CISSP Contracts in the North West

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 136 127
Rank change year-on-year +28 -9 -3
Contract jobs citing CISSP 29 17 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.05% 0.53% 1.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.48% 1.70% 5.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 11 47
10th Percentile - £413 £535
25th Percentile £425 £450 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £676 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year +22.91% -15.38% +23.81%
75th Percentile £775 £628 £763
90th Percentile £820 £725 -
England median daily rate £600 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

CISSP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 834 1,002 923
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 30.18% 31.19% 22.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 477 682 605
10th Percentile £247 £325 £263
25th Percentile £413 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.25% +3.80% +11.11%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £625
90th Percentile £725 £700 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 67 66
10th Percentile £10.95 £20.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £11.77 £25.00 £17.88
Median hourly rate £16.06 £37.50 £39.73
Median % change year-on-year -57.17% -5.61% -7.61%
75th Percentile £39.54 £49.52 £52.75
90th Percentile £62.50 £66.13 £63.86
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -3.85%

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 +21 20 £575 +21.05% 10
Cheshire - 7 £676 - 3
Merseyside - 1 £450 -
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:

Applications
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (34.48%) Azure
2 8 (27.59%) Azure Sentinel
3 4 (13.79%) AWS
3 4 (13.79%) IaaS
3 4 (13.79%) PaaS
3 4 (13.79%) SaaS
4 1 (3.45%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 7 (24.14%) Network Security
2 4 (13.79%) Cisco Firepower
2 4 (13.79%) Firewall
3 1 (3.45%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (3.45%) TCP/IP
General
1 4 (13.79%) Public Sector
2 3 (10.34%) Finance
3 2 (6.90%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Police
Job Titles
1 9 (31.03%) Architect
2 8 (27.59%) Security Architect
3 6 (20.69%) Analyst
4 4 (13.79%) Cisco Architect
4 4 (13.79%) Cisco Network Architect
4 4 (13.79%) Cisco Security Architect
4 4 (13.79%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 4 (13.79%) Network Architect
4 4 (13.79%) Network Security Architect
4 4 (13.79%) Project Manager
4 4 (13.79%) Security Manager
4 4 (13.79%) Security Project Manager
5 3 (10.34%) Security Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Senior
5 3 (10.34%) SOC Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) AWS Architect
6 2 (6.90%) Consultant
6 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 2 (6.90%) Security Consultant
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Insider Threat
1 3 (10.34%) Security Posture
2 2 (6.90%) Cyberattack
2 2 (6.90%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.45%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (3.45%) NHS
3 1 (3.45%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.79%) Linux
2 1 (3.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (62.07%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (34.48%) Decision-Making
3 6 (20.69%) Application Security
3 6 (20.69%) Business Case
3 6 (20.69%) Business Development
3 6 (20.69%) Cloud Security
3 6 (20.69%) Data Strategy
3 6 (20.69%) Incident Response
3 6 (20.69%) Pricing Strategy
3 6 (20.69%) Risk Management
3 6 (20.69%) Threat Management
4 5 (17.24%) Analytics
4 5 (17.24%) Information Security
5 4 (13.79%) Identity Access Management
5 4 (13.79%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 4 (13.79%) Penetration Testing
5 4 (13.79%) Test Strategy
5 4 (13.79%) TOGAF
6 3 (10.34%) Design Patterns
6 3 (10.34%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (24.14%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (3.45%) Bash
2 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (75.86%) CISM
2 8 (27.59%) CISA
2 8 (27.59%) CompTIA Security+
2 8 (27.59%) Degree
3 6 (20.69%) Master's Degree
3 6 (20.69%) MBA
4 5 (17.24%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (13.79%) CCIE
5 4 (13.79%) CCIE Security
5 4 (13.79%) CCNP
6 3 (10.34%) SC Cleared
6 3 (10.34%) Security Cleared
7 1 (3.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (3.45%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (37.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.90%) Government Security Classifications
2 2 (6.90%) NCSC
3 1 (3.45%) GDPR
3 1 (3.45%) NIST
3 1 (3.45%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 17 (58.62%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.24%) Cisco
3 1 (3.45%) NetIQ
3 1 (3.45%) OneTrust
3 1 (3.45%) Proofpoint
3 1 (3.45%) Rapid7
3 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.45%) SolarWinds
3 1 (3.45%) Sophos
3 1 (3.45%) Symantec
3 1 (3.45%) VMware
3 1 (3.45%) Zscaler