CISA Contract Job Trends in the North of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for CISA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 186 - 175
Rank change year-on-year - - +64
Contract jobs citing CISA 8 0 22
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.19% - 0.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.60% - 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 20
10th Percentile £435 - £439
25th Percentile £454 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 - £486
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.00%
75th Percentile £585 - £520
90th Percentile £600 - £627
England median daily rate £525 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -13.73%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,329 1,039 1,221
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 30.84% 26.28% 24.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 893 567 830
10th Percentile £235 £260 £269
25th Percentile £400 £391 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £513
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -3.41% -0.10%
75th Percentile £600 £580 £627
90th Percentile £703 £673 £700
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 73 86
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.01 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.63 £24.00 £25.82
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -37.63% -12.11% +14.70%
75th Percentile £57.57 £55.79 £46.18
90th Percentile £71.98 £70.00 £55.43
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.19 £52.50
% change year-on-year -51.81% -0.59% +16.67%

CISA
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

CISA job vacancy trend in the North of England

CISA
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

CISA
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISA in the North of England over the 6 months to 27 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISA in the North of England

CISA
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing CISA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing CISA

CISA
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 27 October 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
Yorkshire - 5 £600 - 4
North West - 3 £458 - 3
CISA
England

CISA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) GCP
2 1 (12.50%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Banking
3 2 (25.00%) Legal
4 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Audit Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Compliance Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Governance Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Security Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Flash
1 2 (25.00%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Blockchain
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (62.50%) Incident Response
3 4 (50.00%) Information Security
3 4 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (37.50%) Data Security
4 3 (37.50%) Project Governance
4 3 (37.50%) SIEM
5 2 (25.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
5 2 (25.00%) Change Management
5 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
5 2 (25.00%) Forensic Analysis
5 2 (25.00%) Internal Audit
5 2 (25.00%) KYC
5 2 (25.00%) Machine Learning
5 2 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (25.00%) SDLC
5 2 (25.00%) Software Delivery
5 2 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Rust
1 2 (25.00%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) CISM
2 6 (75.00%) CISSP
3 5 (62.50%) Degree
4 3 (37.50%) GSEC
5 2 (25.00%) CCSK
5 2 (25.00%) CEH
5 2 (25.00%) OSCP
6 1 (12.50%) CIMA
6 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) GDPR
1 5 (62.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (62.50%) NIST
1 5 (62.50%) PCI DSS
2 3 (37.50%) HIPAA
3 2 (25.00%) SOC 2
4 1 (12.50%) GRC
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) QRadar
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) ArcSight
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
1 3 (37.50%) Splunk