CISSP Contract Job Trends in Suffolk

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Suffolk with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CISSP 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Suffolk 1.61% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 5.26% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
East of England median daily rate £500 £575 £612
% change year-on-year -13.04% -6.05% +6.43%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19 42 37
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 30.65% 40.00% 28.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 23 30
10th Percentile £213 £200 £211
25th Percentile £220 £220 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £240 £475
Median % change year-on-year +45.83% -49.47% -11.63%
75th Percentile £540 £538 £650
90th Percentile £565 £684 £700
East of England median daily rate £528 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.60% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
East of England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% +95.45% +4.76%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

CISSP job vacancy trend in Suffolk

CISSP
Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Suffolk citing CISSP

CISSP
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 20 October 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
Ipswich - 1 £550 - 1
CISSP
East of England

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CRISC
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nexpose
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable