CISSP Contract Job Trends in Surrey

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 57 36
Rank change year-on-year +4 -21 +37
Contract jobs citing CISSP 2 1 43
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 0.54% 0.22% 5.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.92% 0.96% 16.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 33
10th Percentile - - £552
25th Percentile £563 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £415 £610
Median % change year-on-year +50.60% -31.97% +6.09%
75th Percentile £688 - £673
90th Percentile - - £688
South East median daily rate £479 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -20.10% - -2.04%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 104 104 257
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 28.26% 22.86% 34.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 81 185
10th Percentile £198 £203 £206
25th Percentile £221 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £558
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -28.25% +1.36%
75th Percentile £554 £525 £650
90th Percentile £627 £600 £707
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 22
10th Percentile £18.32 £33.95 £50.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £53.00 £56.28
Median hourly rate £32.50 £60.00 £66.13
Median % change year-on-year -45.83% -9.27% +46.96%
75th Percentile £90.09 £68.00 £76.53
90th Percentile - £70.34 £81.79
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £58.49 £60.00
% change year-on-year -57.00% -2.52% +33.33%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

CISSP job vacancy trend in Surrey

CISSP
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing CISSP

CISSP
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing CISSP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing CISSP

CISSP
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 3 November 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
Woking - 1 - -
CISSP
South East

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Military
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Head of Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) BPR
2 1 (50.00%) Change Advisory Board
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Edge Computing
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) MODAF
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (50.00%) PhD
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) ITGC
2 1 (50.00%) JSP 440
2 1 (50.00%) NCSC
2 1 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley