CISSP Contracts in the Midlands

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 135 182
Rank change year-on-year +14 +47 -60
Contract jobs citing CISSP 13 32 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.48% 0.95% 0.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.49% 3.40% 1.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 23 14
10th Percentile £561 £503 £486
25th Percentile £608 £525 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £635 £625 £603
Median % change year-on-year +1.60% +3.73% +9.55%
75th Percentile £645 £750 £647
90th Percentile £770 £800 £775
England median daily rate £600 £633 £600
% change year-on-year -5.14% +5.42% +9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 872 940 987
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 32.26% 28.01% 19.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 537 598 667
10th Percentile £230 £255 £204
25th Percentile £325 £400 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £605 £550
90th Percentile £684 £699 £638
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 66 35
10th Percentile £13.18 £10.93 £11.95
25th Percentile £16.66 £13.41 £13.74
Median hourly rate £24.65 £19.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.74% -5.00% +20.19%
75th Percentile £42.81 £28.35 £24.63
90th Percentile £57.00 £65.00 £37.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £39.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +32.91% +3.95%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in the Midlands

CISSP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for CISSP in the Midlands

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISSP in the Midlands over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in the Midlands

CISSP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for CISSP in the Midlands

CISSP
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 CISSP within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 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
West Midlands +5 11 £635 +1.60% 9
East Midlands - 2 £550 - 7
CISSP
England

CISSP
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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (53.85%) Azure
2 6 (46.15%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (38.46%) Network Security
2 4 (30.77%) Firewall
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Elasticsearch
General
1 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Legal
3 1 (7.69%) Police
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Data Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Security Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Security Specialist
2 2 (15.38%) Senior
2 2 (15.38%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) SOC Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Compliance Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Governance Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365 Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Risk Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Risk Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Security Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Security Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Security Risk Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Network Security Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Security Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Splunk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Management Information System
2 4 (30.77%) Cyber Defence
2 4 (30.77%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (30.77%) Security Posture
3 3 (23.08%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (15.38%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (7.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
5 1 (7.69%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (53.85%) Incident Response
3 6 (46.15%) Computer Science
3 6 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (46.15%) Security Operations
3 6 (46.15%) SIEM
4 5 (38.46%) Cloud Security
4 5 (38.46%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 5 (38.46%) Information Security
4 5 (38.46%) Threat Detection
4 5 (38.46%) Threat Intelligence
5 4 (30.77%) Analytics
5 4 (30.77%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (23.08%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (23.08%) Data Analytics
6 3 (23.08%) Risk Management
6 3 (23.08%) Security Management
7 2 (15.38%) Ethical Hacking
7 2 (15.38%) Incident Management
7 2 (15.38%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 9 (69.23%) SC Cleared
1 9 (69.23%) Security Cleared
2 8 (61.54%) Degree
3 6 (46.15%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (30.77%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (30.77%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (23.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (23.08%) Azure Certification
5 3 (23.08%) CEH
5 3 (23.08%) CISM
5 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (15.38%) CRISC
6 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
7 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (7.69%) CCDP
7 1 (7.69%) CCIE
7 1 (7.69%) CCSP
7 1 (7.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.69%) COBIT
2 1 (7.69%) Government Security Classifications
2 1 (7.69%) GRC
2 1 (7.69%) NCSC
2 1 (7.69%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Kibana
1 2 (15.38%) logstash
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Cisco
2 1 (7.69%) Splunk