CISSP Contract Job Trends in Southampton

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Southampton with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 19 -
Rank change year-on-year -4 - -
Contract jobs citing CISSP 2 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 1.46% 2.17% -
As % of the Qualifications category 5.41% 4.17% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 £556 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £563 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -
75th Percentile £638 £569 -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £653 £474 £575
% change year-on-year +37.91% -17.65% -13.79%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 37 72 60
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 27.01% 52.17% 38.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 42 40
10th Percentile £126 £191 £200
25th Percentile £145 £367 £211
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £423
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +18.34% -15.50%
75th Percentile £701 £569 £591
90th Percentile £730 £650 £638
Hampshire median daily rate £575 £538 £570
% change year-on-year +6.98% -5.70% +8.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.71 £56.75 £65.00
Median hourly rate £21.01 £58.50 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -64.09% -26.88% +123.78%
75th Percentile £49.38 £60.25 -
90th Percentile £60.90 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £60.00 £25.15 £57.35
% change year-on-year +138.57% -56.15% -4.42%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

CISSP job vacancy trend in Southampton

CISSP
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing CISSP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing CISSP

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management Specialist
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Application Security
1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) GIAC
1 2 (100.00%) OSCP
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Qualys
1 2 (100.00%) Rapid7
1 2 (100.00%) Tenable