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 23 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 59 57
Rank change year-on-year -15 -2 -1
Contract jobs citing CISSP 31 11 2
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 2.70% 1.73% 0.45%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.90% 11.34% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 11 2
10th Percentile £454 £338 £576
25th Percentile £514 £373 £597
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £470 £638
Median % change year-on-year +40.96% -26.27% +6.25%
75th Percentile £688 £540 £672
90th Percentile - £650 £689
Yorkshire median daily rate £656 £473 £690
% change year-on-year +38.87% -31.51% +15.00%

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 208 97 78
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 18.10% 15.23% 17.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 74 52
10th Percentile £413 £314 £208
25th Percentile £463 £346 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% -14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £600 £552 £600
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £486 £480
% change year-on-year +2.83% +1.30% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 2 1
10th Percentile £17.00 £14.32 -
25th Percentile £21.33 £15.01 £11.75
Median hourly rate £25.77 £16.18 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.32% +19.81% -73.00%
75th Percentile - £17.34 £15.25
90th Percentile - £18.04 -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +2.47% -37.13% +33.33%

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 23 September 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 23 September 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 -9 31 £663 +40.96% 6
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 4 (12.90%) Confluence
2 3 (9.68%) Apache
2 3 (9.68%) nginx
2 3 (9.68%) Tomcat
2 3 (9.68%) WebLogic
2 3 (9.68%) WebSphere
3 2 (6.45%) IBM HTTP Server
3 2 (6.45%) Oracle HTTP Server
3 2 (6.45%) WebLogic Portal
3 2 (6.45%) WebSphere Application Server
3 2 (6.45%) WebSphere Portal
Cloud Services
1 22 (70.97%) AWS
2 21 (67.74%) GCP
3 9 (29.03%) Azure
4 1 (3.23%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.23%) GitHub
4 1 (3.23%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 20 (64.52%) Network Security
2 2 (6.45%) HTTP
2 2 (6.45%) Internet
3 1 (3.23%) Kerberos
Development Applications
1 4 (12.90%) JIRA
2 1 (3.23%) Claude Code
2 1 (3.23%) GitLab
2 1 (3.23%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.23%) SonarQube
2 1 (3.23%) TruffleHog
General
1 24 (77.42%) Social Skills
2 20 (64.52%) Finance
3 6 (19.35%) Financial Institution
4 4 (12.90%) Banking
5 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (64.52%) Consultant
2 17 (54.84%) DevSecOps Consultant
3 5 (16.13%) Security Consultant
4 2 (6.45%) Platform Specialist
4 2 (6.45%) Technical Manager
5 1 (3.23%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 1 (3.23%) Designer
5 1 (3.23%) DevOps Consultant
5 1 (3.23%) DevSecOps Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Lead
5 1 (3.23%) Middleware Specialist
5 1 (3.23%) Operations Manager
5 1 (3.23%) Security Designer
5 1 (3.23%) Security Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Solutions Designer
5 1 (3.23%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (16.13%) SLSA
2 3 (9.68%) Middleware
2 3 (9.68%) Node.js
3 1 (3.23%) FIDO
3 1 (3.23%) LDAP
3 1 (3.23%) OAuth
3 1 (3.23%) OAuth2
3 1 (3.23%) OpenID
3 1 (3.23%) SAML
3 1 (3.23%) WebAuthn
3 1 (3.23%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 12 (38.71%) Security Posture
2 3 (9.68%) Cyber Security Posture
2 3 (9.68%) Data Centre
3 2 (6.45%) Cloud Native
3 2 (6.45%) Operational Technology
3 2 (6.45%) SCADA
4 1 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.23%) IoT
4 1 (3.23%) iSeries
4 1 (3.23%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.23%) Linux
1 1 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (80.65%) Vulnerability Management
2 23 (74.19%) Stakeholder Management
3 22 (70.97%) Application Security
3 22 (70.97%) DevSecOps
4 21 (67.74%) Cloud Security
5 20 (64.52%) CI/CD
6 19 (61.29%) Roadmaps
6 19 (61.29%) SBOM
6 19 (61.29%) Threat Modelling
7 17 (54.84%) GAP Analysis
7 17 (54.84%) Software Delivery
8 15 (48.39%) Architectural Patterns
9 14 (45.16%) Cybersecurity
10 12 (38.71%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 10 (32.26%) Continuous Improvement
12 8 (25.81%) Cryptography
13 7 (22.58%) Risk Management
14 6 (19.35%) Security Architecture
15 4 (12.90%) Computer Science
15 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.90%) Python
2 2 (6.45%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.23%) Bash
3 1 (3.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 25 (80.65%) CISM
2 20 (64.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 20 (64.52%) CCSP
2 20 (64.52%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (19.35%) CCSK
4 4 (12.90%) Degree
5 2 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (6.45%) GIAC
6 1 (3.23%) CEH
6 1 (3.23%) CISA
6 1 (3.23%) CRISC
6 1 (3.23%) CSSLP
6 1 (3.23%) GSEC
6 1 (3.23%) Master's Degree
6 1 (3.23%) SANS
6 1 (3.23%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) NIST
2 2 (6.45%) ISA99
2 2 (6.45%) NIST 800
3 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.23%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Systems Management
1 18 (58.06%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (3.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 2 (6.45%) IBM
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft
1 2 (6.45%) Oracle
2 1 (3.23%) BiZZdesign
2 1 (3.23%) Checkmarx
2 1 (3.23%) Google
2 1 (3.23%) Okta