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 21 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 475 450 468
Rank change year-on-year -25 +18 +142
Contract jobs citing CISA 82 107 162
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.29% 0.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.76% 0.99% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 67 102
10th Percentile £413 £338 £401
25th Percentile £425 £491 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% -16.00%
75th Percentile £613 £800 £697
90th Percentile £763 £905 £831
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £563 £486
% change year-on-year -17.33% +15.74% -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 10,766 10,852 13,603
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.18% 29.29% 28.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,754 6,579 8,761
10th Percentile £288 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £420 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £637 £650
90th Percentile £711 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £515 £538
% change year-on-year -2.91% -4.19% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 906 538 746
10th Percentile £17.08 £18.13 £16.58
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.26 £26.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £53.58
Median % change year-on-year -47.05% -11.35% +19.07%
75th Percentile £39.88 £67.69 £68.75
90th Percentile £70.08 £75.00 £79.89
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £51.89
% change year-on-year -49.70% -3.64% +15.31%

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 21 October 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 15 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 21 October 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 -31 69 £525 -12.50% 84
London -30 39 £550 -8.33% 45
UK excluding London +6 36 £465 -17.33% 53
Work from Home +10 19 £496 -9.82% 105
Midlands -19 12 £465 -7.00%
East Midlands -8 8 £450 -25.08%
North of England -22 6 £458 - 13
Scotland +8 5 £445 - 1
South West +10 4 £763 +34.07% 5
South East +4 4 £438 -22.22% 33
West Midlands -19 4 £1,125 +125.00%
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 1
North West -16 3 £458 - 9
Yorkshire - 3 £600 - 4
East of England -1 1 £500 - 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 (2.44%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.22%) Confluence
2 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (13.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (7.32%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (4.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.44%) SAP CO
1 2 (2.44%) SAP FI
1 2 (2.44%) SAP FI/CO
1 2 (2.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.22%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 17 (20.73%) Azure
2 13 (15.85%) AWS
3 8 (9.76%) Power Platform
4 4 (4.88%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (3.66%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.66%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.44%) SaaS
7 1 (1.22%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.22%) GCP
7 1 (1.22%) GitHub
7 1 (1.22%) Google Ads
7 1 (1.22%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.22%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (12.20%) Network Security
2 6 (7.32%) Firewall
3 2 (2.44%) VPN
4 1 (1.22%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.22%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.22%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.76%) Power BI
2 7 (8.54%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (13.41%) JIRA
2 2 (2.44%) Snyk
General
1 39 (47.56%) Social Skills
2 28 (34.15%) Finance
3 18 (21.95%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (12.20%) Public Sector
5 7 (8.54%) Banking
6 5 (6.10%) Legal
7 4 (4.88%) Financial Institution
7 4 (4.88%) Local Government
8 2 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.44%) Law
8 2 (2.44%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.22%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.22%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.22%) Police
9 1 (1.22%) Private Banking
9 1 (1.22%) Retail
9 1 (1.22%) Retail Banking
9 1 (1.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (12.20%) Consultant
2 9 (10.98%) Lead
3 8 (9.76%) Analyst
3 8 (9.76%) Tester
4 7 (8.54%) Architect
4 7 (8.54%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 7 (8.54%) Senior
5 6 (7.32%) Security Architect
6 5 (6.10%) Security Analyst
6 5 (6.10%) Security Specialist
7 4 (4.88%) Head of Information Security
7 4 (4.88%) Security Consultant
7 4 (4.88%) Security Engineer
8 3 (3.66%) Cybersecurity Specialist
8 3 (3.66%) Head of Information
8 3 (3.66%) Head of Security
8 3 (3.66%) Risk Manager
8 3 (3.66%) Security Tester
8 3 (3.66%) Senior Consultant
9 2 (2.44%) ServiceNow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (13.41%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.22%) LDAP
2 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (1.22%) OAuth
2 1 (1.22%) SAML
2 1 (1.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.76%) Management Information System
2 6 (7.32%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (4.88%) Cyber Security Posture
3 4 (4.88%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (3.66%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.66%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.66%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.66%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.44%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.22%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (46.34%) Information Security
2 28 (34.15%) Risk Management
3 27 (32.93%) Cybersecurity
4 19 (23.17%) Stakeholder Management
5 18 (21.95%) IT Audit
6 16 (19.51%) Agile
7 15 (18.29%) Cloud Security
8 12 (14.63%) Test Automation
9 11 (13.41%) Data Protection
9 11 (13.41%) Incident Response
9 11 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (12.20%) Kanban
10 10 (12.20%) SIEM
10 10 (12.20%) Vulnerability Management
11 9 (10.98%) Computer Science
11 9 (10.98%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (10.98%) Roadmaps
11 9 (10.98%) SABSA
12 8 (9.76%) Regulatory Compliance
12 8 (9.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.66%) PowerShell
1 3 (3.66%) Python
2 2 (2.44%) SQL
3 1 (1.22%) Bash
3 1 (1.22%) Java
3 1 (1.22%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 61 (74.39%) CISM
2 60 (73.17%) CISSP
3 26 (31.71%) Degree
4 24 (29.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 19 (23.17%) CRISC
6 10 (12.20%) GIAC
7 7 (8.54%) Security Cleared
8 6 (7.32%) SANS
8 6 (7.32%) SC Cleared
9 5 (6.10%) GSEC
9 5 (6.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 4 (4.88%) PCI QSA
11 3 (3.66%) CEH
11 3 (3.66%) CESG Certified Professional
11 3 (3.66%) CIMA
11 3 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (3.66%) OSCP
12 2 (2.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (2.44%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (62.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 48 (58.54%) NIST
3 25 (30.49%) COBIT
4 19 (23.17%) NIST 800
5 17 (20.73%) GDPR
6 12 (14.63%) PCI DSS
7 11 (13.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 10 (12.20%) GRC
9 9 (10.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (7.32%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (7.32%) QA
11 4 (4.88%) HIPAA
12 3 (3.66%) JSP 440
13 2 (2.44%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (2.44%) GxP
13 2 (2.44%) IFRS
13 2 (2.44%) ISO 31000
13 2 (2.44%) ITGC
13 2 (2.44%) NCSC
13 2 (2.44%) RMADS
System Software
1 3 (3.66%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (13.41%) RSA Archer
2 9 (10.98%) QRadar
3 4 (4.88%) CSIRT
4 2 (2.44%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.22%) Ansible
5 1 (1.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (17.07%) Microsoft
1 14 (17.07%) Rapid7
2 13 (15.85%) ServiceNow
3 10 (12.20%) Splunk
4 7 (8.54%) Alteryx
5 5 (6.10%) Tenable
6 4 (4.88%) Fortinet
6 4 (4.88%) Qualys
7 3 (3.66%) ArcSight
7 3 (3.66%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (3.66%) SAP
8 2 (2.44%) Carbon Black
8 2 (2.44%) Cisco
8 2 (2.44%) Proofpoint
8 2 (2.44%) SolarWinds
8 2 (2.44%) Tanium
8 2 (2.44%) Veracode
9 1 (1.22%) BeyondTrust
9 1 (1.22%) Thycotic
9 1 (1.22%) Workday