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 26 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 502 452 480
Rank change year-on-year -50 +28 +111
Contract jobs citing CISA 81 96 140
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.26% 0.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.68% 0.90% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 58 90
10th Percentile £413 £389 £347
25th Percentile £424 £472 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £613 £772 £719
90th Percentile £755 £965 £780
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -12.27% +10.00% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £95.00 -
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 12,000 10,725 13,425
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.29% 29.40% 29.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,729 6,456 8,509
10th Percentile £304 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £422 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £723 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £520 £538
% change year-on-year -3.85% -3.26% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,028 527 758
10th Percentile £17.58 £18.86 £17.74
25th Percentile £19.38 £24.18 £27.70
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £53.85
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% -16.43% +19.67%
75th Percentile £45.46 £67.14 £68.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -47.05% -9.52% +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 26 November 2025.

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 16 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 26 November 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 -45 70 £525 -8.70% 48
UK excluding London -22 39 £483 -12.27% 37
London -31 36 £550 -8.33% 17
Work from Home +6 21 £521 -5.27% 49
Midlands -29 12 £465 -7.00% 2
North of England -37 10 £527 +17.17% 11
East Midlands -11 8 £450 -25.08%
South East -6 5 £375 -33.33% 16
Yorkshire -30 5 £600 +33.33% 3
Scotland - 5 £435 - 3
West Midlands -20 4 £1,125 +125.00% 2
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 1
North West - 3 £458 - 8
South West -5 2 £813 +25.00% 2
North East - 2 £545 -
East of England -14 1 £500 - 2

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.47%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.23%) Confluence
2 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (14.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (6.17%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (6.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.47%) SAP CO
1 2 (2.47%) SAP FI
1 2 (2.47%) SAP FI/CO
1 2 (2.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.23%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 18 (22.22%) Azure
2 16 (19.75%) AWS
3 8 (9.88%) Power Platform
4 4 (4.94%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (3.70%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.70%) GCP
6 2 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.47%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.47%) SaaS
7 1 (1.23%) GitHub
7 1 (1.23%) Google Ads
7 1 (1.23%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.23%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 9 (11.11%) Network Security
2 7 (8.64%) Firewall
3 1 (1.23%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.88%) Power BI
2 7 (8.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (13.58%) JIRA
2 2 (2.47%) Snyk
General
1 37 (45.68%) Social Skills
2 27 (33.33%) Finance
3 18 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (12.35%) Public Sector
5 7 (8.64%) Banking
6 6 (7.41%) Legal
7 4 (4.94%) Financial Institution
7 4 (4.94%) Local Government
8 2 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.47%) Law
8 2 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.47%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.23%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.23%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.23%) Marketing
9 1 (1.23%) Police
9 1 (1.23%) Private Banking
9 1 (1.23%) Retail
9 1 (1.23%) Retail Banking
9 1 (1.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (12.35%) Consultant
1 10 (12.35%) Lead
2 8 (9.88%) Tester
3 7 (8.64%) Analyst
3 7 (8.64%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 6 (7.41%) Architect
4 6 (7.41%) Senior
5 5 (6.17%) Security Architect
5 5 (6.17%) Security Consultant
5 5 (6.17%) Security Specialist
6 4 (4.94%) Head of Information Security
6 4 (4.94%) Security Analyst
6 4 (4.94%) Security Engineer
7 3 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Specialist
7 3 (3.70%) Head of Information
7 3 (3.70%) Head of Security
7 3 (3.70%) Risk Manager
7 3 (3.70%) Security Tester
7 3 (3.70%) Senior Consultant
8 2 (2.47%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (13.58%) SailPoint
2 2 (2.47%) Flash
2 2 (2.47%) Smart Contracts
3 1 (1.23%) LDAP
3 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.23%) OAuth
3 1 (1.23%) SAML
3 1 (1.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.35%) Management Information System
2 6 (7.41%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (7.41%) Security Posture
3 4 (4.94%) Cyber Security Posture
3 4 (4.94%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (3.70%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.47%) Blockchain
5 2 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.47%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.47%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.23%) Replication
6 1 (1.23%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (48.15%) Information Security
2 30 (37.04%) Cybersecurity
3 26 (32.10%) Risk Management
4 19 (23.46%) Stakeholder Management
5 18 (22.22%) Cloud Security
5 18 (22.22%) IT Audit
6 16 (19.75%) Incident Response
7 13 (16.05%) Agile
7 13 (16.05%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (14.81%) SIEM
8 12 (14.81%) Test Automation
9 11 (13.58%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (13.58%) Data Protection
9 11 (13.58%) Regulatory Compliance
10 10 (12.35%) AI
10 10 (12.35%) Computer Science
10 10 (12.35%) Kanban
11 9 (11.11%) Roadmaps
11 9 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 9 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.70%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.47%) Python
2 2 (2.47%) Rust
2 2 (2.47%) Solidity
2 2 (2.47%) SQL
3 1 (1.23%) Java
3 1 (1.23%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 64 (79.01%) CISM
2 62 (76.54%) CISSP
3 25 (30.86%) Degree
4 23 (28.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 17 (20.99%) CRISC
6 8 (9.88%) Security Cleared
7 7 (8.64%) CEH
7 7 (8.64%) GIAC
8 6 (7.41%) SC Cleared
9 5 (6.17%) GSEC
9 5 (6.17%) OSCP
10 4 (4.94%) PCI QSA
11 3 (3.70%) CIMA
11 3 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (3.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 3 (3.70%) SANS
11 3 (3.70%) SSCP
12 2 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (2.47%) CCSK
12 2 (2.47%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (62.96%) NIST
2 50 (61.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (33.33%) COBIT
4 20 (24.69%) GDPR
5 18 (22.22%) NIST 800
6 13 (16.05%) PCI DSS
7 11 (13.58%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 10 (12.35%) GRC
9 9 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (7.41%) QA
11 4 (4.94%) HIPAA
12 2 (2.47%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (2.47%) GxP
12 2 (2.47%) IFRS
12 2 (2.47%) ISO 31000
12 2 (2.47%) ITGC
12 2 (2.47%) NCSC
12 2 (2.47%) SOC 2
13 1 (1.23%) JSP 440
System Software
1 2 (2.47%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (13.58%) RSA Archer
2 9 (11.11%) QRadar
3 4 (4.94%) CSIRT
4 2 (2.47%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (19.75%) Microsoft
2 14 (17.28%) Rapid7
3 13 (16.05%) ServiceNow
4 10 (12.35%) Splunk
5 7 (8.64%) Alteryx
6 4 (4.94%) Fortinet
6 4 (4.94%) Qualys
6 4 (4.94%) Tenable
7 3 (3.70%) ArcSight
7 3 (3.70%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (3.70%) SAP
8 2 (2.47%) Carbon Black
8 2 (2.47%) Cisco
8 2 (2.47%) Proofpoint
8 2 (2.47%) Tanium
8 2 (2.47%) Veracode
9 1 (1.23%) BeyondTrust
9 1 (1.23%) CyberArk
9 1 (1.23%) Palo Alto
9 1 (1.23%) Workday