CISA Contracts in the South West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for CISA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 133 156
Rank change year-on-year +23 +23 +10
DemandTrendContract jobs citing CISA 9 9 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.47% 0.33% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.90% 0.63% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 3
10th Percentile £357 £490 -
25th Percentile £553 £503 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year +31.82% +10.00% -31.03%
75th Percentile £753 £625 £550
90th Percentile £811 £655 £565
England median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -8.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 West.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 996 1,418 1,800
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 51.88% 51.87% 54.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 608 893 1,173
10th Percentile £213 £375 £400
25th Percentile £413 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £644 £650 £675
90th Percentile £706 £725 £729
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 131 168
10th Percentile £18.51 £19.83 £33.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £56.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £70.00 £64.57
Median % change year-on-year -64.07% +8.41% +7.62%
75th Percentile £63.75 £75.00 £78.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.00 £85.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £48.56 £55.00
% change year-on-year -48.21% -11.71% +22.22%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for CISA in the South West

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Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing CISA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing CISA

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISA in the South West over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISA in the South West

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DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wiltshire +22 6 £725 +27.47%
Bristol +5 3 £450 -18.18%
CISA
England

CISA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 5 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (55.56%) Public Sector
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
3 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Coordinator
1 4 (44.44%) Security Assurance Coordinator
2 3 (33.33%) Security Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Contracts Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Head of Information
3 2 (22.22%) Head of Information Security
3 2 (22.22%) Head of Security
4 1 (11.11%) Head of Information Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Data Centre
2 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 2 (22.22%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (22.22%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Agile
1 4 (44.44%) Risk Management
1 4 (44.44%) Waterfall
2 3 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
2 3 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 3 (33.33%) Information Security
2 3 (33.33%) Project Management
2 3 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 3 (33.33%) Security Management
2 3 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 2 (22.22%) Change Management
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Customer Engagement
3 2 (22.22%) Cyber Resilience
3 2 (22.22%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (22.22%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (22.22%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 2 (22.22%) Threat Intelligence
3 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) CISSP
2 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
3 5 (55.56%) CISM
3 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
4 4 (44.44%) CESG Certified Professional
4 4 (44.44%) DV Cleared
5 3 (33.33%) Degree
6 2 (22.22%) CRISC
6 2 (22.22%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (88.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (44.44%) JSP 440
2 4 (44.44%) RMADS
3 3 (33.33%) NIST
4 2 (22.22%) COBIT
4 2 (22.22%) GDPR
4 2 (22.22%) GRC
5 1 (11.11%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) OPNET
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) SolarWinds