CRISC Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

ISACA Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for CRISC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 105 127
Rank change year-on-year -38 +22 +19
Contract jobs citing CRISC 5 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.17% 0.13% 0.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.37% 0.37% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - - £88
25th Percentile - - £157
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £600 £294
Median % change year-on-year -41.67% +103.91% -52.15%
75th Percentile - - £408
90th Percentile - - £463
South East median daily rate £350 £600 £397
% change year-on-year -41.67% +51.09% -33.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £52.50 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

CRISC 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 1,342 544 1,082
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 45.90% 36.34% 40.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 902 316 594
10th Percentile £303 £313 £213
25th Percentile £400 £437 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £527 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.69% +0.43% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £644 £622
90th Percentile £669 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £537 £550
% change year-on-year -2.23% -2.36% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 180 32 104
10th Percentile £18.19 £19.12 £18.15
25th Percentile £25.22 £32.05 £41.88
Median hourly rate £81.50 £61.50 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +32.53% +5.48% -7.46%
75th Percentile £88.00 £71.38 £70.73
90th Percentile £95.00 £87.46 £87.32
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £56.75 £57.35
% change year-on-year -3.08% -1.05% +0.05%

CRISC
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CRISC relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

CRISC job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

CRISC
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing CRISC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing CRISC

CRISC
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 CRISC within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 4 May 2026. 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
Oxfordshire - 4 - - 1
Berkshire - 1 £350 -
CRISC
South East

CRISC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 4 (80.00%) Azure
1 4 (80.00%) Entra ID
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (60.00%) IaaS
2 3 (60.00%) PaaS
3 1 (20.00%) SaaS
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Military
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Security Specialist
2 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 1 (20.00%) Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security Specialist
3 1 (20.00%) Information Specialist
3 1 (20.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Operational Technology
2 3 (60.00%) Cyber Defence
2 3 (60.00%) SCADA
3 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
1 4 (80.00%) Unix
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 4 (80.00%) Change Control
2 4 (80.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 4 (80.00%) Incident Management
2 4 (80.00%) ITSM
2 4 (80.00%) RBAC
2 4 (80.00%) Remediation Plan
2 4 (80.00%) Risk Assessment
2 4 (80.00%) Risk Register
2 4 (80.00%) SABSA
2 4 (80.00%) Security Architecture
2 4 (80.00%) SIEM
2 4 (80.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 4 (80.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (60.00%) Internal Audit
3 3 (60.00%) OWASP
3 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (60.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CISM
1 5 (100.00%) CISSP
2 4 (80.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 4 (80.00%) CESG Certified Professional
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 4 (80.00%) GIAC
3 3 (60.00%) GSEC
3 3 (60.00%) SANS
3 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) SSCP
4 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (20.00%) CCSP
5 1 (20.00%) CISA
5 1 (20.00%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (100.00%) NIST
2 4 (80.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (60.00%) ISO 31000
4 1 (20.00%) COBIT
4 1 (20.00%) GRC
4 1 (20.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft