IISP Contract Job Trends in London

Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for IISP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 415 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing IISP 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.012% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.040% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £580 - -
25th Percentile £616 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £710 - -
75th Percentile £771 - -
90th Percentile £789 - -
England median daily rate £710 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

IISP 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 5,056 3,223 4,357
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 29.15% 25.47% 24.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,617 2,184 2,922
10th Percentile £363 £349 £325
25th Percentile £438 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £656
90th Percentile £750 £763 £775
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 58 120
10th Percentile £19.54 £20.88 £14.23
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.79 £20.86
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.25 £28.12
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% +32.47% -32.65%
75th Percentile £76.58 £58.13 £60.00
90th Percentile £88.75 £67.88 £83.30
England median hourly rate £42.00 £50.00 £39.96
% change year-on-year -16.00% +25.13% -22.41%

IISP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

IISP job vacancy trend in London

IISP
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing IISP

IISP
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IISP in London over the 6 months to 10 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IISP in London

IISP
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 IISP within the London region over the 6 months to 10 April 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 £620 -
IISP
England

IISP
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Principal Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SOC Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 2 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 2 (100.00%) Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Forensics
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Operations Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) OSCP
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) COBIT
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) NIST 800
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS