CISA Contract Job Trends in the North West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for CISA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 128 121
Rank change year-on-year -39 -7 +1
Contract jobs citing CISA 3 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.078% 0.14% 0.042%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.27% 0.40% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile £389 £424 -
25th Percentile £427 £435 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £458 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.10% - -
75th Percentile £501 £461 -
90th Percentile £507 - -
England median daily rate £575 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,100 746 690
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 28.73% 33.80% 28.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 707 418 388
10th Percentile £320 £313 £285
25th Percentile £418 £408 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £500 £506
Median % change year-on-year +2.20% -1.19% +1.16%
75th Percentile £621 £613 £607
90th Percentile £689 £716 £723
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 70 99
10th Percentile £17.25 £17.40 £10.95
25th Percentile £28.50 £21.30 £12.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £30.64 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.50% +80.21% -60.00%
75th Percentile £66.56 £59.57 £51.44
90th Percentile £83.75 £73.95 £63.95
England median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +114.71% -47.05% -13.64%

CISA
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

CISA job vacancy trend in the North West

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Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

CISA
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISA in the North West over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CISA in the North West

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

CISA
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 17 August 2026. 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
Cheshire -3 3 £490 +13.29%
CISA
England

CISA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
2 2 (66.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security Management
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Remediation Plan
2 2 (66.67%) Resource Allocation
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Security Management
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Ethical Hacking
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CRISC
2 2 (66.67%) AWS Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Certification
2 2 (66.67%) CISM
2 2 (66.67%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) PMI Certification
2 2 (66.67%) PMP
3 1 (33.33%) CEH
3 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) GIAC
3 1 (33.33%) GSEC
3 1 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) GRC
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) NIST
2 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27005