CISA Contracts in the UK excluding London

ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CISA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 310 353 398
Rank change year-on-year +43 +45 +49
Contract jobs citing CISA 29 46 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.23% 0.22% 0.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.64% 0.60% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 21 28
10th Percentile £357 £400 £450
25th Percentile £463 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% +10.00% -18.37%
75th Percentile £649 £689 £578
90th Percentile £738 £725 £776
UK median daily rate £601 £600 £625
% change year-on-year +0.21% -4.00% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

CISA 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,542 7,681 7,967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.51% 37.01% 33.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,777 4,413 5,341
10th Percentile £212 £269 £275
25th Percentile £394 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £535 £530
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% +0.94% +6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £688 £725 £703
UK median daily rate £525 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -2.05% -2.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 408 935 669
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.58 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.46 £16.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £40.94 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% -18.12% +54.46%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.29 £65.75
90th Percentile £80.25 £77.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £40.25 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year +0.63% -25.93% +29.16%

CISA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CISA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CISA in the UK excluding London

CISA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISA in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for CISA in the UK excluding London

CISA
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISA in the UK excluding London

CISA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISA in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for CISA in the UK excluding London

CISA
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Midlands +29 11 £600 - 16
South East +43 9 £525 +7.69% 21
West Midlands - 8 £600 - 10
South West +41 7 £625 +13.64% 7
East Midlands +16 3 - - 6
North of England +10 1 £450 -25.00% 22
Yorkshire +5 1 £450 -18.18% 6
Scotland +4 1 - - 4
CISA
UK

CISA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) Azure
2 2 (6.90%) AWS
2 2 (6.90%) GCP
3 1 (3.45%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (24.14%) Firewall
2 4 (13.79%) Network Security
3 2 (6.90%) Cisco Firepower
3 2 (6.90%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 14 (48.28%) Social Skills
2 11 (37.93%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (17.24%) Legal
4 4 (13.79%) Manufacturing
4 4 (13.79%) Public Sector
5 3 (10.34%) Finance
6 2 (6.90%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (6.90%) Telecoms
7 1 (3.45%) Banking
7 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.45%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (13.79%) Auditor
1 4 (13.79%) Consultant
1 4 (13.79%) Information Manager
1 4 (13.79%) Security Manager
2 3 (10.34%) Analyst
2 3 (10.34%) Coordinator
2 3 (10.34%) Information Assurance Manager
2 3 (10.34%) Security Assurance Coordinator
3 2 (6.90%) Architect
3 2 (6.90%) Contracts Manager
3 2 (6.90%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (6.90%) IT Auditor
3 2 (6.90%) IT Security Auditor
3 2 (6.90%) Lead
3 2 (6.90%) Security Auditor
3 2 (6.90%) Senior
3 2 (6.90%) Service Delivery Manager
3 2 (6.90%) Service Manager
3 2 (6.90%) SOX Analyst
4 1 (3.45%) Audit Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 12 (41.38%) Management Information System
2 5 (17.24%) Security Posture
3 4 (13.79%) Operational Technology
4 3 (10.34%) Data Centre
4 3 (10.34%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (3.45%) CESG
5 1 (3.45%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.45%) PMI
5 1 (3.45%) Public Cloud
5 1 (3.45%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.79%) Linux
1 4 (13.79%) Windows
2 1 (3.45%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (48.28%) Information Security
1 14 (48.28%) Risk Management
2 13 (44.83%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (31.03%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (27.59%) Security Management
4 8 (27.59%) Vulnerability Management
5 7 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (24.14%) SIEM
6 6 (20.69%) Incident Response
6 6 (20.69%) Project Management
6 6 (20.69%) Remediation Plan
7 5 (17.24%) Cloud Security
7 5 (17.24%) Computer Science
7 5 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (13.79%) Agile
8 4 (13.79%) Incident Management
8 4 (13.79%) Information Assurance
8 4 (13.79%) Regulatory Compliance
8 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (13.79%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 26 (89.66%) CISSP
2 19 (65.52%) CISM
3 13 (44.83%) Degree
4 10 (34.48%) Security Cleared
5 7 (24.14%) SC Cleared
6 6 (20.69%) CEH
6 6 (20.69%) GIAC
7 5 (17.24%) ISACA
8 4 (13.79%) CRISC
8 4 (13.79%) DV Cleared
9 3 (10.34%) CESG Certified Professional
9 3 (10.34%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 3 (10.34%) Master's Degree
9 3 (10.34%) SANS
10 2 (6.90%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (6.90%) SSCP
11 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (3.45%) GCIA
11 1 (3.45%) GCIH
11 1 (3.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (51.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 15 (51.72%) NIST
2 8 (27.59%) GDPR
3 6 (20.69%) NIST 800
4 5 (17.24%) GRC
4 5 (17.24%) PCI DSS
5 4 (13.79%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (13.79%) JSP 440
5 4 (13.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (10.34%) RMADS
7 2 (6.90%) HIPAA
8 1 (3.45%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (3.45%) COBIT
8 1 (3.45%) COSO
8 1 (3.45%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (3.45%) ITGC
8 1 (3.45%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.90%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.45%) OPNET
2 1 (3.45%) QRadar
Vendors
1 3 (10.34%) SolarWinds
2 2 (6.90%) Cisco
2 2 (6.90%) Tenable
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.45%) Okta
3 1 (3.45%) Oracle
3 1 (3.45%) SAP
3 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.45%) Splunk