Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for FISMA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited FISMA over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 6 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 710 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing FISMA | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | 0.010% | - |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | 0.076% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £600 | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | £600 | - |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK
FISMA is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 6,207 | 7,903 | 11,785 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 14.30% | 13.38% | 13.28% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,942 | 5,432 | 8,083 |
| 10th Percentile | £297 | £280 | £295 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £413 | £404 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £510 | £525 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.86% | +2.44% | +7.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £623 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £738 | £713 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £487 | £479 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.62% | +6.44% | +5.88% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 383 | 237 | 299 |
| 10th Percentile | £10.95 | £13.29 | £12.02 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.18 | £18.50 | £16.38 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.00 | £35.00 | £28.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -40.00% | +25.00% | +33.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £45.00 | £60.00 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £67.50 | £77.50 | £66.20 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £18.00 | £32.50 | £21.05 |
| % change year-on-year | -44.62% | +54.39% | - |
FISMA
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing FISMA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
FISMA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing FISMA.