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 15 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 55 54
Rank change year-on-year -6 -1 +13
Contract jobs citing CISSP 10 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 1.59% 0.45% 0.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.53% 2.56% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 1
10th Percentile £335 £576 -
25th Percentile £367 £597 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £638 £600
Median % change year-on-year -27.84% +6.25% -7.69%
75th Percentile £521 £672 -
90th Percentile £560 £689 -
Yorkshire median daily rate £471 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -18.04% -4.17% +9.09%

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 95 78 111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 15.13% 17.41% 23.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 51 88
10th Percentile £313 £208 £312
25th Percentile £345 £405 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -12.50% +26.32%
75th Percentile £550 £595 £691
90th Percentile £670 £650 £720
Yorkshire median daily rate £476 £495 £525
% change year-on-year -3.84% -5.71% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £14.32 - £14.90
25th Percentile £15.01 £11.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £16.18 £13.50 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.81% -55.74% +105.73%
75th Percentile £17.34 £15.25 £40.25
90th Percentile £18.04 - £46.10
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £28.39
% change year-on-year -37.13% +40.89% +57.72%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for CISSP 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 15 September 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 15 September 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 -9 10 £460 -20.00% 2
CISSP
Yorkshire

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 9 (90.00%) AWS
2 8 (80.00%) Azure
2 8 (80.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) SSH
Development Applications
1 9 (90.00%) JIRA
2 8 (80.00%) Postman
2 8 (80.00%) SoapUI
General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Analyst
1 7 (70.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Cloud Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Senior
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Security Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Subject Matter Expert
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Cloud Security
1 9 (90.00%) DevSecOps
1 9 (90.00%) Identity Access Management
1 9 (90.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 8 (80.00%) Agile
2 8 (80.00%) API Testing
2 8 (80.00%) CI/CD
2 8 (80.00%) Kanban
2 8 (80.00%) Scrum
2 8 (80.00%) Security Testing
2 8 (80.00%) Software Testing
2 8 (80.00%) Test Management
3 7 (70.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
5 2 (20.00%) Functional Testing
5 2 (20.00%) Process Improvement
6 1 (10.00%) Key Management
6 1 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) CISM
2 8 (80.00%) ISTQB
3 1 (10.00%) AWS Certification
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) GDPR
1 6 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (60.00%) NIST
1 6 (60.00%) PCI DSS
2 2 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) BeyondTrust
1 8 (80.00%) CyberArk
1 8 (80.00%) Google
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (80.00%) Thycotic
2 1 (10.00%) BiZZdesign