CISSP Contracts in the North East

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 35 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs citing CISSP 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 0.31% 0.89% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.78% 2.73% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £505 -
25th Percentile £613 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% - -
75th Percentile £638 £538 -
90th Percentile - £545 -
England median daily rate £625 £600 £648
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.34% +7.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £23.00 -
England median hourly rate £73.31 £53.21 £72.69
% change year-on-year +37.79% -26.80% +7.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 129 110 206
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 40.31% 32.54% 48.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 44 166
10th Percentile £200 £318 £280
25th Percentile £356 £417 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% -7.52% +7.62%
75th Percentile £590 £628 £645
90th Percentile £650 £685 £750
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 16 1
10th Percentile £11.60 £12.15 -
25th Percentile £13.23 £13.99 £48.50
Median hourly rate £18.81 £20.77 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.44% -57.61% -1.01%
75th Percentile £41.41 £47.14 £49.50
90th Percentile £50.38 £55.00 -
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in the North East

CISSP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

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

Daily rate trend for CISSP in the North East

CISSP
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 CISSP within the North East region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Tyne and Wear -7 1 £625 +19.05% 11
CISSP
England

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC