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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 600 469 471
Rank change year-on-year -131 +2 +7
Contract jobs citing CISA 83 79 99
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.24% 0.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.49% 0.78% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 54 64
10th Percentile £435 £407 £330
25th Percentile £500 £425 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -8.70% +5.02%
75th Percentile £694 £700 £678
90th Percentile £825 £781 £816
UK excluding London median daily rate £511 £483 £550
% change year-on-year +5.97% -12.27% +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 16,856 10,071 11,285
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.42% 31.17% 29.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,303 6,240 7,066
10th Percentile £350 £300 £313
25th Percentile £438 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £629 £622 £638
90th Percentile £715 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,260 801 703
10th Percentile £17.39 £18.13 £15.75
25th Percentile £25.77 £18.87 £22.54
Median hourly rate £47.54 £25.15 £48.56
Median % change year-on-year +89.03% -48.21% -11.71%
75th Percentile £72.54 £50.00 £67.78
90th Percentile £87.02 £71.45 £76.84
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £51.72
% change year-on-year +88.87% -51.37% +3.44%

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 4 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 4 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 -114 71 £575 +4.55% 218
London -88 45 £600 +4.35% 149
Work from Home -41 39 £600 +20.00% 86
UK excluding London -99 26 £511 +5.97% 83
North of England -66 13 £490 +7.10% 19
North West -42 7 £490 +7.10% 7
South East -69 6 £550 +33.33% 29
Yorkshire -37 5 £550 -8.33% 8
Scotland -22 3 £460 +5.75% 9
South West -51 3 £450 -37.93% 12
East Midlands -22 2 £575 +23.66% 2
Midlands -54 2 £575 +9.52% 7
North East - 1 £450 - 5

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 1 (1.20%) IIS
1 1 (1.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.20%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 25 (30.12%) Azure
2 19 (22.89%) AWS
3 9 (10.84%) GCP
4 3 (3.61%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.41%) Akamai
5 2 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.41%) SaaS
6 1 (1.20%) AWS Control Tower
6 1 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.20%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.20%) Datadog
6 1 (1.20%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.20%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.61%) Firewall
2 1 (1.20%) Broadband
2 1 (1.20%) Internet
2 1 (1.20%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.20%) VoIP
2 1 (1.20%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.61%) Db2
1 3 (3.61%) Power BI
2 2 (2.41%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.20%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Burp Suite
1 2 (2.41%) JIRA
1 2 (2.41%) Snyk
2 1 (1.20%) tSQLt
General
1 30 (36.14%) Social Skills
2 29 (34.94%) Finance
3 15 (18.07%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (14.46%) Legal
5 9 (10.84%) Banking
6 8 (9.64%) Financial Institution
7 7 (8.43%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (6.02%) Public Sector
9 3 (3.61%) Police
10 2 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (2.41%) Retail
11 1 (1.20%) Aerospace
11 1 (1.20%) Back Office
11 1 (1.20%) Health Technology
11 1 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (26.51%) Architect
2 19 (22.89%) Senior
3 16 (19.28%) Security Architect
4 15 (18.07%) Analyst
5 11 (13.25%) Consultant
5 11 (13.25%) IT Manager
6 9 (10.84%) Audit Manager
6 9 (10.84%) IT Audit Manager
7 8 (9.64%) Risk Analyst
7 8 (9.64%) Senior Manager
8 7 (8.43%) Security Engineer
8 7 (8.43%) Senior Audit Manager
8 7 (8.43%) Senior IT Audit Manager
8 7 (8.43%) Senior IT Manager
9 6 (7.23%) Information Architect
9 6 (7.23%) Information Security Architect
10 5 (6.02%) Risk Consultant
10 5 (6.02%) Security Technical Architect
10 5 (6.02%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (6.02%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.20%) Azure Blueprints
1 1 (1.20%) LDAP
1 1 (1.20%) SailPoint
1 1 (1.20%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.64%) Management Information System
2 6 (7.23%) Operational Technology
2 6 (7.23%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 5 (6.02%) Mainframe
3 5 (6.02%) Security Posture
3 5 (6.02%) Virtual Team
4 4 (4.82%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.61%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.41%) CESG
6 2 (2.41%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.41%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.41%) PMI
6 2 (2.41%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.41%) SCADA
7 1 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.20%) Data Fabric
7 1 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.20%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.23%) Windows
2 4 (4.82%) Linux
3 2 (2.41%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.20%) Alpine Linux
4 1 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.20%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (46.99%) Risk Management
2 36 (43.37%) Cybersecurity
3 32 (38.55%) Information Security
4 24 (28.92%) Stakeholder Management
5 20 (24.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 19 (22.89%) Computer Science
7 17 (20.48%) Risk Assessment
8 16 (19.28%) IT Audit
8 16 (19.28%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (18.07%) Security Architecture
9 15 (18.07%) Vulnerability Management
10 14 (16.87%) Cloud Security
10 14 (16.87%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (16.87%) Regulatory Compliance
11 12 (14.46%) Analytics
11 12 (14.46%) Internal Audit
12 11 (13.25%) Decision-Making
12 11 (13.25%) Identity Access Management
13 10 (12.05%) Incident Response
13 10 (12.05%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.61%) PowerShell
1 3 (3.61%) Python
2 2 (2.41%) SQL
3 1 (1.20%) Bash
3 1 (1.20%) Bicep
3 1 (1.20%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 62 (74.70%) CISSP
2 41 (49.40%) CISM
3 32 (38.55%) CRISC
3 32 (38.55%) Degree
4 19 (22.89%) Security Cleared
5 18 (21.69%) SC Cleared
6 14 (16.87%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (15.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 11 (13.25%) CEH
9 8 (9.64%) GIAC
9 8 (9.64%) OSCP
10 7 (8.43%) CCSP
10 7 (8.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 7 (8.43%) SANS
11 5 (6.02%) PMI Certification
12 4 (4.82%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (4.82%) GPEN
13 3 (3.61%) AWS Certification
13 3 (3.61%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 3 (3.61%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (49.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (43.37%) NIST
3 26 (31.33%) GRC
4 12 (14.46%) GDPR
5 10 (12.05%) ITGC
6 9 (10.84%) PCI DSS
6 9 (10.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (7.23%) COBIT
7 6 (7.23%) NCSC
7 6 (7.23%) NIST 800
8 5 (6.02%) SEPA
9 4 (4.82%) HIPAA
10 3 (3.61%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 2 (2.41%) PMO
11 2 (2.41%) SOC 2
12 1 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (1.20%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 1 (1.20%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.20%) BitLocker
1 1 (1.20%) Docker
1 1 (1.20%) ISA Server
1 1 (1.20%) RACF
Systems Management
1 3 (3.61%) CASB
2 1 (1.20%) Ansible
2 1 (1.20%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (10.84%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.02%) CrowdStrike
3 4 (4.82%) Google
3 4 (4.82%) Qualys
3 4 (4.82%) SAP
4 3 (3.61%) Splunk
5 2 (2.41%) IBM
5 2 (2.41%) Oracle
5 2 (2.41%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.20%) BMC
6 1 (1.20%) Centrify
6 1 (1.20%) Cisco
6 1 (1.20%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.20%) F5
6 1 (1.20%) Okta
6 1 (1.20%) Planview
6 1 (1.20%) Rapid7
6 1 (1.20%) TOWER Software
6 1 (1.20%) Tripwire
6 1 (1.20%) Zscaler