CISSP Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CISSP 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 0.41% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.02% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £853 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £563 £525 £588
% change year-on-year +7.14% -10.64% -3.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 98 103 134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 40.16% 69.13% 48.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 71 56
10th Percentile £301 - £456
25th Percentile £433 £200 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £513 £606
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% -15.46% +21.25%
75th Percentile £581 £575 £690
90th Percentile £625 £625 £850
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 15 51
10th Percentile £45.42 £24.66 -
25th Percentile £46.25 £25.15 £53.40
Median hourly rate £55.00 £47.50 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -17.18% -11.77%
75th Percentile - £59.38 £61.30
90th Percentile £56.50 £66.79 £90.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £38.25 £57.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year -33.48% +0.26% -7.87%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

CISSP job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

CISSP
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing CISSP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing CISSP

CISSP
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing CISSP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing CISSP

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CCSK
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Def Stans
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 1 (100.00%) NIST