CISA Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for CISA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 123 132
Rank change year-on-year -12 +9 +70
Contract jobs citing CISA 8 9 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.31% 0.33% 0.40%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.95% 1.14% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 8
10th Percentile £440 - £439
25th Percentile £479 - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £863 £575 £550
90th Percentile £1,249 £600 £595
England median daily rate £550 £575 £606
% change year-on-year -4.35% -5.15% -3.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 845 792 790
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 32.23% 29.26% 26.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 528 489 508
10th Percentile £200 £308 £313
25th Percentile £375 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +8.25%
75th Percentile £584 £630 £602
90th Percentile £650 £725 £709
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 35 29
10th Percentile £17.87 £12.75 £14.37
25th Percentile £18.87 £17.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.01% +5.13% +15.97%
75th Percentile £28.71 £51.91 £47.50
90th Percentile £48.20 £55.35 £67.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -54.27% - +22.22%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for CISA in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing CISA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing CISA

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISA in the Midlands over the 6 months to 10 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISA in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing CISA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing CISA

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISA within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 September 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
West Midlands -11 5 £825 +65.00% 3
East Midlands -5 3 £465 -22.50% 2
CISA
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Power Platform
2 2 (25.00%) AWS
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (12.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Network Security
2 3 (37.50%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Power BI
1 3 (37.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) JIRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Lead
1 2 (25.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Information Security Advisor
2 1 (12.50%) Security Advisor
2 1 (12.50%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) Attestation
2 3 (37.50%) IT Audit
2 3 (37.50%) Kanban
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (25.00%) Data Security
3 2 (25.00%) Fintech
3 2 (25.00%) Information Security
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) Identity Management
4 1 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 1 (12.50%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) CISM
1 7 (87.50%) CISSP
2 3 (37.50%) CEH
2 3 (37.50%) GIAC
2 3 (37.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 3 (37.50%) PCI QSA
3 2 (25.00%) CRISC
3 2 (25.00%) Degree
3 2 (25.00%) OSCP
4 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) NIST
2 4 (50.00%) COBIT
2 4 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (50.00%) PCI DSS
3 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 3 (37.50%) NIST 800
3 3 (37.50%) QA
4 1 (12.50%) GDPR
4 1 (12.50%) HIPAA
4 1 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Alteryx
1 3 (37.50%) Rapid7
2 2 (25.00%) ServiceNow