The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 20 January 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
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 South East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.
Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications
1,427
2,860
3,678
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East
33.03%
24.64%
23.36%
Number of daily rates quoted
761
1,612
2,125
Median daily rate
£460
£435
£425
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.72%
+2.38%
+6.25%
10th Percentile
£278
£225
£240
90th Percentile
£625
£588
£585
England median daily rate
£475
£470
£450
% change year-on-year
+1.06%
+4.44%
+2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted
114
199
191
Median hourly rate
£37.50
£40.00
£39.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.25%
+2.56%
+56.00%
10th Percentile
£14.72
£14.94
£12.50
90th Percentile
£58.53
£78.75
£55.00
Median hourly rate
£40.00
£32.50
£25.12
% change year-on-year
+23.08%
+29.39%
+14.17%
CISSP Job Vacancy Trend in the South East
Job postings citing CISSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.
CISSP Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISSP in the South East.
CISSP Daily Rate Histogram in the South East
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISSP in the South East over the 6 months to 20 January 2021.
CISSP Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISSP in the South East.
CISSP 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 CISSP within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 January 2021. 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
CISSP Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East
For the 6 months to 20 January 2021, IT contractor jobs citing CISSP also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region with a requirement for CISSP.
CISSP Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
