CISSP Contract Job Trends 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 21 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 136 158
Rank change year-on-year +16 +22 +40
Contract jobs citing CISSP 83 29 33
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 1.76% 0.82% 0.71%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.75% 2.68% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 23 25
10th Percentile £371 £461 £494
25th Percentile £463 £538 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £600 £663 £675
90th Percentile £650 £696 £770
England median daily rate £537 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -14.08% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £41.94 - -
75th Percentile £43.70 - -
90th Percentile £44.76 - -
England median hourly rate £56.00 £83.20 £78.36
% change year-on-year -32.69% +6.18% +11.94%

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 1,444 1,084 1,219
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 30.55% 30.47% 26.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 973 618 795
10th Percentile £251 £220 £256
25th Percentile £400 £356 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £600 £585 £630
90th Percentile £699 £675 £707
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 67 80
10th Percentile £16.29 £18.02 £16.25
25th Percentile £22.16 £22.22 £29.58
Median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +39.88% -29.62% +78.92%
75th Percentile £60.61 £51.45 £46.89
90th Percentile £72.29 £74.04 £55.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.71 £52.50
% change year-on-year -46.16% -11.02% +16.67%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

CISSP job vacancy trend in the North of England

CISSP
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

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 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in the North of England

CISSP
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

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 21 December 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 -2 49 £500 -23.08% 9
North West -24 27 £525 -12.50% 11
North East - 8 £725 -
CISSP
England

CISSP
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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (25.30%) Confluence
2 1 (1.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 34 (40.96%) AWS
2 26 (31.33%) Azure
3 19 (22.89%) GCP
4 13 (15.66%) OpenShift
5 3 (3.61%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.41%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.20%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.20%) GitHub
7 1 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 18 (21.69%) Firewall
2 10 (12.05%) Network Security
3 6 (7.23%) SSL
3 6 (7.23%) VPN
4 5 (6.02%) Kerberos
4 5 (6.02%) TCP/IP
5 3 (3.61%) DNS
5 3 (3.61%) SSH
6 1 (1.20%) BGP
6 1 (1.20%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (1.20%) Internet
6 1 (1.20%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.20%) LAN
6 1 (1.20%) OSPF
6 1 (1.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.23%) MongoDB
1 6 (7.23%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 31 (37.35%) JIRA
2 8 (9.64%) Postman
2 8 (9.64%) SoapUI
3 5 (6.02%) GitLab
4 1 (1.20%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.20%) Git
4 1 (1.20%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.20%) Snyk
4 1 (1.20%) SonarQube
General
1 27 (32.53%) Social Skills
2 25 (30.12%) Finance
3 17 (20.48%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (9.64%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.41%) Legal
6 1 (1.20%) Banking
6 1 (1.20%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (36.14%) Architect
2 25 (30.12%) Security Architect
3 15 (18.07%) Solutions Architect
4 12 (14.46%) Analyst
5 11 (13.25%) Security Solutions Architect
5 11 (13.25%) Senior
6 10 (12.05%) Security Engineer
7 9 (10.84%) Lead
8 8 (9.64%) Lead Architect
9 7 (8.43%) Consultant
9 7 (8.43%) Lead Solutions Architect
9 7 (8.43%) Test Analyst
10 6 (7.23%) Lead Security Architect
11 5 (6.02%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 5 (6.02%) Security Consultant
11 5 (6.02%) Senior Architect
11 5 (6.02%) Senior Security Architect
12 4 (4.82%) Design Engineer
13 3 (3.61%) Cybersecurity Specialist
13 3 (3.61%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.23%) OAuth
1 6 (7.23%) SAML
2 4 (4.82%) LDAP
3 2 (2.41%) Flash
3 2 (2.41%) Smart Contracts
4 1 (1.20%) JSON
4 1 (1.20%) REST
4 1 (1.20%) SailPoint
4 1 (1.20%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.25%) Cloud Native
1 11 (13.25%) Management Information System
2 9 (10.84%) PKI
3 7 (8.43%) Security Posture
4 5 (6.02%) Cloud Security Posture
5 3 (3.61%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (3.61%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.41%) Blockchain
6 2 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.41%) Operational Technology
6 2 (2.41%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.20%) CMDB
7 1 (1.20%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (1.20%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.20%) SCADA
7 1 (1.20%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.20%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.43%) Windows
2 6 (7.23%) Linux
3 4 (4.82%) Unix
4 2 (2.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (53.01%) Cybersecurity
2 37 (44.58%) Cloud Security
3 36 (43.37%) Identity Access Management
4 34 (40.96%) Incident Response
5 25 (30.12%) Privileged Access Management
6 23 (27.71%) CI/CD
7 22 (26.51%) Vulnerability Management
8 18 (21.69%) Cryptography
8 18 (21.69%) Decision-Making
8 18 (21.69%) DevSecOps
9 17 (20.48%) Architectural Patterns
9 17 (20.48%) Secrets Management
9 17 (20.48%) UML
10 16 (19.28%) Computer Science
10 16 (19.28%) Problem-Solving
10 16 (19.28%) Security Operations
10 16 (19.28%) TOGAF
11 15 (18.07%) SABSA
11 15 (18.07%) Security Architecture
11 15 (18.07%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.02%) Python
2 3 (3.61%) Bash
3 2 (2.41%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.41%) Rust
3 2 (2.41%) Solidity
4 1 (1.20%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 62 (74.70%) CISM
2 22 (26.51%) Degree
3 13 (15.66%) TOGAF Certification
4 12 (14.46%) Master's Degree
4 12 (14.46%) Security Cleared
5 10 (12.05%) PhD
6 8 (9.64%) CISA
6 8 (9.64%) ISTQB
7 7 (8.43%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (8.43%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (8.43%) SC Cleared
8 5 (6.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 5 (6.02%) AWS Certification
9 4 (4.82%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (3.61%) CCSK
10 3 (3.61%) CCSP
10 3 (3.61%) MCSA
10 3 (3.61%) MCSE
10 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (3.61%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (34.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (31.33%) NIST
3 19 (22.89%) GDPR
3 19 (22.89%) PCI DSS
4 7 (8.43%) QA
5 3 (3.61%) HIPAA
5 3 (3.61%) PSD2
6 2 (2.41%) COBIT
6 2 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (2.41%) SOC 2
7 1 (1.20%) ISO 22301
7 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (1.20%) NCSC
7 1 (1.20%) SOC 1
System Software
1 5 (6.02%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.61%) Docker
3 1 (1.20%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.20%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 17 (20.48%) Kubernetes
2 7 (8.43%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (6.02%) Fluentd
4 4 (4.82%) Ansible
4 4 (4.82%) Terraform
5 3 (3.61%) CASB
5 3 (3.61%) Nessus
5 3 (3.61%) QRadar
6 2 (2.41%) Grafana
6 2 (2.41%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 28 (33.73%) CyberArk
2 22 (26.51%) Microsoft
3 18 (21.69%) BiZZdesign
4 14 (16.87%) Centrify
4 14 (16.87%) Thycotic
5 12 (14.46%) Splunk
6 9 (10.84%) Google
7 8 (9.64%) BeyondTrust
8 5 (6.02%) Cribl.io
9 3 (3.61%) ArcSight
9 3 (3.61%) Remedy
9 3 (3.61%) Tenable
10 2 (2.41%) Cisco
10 2 (2.41%) IBM
10 2 (2.41%) VMware
11 1 (1.20%) Aruba
11 1 (1.20%) CheckPoint
11 1 (1.20%) Qualys
11 1 (1.20%) SAP
11 1 (1.20%) ServiceNow