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

6 months to
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 472 529 519
Rank change year-on-year +57 -10 +181
Contract jobs citing CRISC 67 51 172
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.12% 0.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.72% 0.39% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 36 127
10th Percentile £407 £448 £452
25th Percentile £526 £505 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £601 £613 £650
Median % change year-on-year -1.84% -5.77% +8.33%
75th Percentile £703 £825 £750
90th Percentile £950 £875 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.82% +4.76% -11.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £70.24 - -
25th Percentile £72.40 - -
Median hourly rate £78.40 - -
75th Percentile £82.00 - -
90th Percentile £82.72 - -
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 9,345 12,964 14,935
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.13% 29.71% 26.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,776 8,005 9,912
10th Percentile £275 £313 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £533 £525
% change year-on-year -6.19% +1.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 618 1,128 736
10th Percentile £17.87 £14.00 £15.23
25th Percentile £20.24 £19.13 £22.21
Median hourly rate £29.26 £40.29 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.37% -26.75% +23.60%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.25 £68.75
90th Percentile £76.25 £75.55 £79.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.94 £42.50 £53.67
% change year-on-year -34.26% -20.80% +53.33%

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 23 June 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
Top 13 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 23 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 +78 50 £575 -7.07% 270
London +56 35 £550 -21.43% 158
UK excluding London +46 22 £535 -2.82% 135
Work from Home +24 12 £566 +2.95% 113
Scotland +5 6 £526 - 14
South West +48 4 £538 +13.16% 18
Midlands +9 4 - - 21
East Midlands - 4 - - 3
South East +46 3 £600 +11.11% 40
North of England +16 3 £534 +11.25% 24
North East - 2 £534 - 1
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 5
North West +1 1 £725 +51.04% 17

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 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (19.40%) Azure
2 7 (10.45%) AWS
3 5 (7.46%) IaaS
3 5 (7.46%) PaaS
3 5 (7.46%) SaaS
4 4 (5.97%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (4.48%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.99%) GCP
7 1 (1.49%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (13.43%) Firewall
2 6 (8.96%) Network Security
3 3 (4.48%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (4.48%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.49%) Oracle Database
General
1 29 (43.28%) Finance
1 29 (43.28%) Social Skills
2 10 (14.93%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (14.93%) Legal
3 4 (5.97%) Banking
4 3 (4.48%) Retail Banking
4 3 (4.48%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.49%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (25.37%) Consultant
2 13 (19.40%) Security Manager
3 12 (17.91%) Security Consultant
3 12 (17.91%) Senior
4 8 (11.94%) Information Manager
4 8 (11.94%) Information Security Consultant
4 8 (11.94%) Information Security Manager
4 8 (11.94%) IT Manager
5 7 (10.45%) Analyst
6 6 (8.96%) Architect
6 6 (8.96%) Security Architect
7 5 (7.46%) IT Risk Manager
7 5 (7.46%) Risk Manager
7 5 (7.46%) Senior Consultant
8 4 (5.97%) Security Analyst
8 4 (5.97%) Senior Architect
8 4 (5.97%) Senior Security Architect
9 3 (4.48%) Governance Analyst
9 3 (4.48%) Information Security Engineer
9 3 (4.48%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.48%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 15 (22.39%) Security Posture
2 6 (8.96%) Management Information System
3 5 (7.46%) PKI
4 4 (5.97%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.99%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.99%) Low-Code
5 2 (2.99%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.49%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.49%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.97%) Windows
2 3 (4.48%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.49%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (67.16%) Risk Management
2 29 (43.28%) Information Security
3 26 (38.81%) Cybersecurity
4 20 (29.85%) Stakeholder Management
5 15 (22.39%) Incident Response
6 13 (19.40%) Security Architecture
7 11 (16.42%) Computer Science
7 11 (16.42%) Risk Assessment
8 10 (14.93%) Cloud Security
8 10 (14.93%) Remediation Plan
9 9 (13.43%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (10.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 7 (10.45%) Vulnerability Management
11 6 (8.96%) Identity Access Management
11 6 (8.96%) ITIL
11 6 (8.96%) Project Management
11 6 (8.96%) Regulatory Change
11 6 (8.96%) Regulatory Compliance
11 6 (8.96%) SABSA
12 5 (7.46%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.48%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.49%) SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (76.12%) CISSP
2 48 (71.64%) CISM
3 24 (35.82%) CISA
4 17 (25.37%) Degree
5 14 (20.90%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (17.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 8 (11.94%) GIAC
8 5 (7.46%) CCSK
8 5 (7.46%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (7.46%) PMI Certification
8 5 (7.46%) PMP
8 5 (7.46%) SANS
8 5 (7.46%) Security Cleared
9 4 (5.97%) AWS Certification
9 4 (5.97%) Azure Certification
9 4 (5.97%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (5.97%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (4.48%) SC Cleared
11 2 (2.99%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (43.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 29 (43.28%) NIST
2 16 (23.88%) GDPR
3 13 (19.40%) GRC
4 10 (14.93%) HIPAA
5 8 (11.94%) PCI DSS
6 7 (10.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (7.46%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (7.46%) ITGC
7 5 (7.46%) NIST 800
7 5 (7.46%) SOC 2
8 4 (5.97%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 2 (2.99%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (2.99%) COBIT
9 2 (2.99%) PMO
9 2 (2.99%) SOX 404
10 1 (1.49%) COSO
10 1 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (1.49%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 3 (4.48%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (5.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.48%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (16.42%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.48%) CyberArk
2 3 (4.48%) SAP
2 3 (4.48%) Zscaler
3 2 (2.99%) Oracle
4 1 (1.49%) Proofpoint