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

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 463 475 475
Rank change year-on-year +12 0 +152
Contract jobs citing CISA 84 94 189
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.26% 0.25% 0.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.82% 0.84% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 59 113
10th Percentile £413 £296 £413
25th Percentile £453 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £699 £659 £688
90th Percentile £769 £823 £773
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £486
% change year-on-year -4.76% +8.02% -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 10,249 11,128 14,069
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.38% 29.26% 28.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,376 6,849 9,091
10th Percentile £300 £313 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £621 £638 £650
90th Percentile £703 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 827 656 734
10th Percentile £17.92 £17.00 £16.26
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £25.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £54.53
Median % change year-on-year -49.70% -8.31% +21.18%
75th Percentile £44.50 £68.00 £69.91
90th Percentile £70.50 £75.83 £78.36
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £51.90
% change year-on-year -52.10% +1.16% +17.42%

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
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 September 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 16 September 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 0 76 £530 -7.83% 97
London +19 48 £563 -6.25% 61
UK excluding London +5 30 £500 -4.76% 78
Work from Home +23 19 £488 -11.36% 46
Midlands -10 8 £525 +5.00% 12
South West +22 7 £725 +27.47%
West Midlands -9 5 £825 +65.00% 2
North of England -13 5 £458 -12.86% 10
South East +17 4 £438 -20.45% 40
Scotland +1 4 £435 - 12
East Midlands -5 3 £465 -22.50% 8
North West -9 3 £458 - 5
Yorkshire -14 2 £600 +14.29% 4
East of England - 1 £500 - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 3

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.19%) Confluence
1 1 (1.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.19%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.38%) SAP CO
1 2 (2.38%) SAP FI
1 2 (2.38%) SAP FI/CO
1 2 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.19%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 25 (29.76%) Azure
2 15 (17.86%) AWS
3 6 (7.14%) Power Platform
4 5 (5.95%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (4.76%) Entra ID
6 3 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.38%) GCP
7 2 (2.38%) SaaS
8 1 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.19%) GitHub
8 1 (1.19%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 11 (13.10%) Network Security
2 9 (10.71%) Firewall
3 6 (7.14%) VPN
4 3 (3.57%) SD-WAN
4 3 (3.57%) WAN
5 1 (1.19%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.14%) Power BI
2 5 (5.95%) Tableau
3 1 (1.19%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 8 (9.52%) JIRA
2 2 (2.38%) Snyk
General
1 39 (46.43%) Social Skills
2 28 (33.33%) Finance
3 19 (22.62%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (11.90%) Public Sector
5 8 (9.52%) Legal
6 7 (8.33%) Banking
7 5 (5.95%) Financial Institution
8 4 (4.76%) Local Government
9 2 (2.38%) Corporate Banking
9 2 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.38%) Investment Banking
9 2 (2.38%) Law
9 2 (2.38%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (2.38%) Retail
9 2 (2.38%) Retail Banking
10 1 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.19%) Police
10 1 (1.19%) Private Banking
10 1 (1.19%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (13.10%) Consultant
2 8 (9.52%) Analyst
2 8 (9.52%) Architect
2 8 (9.52%) Security Architect
3 7 (8.33%) Lead
3 7 (8.33%) Senior
3 7 (8.33%) Tester
4 5 (5.95%) Security Analyst
5 4 (4.76%) Coordinator
5 4 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 4 (4.76%) Head of Information Security
5 4 (4.76%) IT Manager
5 4 (4.76%) Risk Manager
5 4 (4.76%) Security Assurance Coordinator
5 4 (4.76%) Security Consultant
6 3 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 3 (3.57%) Head of Information
6 3 (3.57%) Head of Security
6 3 (3.57%) Security Specialist
6 3 (3.57%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (11.90%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.52%) Management Information System
2 7 (8.33%) Data Centre
3 4 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (4.76%) Security Posture
4 3 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.57%) PKI
4 3 (3.57%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.19%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.19%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.76%) Windows
2 3 (3.57%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.19%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (44.05%) Information Security
2 35 (41.67%) Risk Management
3 23 (27.38%) Cybersecurity
3 23 (27.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 17 (20.24%) Cloud Security
5 16 (19.05%) IT Audit
6 14 (16.67%) Agile
7 13 (15.48%) Incident Response
8 11 (13.10%) Computer Science
8 11 (13.10%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (13.10%) SABSA
8 11 (13.10%) SIEM
8 11 (13.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 11 (13.10%) Vulnerability Management
9 10 (11.90%) Project Management
9 10 (11.90%) Regulatory Compliance
9 10 (11.90%) Security Architecture
10 9 (10.71%) Security Operations
10 9 (10.71%) Test Automation
11 8 (9.52%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.76%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.57%) Python
3 2 (2.38%) SQL
4 1 (1.19%) Bash
4 1 (1.19%) Java
4 1 (1.19%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 62 (73.81%) CISSP
2 59 (70.24%) CISM
3 27 (32.14%) Degree
4 24 (28.57%) CRISC
5 21 (25.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 11 (13.10%) GIAC
7 8 (9.52%) Security Cleared
8 7 (8.33%) SANS
8 7 (8.33%) SC Cleared
9 6 (7.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 5 (5.95%) GSEC
11 4 (4.76%) CEH
11 4 (4.76%) CESG Certified Professional
11 4 (4.76%) DV Cleared
11 4 (4.76%) PCI QSA
11 4 (4.76%) PMI Certification
11 4 (4.76%) PMP
12 3 (3.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (3.57%) AWS Certification
12 3 (3.57%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (60.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 46 (54.76%) NIST
3 20 (23.81%) COBIT
4 18 (21.43%) GDPR
5 15 (17.86%) GRC
5 15 (17.86%) PCI DSS
6 14 (16.67%) NIST 800
7 12 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 6 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (7.14%) QA
10 5 (5.95%) ITGC
10 5 (5.95%) JSP 440
11 4 (4.76%) HIPAA
11 4 (4.76%) RMADS
12 2 (2.38%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (2.38%) GxP
12 2 (2.38%) IFRS
12 2 (2.38%) ISO 31000
12 2 (2.38%) SOX 404
System Software
1 6 (7.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (11.90%) QRadar
2 8 (9.52%) RSA Archer
3 4 (4.76%) CSIRT
3 4 (4.76%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.19%) Ansible
4 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.19%) OPNET
4 1 (1.19%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 11 (13.10%) Splunk
3 10 (11.90%) Rapid7
4 9 (10.71%) ServiceNow
5 5 (5.95%) Alteryx
5 5 (5.95%) Tenable
6 4 (4.76%) CyberArk
6 4 (4.76%) Fortinet
6 4 (4.76%) Qualys
6 4 (4.76%) SAP
6 4 (4.76%) SolarWinds
7 3 (3.57%) ArcSight
7 3 (3.57%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (3.57%) Zscaler
8 2 (2.38%) Carbon Black
8 2 (2.38%) Cisco
8 2 (2.38%) Proofpoint
8 2 (2.38%) Tanium
8 2 (2.38%) Veracode
9 1 (1.19%) Oracle