CISSP Contracts in the South West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 117 95
Rank change year-on-year +41 -22 +33
Contract jobs citing CISSP 42 27 59
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.22% 0.96% 1.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.26% 1.77% 3.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 17 31
10th Percentile £456 £475 £525
25th Percentile £581 £481 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £688 £638 £703
90th Percentile £738 £680 £788
England median daily rate £600 £600 £650
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £59.73
Median hourly rate - - £72.98
75th Percentile - - £78.36
90th Percentile - - £87.59
England median hourly rate £56.00 £23.00 £72.98
% change year-on-year +143.48% -68.48% +7.26%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 987 1,522 1,781
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 52.06% 53.93% 53.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 608 983 1,191
10th Percentile £220 £371 £400
25th Percentile £435 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +6.93%
75th Percentile £644 £660 £675
90th Percentile £716 £725 £727
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 156 144
10th Percentile £18.51 £26.81 £36.45
25th Percentile £18.87 £49.46 £54.34
Median hourly rate £25.15 £70.00 £67.42
Median % change year-on-year -64.07% +3.83% +12.37%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £81.75
90th Percentile £74.50 £80.00 £85.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £55.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% -16.04% +24.28%

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 7 August 2025.

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 7 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wiltshire +39 30 £625 - 2
Bristol +9 7 £431 -21.59% 10
Devon +3 2 - - 1
Gloucestershire +28 1 £725 +45.00% 7
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:

Applications
1 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.90%) Azure
2 4 (9.52%) AWS
2 4 (9.52%) GCP
3 1 (2.38%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.38%) Azure Stack
3 1 (2.38%) IaaS
3 1 (2.38%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.52%) VPN
2 2 (4.76%) Firewall
2 2 (4.76%) Network Security
3 1 (2.38%) DHCP
3 1 (2.38%) DNS
3 1 (2.38%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (2.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (2.38%) GitLab
1 1 (2.38%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.38%) SonarQube
General
1 23 (54.76%) Finance
2 16 (38.10%) Public Sector
3 13 (30.95%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (30.95%) Telecoms
4 10 (23.81%) Electronics
4 10 (23.81%) Manufacturing
4 10 (23.81%) Marketing
5 9 (21.43%) Social Skills
6 2 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.38%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (26.19%) Consultant
1 11 (26.19%) Security Consultant
2 7 (16.67%) Architect
3 6 (14.29%) Administrator
3 6 (14.29%) Security Administrator
4 5 (11.90%) Coordinator
4 5 (11.90%) Security Architect
4 5 (11.90%) Security Assurance Coordinator
5 3 (7.14%) Security Manager
6 2 (4.76%) Analyst
6 2 (4.76%) Contracts Manager
6 2 (4.76%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (4.76%) Head of Information
6 2 (4.76%) Head of Information Security
6 2 (4.76%) Head of Security
6 2 (4.76%) Security Engineer
6 2 (4.76%) SOC Analyst
7 1 (2.38%) Azure Architect
7 1 (2.38%) Cloud Architect
7 1 (2.38%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) ARM Templates
1 1 (2.38%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.43%) Management Information System
2 6 (14.29%) Mainframe
3 5 (11.90%) Data Centre
4 4 (9.52%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (9.52%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (7.14%) Security Posture
6 2 (4.76%) IBM Mainframe
7 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
7 1 (2.38%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (2.38%) Operational Technology
7 1 (2.38%) PKI
7 1 (2.38%) Product Ownership
7 1 (2.38%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.29%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (30.95%) Risk Management
2 10 (23.81%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (23.81%) Digital Marketing
2 10 (23.81%) Incident Response
2 10 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (23.81%) Programme Management
3 9 (21.43%) Security Management
3 9 (21.43%) Threat Modelling
4 8 (19.05%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (16.67%) Cloud Security
6 6 (14.29%) Agile
6 6 (14.29%) Security Auditing
7 5 (11.90%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (11.90%) Information Security
7 5 (11.90%) Security Operations
8 4 (9.52%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 4 (9.52%) DevSecOps
8 4 (9.52%) Threat Intelligence
8 4 (9.52%) Waterfall
8 4 (9.52%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.52%) PowerShell
1 4 (9.52%) Python
2 2 (4.76%) Bash
2 2 (4.76%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (2.38%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 23 (54.76%) Security Cleared
2 18 (42.86%) CISM
3 17 (40.48%) DV Cleared
4 14 (33.33%) CESG Certified Professional
5 12 (28.57%) SC Cleared
6 9 (21.43%) CISA
7 6 (14.29%) IBM Certification
8 5 (11.90%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (11.90%) CLAS
8 5 (11.90%) CRISC
8 5 (11.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 4 (9.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (7.14%) CEH
10 3 (7.14%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (7.14%) Degree
11 2 (4.76%) AWS Certification
11 2 (4.76%) ISACA
12 1 (2.38%) Azure Certification
12 1 (2.38%) OSCP
12 1 (2.38%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (52.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (35.71%) NIST
3 14 (33.33%) RMADS
4 10 (23.81%) JSP 440
5 7 (16.67%) NCSC
6 5 (11.90%) GDPR
7 4 (9.52%) GRC
8 3 (7.14%) PCI DSS
8 3 (7.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (4.76%) COBIT
10 1 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (2.38%) NIST 800
System Software
1 6 (14.29%) RACF
2 1 (2.38%) Docker
2 1 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.76%) Terraform
2 1 (2.38%) Ansible
2 1 (2.38%) Grafana
2 1 (2.38%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.38%) OPNET
2 1 (2.38%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 10 (23.81%) SAP
2 6 (14.29%) IBM
3 4 (9.52%) SolarWinds
4 1 (2.38%) Aruba
4 1 (2.38%) CheckPoint
4 1 (2.38%) Extreme Networks
4 1 (2.38%) F5
4 1 (2.38%) Infoblox
4 1 (2.38%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.38%) Oracle
4 1 (2.38%) Ruckus Wireless
4 1 (2.38%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.38%) Splunk
4 1 (2.38%) VMware
4 1 (2.38%) Zscaler