CISA Contracts in the South East

ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for CISA 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 150 193 203
Rank change year-on-year +43 +10 +33
Contract jobs citing CISA 9 12 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.30% 0.22% 0.33%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.74% 0.48% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 8
10th Percentile £360 £157 £498
25th Percentile £481 £323 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £488 £711
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -31.39% +13.68%
75th Percentile £646 £542 £778
90th Percentile £650 £559 £800
England median daily rate £603 £650 £650
% change year-on-year -7.31% - +4.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

CISA 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 South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,222 2,486 2,176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 40.60% 44.73% 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 778 1,412 1,432
10th Percentile £302 £313 £300
25th Percentile £438 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.32% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £623
90th Percentile £688 £735 £713
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 213 145
10th Percentile £20.00 £17.52 £21.40
25th Percentile £26.13 £27.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £56.75 £57.35 £57.76
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -0.71% +28.75%
75th Percentile £70.63 £67.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £78.13 £85.41 £75.00
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing CISA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for CISA in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISA in the South East.

Daily rate trend for CISA in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISA in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISA in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISA in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for CISA in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISA within the South East 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
Thames Valley +37 5 £565 +13.00% 3
Berkshire +27 5 £565 +42.27%
Hampshire +28 3 £525 +10.53% 1
Surrey +17 1 £450 -10.00% 3
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (11.11%) GCP
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Auditor
1 2 (22.22%) Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Audit Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Information Assurance Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Information Assurance Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) Information Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Information Security Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Information Security Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) Information Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) Lead
2 1 (11.11%) Risk Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Security Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Security Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Security Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) Senior
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) SOC Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) SOX Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Management Information System
2 4 (44.44%) Security Posture
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (11.11%) Operational Technology
3 1 (11.11%) PMI
3 1 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
1 1 (11.11%) Mac OS
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Risk Management
2 4 (44.44%) Cloud Security
2 4 (44.44%) Computer Science
2 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (44.44%) Incident Response
2 4 (44.44%) Information Security
2 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (44.44%) Project Management
2 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (44.44%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 3 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
3 3 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
3 3 (33.33%) SIEM
3 3 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
4 2 (22.22%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) Security Management
4 2 (22.22%) Threat Detection
5 1 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) CISSP
2 7 (77.78%) CISM
3 6 (66.67%) Degree
4 3 (33.33%) CEH
4 3 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 3 (33.33%) Master's Degree
5 2 (22.22%) CRISC
6 1 (11.11%) CCNA
6 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
6 1 (11.11%) GCIA
6 1 (11.11%) GCIH
6 1 (11.11%) GIAC
6 1 (11.11%) PgMP
6 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
6 1 (11.11%) PMP
6 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
6 1 (11.11%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) NIST
2 5 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (44.44%) GDPR
3 4 (44.44%) PCI DSS
4 2 (22.22%) NIST 800
5 1 (11.11%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (11.11%) COBIT
5 1 (11.11%) COSO
5 1 (11.11%) ITGC
5 1 (11.11%) JSP 440
5 1 (11.11%) NCSC
5 1 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle
1 1 (11.11%) SAP
1 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow
1 1 (11.11%) Splunk