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

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 506 467 492
Rank change year-on-year -39 +25 +113
Contract jobs citing CISA 80 97 139
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.23% 0.27% 0.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.68% 0.90% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 61 86
10th Percentile £413 £400 £369
25th Percentile £424 £481 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £588
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +2.13% -6.00%
75th Percentile £613 £775 £719
90th Percentile £755 £950 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £461 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -12.14% +5.00% -18.37%

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 11,681 10,728 13,695
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.08% 29.33% 29.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,488 6,492 8,730
10th Percentile £300 £312 £300
25th Percentile £413 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £716 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £520 £535
% change year-on-year -3.85% -2.71% +1.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,018 509 773
10th Percentile £17.43 £19.23 £17.72
25th Percentile £19.26 £24.18 £27.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% -15.89% +18.89%
75th Percentile £44.94 £67.02 £68.75
90th Percentile £71.00 £75.00 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £52.05
% change year-on-year -47.05% -8.75% +15.67%

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 16 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 16 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 67 £525 -12.50% 94
UK excluding London -12 39 £461 -12.14% 44
London -38 35 £550 -10.93% 53
Work from Home +10 22 £496 -9.82% 43
Midlands -31 12 £465 -7.00% 4
North of England -27 9 £492 +9.42% 15
East Midlands -7 8 £450 -25.08%
Scotland - 6 £445 - 1
South East +1 5 £375 -33.33% 21
Yorkshire -35 5 £600 +33.33% 2
West Midlands -23 4 £1,125 +125.00% 4
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 2
North West - 3 £458 - 13
South West +6 2 £813 +42.86% 1
East of England -15 1 £500 - 1
North East - 1 - -

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 (2.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.25%) Confluence
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.50%) SAP CO
1 2 (2.50%) SAP FI
1 2 (2.50%) SAP FI/CO
1 2 (2.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.25%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 19 (23.75%) Azure
2 16 (20.00%) AWS
3 8 (10.00%) Power Platform
4 4 (5.00%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (3.75%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.75%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.75%) GCP
6 2 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.50%) SaaS
7 1 (1.25%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.25%) GitHub
7 1 (1.25%) Google Ads
7 1 (1.25%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.25%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (12.50%) Network Security
2 6 (7.50%) Firewall
3 1 (1.25%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.00%) Power BI
2 7 (8.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (13.75%) JIRA
2 2 (2.50%) Snyk
General
1 36 (45.00%) Social Skills
2 28 (35.00%) Finance
3 17 (21.25%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (11.25%) Public Sector
5 7 (8.75%) Banking
6 6 (7.50%) Legal
7 4 (5.00%) Financial Institution
7 4 (5.00%) Local Government
8 2 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.50%) Law
8 2 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.25%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.25%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.25%) Police
9 1 (1.25%) Private Banking
9 1 (1.25%) Retail
9 1 (1.25%) Retail Banking
9 1 (1.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (12.50%) Consultant
1 10 (12.50%) Lead
2 8 (10.00%) Tester
3 7 (8.75%) Analyst
3 7 (8.75%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 6 (7.50%) Senior
5 5 (6.25%) Architect
5 5 (6.25%) Security Consultant
5 5 (6.25%) Security Specialist
6 4 (5.00%) Head of Information Security
6 4 (5.00%) Security Analyst
6 4 (5.00%) Security Architect
6 4 (5.00%) Security Engineer
7 3 (3.75%) Cybersecurity Specialist
7 3 (3.75%) Head of Information
7 3 (3.75%) Head of Security
7 3 (3.75%) Risk Manager
7 3 (3.75%) Security Tester
7 3 (3.75%) Senior Consultant
8 2 (2.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (13.75%) SailPoint
2 2 (2.50%) Flash
2 2 (2.50%) Smart Contracts
3 1 (1.25%) LDAP
3 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.25%) OAuth
3 1 (1.25%) SAML
3 1 (1.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.25%) Management Information System
2 6 (7.50%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (7.50%) Security Posture
3 4 (5.00%) Cyber Security Posture
3 4 (5.00%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.50%) Blockchain
4 2 (2.50%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.50%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.25%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.25%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (48.75%) Information Security
2 29 (36.25%) Cybersecurity
3 28 (35.00%) Risk Management
4 19 (23.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 18 (22.50%) Cloud Security
5 18 (22.50%) IT Audit
6 16 (20.00%) Incident Response
7 14 (17.50%) Agile
8 12 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (15.00%) Test Automation
9 11 (13.75%) Data Protection
9 11 (13.75%) Regulatory Compliance
9 11 (13.75%) SIEM
10 10 (12.50%) AI
10 10 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (12.50%) Kanban
10 10 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
11 9 (11.25%) Computer Science
11 9 (11.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 8 (10.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.75%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.50%) Python
2 2 (2.50%) Rust
2 2 (2.50%) Solidity
2 2 (2.50%) SQL
3 1 (1.25%) Java
3 1 (1.25%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 64 (80.00%) CISM
2 59 (73.75%) CISSP
3 24 (30.00%) Degree
3 24 (30.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 17 (21.25%) CRISC
5 7 (8.75%) GIAC
6 6 (7.50%) CEH
6 6 (7.50%) Security Cleared
7 5 (6.25%) GSEC
7 5 (6.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 5 (6.25%) OSCP
8 4 (5.00%) PCI QSA
8 4 (5.00%) SC Cleared
9 3 (3.75%) CIMA
9 3 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (3.75%) SANS
9 3 (3.75%) SSCP
10 2 (2.50%) ACCA
10 2 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (2.50%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (61.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 49 (61.25%) NIST
2 27 (33.75%) COBIT
3 19 (23.75%) GDPR
4 18 (22.50%) NIST 800
5 14 (17.50%) PCI DSS
6 11 (13.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 10 (12.50%) GRC
8 9 (11.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (7.50%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (7.50%) QA
10 4 (5.00%) HIPAA
11 3 (3.75%) SOC 2
12 2 (2.50%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (2.50%) GxP
12 2 (2.50%) IFRS
12 2 (2.50%) ISO 31000
12 2 (2.50%) ITGC
12 2 (2.50%) NCSC
13 1 (1.25%) COSO
System Software
1 2 (2.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (13.75%) RSA Archer
2 9 (11.25%) QRadar
3 4 (5.00%) CSIRT
4 1 (1.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (17.50%) Rapid7
3 13 (16.25%) ServiceNow
4 10 (12.50%) Splunk
5 7 (8.75%) Alteryx
6 5 (6.25%) Tenable
7 4 (5.00%) Fortinet
7 4 (5.00%) Qualys
8 3 (3.75%) ArcSight
8 3 (3.75%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (3.75%) SAP
9 2 (2.50%) Carbon Black
9 2 (2.50%) Cisco
9 2 (2.50%) Proofpoint
9 2 (2.50%) Tanium
9 2 (2.50%) Veracode
10 1 (1.25%) BeyondTrust
10 1 (1.25%) CyberArk
10 1 (1.25%) Thycotic
10 1 (1.25%) Workday