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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 590 472 473
Rank change year-on-year -118 +1 -10
Contract jobs citing CISA 84 86 96
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.26% 0.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.49% 0.83% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 58 61
10th Percentile £438 £410 £300
25th Percentile £500 £451 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £691 £692 £644
90th Percentile £825 £756 £823
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +8.02%

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 17,120 10,307 11,327
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.49% 31.31% 29.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,434 6,417 7,008
10th Percentile £350 £300 £313
25th Percentile £439 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £623 £638
90th Percentile £713 £700 £736
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,313 822 674
10th Percentile £17.17 £17.88 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.87 £24.18
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +88.87% -49.70% -9.09%
75th Percentile £71.50 £45.00 £67.95
90th Percentile £86.85 £71.00 £75.35
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £53.00
% change year-on-year +88.87% -52.55% +0.95%

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 September 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 13 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 September 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 -117 71 £575 +8.49% 147
London -94 43 £600 +6.67% 99
Work from Home -50 37 £600 +20.00% 53
UK excluding London -99 29 £550 +10.00% 59
North of England -61 13 £490 +7.10% 14
South East -58 8 £550 +25.71% 25
North West -52 7 £490 +7.10% 4
Yorkshire -36 5 £550 -8.33% 8
Scotland -24 4 £568 +30.46% 5
South West -48 3 £450 -37.93% 6
East Midlands -17 2 £575 +23.66% 1
Midlands -49 2 £575 +9.52% 4
North East - 1 £450 - 3

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 3 (3.57%) IIS
2 1 (1.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.19%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 27 (32.14%) Azure
2 21 (25.00%) AWS
3 11 (13.10%) GCP
4 3 (3.57%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.38%) Akamai
5 2 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.38%) SaaS
6 1 (1.19%) AWS Control Tower
6 1 (1.19%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.19%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.19%) Datadog
6 1 (1.19%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.19%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.57%) Firewall
2 1 (1.19%) Broadband
2 1 (1.19%) Internet
2 1 (1.19%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.19%) Network Security
2 1 (1.19%) VoIP
2 1 (1.19%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.57%) Db2
1 3 (3.57%) Power BI
2 2 (2.38%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.19%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.38%) Burp Suite
1 2 (2.38%) JIRA
1 2 (2.38%) Snyk
2 1 (1.19%) tSQLt
General
1 29 (34.52%) Finance
1 29 (34.52%) Social Skills
2 14 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (14.29%) Legal
4 9 (10.71%) Banking
5 8 (9.52%) Financial Institution
5 8 (9.52%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (7.14%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.57%) Police
8 2 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.38%) Retail
9 1 (1.19%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.19%) Back Office
9 1 (1.19%) Health Technology
9 1 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.19%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (28.57%) Architect
2 19 (22.62%) Senior
3 18 (21.43%) Security Architect
4 16 (19.05%) Analyst
5 11 (13.10%) Consultant
5 11 (13.10%) IT Manager
6 9 (10.71%) Audit Manager
6 9 (10.71%) IT Audit Manager
6 9 (10.71%) Security Engineer
7 8 (9.52%) Risk Analyst
7 8 (9.52%) Senior Manager
8 7 (8.33%) Senior Audit Manager
8 7 (8.33%) Senior IT Audit Manager
8 7 (8.33%) Senior IT Manager
9 6 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 6 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 6 (7.14%) Information Architect
9 6 (7.14%) Information Security Architect
9 6 (7.14%) Security Analyst
10 5 (5.95%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.19%) Azure Blueprints
1 1 (1.19%) LDAP
1 1 (1.19%) SailPoint
1 1 (1.19%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.90%) Management Information System
2 6 (7.14%) Security Posture
2 6 (7.14%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 5 (5.95%) Mainframe
3 5 (5.95%) Operational Technology
3 5 (5.95%) Virtual Team
4 4 (4.76%) Data Centre
4 4 (4.76%) Onboarding
4 4 (4.76%) Public Cloud
5 3 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (3.57%) Embedded Systems
5 3 (3.57%) Mobile Payment
5 3 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (3.57%) Smartcard
6 2 (2.38%) CESG
6 2 (2.38%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.38%) PMI
6 2 (2.38%) SCADA
7 1 (1.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.19%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.52%) Windows
2 6 (7.14%) Linux
3 4 (4.76%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.19%) Alpine Linux
4 1 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.19%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (47.62%) Risk Management
2 37 (44.05%) Cybersecurity
3 34 (40.48%) Information Security
4 25 (29.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 21 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 19 (22.62%) Computer Science
7 18 (21.43%) Security Architecture
8 17 (20.24%) Vulnerability Management
9 16 (19.05%) Cloud Security
9 16 (19.05%) Risk Assessment
10 15 (17.86%) IT Audit
10 15 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
11 14 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
11 14 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
12 12 (14.29%) Analytics
12 12 (14.29%) Internal Audit
13 11 (13.10%) Data Protection
13 11 (13.10%) Decision-Making
13 11 (13.10%) Identity Access Management
13 11 (13.10%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.57%) PowerShell
1 3 (3.57%) Python
2 2 (2.38%) SQL
3 1 (1.19%) Bash
3 1 (1.19%) Bicep
3 1 (1.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (75.00%) CISSP
2 44 (52.38%) CISM
3 33 (39.29%) Degree
4 31 (36.90%) CRISC
5 18 (21.43%) Security Cleared
6 17 (20.24%) SC Cleared
7 16 (19.05%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (17.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 11 (13.10%) CEH
10 9 (10.71%) CCSP
11 8 (9.52%) OSCP
12 7 (8.33%) GIAC
12 7 (8.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 7 (8.33%) SANS
13 5 (5.95%) PMI Certification
14 4 (4.76%) CompTIA Security+
14 4 (4.76%) CREST Certified
14 4 (4.76%) GPEN
15 3 (3.57%) AWS Certification
15 3 (3.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (51.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (44.05%) NIST
3 27 (32.14%) GRC
4 14 (16.67%) GDPR
5 11 (13.10%) PCI DSS
6 9 (10.71%) ITGC
7 8 (9.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (8.33%) NCSC
9 5 (5.95%) COBIT
9 5 (5.95%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 5 (5.95%) NIST 800
9 5 (5.95%) SEPA
10 4 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (4.76%) HIPAA
11 3 (3.57%) ISO 31000
11 3 (3.57%) ISO 9001
11 3 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (2.38%) PMO
12 2 (2.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (3.57%) ISA Server
2 1 (1.19%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.19%) BitLocker
2 1 (1.19%) Docker
2 1 (1.19%) RACF
Systems Management
1 5 (5.95%) CASB
2 1 (1.19%) Ansible
2 1 (1.19%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.33%) CrowdStrike
3 6 (7.14%) Google
3 6 (7.14%) Qualys
4 5 (5.95%) Splunk
5 4 (4.76%) SAP
6 3 (3.57%) Centrify
6 3 (3.57%) Cisco
6 3 (3.57%) F5
6 3 (3.57%) Tripwire
7 2 (2.38%) IBM
7 2 (2.38%) Oracle
7 2 (2.38%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.19%) BeyondTrust
8 1 (1.19%) BMC
8 1 (1.19%) CyberArk
8 1 (1.19%) Planview
8 1 (1.19%) Rapid7
8 1 (1.19%) TOWER Software
8 1 (1.19%) Zscaler