CISSP Contracts in the Thames Valley

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

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

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 117 124
Rank change year-on-year -8 +7 -3
Contract jobs citing CISSP 15 33 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.56% 1.14% 1.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.38% 3.29% 4.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 19 15
10th Percentile £240 £455 £314
25th Percentile £332 £525 £543
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £552 £650 £625
90th Percentile £619 £698 £633
South East median daily rate £535 £670 £550
% change year-on-year -20.11% +21.82% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £74.00 -
South East median hourly rate - £74.00 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,085 1,003 1,017
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 40.67% 34.61% 28.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 598 674 686
10th Percentile £213 £320 £263
25th Percentile £413 £411 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +2.56% +2.63%
75th Percentile £619 £600 £594
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +6.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 46 30
10th Percentile £18.15 £19.00 £16.75
25th Percentile £41.88 £26.31 £19.20
Median hourly rate £58.30 £63.84 £21.03
Median % change year-on-year -8.67% +203.63% -0.12%
75th Percentile £70.73 £74.59 £48.75
90th Percentile £87.32 £80.25 £80.54
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £57.76 £44.86
% change year-on-year -0.71% +28.75% +12.16%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing CISSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in the Thames Valley

CISSP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISSP in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for CISSP in the Thames Valley

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISSP in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in the Thames Valley

CISSP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISSP in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for CISSP in the Thames Valley

CISSP
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 6 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
Berkshire -23 13 £525 -14.63% 11
Buckinghamshire +24 1 - - 1
Oxfordshire +7 1 £538 +13.16% 1
CISSP
South East

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) AWS
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Broadband
1 1 (6.67%) Internet
General
1 4 (26.67%) French Language
1 4 (26.67%) German Language
1 4 (26.67%) Telecoms
2 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Automotive
3 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Consultant
1 6 (40.00%) Security Consultant
2 4 (26.67%) Cloud Consultant
2 4 (26.67%) Cloud Security Consultant
2 4 (26.67%) Information Manager
2 4 (26.67%) Information Security Manager
2 4 (26.67%) Information Security Project Manager
2 4 (26.67%) Project Manager
2 4 (26.67%) Security Manager
2 4 (26.67%) Security Project Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Information Security Officer
3 2 (13.33%) Security Officer
4 1 (6.67%) Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Chief Information Security Officer
4 1 (6.67%) Chief Security Officer
4 1 (6.67%) Information Officer
4 1 (6.67%) Security Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) PMI
2 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (6.67%) IoT
2 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
1 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Risk Management
2 9 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (46.67%) Cloud Security
4 6 (40.00%) Business Continuity
4 6 (40.00%) Information Security
5 4 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (26.67%) PRINCE2
5 4 (26.67%) Project Management
5 4 (26.67%) Supplier Management
6 2 (13.33%) Incident Management
7 1 (6.67%) Coaching
7 1 (6.67%) Data Protection
7 1 (6.67%) Information Security Governance
7 1 (6.67%) Information Security Management
7 1 (6.67%) ITIL
7 1 (6.67%) Mentoring
7 1 (6.67%) Migration
7 1 (6.67%) Risk Assessment
7 1 (6.67%) Security Architecture
7 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) Java
1 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (80.00%) CISM
2 8 (53.33%) CISA
3 6 (40.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 6 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (40.00%) CISMP
3 6 (40.00%) CRISC
4 4 (26.67%) Degree
4 4 (26.67%) PMI Certification
5 1 (6.67%) CCSP
5 1 (6.67%) CEH
5 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared
5 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (46.67%) COBIT
1 7 (46.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (46.67%) NIST
2 6 (40.00%) GRC
3 1 (6.67%) ITGC
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco