CISSP Contracts in the Thames Valley

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 116 107
Rank change year-on-year +48 -9 +45
Contract jobs citing CISSP 41 14 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.45% 0.57% 1.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.13% 1.39% 4.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 12 24
10th Percentile £463 - £313
25th Percentile £500 £513 £343
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £642 £650 £623
90th Percentile £761 £740 £727
South East median daily rate £550 £588 £650
% change year-on-year -6.38% -9.62% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £86.29 - £71.20
Median hourly rate £87.58 - £73.20
75th Percentile £88.87 - £74.20
90th Percentile - - £74.55
South East median hourly rate £87.58 - £73.20

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 575 1,009 1,052
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 34.37% 41.30% 35.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 355 563 683
10th Percentile £300 £325 £320
25th Percentile £407 £436 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.32% +3.07%
75th Percentile £600 £636 £604
90th Percentile £700 £725 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +2.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 98 49
10th Percentile £17.76 £22.50 £14.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £41.63 £24.50
Median hourly rate £32.18 £61.60 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.76% -2.22% +200.00%
75th Percentile £72.50 £74.51 £73.59
90th Percentile £88.87 £88.27 £75.93
South East median hourly rate £32.05 £57.35 £61.63
% change year-on-year -44.12% -6.94% +36.96%

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 27 July 2025.

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 27 July 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
Berkshire +38 35 £550 -8.33% 15
Buckinghamshire +10 5 £523 -0.48% 2
Oxfordshire - 1 £675 - 4
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:

Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 15 (36.59%) Azure
2 10 (24.39%) AWS
3 9 (21.95%) GCP
4 5 (12.20%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (7.32%) Entra ID
6 2 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (2.44%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (2.44%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (2.44%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (2.44%) OCI
7 1 (2.44%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.44%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (17.07%) Firewall
1 7 (17.07%) Network Security
2 3 (7.32%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (4.88%) VPN
4 1 (2.44%) BGP
4 1 (2.44%) DNS
4 1 (2.44%) LAN
4 1 (2.44%) SD-WAN
4 1 (2.44%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 16 (39.02%) Social Skills
2 12 (29.27%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (14.63%) Public Sector
4 5 (12.20%) Finance
5 4 (9.76%) Legal
6 3 (7.32%) Military
6 3 (7.32%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (26.83%) Architect
1 11 (26.83%) Security Architect
1 11 (26.83%) Senior
2 9 (21.95%) Analyst
2 9 (21.95%) SOC Analyst
3 6 (14.63%) Security Engineer
4 5 (12.20%) Lead
5 4 (9.76%) Consultant
6 3 (7.32%) Security Officer
6 3 (7.32%) SOC Consultant
7 2 (4.88%) Applications Architect
7 2 (4.88%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 2 (4.88%) Information Security Officer
7 2 (4.88%) Security Manager
7 2 (4.88%) Senior Security Engineer
8 1 (2.44%) Project Manager
8 1 (2.44%) Security Consultant
8 1 (2.44%) Security Specialist
8 1 (2.44%) Senior Analyst
8 1 (2.44%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.76%) Web Services
2 2 (4.88%) Apache Axis
Miscellaneous
1 12 (29.27%) Security Posture
2 9 (21.95%) Management Information System
3 7 (17.07%) Security Operations Centre
4 6 (14.63%) Cloud Native
4 6 (14.63%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (12.20%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (7.32%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (7.32%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (7.32%) Public Cloud
7 2 (4.88%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (4.88%) Onboarding
8 1 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (2.44%) CESG
8 1 (2.44%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (2.44%) Cyberattack
8 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
8 1 (2.44%) PKI
8 1 (2.44%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 8 (19.51%) Windows
2 5 (12.20%) Linux
3 2 (4.88%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.88%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (51.22%) Cybersecurity
1 21 (51.22%) SIEM
2 16 (39.02%) Security Architecture
3 15 (36.59%) Incident Response
4 14 (34.15%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (31.71%) Information Security
5 13 (31.71%) Threat Intelligence
6 12 (29.27%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 10 (24.39%) Security Operations
7 10 (24.39%) Vulnerability Management
8 9 (21.95%) Cloud Security
8 9 (21.95%) Risk Management
8 9 (21.95%) Threat Modelling
9 7 (17.07%) Data Privacy
9 7 (17.07%) DevSecOps
10 6 (14.63%) Forensic Analysis
10 6 (14.63%) Mentoring
10 6 (14.63%) Roadmaps
10 6 (14.63%) TOGAF
10 6 (14.63%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 11 (26.83%) PowerShell
1 11 (26.83%) Python
2 2 (4.88%) C#
2 2 (4.88%) Java
2 2 (4.88%) Ruby
2 2 (4.88%) SQL
3 1 (2.44%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 16 (39.02%) Security Cleared
2 15 (36.59%) CISM
3 9 (21.95%) DV Cleared
3 9 (21.95%) GCIH
4 7 (17.07%) CEH
4 7 (17.07%) GCIA
5 6 (14.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 6 (14.63%) CCSP
5 6 (14.63%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (14.63%) Degree
5 6 (14.63%) GCFA
5 6 (14.63%) SC Cleared
6 5 (12.20%) AWS Certification
6 5 (12.20%) CFCE
6 5 (12.20%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (12.20%) GIAC
7 3 (7.32%) Azure Certification
7 3 (7.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (7.32%) SANS
8 2 (4.88%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (48.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (34.15%) NIST
3 13 (31.71%) GDPR
4 6 (14.63%) PCI DSS
5 4 (9.76%) PSD2
6 3 (7.32%) HIPAA
7 1 (2.44%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (2.44%) NIST 800
7 1 (2.44%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (9.76%) Docker
2 2 (4.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (9.76%) Kubernetes
1 4 (9.76%) QRadar
2 3 (7.32%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 2 (4.88%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (2.44%) CASB
Vendors
1 12 (29.27%) Microsoft
2 11 (26.83%) Splunk
3 5 (12.20%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (9.76%) ArcSight
4 4 (9.76%) LogRhythm
5 2 (4.88%) Oracle
5 2 (4.88%) Proofpoint
6 1 (2.44%) CyberArk
6 1 (2.44%) Forcepoint
6 1 (2.44%) Google
6 1 (2.44%) Intel
6 1 (2.44%) Rapid7
6 1 (2.44%) ServiceNow