CISA Contracts

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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 472 471 507
Rank change year-on-year -1 +36 +147
Contract jobs citing CISA 76 115 176
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.27% 0.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.77% 0.89% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 74 110
10th Percentile £375 £400 £425
25th Percentile £419 £500 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £606
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -1.03% +1.04%
75th Percentile £681 £738 £738
90th Percentile £738 £793 £839
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £486
% change year-on-year -9.09% +13.17% -19.00%

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 requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,836 12,904 15,262
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.88% 29.80% 26.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,081 8,005 10,098
10th Percentile £275 £310 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £704 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 664 1,099 741
10th Percentile £17.87 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £20.22 £20.12 £23.00
Median hourly rate £27.65 £40.94 £55.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.47% -26.23% +24.72%
75th Percentile £59.00 £64.63 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.24 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.30 £43.00 £54.56
% change year-on-year -41.16% -21.19% +55.89%

CISA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CISA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CISA in the UK

CISA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISA.

Daily rate trend for CISA in the UK

CISA
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISA over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISA in the UK

CISA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISA.

Hourly rate trend for CISA in the UK

CISA
Top 11 Contract 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 6 July 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 +18 67 £550 -8.33% 144
London +2 38 £603 -7.31% 88
UK excluding London +41 30 £500 -9.09% 77
Work from Home +25 22 £450 -18.18% 87
Midlands +23 12 £525 - 16
West Midlands - 8 £1,125 - 14
South West +37 7 £675 +30.12% 8
South East +41 5 £575 +15.00% 21
Scotland +4 5 £435 - 9
East Midlands +2 4 £465 - 2
East of England +28 1 £500 +25.00% 6

CISA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 5 (6.58%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (6.58%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 22 (28.95%) Azure
2 12 (15.79%) AWS
3 5 (6.58%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.95%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.95%) GCP
4 3 (3.95%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.63%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.32%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.32%) OCI
6 1 (1.32%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 16 (21.05%) Firewall
2 7 (9.21%) Network Security
3 6 (7.89%) VPN
4 3 (3.95%) Cisco Firepower
4 3 (3.95%) SD-WAN
4 3 (3.95%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.58%) Power BI
1 5 (6.58%) Tableau
2 1 (1.32%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 7 (9.21%) JIRA
2 2 (2.63%) Snyk
General
1 37 (48.68%) Social Skills
2 18 (23.68%) Finance
3 16 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (11.84%) Legal
5 5 (6.58%) Banking
5 5 (6.58%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (6.58%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.95%) Retail Banking
7 2 (2.63%) Corporate Banking
7 2 (2.63%) Investment Banking
7 2 (2.63%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.63%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.63%) Retail
7 2 (2.63%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.32%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.32%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (14.47%) Analyst
2 9 (11.84%) Architect
2 9 (11.84%) Security Architect
3 8 (10.53%) Consultant
4 7 (9.21%) Senior
5 6 (7.89%) IT Manager
6 5 (6.58%) Lead
6 5 (6.58%) Risk Manager
6 5 (6.58%) Security Analyst
6 5 (6.58%) Security Manager
7 4 (5.26%) Coordinator
7 4 (5.26%) Security Assurance Coordinator
7 4 (5.26%) Senior Architect
7 4 (5.26%) Senior Security Architect
7 4 (5.26%) Service Manager
8 3 (3.95%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 3 (3.95%) Delivery Manager
8 3 (3.95%) IT Risk Manager
8 3 (3.95%) Security Specialist
8 3 (3.95%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (13.16%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.47%) Management Information System
2 7 (9.21%) Data Centre
3 4 (5.26%) Security Posture
4 3 (3.95%) PKI
5 2 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.63%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.63%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.63%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.32%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.32%) Industry 4.0
6 1 (1.32%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.32%) PMI
6 1 (1.32%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.58%) Windows
2 3 (3.95%) Linux
2 3 (3.95%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (48.68%) Risk Management
2 28 (36.84%) Information Security
3 21 (27.63%) Cybersecurity
4 20 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
5 14 (18.42%) Agile
6 13 (17.11%) Cloud Security
7 11 (14.47%) IT Audit
7 11 (14.47%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (14.47%) Security Architecture
8 9 (11.84%) Computer Science
8 9 (11.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (11.84%) Project Management
8 9 (11.84%) Vulnerability Management
9 8 (10.53%) Artificial Intelligence
9 8 (10.53%) Risk Assessment
9 8 (10.53%) SABSA
9 8 (10.53%) Security Operations
9 8 (10.53%) SIEM
9 8 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (10.53%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.26%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.95%) Python
3 2 (2.63%) SQL
4 1 (1.32%) Bash
4 1 (1.32%) PHP
4 1 (1.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 63 (82.89%) CISSP
2 54 (71.05%) CISM
3 25 (32.89%) CRISC
3 25 (32.89%) Degree
4 16 (21.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 15 (19.74%) GIAC
6 11 (14.47%) Security Cleared
7 10 (13.16%) SANS
8 8 (10.53%) SC Cleared
9 6 (7.89%) CEH
9 6 (7.89%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (7.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 5 (6.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 5 (6.58%) CCSK
10 5 (6.58%) DV Cleared
10 5 (6.58%) ISACA
11 4 (5.26%) CESG Certified Professional
11 4 (5.26%) PCI QSA
11 4 (5.26%) PMI Certification
11 4 (5.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (52.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (42.11%) NIST
3 18 (23.68%) NIST 800
4 11 (14.47%) PCI DSS
5 10 (13.16%) COBIT
6 9 (11.84%) GRC
6 9 (11.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (10.53%) GDPR
8 7 (9.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 6 (7.89%) QA
10 5 (6.58%) JSP 440
11 4 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (5.26%) ITGC
11 4 (5.26%) RMADS
12 3 (3.95%) SOC 2
13 2 (2.63%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (2.63%) SOX 404
14 1 (1.32%) COSO
14 1 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 1 (1.32%) FedRAMP
System Software
1 6 (7.89%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (9.21%) RSA Archer
2 4 (5.26%) Kubernetes
3 3 (3.95%) FortiGate
3 3 (3.95%) QRadar
4 1 (1.32%) Ansible
4 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.32%) OPNET
4 1 (1.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (13.16%) ServiceNow
2 9 (11.84%) Rapid7
3 7 (9.21%) Microsoft
3 7 (9.21%) Tenable
4 5 (6.58%) Alteryx
4 5 (6.58%) Cisco
4 5 (6.58%) Splunk
5 4 (5.26%) CyberArk
5 4 (5.26%) SolarWinds
6 3 (3.95%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (3.95%) Oracle
6 3 (3.95%) Qualys
6 3 (3.95%) SAP
6 3 (3.95%) Zscaler
7 2 (2.63%) Carbon Black
7 2 (2.63%) Proofpoint
7 2 (2.63%) Tanium
7 2 (2.63%) Veracode
8 1 (1.32%) BeyondTrust
8 1 (1.32%) Thycotic