CISA Contract Job Trends

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 20 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	591	479	448
Rank change year-on-year	-112	-31	+28
Contract jobs citing CISA	88	82	107
As % of all contract jobs in the UK	0.16%	0.25%	0.29%
As % of the Qualifications category	0.50%	0.77%	0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted	60	57	67
10^th Percentile	£447	£413	£338
25^th Percentile	£513	£425	£491
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£575	£525	£600
Median % change year-on-year	+9.52%	-12.50%	+14.29%
75^th Percentile	£675	£613	£800
90^th Percentile	£755	£763	£905
UK excluding London median daily rate	£550	£465	£563
% change year-on-year	+18.28%	-17.33%	+15.74%

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.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications	17,710	10,634	10,856
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	32.16%	32.05%	29.29%
Number of daily rates quoted	11,656	6,658	6,579
10^th Percentile	£356	£287	£313
25^th Percentile	£447	£413	£420
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£535	£525	£525
Median % change year-on-year	+1.90%	-	-4.55%
75^th Percentile	£633	£625	£637
90^th Percentile	£713	£709	£725
UK excluding London median daily rate	£525	£500	£515
% change year-on-year	+5.00%	-2.91%	-4.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1,554	905	540
10^th Percentile	£16.46	£17.08	£18.13
25^th Percentile	£24.50	£18.87	£24.42
Median hourly rate	£43.96	£25.15	£47.50
Median % change year-on-year	+74.79%	-47.05%	-11.21%
75^th Percentile	£72.50	£39.50	£67.77
90^th Percentile	£89.08	£70.00	£75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£43.96	£25.15	£50.00
% change year-on-year	+74.79%	-49.70%	-3.64%

CISA Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CISA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

CISA Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CISA.

CISA Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISA over the 6 months to 20 October 2026.

CISA Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CISA.

CISA Top 13 Contract Job 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 20 October 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
England	-116	76	£575	+9.52%	173
Work from Home	-55	43	£600	+20.97%	62
London	-89	43	£600	+9.09%	89
UK excluding London	-108	35	£550	+18.28%	88
South East	-50	11	£550	+25.71%	29
North of England	-64	10	£600	+31.15%	24
Midlands	-48	7	£513	+10.22%	16
Yorkshire	-35	5	£550	-8.33%	5
North West	-45	5	£650	+42.08%	15
West Midlands	-50	5	£450	-60.00%	10
Scotland	-26	4	£568	+27.53%	8
South West	-40	4	£488	-36.07%	7
East Midlands	-19	2	£575	+27.92%	6

CISA Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing CISA also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for CISA.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CISSP	75.0%	66
2	CISM	58.0%	51
2	ISO/IEC 27001	58.0%	51
4	Cybersecurity	51.1%	45
4	NIST	51.1%	45
4	Risk Management	51.1%	45
7	CRISC	45.5%	40
8	Information Security	39.8%	35
9	Degree	38.6%	34
10	Stakeholder Management	37.5%	33
11	GRC	36.4%	32
12	Azure	29.5%	26
13	Vulnerability Management	27.3%	24
14	AWS	26.1%	23
15	Stakeholder Engagement	25.0%	22
16	SC Cleared	21.6%	19
16	Security Architecture	21.6%	19
16	Security Cleared	21.6%	19
19	Cisco Certification	20.5%	18
19	Computer Science	20.5%	18
19	GDPR	20.5%	18
22	(ISC)2 CCSP	19.3%	17
22	Cloud Security	19.3%	17
22	Continuous Improvement	19.3%	17
22	GCP	19.3%	17
22	PCI DSS	19.3%	17
27	Microsoft	18.2%	16
28	ISO 27001 Lead Auditor	17.0%	15
29	Data Protection	15.9%	14
29	Internal Audit	15.9%	14

CISA Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Qualifications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CISSP	75.0%	66
2	CISM	58.0%	51
3	CRISC	45.5%	40
4	Degree	38.6%	34
5	SC Cleared	21.6%	19
5	Security Cleared	21.6%	19
7	Cisco Certification	20.5%	18
8	(ISC)2 CCSP	19.3%	17
9	ISO 27001 Lead Auditor	17.0%	15
10	CCSP	12.5%	11
11	CEH	11.4%	10
12	ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	10.2%	9
13	CREST Certified	8.0%	7
13	IISP	8.0%	7
15	CLAS	6.8%	6
16	GIAC	5.7%	5
16	OSCP	5.7%	5
18	CompTIA Security+	4.5%	4
18	SANS	4.5%	4
20	CISMP	3.4%	3