CISSP Contracts in the South West

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 105 126 139
Rank change year-on-year +21 +13 -44
Contract jobs citing CISSP 49 40 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.54% 1.13% 0.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.75% 2.16% 2.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 25 20
10th Percentile - £600 £553
25th Percentile £475 £613 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £791
90th Percentile £738 £700 £889
England median daily rate £600 £633 £600
% change year-on-year -5.14% +5.42% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 8
10th Percentile - - £51.47
25th Percentile - £59.73 £57.55
Median hourly rate £83.41 £72.98 £69.83
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +4.51% -0.24%
75th Percentile - - £79.58
90th Percentile - £85.44 £82.15
England median hourly rate £53.21 £72.98 £67.50
% change year-on-year -27.10% +8.12% +3.85%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

CISSP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,785 1,848 1,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 56.08% 52.37% 40.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,134 1,365 1,045
10th Percentile £353 £400 £324
25th Percentile £465 £475 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £579 £524
Median % change year-on-year -5.01% +10.60% +10.21%
75th Percentile £655 £675 £625
90th Percentile £725 £729 £680
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 196 143 89
10th Percentile £22.31 £37.91 £42.15
25th Percentile £40.00 £56.77 £52.00
Median hourly rate £61.00 £65.00 £63.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% +2.36% +41.11%
75th Percentile £72.50 £78.88 £69.05
90th Percentile £80.00 £86.00 £75.20
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £39.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +32.91% +3.95%

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 11 May 2024.

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 11 May 2024. 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 -1 19 £625 -3.85%
Bristol +26 12 £638 -6.42% 11
Devon - 10 £475 - 1
Dorset +2 3 £73 - 1
Somerset - 3 £675 - 4
Gloucestershire -2 2 £700 +23.89% 1
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.16%) Azure
2 3 (6.12%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.04%) AWS
3 1 (2.04%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (2.04%) GCP
3 1 (2.04%) IaaS
3 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 8 (16.33%) Network Security
2 1 (2.04%) Ethernet
2 1 (2.04%) Firewall
2 1 (2.04%) Internet
2 1 (2.04%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (2.04%) VPN
2 1 (2.04%) WAN
General
1 13 (26.53%) Manufacturing
2 11 (22.45%) Social Skills
3 10 (20.41%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (16.33%) Legal
4 8 (16.33%) Military
5 7 (14.29%) Public Sector
6 6 (12.24%) Finance
6 6 (12.24%) Telecoms
7 5 (10.20%) Electronics
7 5 (10.20%) Marketing
8 1 (2.04%) Aerospace
8 1 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (38.78%) Lead
2 13 (26.53%) Architect
3 8 (16.33%) Lead Architect
4 7 (14.29%) Consultant
4 7 (14.29%) Project Manager
4 7 (14.29%) Security Consultant
4 7 (14.29%) SOC Manager
5 5 (10.20%) Analyst
5 5 (10.20%) Information Assurance Consultant
5 5 (10.20%) Information Security Consultant
5 5 (10.20%) Security Architect
6 4 (8.16%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 4 (8.16%) DV Cleared Project Manager
6 4 (8.16%) Security Analyst
6 4 (8.16%) Security Engineer
7 2 (4.08%) Product Engineer
8 1 (2.04%) Cybersecurity Specialist
8 1 (2.04%) Security Assurance Coordinator
8 1 (2.04%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
8 1 (2.04%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.08%) ModSecurity
1 2 (4.08%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.33%) CESG
2 7 (14.29%) Cyber Defence
2 7 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (8.16%) Management Information System
4 3 (6.12%) Cyber Security Posture
4 3 (6.12%) Operational Technology
4 3 (6.12%) SCADA
5 2 (4.08%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (4.08%) Cyberattack
5 2 (4.08%) Security Posture
6 1 (2.04%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.04%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (36.73%) Information Security
3 15 (30.61%) Security Operations
4 13 (26.53%) Information Assurance
5 11 (22.45%) Programme Management
5 11 (22.45%) Security Architecture
6 9 (18.37%) Agile
6 9 (18.37%) SIEM
7 8 (16.33%) Mentoring
8 7 (14.29%) Risk Management
9 6 (12.24%) Resource Management
10 5 (10.20%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (10.20%) Coaching
10 5 (10.20%) Digital Marketing
10 5 (10.20%) Roadmaps
10 5 (10.20%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 4 (8.16%) Cloud Security
11 4 (8.16%) Problem-Solving
12 3 (6.12%) Identity Access Management
12 3 (6.12%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 41 (83.67%) Security Cleared
2 35 (71.43%) CISM
3 28 (57.14%) SC Cleared
4 16 (32.65%) DV Cleared
5 11 (22.45%) CompTIA Security+
6 9 (18.37%) CEH
6 9 (18.37%) CESG Certified Professional
6 9 (18.37%) CISA
7 8 (16.33%) CISMP
7 8 (16.33%) ISACA
7 8 (16.33%) SSCP
8 6 (12.24%) CLAS
8 6 (12.24%) CRISC
9 4 (8.16%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (8.16%) Degree
10 3 (6.12%) CCNA
10 3 (6.12%) OSCP
11 2 (4.08%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (2.04%) CCSP
12 1 (2.04%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (63.27%) NIST
2 23 (46.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (24.49%) GDPR
4 11 (22.45%) PCI DSS
5 10 (20.41%) JSP 440
6 9 (18.37%) HIPAA
7 8 (16.33%) RMADS
8 7 (14.29%) NIST 800
9 4 (8.16%) NCSC
10 2 (4.08%) COBIT
10 2 (4.08%) COSO
11 1 (2.04%) GRC
11 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (2.04%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (4.08%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (10.20%) SAP
2 1 (2.04%) CyberArk
2 1 (2.04%) Google
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.04%) Okta
2 1 (2.04%) Splunk
2 1 (2.04%) VMware