CISA Contract Job Trends in the North East

ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East with a requirement for CISA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CISA 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.64% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.74% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £460 - -
25th Percentile £474 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 - -
75th Percentile £521 - -
90th Percentile £536 - -
England median daily rate £521 £613 £650
% change year-on-year -14.94% -5.77% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North East

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 North East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 172 121 101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 36.60% 36.67% 32.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 76 39
10th Percentile £191 £313 £188
25th Percentile £364 £391 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -16.28% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £550 £614 £650
90th Percentile £600 £738 £720
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 17
10th Percentile £50.58 £16.56 £12.38
25th Percentile £52.19 £25.14 £13.99
Median hourly rate £57.50 £46.18 £20.77
Median % change year-on-year +24.51% +122.34% -63.88%
75th Percentile £60.00 - £46.18
90th Percentile £72.68 £47.47 £54.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £46.39
% change year-on-year -45.54% -0.45% +3.09%

CISA
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CISA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East.

CISA job vacancy trend in the North East

CISA
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing CISA

CISA
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISA within the North East region over the 6 months to 31 January 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
Tyne and Wear - 3 £498 - 2
CISA
England

CISA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
General
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
1 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Risk Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Security Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity Management
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Privacy
2 1 (33.33%) Deadline-Driven
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) Due Diligence
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) IT Governance
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Kanban
2 1 (33.33%) SABSA
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) Zachman Framework
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) CISM
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) COBIT
1 1 (33.33%) ISO 22301
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
1 1 (33.33%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft