CISSP Contract Job Trends 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 25 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 105 177
Rank change year-on-year -25 +72 -56
Contract jobs citing CISSP 88 49 23
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.42% 1.60% 0.40%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.13% 4.03% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 34 20
10th Percentile £435 £433 £453
25th Percentile £513 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £591 £550 £588
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -6.38% -11.65%
75th Percentile £688 £638 £641
90th Percentile £725 £676 £653
England median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 0
10th Percentile £51.25 - -
25th Percentile £79.23 £51.25 -
Median hourly rate £87.16 £87.58 -
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% - -
75th Percentile £92.73 £88.87 -
90th Percentile £103.75 - -
England median hourly rate £83.50 £69.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year +20.14% +202.17% -68.36%

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 2,810 1,215 2,564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 45.29% 39.76% 44.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 770 1,487
10th Percentile £313 £250 £351
25th Percentile £445 £406 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £650
90th Percentile £725 £664 £725
England median daily rate £525 £525 £537
% change year-on-year - -2.23% -2.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 293 87 227
10th Percentile £17.95 £18.72 £17.80
25th Percentile £29.07 £25.15 £28.37
Median hourly rate £60.00 £47.81 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +25.51% -16.64% -4.42%
75th Percentile £85.00 £70.00 £70.04
90th Percentile £88.00 £78.31 £87.46
England median hourly rate £52.50 £29.27 £42.50
% change year-on-year +79.36% -31.13% -22.73%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

CISSP job vacancy trend in the South East

CISSP
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CISSP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CISSP

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISSP in the South East over the 6 months to 25 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in the South East

CISSP
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CISSP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CISSP

CISSP
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CISSP in the South East over the 6 months to 25 June 2026.

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 25 June 2026. 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 -26 60 £600 +5.22% 14
Berkshire -14 49 £591 +7.50% 9
Hampshire -12 22 £563 +7.14% 11
Oxfordshire -21 7 - - 2
Buckinghamshire -38 4 £675 +12.50% 4
Home Counties - 2 - -
Surrey -24 1 £495 +10.00% 2
West Sussex - 1 - -
CISSP
England

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 42 (47.73%) Azure
2 35 (39.77%) AWS
3 20 (22.73%) GCP
4 12 (13.64%) Entra ID
5 7 (7.95%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (6.82%) IaaS
6 6 (6.82%) PaaS
7 2 (2.27%) SaaS
8 1 (1.14%) AWS Direct Connect
8 1 (1.14%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.14%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (14.77%) Network Security
2 6 (6.82%) HTTP
3 4 (4.55%) Firewall
4 1 (1.14%) BGP
4 1 (1.14%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.14%) LAN
4 1 (1.14%) Modbus
4 1 (1.14%) MPLS
4 1 (1.14%) NGFW
4 1 (1.14%) OSPF
4 1 (1.14%) S/MIME
4 1 (1.14%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.14%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.14%) VPN
4 1 (1.14%) VXLAN
4 1 (1.14%) WAN
General
1 44 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 20 (22.73%) Documentation Skills
3 15 (17.05%) Aerospace
4 13 (14.77%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (14.77%) Finance
5 8 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (6.82%) Public Sector
7 4 (4.55%) Legal
8 2 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.14%) Military
9 1 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (20.45%) Architect
2 12 (13.64%) Lead
2 12 (13.64%) Project Manager
3 10 (11.36%) Security Manager
4 8 (9.09%) Security Architect
4 8 (9.09%) Security Project Manager
5 7 (7.95%) Consultant
5 7 (7.95%) Product Owner
6 6 (6.82%) Security Specialist
7 5 (5.68%) Cybersecurity Specialist
7 5 (5.68%) Product Lead
7 5 (5.68%) Security Consultant
8 4 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 4 (4.55%) Enterprise Architect
8 4 (4.55%) Project Assurance Manager
8 4 (4.55%) Security Assurance Manager
9 3 (3.41%) Coordinator
9 3 (3.41%) Security Assurance Coordinator
9 3 (3.41%) SIEM Engineer
10 2 (2.27%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (20.45%) LDAP
2 6 (6.82%) ModSecurity
2 6 (6.82%) OAuth
2 6 (6.82%) OpenID
2 6 (6.82%) SAML
3 4 (4.55%) SailPoint
4 2 (2.27%) .NET
4 2 (2.27%) OAuth2
5 1 (1.14%) FIDO
5 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.64%) Management Information System
2 11 (12.50%) Operational Technology
3 8 (9.09%) Product Ownership
4 6 (6.82%) BYOD
4 6 (6.82%) SCADA
5 5 (5.68%) Cyber Defence
5 5 (5.68%) PKI
6 4 (4.55%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (4.55%) Security Posture
6 4 (4.55%) Virtual Team
7 3 (3.41%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (2.27%) Cloud Native
8 2 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (2.27%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (2.27%) Insider Threat
8 2 (2.27%) Onboarding
9 1 (1.14%) Data Centre
9 1 (1.14%) Driving Licence
9 1 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (1.14%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.09%) Windows
2 7 (7.95%) Linux
3 6 (6.82%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (78.41%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (32.95%) SIEM
3 27 (30.68%) Risk Management
4 22 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 22 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 21 (23.86%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (23.86%) Security Architecture
6 20 (22.73%) CI/CD
7 19 (21.59%) SABSA
7 19 (21.59%) TOGAF
8 18 (20.45%) DevOps
9 17 (19.32%) DevSecOps
10 16 (18.18%) Agile
10 16 (18.18%) Cloud Security
11 15 (17.05%) Threat Modelling
12 14 (15.91%) Change Management
13 12 (13.64%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 12 (13.64%) Incident Management
13 12 (13.64%) Incident Response
13 12 (13.64%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 19 (21.59%) Python
2 17 (19.32%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.41%) Kusto Query Language
3 3 (3.41%) SQL
4 2 (2.27%) Java
Qualifications
1 53 (60.23%) CISM
2 42 (47.73%) Security Cleared
3 33 (37.50%) SC Cleared
4 24 (27.27%) Degree
5 15 (17.05%) GIAC
6 13 (14.77%) CESG Certified Professional
6 13 (14.77%) PMI Certification
6 13 (14.77%) PMP
7 9 (10.23%) CEH
7 9 (10.23%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (9.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 8 (9.09%) AWS Certification
9 7 (7.95%) Azure Certification
9 7 (7.95%) CRISC
9 7 (7.95%) DV Cleared
10 6 (6.82%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (5.68%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (5.68%) CSPO
11 5 (5.68%) SANS
12 4 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (60.23%) NIST
2 41 (46.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (29.55%) GDPR
4 8 (9.09%) SOC 2
5 6 (6.82%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (6.82%) ISO 31000
5 6 (6.82%) PCI DSS
5 6 (6.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (4.55%) EU AI Act
7 3 (3.41%) ISO 22301
7 3 (3.41%) NCSC
8 2 (2.27%) GRC
8 2 (2.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (1.14%) Def Stans
9 1 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (1.14%) JSP 440
9 1 (1.14%) NIST 800
9 1 (1.14%) RMADS
System Software
1 20 (22.73%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.55%) Embedded Firmware
2 4 (4.55%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (3.41%) Kibana
1 3 (3.41%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (1.14%) Ansible
2 1 (1.14%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (1.14%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (14.77%) CyberArk
2 12 (13.64%) BeyondTrust
3 10 (11.36%) Microsoft
4 5 (5.68%) ForgeRock
4 5 (5.68%) Okta
4 5 (5.68%) Ping Identity
5 3 (3.41%) FireEye
5 3 (3.41%) Tanium
6 2 (2.27%) Sparx
7 1 (1.14%) ArcSight
7 1 (1.14%) Cisco
7 1 (1.14%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.14%) Google
7 1 (1.14%) LogRhythm
7 1 (1.14%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.14%) Splunk
7 1 (1.14%) Thales