Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for IISP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - - 856
Rank change year-on-year - - -173
Contract jobs citing IISP 0 0 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK - - 0.008%
As % of the Qualifications category - - 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £683
25th Percentile - - £713
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £770
Median % change year-on-year - - +28.33%
75th Percentile - - £788
90th Percentile - - £795
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £775
% change year-on-year - - +31.91%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

IISP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,178 16,121 19,056
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.53% 27.29% 21.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,130 10,752 12,590
10th Percentile £300 £330 £330
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £626
90th Percentile £744 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £530 £500
% change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,075 841 765
10th Percentile £13.86 £15.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.84 £20.00 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +27.06% +12.88%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £66.86
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £49.72 £34.38
% change year-on-year -17.66% +44.65% -0.48%

IISP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IISP in the UK

IISP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for IISP in the UK