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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 604 476 456
Rank change year-on-year -128 -20 +5
Contract jobs citing CISA 81 84 101
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.25% 0.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.48% 0.82% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 56 67
10th Percentile £428 £409 £360
25th Percentile £500 £425 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £526 £575
Median % change year-on-year +6.89% -8.48% +9.52%
75th Percentile £659 £700 £681
90th Percentile £825 £819 £809
UK excluding London median daily rate £501 £483 £550
% change year-on-year +3.76% -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 16,913 10,304 11,457
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.38% 31.27% 29.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,307 6,385 7,210
10th Percentile £350 £297 £313
25th Percentile £437 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £638
90th Percentile £715 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £523 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,262 825 738
10th Percentile £17.42 £17.99 £15.10
25th Percentile £25.77 £18.87 £21.56
Median hourly rate £48.61 £25.15 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +93.28% -47.05% -13.64%
75th Percentile £72.54 £50.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £87.16 £71.37 £75.66
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.54 £25.15 £49.00
% change year-on-year +89.03% -48.67% -4.85%

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 August 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 29 August 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 -120 70 £575 +4.55% 215
London -76 45 £600 +4.35% 136
Work from Home -42 37 £575 +12.20% 112
UK excluding London -101 25 £501 +3.76% 112
North of England -59 13 £490 +7.10% 24
North West -54 7 £490 +7.10% 9
Yorkshire -39 5 £550 -8.33% 11
South East -65 5 £600 +45.45% 29
Scotland -22 3 £460 +5.75% 15
South West -45 3 £450 -37.93% 19
East Midlands -15 2 £575 +23.66% 1
Midlands -55 2 £575 +9.52% 10
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 (1.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.23%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 24 (29.63%) Azure
2 18 (22.22%) AWS
3 8 (9.88%) GCP
4 3 (3.70%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.47%) Akamai
5 2 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.47%) SaaS
6 1 (1.23%) AWS Control Tower
6 1 (1.23%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.23%) Datadog
6 1 (1.23%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.23%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.70%) Firewall
2 1 (1.23%) Broadband
2 1 (1.23%) Internet
2 1 (1.23%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.23%) VoIP
2 1 (1.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.70%) Db2
1 3 (3.70%) Power BI
2 2 (2.47%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.23%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.47%) Burp Suite
1 2 (2.47%) JIRA
1 2 (2.47%) Snyk
2 1 (1.23%) tSQLt
General
1 29 (35.80%) Finance
1 29 (35.80%) Social Skills
2 16 (19.75%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (14.81%) Legal
4 9 (11.11%) Banking
5 8 (9.88%) Financial Institution
5 8 (9.88%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (6.17%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.70%) Police
8 2 (2.47%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.47%) Retail
9 1 (1.23%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.23%) Back Office
9 1 (1.23%) Health Technology
9 1 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (27.16%) Architect
2 17 (20.99%) Senior
3 16 (19.75%) Security Architect
4 12 (14.81%) Analyst
5 11 (13.58%) Consultant
5 11 (13.58%) IT Manager
6 9 (11.11%) Audit Manager
6 9 (11.11%) IT Audit Manager
7 8 (9.88%) Senior Manager
8 7 (8.64%) Senior Audit Manager
8 7 (8.64%) Senior IT Audit Manager
8 7 (8.64%) Senior IT Manager
9 6 (7.41%) Information Architect
9 6 (7.41%) Information Security Architect
9 6 (7.41%) Risk Analyst
9 6 (7.41%) Security Engineer
10 5 (6.17%) Risk Consultant
10 5 (6.17%) Security Technical Architect
10 5 (6.17%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (6.17%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.23%) Azure Blueprints
1 1 (1.23%) LDAP
1 1 (1.23%) SailPoint
1 1 (1.23%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.64%) Management Information System
2 6 (7.41%) Operational Technology
2 6 (7.41%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 5 (6.17%) Mainframe
3 5 (6.17%) Virtual Team
4 4 (4.94%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (3.70%) Security Posture
5 3 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.47%) CESG
6 2 (2.47%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.47%) PMI
6 2 (2.47%) SCADA
7 1 (1.23%) Clustering
7 1 (1.23%) CMDB
7 1 (1.23%) Data Fabric
7 1 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.23%) PKI
7 1 (1.23%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.23%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.17%) Windows
2 3 (3.70%) Linux
3 1 (1.23%) Alpine Linux
3 1 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.23%) Ubuntu
3 1 (1.23%) Unix
3 1 (1.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (46.91%) Risk Management
2 34 (41.98%) Cybersecurity
3 30 (37.04%) Information Security
4 24 (29.63%) Stakeholder Management
5 19 (23.46%) Computer Science
5 19 (23.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 17 (20.99%) Risk Assessment
7 16 (19.75%) IT Audit
7 16 (19.75%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (17.28%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (17.28%) Security Architecture
9 13 (16.05%) Cloud Security
10 12 (14.81%) Analytics
10 12 (14.81%) Internal Audit
10 12 (14.81%) Regulatory Compliance
10 12 (14.81%) Vulnerability Management
11 11 (13.58%) Decision-Making
12 10 (12.35%) Incident Response
12 10 (12.35%) Remediation Plan
12 10 (12.35%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.70%) PowerShell
1 3 (3.70%) Python
2 2 (2.47%) SQL
3 1 (1.23%) Bash
3 1 (1.23%) Bicep
3 1 (1.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 60 (74.07%) CISSP
2 39 (48.15%) CISM
3 32 (39.51%) Degree
4 30 (37.04%) CRISC
5 19 (23.46%) Security Cleared
6 18 (22.22%) SC Cleared
7 14 (17.28%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (16.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 12 (14.81%) CEH
10 8 (9.88%) GIAC
10 8 (9.88%) OSCP
11 7 (8.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 7 (8.64%) SANS
12 6 (7.41%) CCSP
13 5 (6.17%) PMI Certification
14 4 (4.94%) CompTIA Security+
14 4 (4.94%) GPEN
15 3 (3.70%) AWS Certification
15 3 (3.70%) Master's Degree
15 3 (3.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (48.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (41.98%) NIST
3 23 (28.40%) GRC
4 11 (13.58%) GDPR
5 8 (9.88%) ITGC
5 8 (9.88%) PCI DSS
6 7 (8.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (7.41%) COBIT
7 6 (7.41%) NCSC
7 6 (7.41%) NIST 800
8 5 (6.17%) SEPA
9 4 (4.94%) HIPAA
10 3 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 2 (2.47%) PMO
11 2 (2.47%) SOC 2
12 1 (1.23%) EU AI Act
12 1 (1.23%) FedRAMP
12 1 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 1 (1.23%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.23%) BitLocker
1 1 (1.23%) Docker
1 1 (1.23%) RACF
Systems Management
1 2 (2.47%) CASB
2 1 (1.23%) Ansible
2 1 (1.23%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.23%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (9.88%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.94%) CrowdStrike
2 4 (4.94%) SAP
3 3 (3.70%) Google
3 3 (3.70%) Qualys
4 2 (2.47%) IBM
4 2 (2.47%) Oracle
4 2 (2.47%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.47%) Splunk
5 1 (1.23%) BeyondTrust
5 1 (1.23%) BMC
5 1 (1.23%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.23%) Okta
5 1 (1.23%) Planview
5 1 (1.23%) Rapid7
5 1 (1.23%) Tenable
5 1 (1.23%) TOWER Software
5 1 (1.23%) Zscaler