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 26 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 37 50
Rank change year-on-year -26 +13 +9
Contract jobs citing CISSP 34 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 4.08% 1.47% 1.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 16.67% 5.97% 4.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 4 3
10th Percentile £482 £484 -
25th Percentile £490 £534 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.64% +2.17% -6.12%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £594
90th Percentile £680 £670 £598
Yorkshire median daily rate £527 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -18.88% +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 204 67 115
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 24.49% 24.63% 25.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 44 68
10th Percentile £384 £143 £375
25th Percentile £463 £217 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £405 £575
Median % change year-on-year +28.55% -29.65% +9.00%
75th Percentile £675 £512 £675
90th Percentile £703 £626 £720
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
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% -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £23.58 £18.64 £15.00
% change year-on-year +26.51% +24.23% -63.08%

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 26 January 2026.

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 26 January 2026. 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 -25 34 £525 -10.64% 2
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 20 (58.82%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 7 (20.59%) OpenShift
2 3 (8.82%) AWS
3 2 (5.88%) Azure
4 1 (2.94%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.94%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (14.71%) Kerberos
2 3 (8.82%) Network Security
2 3 (8.82%) SSL
3 2 (5.88%) SSH
4 1 (2.94%) BGP
4 1 (2.94%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (2.94%) Firewall
4 1 (2.94%) LAN
4 1 (2.94%) OSPF
4 1 (2.94%) VPN
4 1 (2.94%) WAN
Development Applications
1 20 (58.82%) JIRA
General
1 10 (29.41%) Finance
2 5 (14.71%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.94%) Financial Institution
3 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (52.94%) Architect
2 14 (41.18%) Solutions Architect
3 13 (38.24%) Security Architect
4 10 (29.41%) Security Solutions Architect
5 8 (23.53%) Lead
5 8 (23.53%) Lead Architect
6 7 (20.59%) Lead Solutions Architect
7 6 (17.65%) Lead Security Architect
8 4 (11.76%) Design Engineer
9 3 (8.82%) CyberArk Architect
9 3 (8.82%) Designer
9 3 (8.82%) Solutions Designer
10 2 (5.88%) Build Engineer
10 2 (5.88%) Consultant
10 2 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Architect
10 2 (5.88%) IT Security Officer
10 2 (5.88%) Network Designer
10 2 (5.88%) Security Designer
10 2 (5.88%) Security Engineer
10 2 (5.88%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (17.65%) OAuth
1 6 (17.65%) SAML
2 1 (2.94%) LDAP
2 1 (2.94%) SailPoint
2 1 (2.94%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 8 (23.53%) Cloud Native
2 7 (20.59%) PKI
3 5 (14.71%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.88%) Hedge funds
5 1 (2.94%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (2.94%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.94%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (79.41%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (67.65%) Identity Access Management
3 19 (55.88%) UML
4 18 (52.94%) Incident Response
5 17 (50.00%) Decision-Making
6 16 (47.06%) Technical Debt
6 16 (47.06%) Visualisation
7 15 (44.12%) Computer Science
7 15 (44.12%) Privileged Access Management
7 15 (44.12%) SABSA
7 15 (44.12%) Secrets Management
7 15 (44.12%) TOGAF
8 14 (41.18%) Cryptography
8 14 (41.18%) Security Operations
8 14 (41.18%) Software Engineering
9 13 (38.24%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
9 13 (38.24%) Vulnerability Management
10 12 (35.29%) Architectural Patterns
10 12 (35.29%) Thought Leadership
11 11 (32.35%) Dependency Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.88%) Bash
1 2 (5.88%) Python
2 1 (2.94%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.94%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 32 (94.12%) CISM
2 15 (44.12%) Degree
2 15 (44.12%) TOGAF Certification
3 12 (35.29%) Master's Degree
4 10 (29.41%) PhD
5 3 (8.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (2.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (2.94%) AWS Certification
7 1 (2.94%) CCIE
7 1 (2.94%) CCNP
7 1 (2.94%) CCSK
7 1 (2.94%) SAP Certification
7 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.76%) GDPR
2 3 (8.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (8.82%) NIST
2 3 (8.82%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (2.94%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (23.53%) Kubernetes
2 6 (17.65%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (11.76%) Ansible
3 4 (11.76%) Terraform
4 2 (5.88%) Grafana
4 2 (5.88%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 19 (55.88%) BiZZdesign
2 15 (44.12%) CyberArk
3 14 (41.18%) Centrify
4 6 (17.65%) Thycotic
5 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
6 1 (2.94%) Aruba
6 1 (2.94%) Cisco
6 1 (2.94%) ForeScout
6 1 (2.94%) SAP
6 1 (2.94%) VMware