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 21 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 542 427 454
Rank change year-on-year -115 +27 +119
Contract jobs citing CISA 60 102 141
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.33% 0.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.43% 1.12% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 66 87
10th Percentile £412 £360 £445
25th Percentile £450 £500 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 £628 £650
Median % change year-on-year -15.76% -3.46% +4.00%
75th Percentile £608 £772 £750
90th Percentile £652 £988 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -8.33%
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 13,895 9,129 13,502
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.93% 29.70% 30.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,164 5,602 8,321
10th Percentile £325 £294 £290
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.42% -2.18%
75th Percentile £615 £630 £650
90th Percentile £719 £715 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £508 £530
% change year-on-year -1.48% -4.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,020 429 972
10th Percentile £16.01 £20.00 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.25 £24.18 £21.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -11.11% -4.26%
75th Percentile £64.00 £67.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £82.25 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -44.11% -2.56% +2.62%

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 21 February 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 21 February 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 -125 53 £526 -16.49% 35
UK excluding London -74 28 £500 -16.67% 23
London -90 26 £550 -15.38% 22
Work from Home -29 17 £500 -16.67% 18
North of England -54 8 £527 +17.17% 1
South East -31 6 £509 -11.95% 11
East Midlands -26 5 £449 -25.17% 3
Midlands -60 5 £449 -25.17% 6
Yorkshire -58 4 £564 +25.25%
North East - 4 £450 -
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
South West -19 3 £500 - 2
Scotland - 2 £550 -

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 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.33%) AWS
1 5 (8.33%) Azure
2 2 (3.33%) Entra ID
2 2 (3.33%) GCP
2 2 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (3.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.67%) Google Ads
3 1 (1.67%) OneDrive
3 1 (1.67%) SaaS
3 1 (1.67%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.67%) Firewall
2 1 (1.67%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.33%) Power BI
1 2 (3.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 28 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 15 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (25.00%) Finance
3 8 (13.33%) Banking
4 6 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 4 (6.67%) Legal
5 4 (6.67%) Marketing
6 3 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.67%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.67%) Front Office
8 1 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.67%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (25.00%) Analyst
2 8 (13.33%) Security Specialist
3 7 (11.67%) Risk Analyst
3 7 (11.67%) Security Analyst
4 6 (10.00%) Consultant
5 5 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 5 (8.33%) Lead
6 4 (6.67%) Architect
6 4 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 4 (6.67%) IT Analyst
6 4 (6.67%) IT Manager
6 4 (6.67%) IT Risk Analyst
6 4 (6.67%) Security Engineer
7 3 (5.00%) Change Manager
7 3 (5.00%) Information Assurance Leader
7 3 (5.00%) IT Change Manager
7 3 (5.00%) Security Architect
7 3 (5.00%) Security Consultant
7 3 (5.00%) Technical Leader
8 2 (3.33%) Access Control Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.67%) SailPoint
2 2 (3.33%) Flash
2 2 (3.33%) Smart Contracts
3 1 (1.67%) LDAP
3 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.67%) OAuth
3 1 (1.67%) SAML
3 1 (1.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.00%) Management Information System
2 7 (11.67%) Operational Technology
3 6 (10.00%) Security Posture
4 5 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (8.33%) Robotics
5 4 (6.67%) Cyber Security Posture
6 3 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (5.00%) Cloud Native
7 2 (3.33%) Blockchain
7 2 (3.33%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.67%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (1.67%) Fixed Income
8 1 (1.67%) Replication
8 1 (1.67%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (48.33%) Cybersecurity
1 29 (48.33%) Information Security
2 23 (38.33%) Risk Management
3 19 (31.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 16 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (26.67%) Risk Assessment
5 14 (23.33%) Computer Science
6 12 (20.00%) Agile
6 12 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (18.33%) AI
8 10 (16.67%) Incident Response
9 9 (15.00%) Cloud Security
9 9 (15.00%) Data Protection
9 9 (15.00%) IT Audit
9 9 (15.00%) Regulatory Compliance
10 8 (13.33%) Business Continuity
10 8 (13.33%) Generative AI
10 8 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 7 (11.67%) Cyber Assurance
11 7 (11.67%) Internal Audit
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.33%) PowerShell
1 2 (3.33%) Rust
1 2 (3.33%) Solidity
2 1 (1.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (73.33%) CISM
2 43 (71.67%) CISSP
3 24 (40.00%) Degree
4 18 (30.00%) CRISC
5 12 (20.00%) Security Cleared
6 10 (16.67%) CEH
6 10 (16.67%) SC Cleared
7 9 (15.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 8 (13.33%) Master's Degree
9 4 (6.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 3 (5.00%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (5.00%) GIAC
10 3 (5.00%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (3.33%) CCSK
11 2 (3.33%) DV Cleared
11 2 (3.33%) OSCP
11 2 (3.33%) SANS
11 2 (3.33%) SSCP
12 1 (1.67%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (61.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (60.00%) NIST
3 18 (30.00%) GRC
4 17 (28.33%) COBIT
5 13 (21.67%) NIST 800
5 13 (21.67%) PCI DSS
6 12 (20.00%) GDPR
7 9 (15.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (10.00%) SOC 2
9 4 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (6.67%) PMO
9 4 (6.67%) SLA
10 3 (5.00%) NCSC
11 2 (3.33%) ISO 31000
11 2 (3.33%) ITGC
12 1 (1.67%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (1.67%) COSO
12 1 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (1.67%) HIPAA
12 1 (1.67%) JSP 440
System Software
1 2 (3.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (8.33%) RSA Archer
2 2 (3.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (13.33%) ServiceNow
2 7 (11.67%) Microsoft
3 4 (6.67%) Rapid7
4 2 (3.33%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.67%) SAP
5 1 (1.67%) Workday