CISA Contract Job Trends

ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies citing CISA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 10 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	629	493	452
Rank change year-on-year	-136	-41	+28
Contract jobs citing CISA	82	79	99
As % of all contract jobs in the UK	0.15%	0.23%	0.27%
As % of the Qualifications category	0.45%	0.69%	0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted	57	56	62
10^th Percentile	£449	£413	£401
25^th Percentile	£513	£425	£486
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£575	£525	£600
Median % change year-on-year	+9.52%	-12.50%	+4.35%
75^th Percentile	£675	£613	£794
90^th Percentile	£715	£763	£950
UK excluding London median daily rate	£550	£465	£525
% change year-on-year	+18.28%	-11.43%	+5.00%

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 citing academic qualifications or professional certifications.

	6 months to 10 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing academic qualifications or professional certifications	18,283	11,370	10,619
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK	33.03%	32.82%	29.30%
Number of daily rates quoted	11,920	7,266	6,452
10^th Percentile	£356	£300	£312
25^th Percentile	£447	£413	£422
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£535	£525	£525
Median % change year-on-year	+1.90%	-	-4.55%
75^th Percentile	£638	£625	£636
90^th Percentile	£715	£716	£725
UK excluding London median daily rate	£525	£500	£520
% change year-on-year	+5.00%	-3.75%	-1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1,735	985	494
10^th Percentile	£16.25	£17.11	£18.78
25^th Percentile	£24.71	£19.10	£24.18
Median hourly rate	£43.96	£25.15	£45.00
Median % change year-on-year	+74.79%	-44.11%	-14.29%
75^th Percentile	£74.00	£43.75	£66.00
90^th Percentile	£89.08	£70.66	£75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£43.96	£25.15	£46.18
% change year-on-year	+74.79%	-45.54%	-11.00%

CISA Job Vacancy Trend

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

CISA 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 10 November 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 10 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
England	-131	72	£575	+9.52%	227
Work from Home	-51	41	£600	+16.05%	72
London	-91	40	£600	+9.09%	135
UK excluding London	-97	34	£550	+18.28%	85
South East	-59	12	£550	+25.71%	27
North of England	-66	10	£600	+21.86%	20
Midlands	-41	6	£513	+10.22%	16
Yorkshire	-25	5	£550	-8.33%	2
West Midlands	-37	5	£450	-60.00%	8
North West	-51	5	£650	+42.08%	16
Scotland	-23	4	£568	+27.53%	7
South West	-26	3	£525	-35.38%	12
East Midlands	-21	1	£575	+27.92%	8

CISA Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 November 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 citing CISA.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CISSP	79.3%	65
2	ISO/IEC 27001	61.0%	50
3	CISM	59.8%	49
4	Cybersecurity	57.3%	47
5	NIST	56.1%	46
6	CRISC	52.4%	43
6	Risk Management	52.4%	43
8	Stakeholder Management	43.9%	36
9	Information Security	41.5%	34
10	Degree	39.0%	32
11	GRC	35.4%	29
12	Vulnerability Management	30.5%	25
13	Azure	29.3%	24
14	AWS	26.8%	22
14	Stakeholder Engagement	26.8%	22
16	Continuous Improvement	24.4%	20
17	Computer Science	23.2%	19
17	Security Architecture	23.2%	19
19	GDPR	22.0%	18
19	PCI DSS	22.0%	18
21	Cloud Security	20.7%	17
21	SC Cleared	20.7%	17
21	Security Cleared	20.7%	17
24	Cisco Certification	19.5%	16
24	Data Protection	19.5%	16
24	GCP	19.5%	16
24	ISO 27001 Lead Auditor	19.5%	16
24	Microsoft	19.5%	16
29	(ISC)2 CCSP	18.3%	15
30	Internal Audit	17.1%	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	79.3%	65
2	CISM	59.8%	49
3	CRISC	52.4%	43
4	Degree	39.0%	32
5	SC Cleared	20.7%	17
5	Security Cleared	20.7%	17
7	Cisco Certification	19.5%	16
7	ISO 27001 Lead Auditor	19.5%	16
9	(ISC)2 CCSP	18.3%	15
10	CCSP	12.2%	10
11	ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	11.0%	9
12	CEH	9.8%	8
13	CREST Certified	8.5%	7
13	IISP	8.5%	7
15	CLAS	7.3%	6
16	CompTIA Security+	6.1%	5
16	GIAC	6.1%	5
18	OSCP	4.9%	4
19	CISMP	3.7%	3
19	GPEN	3.7%	3