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 13 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 13 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	623	494	453
Rank change year-on-year	-129	-41	+36
Contract jobs citing CISA	83	80	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	58	57	62
10^th Percentile	£449	£413	£401
25^th Percentile	£503	£424	£486
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£575	£525	£600
Median % change year-on-year	+9.52%	-12.50%	+2.13%
75^th Percentile	£675	£613	£794
90^th Percentile	£711	£755	£950
UK excluding London median daily rate	£550	£461	£525
% change year-on-year	+19.24%	-12.14%	+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 13 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing academic qualifications or professional certifications	18,507	11,677	10,663
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK	33.11%	32.89%	29.24%
Number of daily rates quoted	12,080	7,482	6,470
10^th Percentile	£356	£300	£310
25^th Percentile	£448	£413	£420
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£537	£525	£525
Median % change year-on-year	+2.29%	-	-4.55%
75^th Percentile	£638	£625	£637
90^th Percentile	£715	£719	£725
UK excluding London median daily rate	£525	£500	£520
% change year-on-year	+5.00%	-3.85%	-2.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1,740	1,007	503
10^th Percentile	£16.24	£17.30	£19.04
25^th Percentile	£24.71	£19.23	£24.18
Median hourly rate	£43.96	£25.15	£45.00
Median % change year-on-year	+74.79%	-44.11%	-15.09%
75^th Percentile	£74.00	£43.75	£66.50
90^th Percentile	£89.15	£70.50	£75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£43.96	£25.15	£47.37
% change year-on-year	+74.79%	-46.91%	-8.71%

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 13 November 2026.

CISA Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CISA.

CISA Top 12 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 13 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	-108	73	£575	+9.52%	232
Work from Home	-59	42	£600	+20.97%	81
London	-85	41	£600	+9.09%	138
UK excluding London	-92	34	£550	+19.24%	92
South East	-52	12	£550	+46.67%	33
North of England	-63	11	£550	+11.70%	17
Yorkshire	-29	6	£504	-16.04%	2
North West	-37	5	£650	+42.08%	13
Midlands	-38	5	£450	-3.23%	16
West Midlands	-38	5	£450	-60.00%	9
Scotland	-40	4	£568	+27.53%	10
South West	-32	3	£525	-35.38%	12

CISA Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 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	79.5%	66
2	ISO/IEC 27001	62.7%	52
3	CISM	61.4%	51
4	Cybersecurity	59.0%	49
5	NIST	56.6%	47
6	CRISC	53.0%	44
6	Risk Management	53.0%	44
8	Stakeholder Management	43.4%	36
9	Information Security	41.0%	34
10	Degree	37.3%	31
11	GRC	34.9%	29
12	Vulnerability Management	32.5%	27
13	Azure	28.9%	24
14	Stakeholder Engagement	27.7%	23
15	AWS	26.5%	22
16	Security Architecture	25.3%	21
17	Continuous Improvement	24.1%	20
18	Cloud Security	22.9%	19
18	Computer Science	22.9%	19
20	GDPR	21.7%	18
20	PCI DSS	21.7%	18
22	Data Protection	20.5%	17
22	Microsoft	20.5%	17
22	SC Cleared	20.5%	17
22	Security Cleared	20.5%	17
26	Cisco Certification	19.3%	16
26	GCP	19.3%	16
26	ISO 27001 Lead Auditor	19.3%	16
29	(ISC)2 CCSP	18.1%	15
29	Risk Register	18.1%	15

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	61.4%	51
3	CRISC	53.0%	44
4	Degree	37.3%	31
5	SC Cleared	20.5%	17
5	Security Cleared	20.5%	17
7	Cisco Certification	19.3%	16
7	ISO 27001 Lead Auditor	19.3%	16
9	(ISC)2 CCSP	18.1%	15
10	CCSP	12.0%	10
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	CompTIA Security+	6.0%	5
16	GIAC	6.0%	5
18	OSCP	4.8%	4
19	CISMP	3.6%	3
19	GPEN	3.6%	3