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 15 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 567 430 454
Rank change year-on-year -137 +24 +103
Contract jobs citing CISA 56 87 135
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.30% 0.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.37% 0.97% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 55 89
10th Percentile £408 £314 £424
25th Percentile £450 £475 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £532 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -14.82% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £631 £700 £738
90th Percentile £700 £850 £771
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -5.71% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £121.77 £95.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +28.18% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £121.77 - -

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 15,137 9,008 13,345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.01% 30.75% 30.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,063 5,719 8,249
10th Percentile £350 £293 £300
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £537
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -2.23% -2.36%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,107 499 1,023
10th Percentile £16.35 £18.48 £13.69
25th Percentile £20.82 £22.61 £17.50
Median hourly rate £43.69 £45.00 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +17.94% -29.34%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.25 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.10 £80.67 £75.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.69 £48.31 £40.00
% change year-on-year -9.56% +20.78% -20.00%

CISA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

CISA job vacancy trend in the UK

CISA
Daily Rate Trend

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

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 15 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CISA in the UK

CISA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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 15 April 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 -153 53 £526 -16.16% 32
London -82 28 £580 -10.77% 16
Work from Home -32 22 £500 -16.67% 11
UK excluding London -102 20 £495 -5.71% 28
North of England -60 10 £490 +8.89% 2
North East - 5 £450 -
South West -29 4 £500 -6.98% 3
South East -55 4 £625 +19.05% 9
North West - 3 £490 - 1
Yorkshire -52 2 £564 +25.25% 1
Scotland +5 1 - - 3
East Midlands -32 1 £425 -
Midlands -72 1 £425 -29.17% 6

CISA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 5 (8.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (19.64%) Azure
2 9 (16.07%) AWS
3 3 (5.36%) GCP
4 2 (3.57%) SaaS
5 1 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.79%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.57%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.79%) DB2
1 1 (1.79%) MongoDB
1 1 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.79%) Power BI
1 1 (1.79%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.79%) JIRA
General
1 23 (41.07%) Analytical Skills
2 22 (39.29%) Social Skills
3 10 (17.86%) Finance
4 8 (14.29%) Banking
5 5 (8.93%) Legal
5 5 (8.93%) Public Sector
6 4 (7.14%) Marketing
6 4 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.79%) Front Office
8 1 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.79%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.79%) Police
Job Titles
1 19 (33.93%) Analyst
2 11 (19.64%) Risk Analyst
3 8 (14.29%) Architect
3 8 (14.29%) IT Analyst
3 8 (14.29%) Security Architect
4 7 (12.50%) Security Specialist
5 6 (10.71%) Consultant
5 6 (10.71%) IT Risk Analyst
5 6 (10.71%) Lead
5 6 (10.71%) Security Analyst
6 5 (8.93%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 5 (8.93%) Information Assurance Leader
6 5 (8.93%) Technical Leader
7 4 (7.14%) Security Consultant
7 4 (7.14%) SOX Analyst
8 3 (5.36%) Change Manager
8 3 (5.36%) Information Architect
8 3 (5.36%) Information Security Architect
8 3 (5.36%) IT Change Manager
8 3 (5.36%) Security Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.57%) Flash
1 2 (3.57%) SailPoint
1 2 (3.57%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 11 (19.64%) Management Information System
2 9 (16.07%) Operational Technology
3 5 (8.93%) Onboarding
3 5 (8.93%) Robotics
3 5 (8.93%) Security Posture
4 4 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (3.57%) Blockchain
6 1 (1.79%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.79%) Data Fabric
6 1 (1.79%) Fixed Income
6 1 (1.79%) SCADA
6 1 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.14%) Windows
2 1 (1.79%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (57.14%) Information Security
2 29 (51.79%) Cybersecurity
3 21 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (37.50%) Risk Management
4 19 (33.93%) Computer Science
4 19 (33.93%) Risk Assessment
5 14 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 13 (23.21%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (19.64%) AI
8 10 (17.86%) Agile
8 10 (17.86%) Cloud Security
8 10 (17.86%) Decision-Making
8 10 (17.86%) Regulatory Compliance
8 10 (17.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 9 (16.07%) Incident Response
9 9 (16.07%) Security Management
9 9 (16.07%) Vulnerability Management
10 8 (14.29%) Risk Register
11 7 (12.50%) Cyber Assurance
11 7 (12.50%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.57%) Rust
1 2 (3.57%) Solidity
2 1 (1.79%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (80.36%) CISSP
2 32 (57.14%) CISM
3 25 (44.64%) Degree
4 18 (32.14%) CRISC
5 16 (28.57%) Security Cleared
6 13 (23.21%) CEH
6 13 (23.21%) SC Cleared
7 8 (14.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 8 (14.29%) Master's Degree
8 5 (8.93%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (8.93%) GIAC
8 5 (8.93%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 5 (8.93%) OSCP
8 5 (8.93%) SANS
9 4 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (5.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (5.36%) CSSLP
10 3 (5.36%) GWAPT
10 3 (5.36%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (64.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (58.93%) NIST
3 22 (39.29%) GRC
4 15 (26.79%) COBIT
5 10 (17.86%) GDPR
6 9 (16.07%) PCI DSS
7 7 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (10.71%) NIST 800
8 6 (10.71%) SOC 2
9 5 (8.93%) ITGC
9 5 (8.93%) NCSC
9 5 (8.93%) PMO
10 4 (7.14%) SLA
11 3 (5.36%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 2 (3.57%) ISO 31000
13 1 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (1.79%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (1.79%) ISA99
13 1 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1 (1.79%) RACF
Systems Management
1 1 (1.79%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.79%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 5 (8.93%) Microsoft
1 5 (8.93%) ServiceNow
2 1 (1.79%) Alteryx
2 1 (1.79%) BeyondTrust
2 1 (1.79%) CyberArk
2 1 (1.79%) Oracle
2 1 (1.79%) Rapid7