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

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 524 421 458
Rank change year-on-year -103 +37 +133
Contract jobs citing CISA 69 115 137
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.35% 0.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.55% 1.15% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 74 87
10th Percentile £413 £374 £425
25th Percentile £451 £500 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £600 £627
Median % change year-on-year -12.10% -4.31% +0.32%
75th Percentile £613 £763 £744
90th Percentile £733 £950 £835
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -10.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £121.77 £95.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +28.18% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £121.77 - -

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 12,467 9,963 12,990
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.79% 29.91% 30.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,140 6,092 8,206
10th Percentile £313 £300 £300
25th Percentile £416 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £631 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £502 £540
% change year-on-year -0.37% -7.07% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 996 482 741
10th Percentile £16.30 £18.51 £16.29
25th Percentile £19.23 £24.00 £26.24
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £52.21
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -23.38% +16.01%
75th Percentile £52.87 £67.02 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.23 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £51.89
% change year-on-year -40.82% -18.10% +16.87%

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 29 December 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 29 December 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 -96 61 £526 -12.31% 124
UK excluding London -42 33 £500 -13.04% 90
London -63 31 £550 -12.70% 40
Work from Home -20 19 £525 -8.70% 124
North of England -37 10 £527 +17.17% 19
South East -7 8 £438 -20.45% 35
Midlands -49 6 £450 -25.08% 15
East Midlands -22 5 £449 -25.17% 7
Yorkshire -40 5 £600 +33.33% 7
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 1
South West -6 3 £800 +23.08% 8
North West - 3 £458 - 12
North East - 2 £545 -
Scotland - 2 £550 - 1
West Midlands -34 1 £500 - 7

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 (2.90%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.45%) Confluence
2 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (10.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (7.25%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (7.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.90%) SAP CO
1 2 (2.90%) SAP FI
1 2 (2.90%) SAP FI/CO
1 2 (2.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.45%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 10 (14.49%) Azure
2 9 (13.04%) AWS
3 4 (5.80%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (4.35%) Entra ID
4 3 (4.35%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.90%) GCP
5 2 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.90%) SaaS
6 1 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.45%) GitHub
6 1 (1.45%) Google Ads
6 1 (1.45%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.45%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.25%) Firewall
1 5 (7.25%) Network Security
2 1 (1.45%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.35%) Power BI
2 2 (2.90%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (7.25%) JIRA
General
1 30 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 23 (33.33%) Finance
3 14 (20.29%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (14.49%) Public Sector
5 6 (8.70%) Banking
5 6 (8.70%) Legal
6 4 (5.80%) Financial Institution
6 4 (5.80%) Local Government
7 2 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.90%) Law
7 2 (2.90%) Marketing
7 2 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.90%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.45%) Police
8 1 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.45%) Private Banking
8 1 (1.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (15.94%) Consultant
2 8 (11.59%) Analyst
2 8 (11.59%) Lead
3 7 (10.14%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 6 (8.70%) Tester
5 5 (7.25%) Architect
5 5 (7.25%) Head of Information Security
5 5 (7.25%) Head of Security
5 5 (7.25%) Security Consultant
6 4 (5.80%) Head of Information
6 4 (5.80%) Security Analyst
6 4 (5.80%) Security Architect
6 4 (5.80%) Security Engineer
6 4 (5.80%) Security Specialist
6 4 (5.80%) Senior
7 3 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Specialist
7 3 (4.35%) Risk Analyst
8 2 (2.90%) Audit Manager
8 2 (2.90%) IT Risk Analyst
8 2 (2.90%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.80%) SailPoint
2 2 (2.90%) Flash
2 2 (2.90%) Smart Contracts
3 1 (1.45%) LDAP
3 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.45%) OAuth
3 1 (1.45%) SAML
3 1 (1.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.59%) Management Information System
2 6 (8.70%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (8.70%) Security Posture
3 4 (5.80%) Cyber Security Posture
3 4 (5.80%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (4.35%) Cloud Native
4 3 (4.35%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.90%) Blockchain
5 2 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.90%) Robotics
5 2 (2.90%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.45%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (47.83%) Cybersecurity
1 33 (47.83%) Information Security
2 23 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 18 (26.09%) Incident Response
4 16 (23.19%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (17.39%) Cloud Security
6 11 (15.94%) Data Protection
6 11 (15.94%) SIEM
7 10 (14.49%) Computer Science
7 10 (14.49%) IT Audit
7 10 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (14.49%) Regulatory Compliance
7 10 (14.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 9 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (13.04%) Risk Assessment
8 9 (13.04%) Roadmaps
9 8 (11.59%) SABSA
10 7 (10.14%) Agile
10 7 (10.14%) Vulnerability Management
11 6 (8.70%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.90%) PowerShell
1 2 (2.90%) Rust
1 2 (2.90%) Solidity
1 2 (2.90%) SQL
2 1 (1.45%) Java
2 1 (1.45%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 53 (76.81%) CISM
2 50 (72.46%) CISSP
3 22 (31.88%) Degree
4 15 (21.74%) CRISC
5 14 (20.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 11 (15.94%) Security Cleared
7 8 (11.59%) SC Cleared
8 6 (8.70%) CEH
9 5 (7.25%) GSEC
10 4 (5.80%) SANS
11 3 (4.35%) CIMA
11 3 (4.35%) GIAC
11 3 (4.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 3 (4.35%) Master's Degree
11 3 (4.35%) SSCP
12 2 (2.90%) ACCA
12 2 (2.90%) CCSK
12 2 (2.90%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (2.90%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (66.67%) NIST
2 43 (62.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (28.99%) COBIT
3 20 (28.99%) GDPR
4 13 (18.84%) GRC
5 10 (14.49%) NIST 800
6 9 (13.04%) PCI DSS
7 8 (11.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (5.80%) HIPAA
9 4 (5.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (4.35%) NCSC
11 2 (2.90%) GxP
11 2 (2.90%) IFRS
11 2 (2.90%) ISO 31000
11 2 (2.90%) ITGC
11 2 (2.90%) JSP 440
11 2 (2.90%) SOC 2
12 1 (1.45%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (1.45%) COSO
System Software
1 2 (2.90%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (10.14%) QRadar
2 5 (7.25%) RSA Archer
3 4 (5.80%) CSIRT
4 2 (2.90%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (20.29%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.14%) Splunk
3 5 (7.25%) Rapid7
3 5 (7.25%) ServiceNow
4 4 (5.80%) Fortinet
5 3 (4.35%) ArcSight
5 3 (4.35%) SAP
6 2 (2.90%) Alteryx
7 1 (1.45%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.45%) Qualys
7 1 (1.45%) Tenable
7 1 (1.45%) Workday