CISA Contracts in Scotland

ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for CISA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 158 171
Rank change year-on-year +35 +13 -22
Contract jobs citing CISA 10 6 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.45% 0.21% 0.085%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.62% 1.01% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 3
10th Percentile - £470 £415
25th Percentile - £481 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -
75th Percentile - £544 £625
90th Percentile - £570 £715
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +13.64%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

CISA 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 Scotland with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 617 594 613
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 27.79% 20.82% 17.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 417 373
10th Percentile £188 £163 £177
25th Percentile £370 £370 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £550
90th Percentile £660 £625 £625
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 15 20
10th Percentile £12.95 £13.95 £19.75
25th Percentile £16.50 £16.00 £22.13
Median hourly rate £40.94 £21.67 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +88.92% -38.08% -4.78%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.02 £53.75
90th Percentile £64.70 £66.50 £56.01
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £40.93
% change year-on-year -25.93% +31.94% +6.31%

CISA
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing CISA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for CISA in Scotland

CISA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISA in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for CISA in Scotland

CISA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISA in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for CISA in Scotland

CISA
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISA within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 24 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
Glasgow +10 5 - - 3
South Lanarkshire - 3 - -
Edinburgh +30 1 - -
Aberdeen - 1 - -
CISA
UK

CISA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 2 (20.00%) Cisco IPT
General
1 4 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (10.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Analyst
1 3 (30.00%) Lead
2 1 (10.00%) Chief Information Security Officer
2 1 (10.00%) Chief Security Officer
2 1 (10.00%) Information Security Officer
2 1 (10.00%) Information Security Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Information Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Security Officer
2 1 (10.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (10.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (70.00%) Information Security
2 6 (60.00%) Information Security Management
2 6 (60.00%) Security Management
3 5 (50.00%) Risk Management
4 4 (40.00%) ISMS
4 4 (40.00%) Risk Assessment
4 4 (40.00%) Security Monitoring
5 3 (30.00%) Decision-Making
5 3 (30.00%) Service Delivery
6 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
6 2 (20.00%) Programme Management
7 1 (10.00%) Business Case
7 1 (10.00%) Data Governance
7 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
7 1 (10.00%) IT Audit
7 1 (10.00%) Privileged Access Management
7 1 (10.00%) Process Improvement
7 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) CISM
1 9 (90.00%) CISSP
2 5 (50.00%) CRISC
3 4 (40.00%) CGEIT
3 4 (40.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
6 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (50.00%) NIST
2 3 (30.00%) GDPR
3 1 (10.00%) COBIT
3 1 (10.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) OneTrust
1 1 (10.00%) Qualys