CISSP Contracts in the South East

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 179 119
Rank change year-on-year +67 -60 +77
Contract jobs citing CISSP 50 23 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.54% 0.40% 1.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.84% 0.90% 4.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 20 69
10th Percentile £433 £453 £493
25th Percentile £500 £513 £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £665
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% -11.65% +15.65%
75th Percentile £638 £641 £700
90th Percentile £676 £653 £838
England median daily rate £600 £600 £650
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - £71.20
Median hourly rate £87.58 - £73.20
75th Percentile £88.87 - £74.20
90th Percentile - - £74.55
England median hourly rate £69.50 £23.00 £72.69
% change year-on-year +202.17% -68.36% +7.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,301 2,546 2,102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 40.03% 44.53% 36.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 830 1,484 1,338
10th Percentile £262 £352 £305
25th Percentile £406 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £620
90th Percentile £663 £725 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 222 127
10th Percentile £18.87 £17.80 £19.10
25th Percentile £24.78 £27.55 £42.50
Median hourly rate £46.90 £57.35 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.22% -4.42% +33.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.21 £71.80
90th Percentile £79.16 £87.46 £75.67
England median hourly rate £28.50 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -32.94% -22.73% +32.99%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for CISSP 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.

Daily rate trend for 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 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in the South East

CISSP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for CISSP in the South East

CISSP
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CISSP in the South East over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for 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 4 July 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 +57 37 £550 -3.08% 118
Berkshire +47 31 £550 -3.08% 71
Hampshire +24 8 £500 -14.89% 40
Buckinghamshire +12 5 £600 -2.04% 29
Surrey - 3 £450 - 32
Kent +3 2 £475 -12.04% 22
Oxfordshire - 1 £675 - 18
CISSP
England

CISSP
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.00%) TPMS
Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 17 (34.00%) Azure
2 9 (18.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 7 (14.00%) AWS
4 5 (10.00%) GCP
5 2 (4.00%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.00%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (2.00%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (2.00%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (2.00%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.00%) OCI
6 1 (2.00%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (14.00%) Firewall
2 4 (8.00%) Network Security
3 3 (6.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (4.00%) VPN
5 1 (2.00%) BGP
5 1 (2.00%) DNS
5 1 (2.00%) LAN
5 1 (2.00%) Modbus
5 1 (2.00%) SD-WAN
5 1 (2.00%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (2.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (2.00%) JIRA
General
1 24 (48.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (26.00%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (12.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.00%) Finance
4 3 (6.00%) Legal
4 3 (6.00%) Military
4 3 (6.00%) Telecoms
5 2 (4.00%) Aerospace
5 2 (4.00%) Retail
6 1 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.00%) Local Government
6 1 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (28.00%) Senior
2 10 (20.00%) Architect
3 9 (18.00%) Analyst
3 9 (18.00%) Security Architect
4 8 (16.00%) Security Engineer
5 6 (12.00%) SOC Analyst
6 5 (10.00%) Lead
7 4 (8.00%) Consultant
7 4 (8.00%) Security Officer
7 4 (8.00%) Senior Security Engineer
8 3 (6.00%) Information Specialist
8 3 (6.00%) Security Manager
8 3 (6.00%) SOC Consultant
9 2 (4.00%) Azure Engineer
9 2 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 2 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 2 (4.00%) Information Assurance Specialist
9 2 (4.00%) Information Officer
9 2 (4.00%) Information Security Officer
9 2 (4.00%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.00%) Web Services
2 2 (4.00%) Apache Axis
3 1 (2.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 10 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 9 (18.00%) Security Posture
3 4 (8.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (6.00%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (4.00%) Cloud Native
5 2 (4.00%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (4.00%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (4.00%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (2.00%) CESG
6 1 (2.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (2.00%) Cyberattack
6 1 (2.00%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.00%) NHS
6 1 (2.00%) Operational Technology
6 1 (2.00%) PKI
6 1 (2.00%) PMI
6 1 (2.00%) Product Ownership
6 1 (2.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 8 (16.00%) Windows
2 5 (10.00%) Linux
3 2 (4.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (54.00%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (36.00%) SIEM
3 16 (32.00%) Incident Response
3 16 (32.00%) Risk Management
4 15 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (30.00%) Security Architecture
5 13 (26.00%) Information Security
5 13 (26.00%) Threat Intelligence
6 12 (24.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 9 (18.00%) Validation
7 9 (18.00%) Vulnerability Management
8 8 (16.00%) Cloud Security
8 8 (16.00%) Enterprise Architecture
8 8 (16.00%) SOA
8 8 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (14.00%) Security Operations
10 6 (12.00%) Collaborative Working
10 6 (12.00%) Risk Assessment
11 5 (10.00%) Computer Science
11 5 (10.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 10 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 8 (16.00%) Python
3 3 (6.00%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (4.00%) C#
4 2 (4.00%) Java
4 2 (4.00%) Ruby
4 2 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (46.00%) CISM
2 19 (38.00%) Security Cleared
3 12 (24.00%) Degree
4 11 (22.00%) CEH
4 11 (22.00%) DV Cleared
5 10 (20.00%) SC Cleared
6 8 (16.00%) GCIH
7 6 (12.00%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (10.00%) CISA
8 5 (10.00%) GCIA
9 4 (8.00%) GCFA
9 4 (8.00%) GIAC
9 4 (8.00%) SANS
10 3 (6.00%) CFCE
10 3 (6.00%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (6.00%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (6.00%) CRISC
11 2 (4.00%) CCNA
11 2 (4.00%) PMI Certification
11 2 (4.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (38.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (26.00%) NIST
3 10 (20.00%) GDPR
4 4 (8.00%) HIPAA
5 2 (4.00%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (4.00%) PCI DSS
6 1 (2.00%) COBIT
6 1 (2.00%) COSO
6 1 (2.00%) ITGC
6 1 (2.00%) JSP 440
6 1 (2.00%) NCSC
6 1 (2.00%) NIST 800
6 1 (2.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (4.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.00%) Docker
2 1 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (8.00%) QRadar
2 2 (4.00%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (2.00%) CASB
3 1 (2.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (2.00%) CSIRT
3 1 (2.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (22.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (18.00%) Splunk
3 4 (8.00%) ArcSight
4 3 (6.00%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (6.00%) Oracle
5 2 (4.00%) LogRhythm
6 1 (2.00%) CyberArk
6 1 (2.00%) Forcepoint
6 1 (2.00%) Google
6 1 (2.00%) Intel
6 1 (2.00%) Proofpoint
6 1 (2.00%) Rapid7
6 1 (2.00%) SAP
6 1 (2.00%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.00%) VMware