CISSP Contracts in the North of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 151 145 191
Rank change year-on-year -6 +46 -29
Contract jobs citing CISSP 15 40 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.46% 0.84% 0.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.40% 3.23% 1.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 32 21
10th Percentile £515 £425 £413
25th Percentile £525 £478 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £638
90th Percentile £750 £775 £675
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 of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,070 1,240 1,501
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 32.47% 26.01% 25.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 650 684 1,063
10th Percentile £230 £300 £325
25th Percentile £375 £415 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.20% -2.38% +9.38%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £625
90th Percentile £652 £725 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 165 70
10th Percentile £17.44 £10.95 £20.00
25th Percentile £22.61 £12.75 £25.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £16.06 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +102.37% -57.17% +15.62%
75th Percentile £59.24 £38.43 £49.52
90th Percentile £80.59 £61.50 £65.84
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 of England

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

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in the North of England

CISSP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for CISSP in the North of England

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISSP in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in the North of England

CISSP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISSP in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for CISSP in the North of England

CISSP
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 CISSP within the North of England 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
Yorkshire +7 7 £600 +4.35% 22
North West -5 7 £680 +0.59% 48
North East -2 1 £625 +19.05% 9
CISSP
England

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (6.67%) AWS
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (6.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Network Security
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (6.67%) DHCP
2 1 (6.67%) DNS
2 1 (6.67%) Firewall
2 1 (6.67%) Kerberos
2 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
2 1 (6.67%) VLAN
General
1 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Banking
3 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (13.33%) Finance
5 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) Architect
2 7 (46.67%) Consultant
2 7 (46.67%) Security Architect
2 7 (46.67%) Security Consultant
3 4 (26.67%) DevSecOps Architect
3 4 (26.67%) DevSecOps Consultant
4 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Business Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Designer
5 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (6.67%) IT Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) IT Manager
5 1 (6.67%) IT Security Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) IT Security Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Network Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Network Security Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Security Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Security Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) LDAP
2 1 (6.67%) OAuth
2 1 (6.67%) OpenID
2 1 (6.67%) SailPoint
2 1 (6.67%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Hybrid Cloud
1 4 (26.67%) Private Cloud
2 3 (20.00%) Operational Technology
3 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
3 2 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (6.67%) SCADA
4 1 (6.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 5 (33.33%) DevOps
3 5 (33.33%) Network Architecture
3 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 4 (26.67%) Computer Science
4 4 (26.67%) DevSecOps
4 4 (26.67%) Identity Access Management
4 4 (26.67%) OWASP
4 4 (26.67%) Security Management
5 3 (20.00%) Incident Response
6 2 (13.33%) Cloud Security
6 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (13.33%) Information Security
6 2 (13.33%) Privileged Access Management
6 2 (13.33%) SDLC
6 2 (13.33%) Security Architecture
6 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (13.33%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (73.33%) CISM
2 5 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (26.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 4 (26.67%) CCSP
3 4 (26.67%) CEH
3 4 (26.67%) Degree
3 4 (26.67%) OSCP
4 2 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (6.67%) CCNA
5 1 (6.67%) CISA
5 1 (6.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (6.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (6.67%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (73.33%) NIST
2 8 (53.33%) PCI DSS
3 7 (46.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (26.67%) COBIT
4 4 (26.67%) GDPR
5 2 (13.33%) GRC
5 2 (13.33%) NCSC
5 2 (13.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (6.67%) Accessibility
6 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (6.67%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (6.67%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Aruba
2 1 (6.67%) Centrify
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco
2 1 (6.67%) CyberArk
2 1 (6.67%) Okta
2 1 (6.67%) Qualys
2 1 (6.67%) Siemens
2 1 (6.67%) Thycotic