CISSP Contracts in the South West

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 122 133
Rank change year-on-year +15 +11 -36
Contract jobs citing CISSP 43 41 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.36% 1.19% 1.09%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.45% 2.27% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 25 24
10th Percentile £475 £600 £526
25th Percentile £495 £613 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £656 £688 £791
90th Percentile £734 £700 £869
England median daily rate £600 £649 £600
% change year-on-year -7.51% +8.13% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 7
10th Percentile - - £56.69
25th Percentile - £59.73 £63.17
Median hourly rate - £72.98 £71.08
Median % change year-on-year - +2.67% +1.54%
75th Percentile - - £80.13
90th Percentile - £85.44 £82.46
England median hourly rate £23.00 £72.98 £67.50
% change year-on-year -68.48% +8.12% +5.88%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,753 1,810 1,483
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 55.35% 52.52% 40.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,120 1,329 1,039
10th Percentile £363 £400 £325
25th Percentile £465 £484 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +10.48% +10.53%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £625
90th Percentile £725 £729 £680
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 139 95
10th Percentile £21.79 £39.55 £41.79
25th Percentile £40.00 £56.77 £52.00
Median hourly rate £61.00 £65.00 £61.65
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% +5.43% +37.00%
75th Percentile £72.50 £78.88 £68.23
90th Percentile £80.00 £86.65 £75.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.36
% change year-on-year -25.93% +30.58% +10.28%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in the South West

CISSP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISSP in the South West.

Daily rate trend for CISSP in the South West

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISSP in the South West over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in the South West

CISSP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for CISSP in the South West

CISSP
Contract 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 CISSP within the South West region over the 6 months to 22 May 2024. 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
Wiltshire 0 20 £613 -5.77% 2
Bristol +14 11 £550 -19.27% 10
Devon - 5 £475 - 1
Dorset +5 3 £73 -
Somerset - 3 £675 - 3
Gloucestershire -1 1 £700 +23.89%
CISSP
England

CISSP
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (9.30%) Azure
1 4 (9.30%) Entra ID
2 2 (4.65%) AWS
3 1 (2.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (2.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (18.60%) Network Security
2 1 (2.33%) Ethernet
2 1 (2.33%) Firewall
2 1 (2.33%) Internet
2 1 (2.33%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (2.33%) VPN
2 1 (2.33%) WAN
General
1 13 (30.23%) Manufacturing
2 10 (23.26%) Social Skills
3 9 (20.93%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (18.60%) Military
5 7 (16.28%) Public Sector
6 6 (13.95%) Telecoms
7 5 (11.63%) Electronics
7 5 (11.63%) Finance
7 5 (11.63%) Legal
7 5 (11.63%) Marketing
8 1 (2.33%) Aerospace
8 1 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 13 (30.23%) Architect
1 13 (30.23%) Lead
2 8 (18.60%) Lead Architect
3 7 (16.28%) Consultant
3 7 (16.28%) Project Manager
3 7 (16.28%) Security Consultant
3 7 (16.28%) SOC Manager
4 5 (11.63%) Analyst
4 5 (11.63%) Information Assurance Consultant
4 5 (11.63%) Information Security Consultant
4 5 (11.63%) Security Architect
5 4 (9.30%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (9.30%) DV Cleared Project Manager
5 4 (9.30%) Security Analyst
6 3 (6.98%) Security Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Product Engineer
8 1 (2.33%) Identity Management Engineer
8 1 (2.33%) Security Assurance Coordinator
8 1 (2.33%) SOC Analyst
8 1 (2.33%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.65%) SailPoint
2 1 (2.33%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 8 (18.60%) CESG
2 7 (16.28%) Cyber Defence
2 7 (16.28%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (9.30%) Management Information System
4 3 (6.98%) Cyber Security Posture
4 3 (6.98%) Operational Technology
4 3 (6.98%) SCADA
5 2 (4.65%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (4.65%) Cyberattack
5 2 (4.65%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (67.44%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (41.86%) Information Security
3 15 (34.88%) Security Operations
4 13 (30.23%) Information Assurance
5 11 (25.58%) Programme Management
6 9 (20.93%) Agile
6 9 (20.93%) Security Architecture
6 9 (20.93%) SIEM
7 8 (18.60%) Mentoring
8 6 (13.95%) Resource Management
9 5 (11.63%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (11.63%) Coaching
9 5 (11.63%) Digital Marketing
9 5 (11.63%) Risk Management
9 5 (11.63%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 4 (9.30%) Cloud Security
11 3 (6.98%) Cyber Resilience
11 3 (6.98%) Identity Access Management
11 3 (6.98%) Problem-Solving
11 3 (6.98%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 36 (83.72%) Security Cleared
2 29 (67.44%) CISM
3 23 (53.49%) SC Cleared
4 16 (37.21%) DV Cleared
5 11 (25.58%) CompTIA Security+
6 10 (23.26%) CISA
7 9 (20.93%) CEH
8 8 (18.60%) CESG Certified Professional
8 8 (18.60%) CISMP
8 8 (18.60%) ISACA
8 8 (18.60%) SSCP
9 6 (13.95%) CLAS
10 4 (9.30%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (6.98%) CCNA
11 3 (6.98%) Degree
11 3 (6.98%) OSCP
12 2 (4.65%) Network+ Certification
13 1 (2.33%) CCNP
13 1 (2.33%) CCSP
13 1 (2.33%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (69.77%) NIST
2 22 (51.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (27.91%) GDPR
4 11 (25.58%) PCI DSS
5 10 (23.26%) JSP 440
6 9 (20.93%) HIPAA
7 7 (16.28%) NIST 800
7 7 (16.28%) RMADS
8 4 (9.30%) NCSC
9 2 (4.65%) COBIT
9 2 (4.65%) COSO
10 1 (2.33%) GRC
10 1 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (2.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (4.65%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (11.63%) SAP
2 1 (2.33%) CyberArk
2 1 (2.33%) Google
2 1 (2.33%) Okta
2 1 (2.33%) Splunk