CISA Contracts

ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CISA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 432 462 529
Rank change year-on-year +30 +67 +127
Contract jobs citing CISA 87 138 184
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.32% 0.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.97% 1.03% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 89 122
10th Percentile £313 £428 £463
25th Percentile £450 £516 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £638
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% +2.00%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £750
90th Percentile £758 £771 £837
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £39.25
Median hourly rate £95.00 - £40.50
75th Percentile - - £41.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 8,989 13,363 16,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.75% 30.65% 27.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,678 8,219 10,866
10th Percentile £288 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £707 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £501 £530 £530
% change year-on-year -5.57% - +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 516 1,077 849
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.87 £15.25
25th Percentile £22.00 £17.88 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.72 £40.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.79% -25.93% +29.75%
75th Percentile £66.00 £61.60 £68.25
90th Percentile £80.34 £75.25 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £40.94 £49.57
% change year-on-year +9.92% -17.41% +55.44%

CISA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CISA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CISA in the UK

CISA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISA.

Daily rate trend for CISA in the UK

CISA
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISA over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISA in the UK

CISA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISA.

Hourly rate trend for CISA in the UK

CISA
Top 12 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +25 82 £601 -7.50% 127
London +13 54 £650 - 74
Work from Home +39 29 £525 -12.50% 107
UK excluding London +36 28 £525 -4.55% 56
Midlands +34 11 £600 - 13
South East +40 9 £525 +7.69% 10
West Midlands - 8 £600 - 10
South West +42 6 £538 -2.27% 6
East Midlands +12 3 - - 3
North of England +15 1 £450 -25.00% 16
Yorkshire +13 1 £450 -18.18% 5
Scotland 0 1 - - 4

CISA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (4.60%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (4.60%) MS Visio
2 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 17 (19.54%) Azure
2 6 (6.90%) AWS
3 4 (4.60%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.30%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (2.30%) GCP
5 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.15%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.15%) OCI
6 1 (1.15%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (19.54%) Firewall
2 8 (9.20%) Network Security
3 4 (4.60%) VPN
4 3 (3.45%) Cisco Firepower
4 3 (3.45%) SD-WAN
4 3 (3.45%) WAN
5 1 (1.15%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.15%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 5 (5.75%) JIRA
2 1 (1.15%) GitLab
2 1 (1.15%) Jenkins
General
1 49 (56.32%) Social Skills
2 22 (25.29%) Finance
3 15 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (14.94%) Legal
5 7 (8.05%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (5.75%) Manufacturing
7 4 (4.60%) Banking
7 4 (4.60%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.30%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.30%) Retail Banking
8 2 (2.30%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.15%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.15%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.15%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.15%) Publishing
9 1 (1.15%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (16.09%) IT Manager
2 12 (13.79%) Analyst
2 12 (13.79%) Architect
2 12 (13.79%) Risk Manager
3 11 (12.64%) IT Risk Manager
3 11 (12.64%) Security Architect
4 10 (11.49%) Consultant
5 7 (8.05%) Security Manager
6 6 (6.90%) Business Analyst
6 6 (6.90%) Senior
7 5 (5.75%) Auditor
7 5 (5.75%) Lead
7 5 (5.75%) Senior Architect
7 5 (5.75%) Senior Security Architect
8 4 (4.60%) Information Manager
8 4 (4.60%) Service Manager
9 3 (3.45%) Delivery Manager
9 3 (3.45%) IT Auditor
9 3 (3.45%) Security Engineer
9 3 (3.45%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.60%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 23 (26.44%) Management Information System
2 8 (9.20%) Operational Technology
3 6 (6.90%) Security Posture
4 5 (5.75%) Data Centre
5 4 (4.60%) Cloud Native
6 3 (3.45%) Industry 4.0
6 3 (3.45%) PKI
7 2 (2.30%) Low-Code
7 2 (2.30%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.30%) Product Ownership
7 2 (2.30%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.15%) CESG
8 1 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.15%) PMI
8 1 (1.15%) Public Cloud
8 1 (1.15%) Reinsurance
8 1 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.20%) Windows
2 6 (6.90%) Linux
3 3 (3.45%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.15%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (58.62%) Risk Management
2 30 (34.48%) Stakeholder Management
3 29 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 29 (33.33%) Information Security
4 15 (17.24%) Cloud Security
4 15 (17.24%) Incident Response
5 14 (16.09%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (14.94%) Computer Science
6 13 (14.94%) Project Management
6 13 (14.94%) Security Architecture
6 13 (14.94%) Security Management
7 11 (12.64%) Risk Assessment
7 11 (12.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 10 (11.49%) SIEM
8 10 (11.49%) Vulnerability Management
9 9 (10.34%) Agile
9 9 (10.34%) Regulatory Compliance
9 9 (10.34%) SABSA
10 8 (9.20%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (9.20%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.45%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.30%) Python
2 2 (2.30%) SQL
3 1 (1.15%) Bash
3 1 (1.15%) PHP
3 1 (1.15%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 65 (74.71%) CISSP
2 51 (58.62%) CISM
3 36 (41.38%) Degree
4 28 (32.18%) CRISC
5 13 (14.94%) Security Cleared
6 12 (13.79%) GIAC
7 10 (11.49%) SANS
8 8 (9.20%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (9.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 8 (9.20%) SC Cleared
9 6 (6.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (6.90%) CEH
9 6 (6.90%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (6.90%) ISACA
10 5 (5.75%) CCSK
10 5 (5.75%) DV Cleared
10 5 (5.75%) Master's Degree
10 5 (5.75%) PMP
11 4 (4.60%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (4.60%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (48.28%) NIST
2 41 (47.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (19.54%) GDPR
4 16 (18.39%) GRC
4 16 (18.39%) NIST 800
5 14 (16.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 9 (10.34%) COBIT
7 8 (9.20%) PCI DSS
8 6 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (6.90%) SOC 2
9 4 (4.60%) COSO
9 4 (4.60%) ITGC
10 3 (3.45%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (3.45%) JSP 440
11 2 (2.30%) HIPAA
11 2 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (2.30%) RMADS
11 2 (2.30%) SOX 404
12 1 (1.15%) FedRAMP
12 1 (1.15%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 7 (8.05%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (4.60%) Kubernetes
1 4 (4.60%) RSA Archer
2 3 (3.45%) FortiGate
2 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.30%) Nagios
3 2 (2.30%) SCCM
4 1 (1.15%) Ansible
4 1 (1.15%) OPNET
4 1 (1.15%) Puppet
4 1 (1.15%) QRadar
4 1 (1.15%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (9.20%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.05%) ServiceNow
3 3 (3.45%) Cisco
3 3 (3.45%) CyberArk
3 3 (3.45%) Oracle
3 3 (3.45%) SAP
3 3 (3.45%) Tenable
3 3 (3.45%) Zscaler
4 2 (2.30%) Qualys
4 2 (2.30%) Snow
4 2 (2.30%) SolarWinds
4 2 (2.30%) Splunk
5 1 (1.15%) Okta
5 1 (1.15%) Red Hat