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 23 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	617	485	456
Rank change year-on-year	-132	-29	+18
Contract jobs citing CISA	83	82	107
As % of all contract jobs in the UK	0.15%	0.24%	0.29%
As % of the Qualifications category	0.47%	0.76%	0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted	58	59	67
10^th Percentile	£449	£413	£338
25^th Percentile	£513	£425	£491
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£575	£525	£600
Median % change year-on-year	+9.52%	-12.50%	+11.63%
75^th Percentile	£675	£613	£800
90^th Percentile	£756	£750	£905
UK excluding London median daily rate	£550	£500	£563
% change year-on-year	+10.00%	-11.11%	+15.74%

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 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing academic qualifications or professional certifications	17,793	10,787	10,907
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK	32.25%	32.19%	29.35%
Number of daily rates quoted	11,693	6,806	6,628
10^th Percentile	£355	£288	£311
25^th Percentile	£447	£413	£420
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£535	£525	£525
Median % change year-on-year	+1.90%	-	-4.55%
75^th Percentile	£635	£625	£635
90^th Percentile	£713	£708	£725
UK excluding London median daily rate	£525	£500	£518
% change year-on-year	+5.00%	-3.38%	-3.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1,586	907	536
10^th Percentile	£16.46	£17.08	£18.13
25^th Percentile	£24.71	£18.87	£24.42
Median hourly rate	£43.96	£25.15	£47.50
Median % change year-on-year	+74.79%	-47.05%	-11.49%
75^th Percentile	£72.63	£39.75	£67.56
90^th Percentile	£89.08	£70.00	£75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£43.96	£25.15	£50.00
% change year-on-year	+74.79%	-49.70%	-3.64%

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 23 October 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 23 October 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	-107	71	£575	+9.52%	173
Work from Home	-48	43	£600	+20.97%	62
London	-92	39	£600	+9.09%	90
UK excluding London	-96	34	£550	+10.00%	90
South East	-51	11	£550	+25.71%	30
North of England	-65	10	£600	+21.86%	23
Midlands	-44	7	£513	+10.22%	15
Yorkshire	-36	5	£550	-8.33%	3
West Midlands	-43	5	£450	-60.00%	11
North West	-49	5	£650	+42.08%	16
Scotland	-28	4	£568	+27.53%	11
South West	-37	3	£525	-31.15%	7
East Midlands	-19	2	£575	+27.92%	4

CISA Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 October 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	79.5%	66
2	CISM	60.2%	50
2	ISO/IEC 27001	60.2%	50
4	Cybersecurity	54.2%	45
4	NIST	54.2%	45
6	Risk Management	53.0%	44
7	CRISC	48.2%	40
8	Information Security	42.2%	35
9	Degree	41.0%	34
9	Stakeholder Management	41.0%	34
11	GRC	38.6%	32
12	Azure	30.1%	25
13	Vulnerability Management	28.9%	24
14	AWS	26.5%	22
15	Stakeholder Engagement	25.3%	21
16	Computer Science	22.9%	19
16	SC Cleared	22.9%	19
16	Security Architecture	22.9%	19
16	Security Cleared	22.9%	19
20	Continuous Improvement	21.7%	18
20	GDPR	21.7%	18
22	Cisco Certification	20.5%	17
22	PCI DSS	20.5%	17
24	(ISC)2 CCSP	19.3%	16
24	Cloud Security	19.3%	16
24	GCP	19.3%	16
24	Microsoft	19.3%	16
28	Data Protection	18.1%	15
28	ISO 27001 Lead Auditor	18.1%	15
30	Internal Audit	16.9%	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	79.5%	66
2	CISM	60.2%	50
3	CRISC	48.2%	40
4	Degree	41.0%	34
5	SC Cleared	22.9%	19
5	Security Cleared	22.9%	19
7	Cisco Certification	20.5%	17
8	(ISC)2 CCSP	19.3%	16
9	ISO 27001 Lead Auditor	18.1%	15
10	CCSP	13.3%	11
11	CEH	10.8%	9
11	ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	10.8%	9
13	CREST Certified	8.4%	7
13	IISP	8.4%	7
15	CLAS	7.2%	6
16	GIAC	6.0%	5
16	OSCP	6.0%	5
18	CompTIA Security+	4.8%	4
18	SANS	4.8%	4
20	CISMP	3.6%	3