CRISC Contracts

ISACA Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CRISC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 450 530 557
Rank change year-on-year +80 +27 +131
Contract jobs citing CRISC 69 70 156
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.16% 0.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.77% 0.52% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 46 116
10th Percentile £421 £421 £469
25th Percentile £529 £488 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £614 £563 £650
Median % change year-on-year +9.11% -13.46% +8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £825 £741
90th Percentile £950 £875 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £535 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +12.53% -13.64% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £73.12 - -
25th Percentile £79.60 - £39.25
Median hourly rate £83.20 - £40.50
75th Percentile £86.15 - £41.75
90th Percentile £91.46 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £83.20 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CRISC 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 8,989 13,363 16,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.75% 30.65% 27.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,678 8,219 10,866
10th Percentile £288 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £707 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £501 £530 £530
% change year-on-year -5.57% - +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 516 1,077 849
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.87 £15.25
25th Percentile £22.00 £17.88 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.72 £40.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.79% -25.93% +29.75%
75th Percentile £66.00 £61.60 £68.25
90th Percentile £80.34 £75.25 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £40.94 £49.57
% change year-on-year +9.92% -17.41% +55.44%

CRISC
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CRISC in the UK

CRISC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for CRISC in the UK

CRISC
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CRISC over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CRISC in the UK

CRISC
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for CRISC in the UK

CRISC
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CRISC over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CRISC in the UK

CRISC
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CRISC within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +59 54 £600 +4.35% 75
London +40 42 £640 -14.67% 36
UK excluding London +49 19 £535 +12.53% 42
Work from Home +45 15 £625 +21.95% 21
Scotland +9 5 £526 - 4
South West +43 4 £538 +13.16% 6
South East +38 4 £600 +20.00% 8
North of England +28 2 £534 +33.50% 14
Midlands +24 2 - - 7
North East - 2 £534 -
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
East Midlands - 2 - - 1

CRISC
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:

Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (21.74%) Azure
2 9 (13.04%) AWS
3 5 (7.25%) IaaS
3 5 (7.25%) PaaS
3 5 (7.25%) SaaS
4 4 (5.80%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (4.35%) Entra ID
5 3 (4.35%) GCP
6 2 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.70%) Firewall
2 3 (4.35%) Network Security
2 3 (4.35%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.45%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) GitLab
1 1 (1.45%) Jenkins
General
1 36 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 32 (46.38%) Finance
3 9 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (13.04%) Legal
4 5 (7.25%) Banking
5 4 (5.80%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (4.35%) Retail Banking
6 3 (4.35%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.45%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.45%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 20 (28.99%) Consultant
2 15 (21.74%) Security Consultant
3 12 (17.39%) Senior
4 10 (14.49%) IT Manager
5 9 (13.04%) Architect
5 9 (13.04%) Security Architect
5 9 (13.04%) Security Manager
6 8 (11.59%) Information Security Consultant
6 8 (11.59%) IT Risk Manager
6 8 (11.59%) Risk Manager
7 7 (10.14%) Information Manager
7 7 (10.14%) Information Security Manager
8 5 (7.25%) Analyst
8 5 (7.25%) Senior Consultant
9 4 (5.80%) Information Security Engineer
9 4 (5.80%) Security Engineer
9 4 (5.80%) Senior Architect
9 4 (5.80%) Senior Security Architect
10 3 (4.35%) Business Analyst
11 2 (2.90%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.35%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 16 (23.19%) Security Posture
2 5 (7.25%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.25%) Operational Technology
2 5 (7.25%) PKI
3 3 (4.35%) Cyberattack
3 3 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (4.35%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.90%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.45%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.80%) Windows
2 3 (4.35%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (69.57%) Risk Management
2 25 (36.23%) Information Security
2 25 (36.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 24 (34.78%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (23.19%) Incident Response
5 14 (20.29%) Risk Assessment
6 12 (17.39%) Security Architecture
7 10 (14.49%) Cloud Security
7 10 (14.49%) Computer Science
7 10 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (11.59%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (10.14%) Remediation Plan
10 6 (8.70%) Identity Access Management
10 6 (8.70%) ITIL
10 6 (8.70%) Regulatory Change
10 6 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 6 (8.70%) Vulnerability Management
11 5 (7.25%) Change Management
11 5 (7.25%) GAP Analysis
11 5 (7.25%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.35%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 54 (78.26%) CISSP
2 49 (71.01%) CISM
3 28 (40.58%) CISA
4 19 (27.54%) Degree
5 14 (20.29%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (17.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 6 (8.70%) GIAC
7 6 (8.70%) Security Cleared
8 5 (7.25%) CCSK
8 5 (7.25%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (7.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (7.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 5 (7.25%) SANS
9 4 (5.80%) AWS Certification
9 4 (5.80%) Azure Certification
9 4 (5.80%) PMP
9 4 (5.80%) SC Cleared
10 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (4.35%) PMI Certification
11 2 (2.90%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (47.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (46.38%) NIST
3 14 (20.29%) GDPR
4 12 (17.39%) GRC
5 10 (14.49%) HIPAA
6 8 (11.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (10.14%) PCI DSS
8 5 (7.25%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 5 (7.25%) ITGC
8 5 (7.25%) NIST 800
8 5 (7.25%) SOC 2
9 4 (5.80%) COBIT
9 4 (5.80%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (2.90%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (2.90%) SOX 404
11 1 (1.45%) COSO
11 1 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (1.45%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 3 (4.35%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.35%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.45%) Puppet
Vendors
1 10 (14.49%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.35%) CyberArk
2 3 (4.35%) SAP
2 3 (4.35%) Zscaler
3 2 (2.90%) Oracle