CISSP Contract Job Trends 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 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 40 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CISSP 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 2.09% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 5.69% - -
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 - -
England median daily rate £563 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -6.25% -4.00% -

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 123 107 61
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 36.72% 38.63% 26.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 50 37
10th Percentile £170 £310 £288
25th Percentile £400 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -19.05% -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £583 £600
90th Percentile £725 £657 £720
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 14 9
10th Percentile £47.20 £26.45 £18.00
25th Percentile £51.25 - £18.75
Median hourly rate £52.50 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +13.69% - -30.03%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £66.56 £70.00 -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -51.95% -0.30% +16.67%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

CISSP job vacancy trend in the North East

CISSP
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

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

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

CISSP
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing CISSP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing CISSP

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 3 November 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 £738 - 3
CISSP
England

CISSP
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 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