CISSP Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CISSP 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 2.64% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 6.80% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £716 - -
25th Percentile £722 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £738 - -
75th Percentile £747 - -
90th Percentile £749 - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £738 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 103 72 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 38.87% 41.86% 30.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 41 30
10th Percentile £170 £313 £368
25th Percentile £400 £350 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £420 £550
Median % change year-on-year +13.10% -23.64% -3.51%
75th Percentile £575 £585 £720
90th Percentile £705 £720 -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £474 £425 £550
% change year-on-year +11.47% -22.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 4
10th Percentile £46.53 £37.20 -
25th Percentile £49.56 £50.00 £18.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £70.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +268.42% -
75th Percentile £54.06 - £23.63
90th Percentile £54.63 - £29.70
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £52.50 £70.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -25.00% +268.42% -

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CISSP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

CISSP job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

CISSP
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing CISSP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing CISSP

CISSP
Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing CISSP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing CISSP

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) MongoDB
1 6 (85.71%) PostgreSQL
General
1 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Architect
1 6 (85.71%) Security Architect
2 4 (57.14%) Senior
2 4 (57.14%) Senior Architect
2 4 (57.14%) Senior Security Architect
3 1 (14.29%) AWS Architect
3 1 (14.29%) AWS Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (14.29%) AWS Security Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) CISSP Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Security Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Microservices
1 5 (71.43%) Security Architecture
2 4 (57.14%) Application Security
2 4 (57.14%) Architectural Patterns
2 4 (57.14%) Cloud Security
2 4 (57.14%) Database Security
3 3 (42.86%) Technical Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
5 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity Management
5 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (14.29%) Identity Management
5 1 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
5 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
5 1 (14.29%) IT Governance
5 1 (14.29%) ITIL
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) QA
2 1 (14.29%) COBIT
2 1 (14.29%) ISO 22301
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft