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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 515 406 459
Rank change year-on-year -109 +53 +116
Contract jobs citing CISA 66 114 138
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.36% 0.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.53% 1.22% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 73 89
10th Percentile £413 £373 £430
25th Percentile £450 £500 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £600 £627
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% -4.31% +0.32%
75th Percentile £631 £763 £725
90th Percentile £748 £950 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £563 £563
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -6.25%
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 12,407 9,342 12,944
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.91% 29.79% 30.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,142 5,669 8,151
10th Percentile £313 £300 £300
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £522 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.52% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £631 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £540
% change year-on-year - -7.41% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 943 451 755
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.70 £14.52
25th Percentile £19.07 £24.18 £23.38
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.51% -22.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £55.00 £66.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.36 £78.28
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -37.90% -19.00% +11.11%

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 13 January 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 14 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 January 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 -123 59 £529 -11.90% 36
UK excluding London -46 32 £500 -11.11% 28
London -84 29 £563 -13.46% 19
Work from Home -26 18 £521 -9.39% 42
North of England -46 10 £527 +17.17% 5
South East -22 7 £500 -6.98% 11
East Midlands -19 5 £449 -25.17% 3
Yorkshire -39 5 £600 +33.33%
Midlands -52 5 £449 -25.17% 6
South West -19 4 £650 - 5
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
North West - 3 £458 - 5
Scotland - 2 £550 -
North East - 2 £545 -

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 (3.03%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.52%) Confluence
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (7.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.03%) SAP CO
1 2 (3.03%) SAP FI
1 2 (3.03%) SAP FI/CO
1 2 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.52%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 10 (15.15%) Azure
2 9 (13.64%) AWS
3 4 (6.06%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (4.55%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.03%) GCP
5 2 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.03%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.03%) SaaS
6 1 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.52%) GitHub
6 1 (1.52%) Google Ads
6 1 (1.52%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.52%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.58%) Network Security
2 4 (6.06%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.03%) Power BI
1 2 (3.03%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (6.06%) JIRA
General
1 29 (43.94%) Social Skills
2 20 (30.30%) Finance
3 15 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (13.64%) Public Sector
5 6 (9.09%) Banking
6 5 (7.58%) Legal
7 4 (6.06%) Local Government
8 3 (4.55%) Marketing
9 2 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (3.03%) Law
9 2 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (3.03%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.52%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.52%) Police
10 1 (1.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (16.67%) Analyst
2 9 (13.64%) Consultant
3 7 (10.61%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 7 (10.61%) Lead
4 5 (7.58%) Head of Information Security
4 5 (7.58%) Head of Security
4 5 (7.58%) Risk Analyst
4 5 (7.58%) Security Analyst
4 5 (7.58%) Security Specialist
5 4 (6.06%) Architect
5 4 (6.06%) Head of Information
5 4 (6.06%) IT Analyst
5 4 (6.06%) IT Risk Analyst
5 4 (6.06%) Security Consultant
5 4 (6.06%) Security Engineer
6 3 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 3 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 3 (4.55%) IT Manager
6 3 (4.55%) Security Architect
6 3 (4.55%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.06%) SailPoint
2 2 (3.03%) Flash
2 2 (3.03%) Smart Contracts
3 1 (1.52%) LDAP
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.52%) OAuth
3 1 (1.52%) SAML
3 1 (1.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.64%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.58%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (7.58%) Security Posture
3 4 (6.06%) Cyber Security Posture
3 4 (6.06%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (6.06%) Operational Technology
4 3 (4.55%) Cloud Native
4 3 (4.55%) Robotics
5 2 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (3.03%) Blockchain
5 2 (3.03%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.52%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (51.52%) Cybersecurity
1 34 (51.52%) Information Security
2 26 (39.39%) Risk Management
3 17 (25.76%) Incident Response
3 17 (25.76%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (19.70%) Computer Science
5 13 (19.70%) Risk Assessment
6 12 (18.18%) Cloud Security
6 12 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
7 11 (16.67%) SIEM
8 10 (15.15%) Agile
8 10 (15.15%) IT Audit
9 9 (13.64%) Roadmaps
10 8 (12.12%) Risk Register
10 8 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 7 (10.61%) Data Protection
11 7 (10.61%) SABSA
11 7 (10.61%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.03%) PowerShell
1 2 (3.03%) Rust
1 2 (3.03%) Solidity
2 1 (1.52%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 55 (83.33%) CISM
2 49 (74.24%) CISSP
3 23 (34.85%) Degree
4 15 (22.73%) CRISC
5 13 (19.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 10 (15.15%) Security Cleared
7 8 (12.12%) SC Cleared
8 7 (10.61%) CEH
9 5 (7.58%) GSEC
10 4 (6.06%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 4 (6.06%) Master's Degree
10 4 (6.06%) SANS
11 3 (4.55%) CIMA
11 3 (4.55%) GIAC
11 3 (4.55%) SSCP
12 2 (3.03%) ACCA
12 2 (3.03%) DV Cleared
12 2 (3.03%) ISACA
12 2 (3.03%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (3.03%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 40 (60.61%) NIST
3 21 (31.82%) GDPR
4 18 (27.27%) COBIT
5 14 (21.21%) GRC
6 11 (16.67%) PCI DSS
7 10 (15.15%) NIST 800
7 10 (15.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (6.06%) HIPAA
9 4 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (4.55%) NCSC
11 2 (3.03%) GxP
11 2 (3.03%) IFRS
11 2 (3.03%) ITGC
11 2 (3.03%) JSP 440
11 2 (3.03%) SLA
11 2 (3.03%) SOC 2
12 1 (1.52%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (1.52%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 2 (3.03%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (10.61%) QRadar
2 5 (7.58%) RSA Archer
3 4 (6.06%) CSIRT
4 2 (3.03%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (19.70%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.61%) ServiceNow
2 7 (10.61%) Splunk
3 4 (6.06%) Fortinet
3 4 (6.06%) Rapid7
4 3 (4.55%) ArcSight
4 3 (4.55%) SAP
5 2 (3.03%) Alteryx
6 1 (1.52%) Workday