CISSP Contracts in the North West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 113 108 139
Rank change year-on-year -5 +31 -16
Contract jobs citing CISSP 7 29 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.36% 1.05% 0.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.99% 3.50% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 25 12
10th Percentile - - £416
25th Percentile £525 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £680 £676 £518
Median % change year-on-year +0.59% +30.50% -20.31%
75th Percentile £750 £775 £623
90th Percentile - £820 £716
England median daily rate £625 £600 £648
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.34% +7.92%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 706 829 1,003
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 35.87% 30.09% 31.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 404 474 683
10th Percentile £230 £268 £325
25th Percentile £398 £416 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year -3.66% -1.44% +4.00%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £602
90th Percentile £650 £725 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 124 67
10th Percentile £17.70 £10.95 £20.00
25th Percentile £25.26 £11.77 £25.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £16.06 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +102.37% -57.17% -5.60%
75th Percentile £60.00 £39.54 £49.52
90th Percentile £83.13 £62.50 £66.13
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in the North West

CISSP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for CISSP in the North West

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in the North West

CISSP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for CISSP in the North West

CISSP
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 CISSP within the North West 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
Manchester -1 2 £715 +24.35% 42
Cheshire -5 2 £550 -18.64% 1
Merseyside +4 1 - -
Cumbria - 1 - - 1
Lancashire - 1 £700 - 24
CISSP
England

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

General
1 4 (57.14%) Banking
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Military
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Architect
1 4 (57.14%) Consultant
1 4 (57.14%) Security Consultant
2 3 (42.86%) Security Architect
3 2 (28.57%) DevSecOps Architect
3 2 (28.57%) DevSecOps Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (28.57%) Operational Technology
1 2 (28.57%) Private Cloud
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) SCADA
2 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
1 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
2 2 (28.57%) DevOps
2 2 (28.57%) DevSecOps
2 2 (28.57%) Network Architecture
2 2 (28.57%) OWASP
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) SDLC
2 2 (28.57%) Security Management
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) ISMS
3 1 (14.29%) Logistics
3 1 (14.29%) Mathematics
3 1 (14.29%) Network Design
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Security Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (14.29%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) CISM
2 2 (28.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (28.57%) CCSP
2 2 (28.57%) CEH
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (28.57%) OSCP
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) NIST
2 4 (57.14%) PCI DSS
3 2 (28.57%) COBIT
3 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
4 1 (14.29%) GRC
4 1 (14.29%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Siemens