CISSP Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Milton Keynes with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 38 65
Rank change year-on-year 0 +27 +28
Contract jobs citing CISSP 3 4 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 1.28% 1.37% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.35% 3.05% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile £480 £383 -
25th Percentile £488 £431 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -6.25% -17.95%
75th Percentile £529 £644 -
90th Percentile £532 £708 -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £500 £525 £560
% change year-on-year -4.76% -6.25% -10.40%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Milton Keynes

CISSP 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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 69 131 307
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 29.36% 45.02% 46.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 108 261
10th Percentile £319 £311 £320
25th Percentile £403 £407 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £456 £510
Median % change year-on-year +7.40% -10.54% +8.34%
75th Percentile £548 £519 £613
90th Percentile £578 £550 £680
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £490 £463 £524
% change year-on-year +5.95% -11.78% +9.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 4
10th Percentile - £20.96 £13.29
25th Percentile - £24.35 £13.47
Median hourly rate £15.12 £30.00 £13.57
Median % change year-on-year -49.60% +121.08% -28.58%
75th Percentile £16.50 £34.00 £14.87
90th Percentile £17.32 £36.40 £17.20
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £13.57
% change year-on-year -16.17% +121.08% -28.58%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in Milton Keynes

CISSP
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing CISSP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing CISSP

CISSP
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing CISSP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing CISSP

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Senior
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
1 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) ISMS
2 1 (33.33%) Protective Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CEH
2 1 (33.33%) CISA
2 1 (33.33%) CISM
2 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (33.33%) GCIH
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) GRC
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
1 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS
1 1 (33.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) QRadar
1 1 (33.33%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Splunk