CISSP Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Yorkshire with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 53 51
Rank change year-on-year -2 -2 +17
Contract jobs citing CISSP 29 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 3.94% 0.67% 0.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.59% 3.30% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 3 1
10th Percentile £359 £473 -
25th Percentile £430 £506 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.83% -4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £537 £644 -
90th Percentile £640 £678 -
Yorkshire median daily rate £519 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -20.23% +8.33% +54.84%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 148 91 90
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 20.11% 20.22% 23.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 59 68
10th Percentile £335 £187 £339
25th Percentile £406 £220 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £501 £581
Median % change year-on-year +3.60% -13.90% +16.26%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £691
90th Percentile £703 £650 £720
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £473 £500
% change year-on-year +5.82% -5.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Median hourly rate £13.85 £13.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.59% -73.00% +237.27%
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +25.00% +60.00%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

CISSP job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

CISSP
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing CISSP

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISSP in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 8 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in South Yorkshire

CISSP
Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing CISSP

CISSP
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 8 November 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
Sheffield -3 29 £519 +1.17% 4
CISSP
Yorkshire

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (51.72%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 11 (37.93%) AWS
2 10 (34.48%) Azure
3 9 (31.03%) GCP
4 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.24%) Kerberos
2 1 (3.45%) SSH
Development Applications
1 23 (79.31%) JIRA
2 8 (27.59%) Postman
2 8 (27.59%) SoapUI
General
1 9 (31.03%) Finance
2 8 (27.59%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Financial Institution
3 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (51.72%) Architect
2 12 (41.38%) Solutions Architect
3 11 (37.93%) Security Architect
4 9 (31.03%) Security Solutions Architect
5 7 (24.14%) Analyst
5 7 (24.14%) Test Analyst
6 6 (20.69%) Lead
6 6 (20.69%) Lead Architect
7 5 (17.24%) Lead Security Architect
7 5 (17.24%) Lead Solutions Architect
8 3 (10.34%) Design Engineer
9 2 (6.90%) Consultant
9 2 (6.90%) CyberArk Architect
9 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Architect
10 1 (3.45%) Cloud Consultant
10 1 (3.45%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 1 (3.45%) DevSecOps Consultant
10 1 (3.45%) Senior
10 1 (3.45%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
10 1 (3.45%) Subject Matter Expert
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (20.69%) OAuth
1 6 (20.69%) SAML
2 1 (3.45%) LDAP
2 1 (3.45%) SailPoint
2 1 (3.45%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.69%) Cloud Native
2 5 (17.24%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.45%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (93.10%) Identity Access Management
2 23 (79.31%) Cybersecurity
3 22 (75.86%) Privileged Access Management
4 14 (48.28%) Decision-Making
4 14 (48.28%) Secrets Management
4 14 (48.28%) Technical Debt
4 14 (48.28%) UML
5 13 (44.83%) Visualisation
6 12 (41.38%) Cryptography
6 12 (41.38%) Incident Response
6 12 (41.38%) Security Operations
7 11 (37.93%) Dependency Management
7 11 (37.93%) DevSecOps
7 11 (37.93%) SABSA
7 11 (37.93%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 11 (37.93%) TOGAF
7 11 (37.93%) Vulnerability Management
8 10 (34.48%) Architectural Patterns
8 10 (34.48%) Cloud Security
9 9 (31.03%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
1 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 28 (96.55%) CISM
2 11 (37.93%) TOGAF Certification
3 9 (31.03%) Degree
3 9 (31.03%) Master's Degree
4 8 (27.59%) ISTQB
4 8 (27.59%) PhD
5 1 (3.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (3.45%) AWS Certification
5 1 (3.45%) CCSK
5 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.45%) SAP Certification
5 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (24.14%) GDPR
1 7 (24.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (24.14%) NIST
2 6 (20.69%) PCI DSS
3 2 (6.90%) QA
Systems Management
1 6 (20.69%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 21 (72.41%) CyberArk
2 14 (48.28%) BiZZdesign
2 14 (48.28%) Thycotic
3 12 (41.38%) Centrify
4 11 (37.93%) Microsoft
5 8 (27.59%) BeyondTrust
5 8 (27.59%) Google
6 1 (3.45%) SAP