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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 589 474 454
Rank change year-on-year -115 -20 +52
Contract jobs citing CISA 76 78 117
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.24% 0.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.46% 0.78% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 47 77
10th Percentile £450 £375 £400
25th Percentile £500 £419 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £738
90th Percentile £740 £738 £785
UK excluding London median daily rate £460 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -8.00% -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 16,518 10,025 12,378
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.33% 30.76% 29.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,028 6,216 7,798
10th Percentile £350 £275 £310
25th Percentile £430 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.38% -0.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £620 £638
90th Percentile £713 £703 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,196 738 985
10th Percentile £17.87 £17.87 £14.16
25th Percentile £25.75 £19.38 £20.75
Median hourly rate £52.25 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +107.75% -41.51% -25.00%
75th Percentile £73.00 £56.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.81 £75.00 £75.24
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +98.81% -41.51% -21.82%

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 21 July 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 21 July 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 -88 68 £575 +9.52% 37
London -53 49 £600 +9.09% 17
Work from Home -51 32 £575 +27.78% 13
UK excluding London -120 18 £460 -8.00% 23
North of England - 9 £450 - 9
South West -41 3 £488 -27.78% 4
North East - 3 £450 - 1
North West - 3 £490 - 4
Yorkshire - 3 £550 - 4
East Midlands -13 2 £575 +23.66%
Scotland -19 2 £460 +5.75% 2
Midlands -57 2 £575 +9.52% 2
South East -72 2 £535 +12.63% 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 (1.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (6.58%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (6.58%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 20 (26.32%) Azure
2 15 (19.74%) AWS
3 6 (7.89%) GCP
4 3 (3.95%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.95%) SaaS
5 2 (2.63%) Akamai
5 2 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.32%) AWS Control Tower
6 1 (1.32%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.32%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.32%) Datadog
6 1 (1.32%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.32%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.63%) Firewall
2 1 (1.32%) Internet
2 1 (1.32%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.32%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.95%) Db2
1 3 (3.95%) Power BI
2 1 (1.32%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.63%) Burp Suite
1 2 (2.63%) JIRA
1 2 (2.63%) Snyk
General
1 28 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 23 (30.26%) Finance
3 21 (27.63%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (15.79%) Legal
5 9 (11.84%) Banking
6 8 (10.53%) Financial Institution
7 6 (7.89%) Public Sector
8 4 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (2.63%) Police
10 2 (2.63%) Retail
11 1 (1.32%) Aerospace
11 1 (1.32%) Back Office
11 1 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.32%) Front Office
11 1 (1.32%) Health Technology
11 1 (1.32%) Investment Banking
11 1 (1.32%) Marketing
11 1 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.32%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (25.00%) Architect
2 14 (18.42%) Analyst
2 14 (18.42%) Senior
3 13 (17.11%) Security Architect
4 10 (13.16%) IT Manager
5 9 (11.84%) Consultant
6 8 (10.53%) Audit Manager
6 8 (10.53%) IT Audit Manager
6 8 (10.53%) Senior Manager
7 7 (9.21%) Risk Analyst
7 7 (9.21%) Senior Audit Manager
7 7 (9.21%) Senior IT Audit Manager
7 7 (9.21%) Senior IT Manager
8 6 (7.89%) Information Architect
8 6 (7.89%) Information Security Architect
8 6 (7.89%) Security Engineer
9 5 (6.58%) Security Analyst
9 5 (6.58%) Security Consultant
9 5 (6.58%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (6.58%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.32%) Azure Blueprints
1 1 (1.32%) LDAP
1 1 (1.32%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.53%) Management Information System
1 8 (10.53%) Operational Technology
2 6 (7.89%) Onboarding
3 5 (6.58%) Mainframe
3 5 (6.58%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 4 (5.26%) Security Posture
5 3 (3.95%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (3.95%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (3.95%) SCADA
5 3 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (3.95%) Virtual Team
6 2 (2.63%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.63%) PMI
6 2 (2.63%) Robotics
7 1 (1.32%) CESG
7 1 (1.32%) Clustering
7 1 (1.32%) Data Fabric
7 1 (1.32%) Fixed Income
7 1 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.32%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.26%) Windows
2 1 (1.32%) Alpine Linux
2 1 (1.32%) Linux
2 1 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.32%) Ubuntu
2 1 (1.32%) Unix
2 1 (1.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (43.42%) Risk Management
2 32 (42.11%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (42.11%) Information Security
3 20 (26.32%) Computer Science
3 20 (26.32%) Risk Assessment
4 19 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 18 (23.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 15 (19.74%) Regulatory Compliance
7 14 (18.42%) Continuous Improvement
8 13 (17.11%) Internal Audit
8 13 (17.11%) IT Audit
9 12 (15.79%) Decision-Making
9 12 (15.79%) Security Architecture
9 12 (15.79%) Vulnerability Management
10 11 (14.47%) Analytics
10 11 (14.47%) Cloud Security
11 10 (13.16%) AI
11 10 (13.16%) Data Protection
12 9 (11.84%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.95%) PowerShell
1 3 (3.95%) Python
2 1 (1.32%) Bash
2 1 (1.32%) Bicep
2 1 (1.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (80.26%) CISSP
2 36 (47.37%) Degree
3 32 (42.11%) CISM
4 24 (31.58%) CRISC
5 15 (19.74%) Security Cleared
6 14 (18.42%) CEH
6 14 (18.42%) SC Cleared
7 12 (15.79%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (14.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 10 (13.16%) GIAC
10 8 (10.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 8 (10.53%) OSCP
11 7 (9.21%) Master's Degree
12 6 (7.89%) SANS
13 5 (6.58%) CCSP
13 5 (6.58%) CompTIA Security+
13 5 (6.58%) GPEN
13 5 (6.58%) PMI Certification
14 3 (3.95%) CSSLP
14 3 (3.95%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (48.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (44.74%) NIST
3 22 (28.95%) GRC
4 12 (15.79%) GDPR
5 11 (14.47%) PCI DSS
6 7 (9.21%) NIST 800
7 6 (7.89%) COBIT
7 6 (7.89%) ITGC
7 6 (7.89%) NCSC
7 6 (7.89%) PMO
7 6 (7.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (7.89%) SOC 2
8 5 (6.58%) SEPA
9 3 (3.95%) HIPAA
9 3 (3.95%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (3.95%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 2 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (2.63%) ISO 31000
10 2 (2.63%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.32%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.32%) BitLocker
1 1 (1.32%) Docker
1 1 (1.32%) RACF
Systems Management
1 1 (1.32%) Ansible
1 1 (1.32%) CASB
1 1 (1.32%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.32%) SCCM
1 1 (1.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (13.16%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.26%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (3.95%) Qualys
3 3 (3.95%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.63%) Google
4 2 (2.63%) IBM
4 2 (2.63%) Oracle
4 2 (2.63%) Splunk
5 1 (1.32%) BeyondTrust
5 1 (1.32%) BMC
5 1 (1.32%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.32%) Okta
5 1 (1.32%) Planview
5 1 (1.32%) Rapid7
5 1 (1.32%) SAP
5 1 (1.32%) Tenable
5 1 (1.32%) TOWER Software
5 1 (1.32%) Zscaler