOGAF
11 24 (11.88%) Security Operations
12 23 (11.39%) SABSA
13 22 (10.89%) Identity Access Management
13 22 (10.89%) Incident Response
14 21 (10.40%) Risk Assessment
15 20 (9.90%) Agile
15 20 (9.90%) Security Management
15 20 (9.90%) Static Application Security Testing
16 19 (9.41%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (5.94%) Python
1 12 (5.94%) SQL
2 5 (2.48%) Java
3 4 (1.98%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.99%) Bash
5 1 (0.50%) Groovy
5 1 (0.50%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.50%) Perl
Qualifications
1 129 (63.86%) CISM
2 68 (33.66%) CISA
3 41 (20.30%) Degree
4 28 (13.86%) CRISC
5 26 (12.87%) Cisco Certification
6 24 (11.88%) CEH
7 21 (10.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (9.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 17 (8.42%) SANS
10 15 (7.43%) GIAC
11 12 (5.94%) CCSK
12 11 (5.45%) CREST Certified
13 10 (4.95%) CompTIA Security+
13 10 (4.95%) TOGAF Certification
14 9 (4.46%) OSCP
15 8 (3.96%) AWS Certification
15 8 (3.96%) CCNP
16 7 (3.47%) GREM
16 7 (3.47%) GSEC
16 7 (3.47%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (29.70%) NIST
2 44 (21.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (6.93%) NCSC
3 14 (6.93%) QA
4 12 (5.94%) GDPR
5 11 (5.45%) COBIT
5 11 (5.45%) GRC
5 11 (5.45%) NIST 800
6 9 (4.46%) PCI DSS
7 7 (3.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 6 (2.97%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (2.48%) ISO 22301
9 5 (2.48%) ISO 31000
10 3 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.99%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.50%) GxP
12 1 (0.50%) ISAE 3402
12 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 13 (6.44%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.50%) Docker
3 1 (0.50%) OpenAM
3 1 (0.50%) OpenDJ
Systems Management
1 6 (2.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.48%) Nessus
2 5 (2.48%) Terraform
3 4 (1.98%) QRadar
3 4 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.49%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.49%) PingFederate
5 2 (0.99%) Ansible
5 2 (0.99%) CASB
5 2 (0.99%) CSIRT
5 2 (0.99%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 2 (0.99%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.50%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.50%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (0.50%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 42 (20.79%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.95%) Google
3 9 (4.46%) Splunk
4 8 (3.96%) Cisco
4 8 (3.96%) Okta
4 8 (3.96%) Oracle
5 6 (2.97%) CyberArk
6 5 (2.48%) AlienVault
6 5 (2.48%) Qualys
6 5 (2.48%) Rapid7
7 4 (1.98%) ArcSight
7 4 (1.98%) ForgeRock
7 4 (1.98%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.49%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.49%) Symantec
9 2 (0.99%) CA
9 2 (0.99%) Carbon Black
9 2 (0.99%) Cybereason
9 2 (0.99%) LogRhythm
9 2 (0.99%) Workday