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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 581 461 475
Rank change year-on-year -120 +14 +44
Contract jobs citing CISA 72 70 114
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.23% 0.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.45% 0.75% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 42 74
10th Percentile £448 £375 £406
25th Percentile £500 £421 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -2.04%
75th Percentile £627 £675 £738
90th Percentile £758 £736 £793
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% +13.17%

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 15,931 9,348 12,944
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.31% 30.91% 29.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,644 5,798 7,991
10th Percentile £350 £275 £310
25th Percentile £425 £412 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £620 £638
90th Percentile £713 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £507 £500 £527
% change year-on-year +1.40% -5.12% -0.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,165 614 1,119
10th Percentile £17.43 £17.67 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.78 £20.00 £20.06
Median hourly rate £50.49 £28.34 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +78.14% -30.78% -25.90%
75th Percentile £72.54 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.25 £75.35 £75.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £27.38 £43.00
% change year-on-year +82.65% -36.34% -19.87%

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 26 June 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 11 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 26 June 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 -122 66 £575 +5.75% 31
London -53 49 £600 -4.19% 16
Work from Home -47 30 £538 +19.44% 13
UK excluding London -126 13 £450 -14.29% 18
North of England - 6 £450 - 2
South West -36 4 £475 -29.63% 1
North East - 3 £450 -
North West - 3 £490 - 2
East Midlands -11 2 £575 +23.66% 1
Midlands -70 2 £575 +16.16% 4
South East -64 1 £420 -20.00% 10

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:

Applications
1 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 19 (26.39%) Azure
2 15 (20.83%) AWS
3 6 (8.33%) GCP
4 3 (4.17%) SaaS
5 2 (2.78%) Akamai
5 2 (2.78%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.39%) AWS Control Tower
6 1 (1.39%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.39%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.39%) Datadog
6 1 (1.39%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.78%) Firewall
2 1 (1.39%) Internet
2 1 (1.39%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.39%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.17%) Db2
2 2 (2.78%) Power BI
3 1 (1.39%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.78%) Burp Suite
1 2 (2.78%) Snyk
2 1 (1.39%) JIRA
General
1 29 (40.28%) Social Skills
2 23 (31.94%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (26.39%) Finance
4 11 (15.28%) Banking
5 9 (12.50%) Legal
6 6 (8.33%) Financial Institution
7 4 (5.56%) Public Sector
8 3 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.78%) Marketing
9 2 (2.78%) Police
9 2 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.78%) Retail
10 1 (1.39%) Back Office
10 1 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.39%) Front Office
10 1 (1.39%) Health Technology
10 1 (1.39%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (25.00%) Architect
2 16 (22.22%) Analyst
3 12 (16.67%) Security Architect
4 10 (13.89%) Senior
5 9 (12.50%) IT Manager
5 9 (12.50%) Risk Analyst
6 8 (11.11%) Consultant
7 6 (8.33%) Audit Manager
7 6 (8.33%) Information Architect
7 6 (8.33%) Information Security Architect
7 6 (8.33%) IT Analyst
7 6 (8.33%) IT Audit Manager
7 6 (8.33%) Security Engineer
7 6 (8.33%) Senior Manager
8 5 (6.94%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 5 (6.94%) Lead
8 5 (6.94%) Security Consultant
8 5 (6.94%) Security Technical Architect
8 5 (6.94%) Senior Audit Manager
8 5 (6.94%) Senior IT Audit Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.39%) Azure Blueprints
1 1 (1.39%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 8 (11.11%) Operational Technology
3 6 (8.33%) Onboarding
4 5 (6.94%) Mainframe
4 5 (6.94%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 4 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (4.17%) Robotics
6 3 (4.17%) Security Posture
6 3 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.78%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.78%) PMI
7 2 (2.78%) SCADA
8 1 (1.39%) Clustering
8 1 (1.39%) Data Fabric
8 1 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.39%) Fixed Income
8 1 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.39%) PKI
8 1 (1.39%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.39%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.33%) Windows
2 1 (1.39%) Alpine Linux
2 1 (1.39%) Linux
2 1 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.39%) Ubuntu
2 1 (1.39%) Unix
2 1 (1.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (45.83%) Information Security
2 32 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
3 31 (43.06%) Risk Management
4 22 (30.56%) Risk Assessment
5 21 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (26.39%) Computer Science
7 17 (23.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 17 (23.61%) Stakeholder Management
8 15 (20.83%) Regulatory Compliance
9 13 (18.06%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (16.67%) Decision-Making
10 12 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
11 11 (15.28%) Agile
11 11 (15.28%) AI
11 11 (15.28%) Cloud Security
11 11 (15.28%) IT Audit
11 11 (15.28%) Security Architecture
12 10 (13.89%) Internal Audit
13 9 (12.50%) Analytics
14 8 (11.11%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.17%) PowerShell
1 3 (4.17%) Python
2 1 (1.39%) Bash
2 1 (1.39%) Bicep
2 1 (1.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 56 (77.78%) CISSP
2 32 (44.44%) Degree
3 31 (43.06%) CISM
4 24 (33.33%) CRISC
5 13 (18.06%) CEH
5 13 (18.06%) Security Cleared
6 12 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (16.67%) SC Cleared
7 11 (15.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 10 (13.89%) GIAC
9 8 (11.11%) OSCP
10 7 (9.72%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 7 (9.72%) Master's Degree
10 7 (9.72%) SANS
11 5 (6.94%) CCSP
11 5 (6.94%) GPEN
11 5 (6.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 4 (5.56%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (5.56%) PMI Certification
13 3 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (51.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (45.83%) NIST
3 25 (34.72%) GRC
4 12 (16.67%) GDPR
4 12 (16.67%) PCI DSS
5 10 (13.89%) COBIT
6 8 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (8.33%) ITGC
7 6 (8.33%) NCSC
7 6 (8.33%) NIST 800
7 6 (8.33%) SOC 2
8 5 (6.94%) PMO
8 5 (6.94%) SEPA
9 4 (5.56%) SLA
10 3 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 2 (2.78%) HIPAA
11 2 (2.78%) ISO 31000
12 1 (1.39%) ISA99
12 1 (1.39%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 1 (1.39%) BitLocker
1 1 (1.39%) Docker
1 1 (1.39%) RACF
Systems Management
1 1 (1.39%) Ansible
1 1 (1.39%) CASB
1 1 (1.39%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.39%) SCCM
1 1 (1.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.56%) CrowdStrike
2 4 (5.56%) ServiceNow
3 3 (4.17%) Qualys
4 2 (2.78%) Google
4 2 (2.78%) IBM
4 2 (2.78%) Oracle
4 2 (2.78%) Splunk
5 1 (1.39%) BeyondTrust
5 1 (1.39%) BMC
5 1 (1.39%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.39%) Okta
5 1 (1.39%) Rapid7
5 1 (1.39%) SAP
5 1 (1.39%) Tenable
5 1 (1.39%) TOWER Software
5 1 (1.39%) Zscaler