ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CISA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 461 539 650
Rank change year-on-year +78 +111 -68
Contract jobs citing CISA 137 181 201
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 0.30% 0.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.03% 1.11% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 120 137
10th Percentile £427 £463 £440
25th Percentile £514 £532 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £738 £750 £688
90th Percentile £771 £835 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £525 £613
% change year-on-year +4.76% -14.29% +40.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £40.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CISA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,270 16,337 19,076
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.65% 27.32% 21.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,165 10,899 12,575
10th Percentile £300 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £738 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £530 £500
% change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,067 858 776
10th Percentile £13.86 £15.25 £13.46
25th Percentile £17.80 £20.06 £19.33
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +30.12% +5.06%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £56.31
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.28 £50.00 £31.89
% change year-on-year -19.45% +56.79% -14.39%

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 27 April 2024.

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 14 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 27 April 2024. 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 +82 119 £650 - 56
London +59 75 £650 - 24
UK excluding London +67 46 £550 +4.76% 35
Work from Home +113 40 £600 -20.00% 23
North of England +38 14 £600 +33.33% 8
South East +19 12 £488 -31.39% 7
Scotland +37 10 - - 5
South West +28 9 £550 -4.35% 6
North West +17 9 £676 +50.22% 7
Yorkshire +22 3 £550 +41.94% 1
North East - 2 £525 -
Midlands +18 1 - - 8
East of England +17 1 £400 -15.79%
East Midlands - 1 - - 1

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:

Applications
1 9 (6.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.73%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 12 (8.76%) AWS
2 11 (8.03%) Azure
3 4 (2.92%) Entra ID
3 4 (2.92%) IaaS
3 4 (2.92%) SaaS
4 2 (1.46%) GCP
4 2 (1.46%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.73%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 18 (13.14%) Network Security
2 10 (7.30%) Firewall
3 6 (4.38%) SAN
4 3 (2.19%) Cisco IPT
4 3 (2.19%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.46%) Broadband
5 2 (1.46%) DNS
5 2 (1.46%) Internet
5 2 (1.46%) SSL
6 1 (0.73%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.73%) Modbus
General
1 39 (28.47%) Finance
2 23 (16.79%) Social Skills
3 13 (9.49%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (8.76%) Financial Institution
5 10 (7.30%) Manufacturing
6 9 (6.57%) Banking
7 8 (5.84%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (5.84%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.92%) French Language
8 4 (2.92%) German Language
8 4 (2.92%) Legal
9 3 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.19%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.46%) International Banking
10 2 (1.46%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.46%) Retail
11 1 (0.73%) Automotive
11 1 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.73%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 47 (34.31%) Architect
2 38 (27.74%) Security Architect
3 23 (16.79%) Analyst
4 19 (13.87%) Security Manager
5 17 (12.41%) Consultant
6 16 (11.68%) Project Manager
6 16 (11.68%) Security Project Manager
7 15 (10.95%) Security Consultant
8 13 (9.49%) Lead
9 11 (8.03%) Cybersecurity Architect
10 9 (6.57%) CISSP Manager
10 9 (6.57%) Lead Architect
10 9 (6.57%) Senior
11 8 (5.84%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 8 (5.84%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
11 8 (5.84%) Security Analyst
11 8 (5.84%) Senior Architect
11 8 (5.84%) Senior Security Architect
12 7 (5.11%) IT Analyst
12 7 (5.11%) IT Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.46%) OAuth
1 2 (1.46%) OpenID
1 2 (1.46%) SailPoint
1 2 (1.46%) SAML
1 2 (1.46%) SPML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (30.66%) Management Information System
2 8 (5.84%) CESG
2 8 (5.84%) Security Posture
3 6 (4.38%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (4.38%) Operational Technology
4 5 (3.65%) IoT
5 3 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.19%) Industry 4.0
5 3 (2.19%) PKI
5 3 (2.19%) PMI
6 2 (1.46%) Derivative
6 2 (1.46%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.73%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (0.73%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 1 (0.73%) NHS
7 1 (0.73%) SCADA
7 1 (0.73%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (62.04%) Cybersecurity
2 52 (37.96%) Risk Management
3 51 (37.23%) Information Security
4 33 (24.09%) Security Architecture
5 27 (19.71%) SABSA
6 24 (17.52%) Cloud Security
7 22 (16.06%) Security Management
8 21 (15.33%) Information Security Management
8 21 (15.33%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (14.60%) Information Assurance
10 17 (12.41%) Enterprise Architecture
11 15 (10.95%) Project Delivery
11 15 (10.95%) Risk Assessment
12 14 (10.22%) Project Management
13 13 (9.49%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
13 13 (9.49%) Static Application Security Testing
14 12 (8.76%) Decision-Making
15 10 (7.30%) Computer Science
15 10 (7.30%) TOGAF
16 9 (6.57%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 122 (89.05%) CISSP
2 113 (82.48%) CISM
3 41 (29.93%) CRISC
4 28 (20.44%) Degree
5 27 (19.71%) Cisco Certification
6 26 (18.98%) Security Cleared
7 24 (17.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 24 (17.52%) SC Cleared
8 15 (10.95%) CEH
8 15 (10.95%) CISMP
9 14 (10.22%) SANS
10 13 (9.49%) CCSK
10 13 (9.49%) CompTIA Security+
11 10 (7.30%) GIAC
12 9 (6.57%) ISACA
13 8 (5.84%) CREST Certified
13 8 (5.84%) SSCP
13 8 (5.84%) TOGAF Certification
14 7 (5.11%) CCSP
14 7 (5.11%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (44.53%) NIST
2 58 (42.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (13.87%) GDPR
4 18 (13.14%) COBIT
5 16 (11.68%) NIST 800
5 16 (11.68%) PCI DSS
6 15 (10.95%) GRC
7 12 (8.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 11 (8.03%) NCSC
9 9 (6.57%) HIPAA
10 4 (2.92%) ISO 31000
10 4 (2.92%) ITGC
11 3 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (2.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.73%) COSO
12 1 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.73%) GPG13
12 1 (0.73%) ISA99
System Software
1 3 (2.19%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.46%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.73%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.73%) Nessus
Vendors
1 15 (10.95%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.19%) Cisco
2 3 (2.19%) OneTrust
3 2 (1.46%) CA
3 2 (1.46%) Cadence
3 2 (1.46%) Checkmarx
3 2 (1.46%) Okta
3 2 (1.46%) Rapid7
4 1 (0.73%) CheckPoint
4 1 (0.73%) CyberArk
4 1 (0.73%) ForeScout
4 1 (0.73%) Palo Alto
4 1 (0.73%) Qualys
4 1 (0.73%) SAP
4 1 (0.73%) Sparx
4 1 (0.73%) Splunk
4 1 (0.73%) Varonis