CISA Contracts

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 7 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 449 470 494
Rank change year-on-year +21 +24 +175
Contract jobs citing CISA 72 121 185
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.28% 0.33%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.79% 0.93% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 81 119
10th Percentile £363 £421 £463
25th Percentile £450 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £601 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year +0.21% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £675 £738 £750
90th Percentile £734 £775 £836
UK excluding London median daily rate £563 £550 £486
% change year-on-year +2.27% +13.17% -19.00%

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 9,103 12,966 15,176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.09% 29.87% 27.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,650 8,049 10,124
10th Percentile £275 £310 £338
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £527 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% -4.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £619 £644 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £531 £525
% change year-on-year -5.84% +1.14% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 550 1,108 748
10th Percentile £17.60 £13.86 £14.94
25th Percentile £22.27 £18.29 £21.25
Median hourly rate £32.00 £40.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -27.27% +24.36%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £68.75
90th Percentile £76.34 £76.25 £79.36
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.64 £40.97 £52.50
% change year-on-year -22.77% -21.96% +50.00%

CISA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CISA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CISA in the UK

CISA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISA.

Daily rate trend for CISA in the UK

CISA
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISA over the 6 months to 7 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISA in the UK

CISA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISA.

Hourly rate trend for CISA in the UK

CISA
Top 10 Contract 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 7 June 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 +36 64 £628 -3.46% 162
London +24 39 £650 - 95
UK excluding London +26 27 £563 +2.27% 102
Work from Home +42 26 £513 -14.58% 90
Midlands +15 9 £600 - 23
South East +48 8 £525 +1.20% 35
South West +39 7 £675 +30.12% 3
West Midlands - 7 £600 - 16
Scotland +7 3 £438 - 21
East Midlands +10 2 - - 7

CISA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (6.94%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.39%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 16 (22.22%) Azure
2 5 (6.94%) AWS
3 3 (4.17%) Entra ID
3 3 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.78%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (2.78%) GCP
5 1 (1.39%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.39%) OCI
5 1 (1.39%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 15 (20.83%) Firewall
2 6 (8.33%) VPN
3 5 (6.94%) Network Security
4 3 (4.17%) Cisco Firepower
4 3 (4.17%) SD-WAN
4 3 (4.17%) WAN
5 1 (1.39%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.39%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (2.78%) JIRA
2 1 (1.39%) Snyk
General
1 40 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 20 (27.78%) Finance
3 14 (19.44%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (13.89%) Legal
5 5 (6.94%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (6.94%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.17%) Banking
6 3 (4.17%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.78%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.78%) Retail Banking
7 2 (2.78%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.39%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.39%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.39%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.39%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (15.28%) Analyst
1 11 (15.28%) IT Manager
2 9 (12.50%) Architect
2 9 (12.50%) Risk Manager
2 9 (12.50%) Security Architect
3 8 (11.11%) Consultant
3 8 (11.11%) IT Risk Manager
4 6 (8.33%) Security Manager
5 5 (6.94%) Security Analyst
5 5 (6.94%) Senior
6 4 (5.56%) Auditor
6 4 (5.56%) Coordinator
6 4 (5.56%) Security Assurance Coordinator
6 4 (5.56%) Senior Architect
6 4 (5.56%) Senior Security Architect
6 4 (5.56%) Service Manager
7 3 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 3 (4.17%) Delivery Manager
7 3 (4.17%) Information Manager
7 3 (4.17%) Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.17%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 15 (20.83%) Management Information System
2 7 (9.72%) Data Centre
3 6 (8.33%) Security Posture
4 5 (6.94%) Operational Technology
5 3 (4.17%) PKI
6 2 (2.78%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.78%) Industry 4.0
6 2 (2.78%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.78%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.39%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.39%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.39%) PMI
7 1 (1.39%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.33%) Windows
2 4 (5.56%) Linux
3 3 (4.17%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (59.72%) Risk Management
2 25 (34.72%) Stakeholder Management
3 24 (33.33%) Information Security
4 20 (27.78%) Cybersecurity
5 12 (16.67%) Project Management
6 11 (15.28%) Computer Science
6 11 (15.28%) Incident Response
6 11 (15.28%) Security Architecture
6 11 (15.28%) Vulnerability Management
7 10 (13.89%) Cloud Security
8 9 (12.50%) Agile
8 9 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (12.50%) Security Management
8 9 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
9 8 (11.11%) SABSA
10 7 (9.72%) Remediation Plan
10 7 (9.72%) SIEM
11 6 (8.33%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.17%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.78%) Python
2 2 (2.78%) SQL
3 1 (1.39%) Bash
3 1 (1.39%) PHP
3 1 (1.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 56 (77.78%) CISSP
2 47 (65.28%) CISM
3 30 (41.67%) Degree
4 25 (34.72%) CRISC
5 12 (16.67%) GIAC
6 11 (15.28%) Security Cleared
7 10 (13.89%) SANS
8 9 (12.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 8 (11.11%) SC Cleared
10 6 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (6.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 5 (6.94%) CCSK
11 5 (6.94%) DV Cleared
11 5 (6.94%) ISACA
11 5 (6.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 5 (6.94%) Master's Degree
12 4 (5.56%) CESG Certified Professional
12 4 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (5.56%) PMI Certification
12 4 (5.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (48.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (43.06%) NIST
3 13 (18.06%) GRC
4 12 (16.67%) NIST 800
5 11 (15.28%) GDPR
6 9 (12.50%) PCI DSS
6 9 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (6.94%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (6.94%) JSP 440
8 4 (5.56%) ITGC
8 4 (5.56%) RMADS
8 4 (5.56%) SOC 2
9 3 (4.17%) COBIT
10 2 (2.78%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (2.78%) COSO
10 2 (2.78%) SOX 404
11 1 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (1.39%) FedRAMP
11 1 (1.39%) HIPAA
11 1 (1.39%) NCSC
System Software
1 6 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (5.56%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.17%) FortiGate
3 2 (2.78%) QRadar
3 2 (2.78%) RSA Archer
4 1 (1.39%) Ansible
4 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.39%) OPNET
4 1 (1.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (8.33%) Tenable
2 5 (6.94%) Microsoft
3 4 (5.56%) Cisco
3 4 (5.56%) ServiceNow
3 4 (5.56%) SolarWinds
4 3 (4.17%) CyberArk
4 3 (4.17%) Oracle
4 3 (4.17%) SAP
4 3 (4.17%) Splunk
4 3 (4.17%) Zscaler
5 1 (1.39%) Carbon Black
5 1 (1.39%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.39%) Proofpoint
5 1 (1.39%) Qualys
5 1 (1.39%) Rapid7
5 1 (1.39%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.39%) Tanium
5 1 (1.39%) Veracode