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 24 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 109 132
Rank change year-on-year -9 +23 +1
Contract jobs citing CISSP 7 26 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.36% 0.98% 0.85%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.01% 3.41% 2.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 22 20
10th Percentile - - £443
25th Percentile £525 £425 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £680 £676 £486
Median % change year-on-year +0.59% +39.09% -25.23%
75th Percentile £738 £763 £575
90th Percentile £745 £775 £621
England median daily rate £600 £600 £650
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +8.33%

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 695 763 925
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 35.73% 28.71% 30.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 407 433 606
10th Percentile £230 £300 £339
25th Percentile £390 £415 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £575 £650 £600
90th Percentile £671 £725 £688
England median daily rate £525 £537 £550
% change year-on-year -2.32% -2.28% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 129 68
10th Percentile £19.74 £10.95 £20.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £11.77 £25.75
Median hourly rate £31.00 £16.06 £40.58
Median % change year-on-year +93.03% -60.43% -1.87%
75th Percentile £59.93 £42.88 £50.17
90th Percentile £76.38 £69.85 £67.90
England median hourly rate £35.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year -12.50% -25.93% +30.12%

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 24 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 24 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 £703 +44.10% 77
Cheshire -8 2 £550 -18.64% 37
Merseyside +3 1 - - 16
Cumbria - 1 - - 1
Lancashire - 1 £700 - 32
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:

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