ISA Server Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring ISA Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 677 546 572
Rank change year-on-year -131 +26 +65
Contract jobs citing ISA Server 4 13 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.007% 0.039% 0.003%
As % of the System Software category 0.074% 0.33% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 13 1
10th Percentile - £533 -
25th Percentile £525 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -16.00%
75th Percentile £600 - £538
90th Percentile £645 £630 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -16.00%

All System Software Skills
UK

ISA Server falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 5,413 3,890 4,378
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.90% 11.81% 11.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,548 2,455 2,943
10th Percentile £220 £219 £213
25th Percentile £400 £376 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.20%
75th Percentile £590 £588 £607
90th Percentile £675 £669 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +0.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 251 112 112
10th Percentile £15.81 £13.75 £14.16
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.87 £17.44
Median hourly rate £63.14 £33.39 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year +89.11% +37.10% -51.30%
75th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £60.53
90th Percentile £92.11 £91.35 £74.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year - +136.36% -30.56%

ISA Server
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISA Server relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

ISA Server job vacancy trend in the UK

ISA Server
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISA Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISA Server

ISA Server
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISA Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISA Server

ISA Server
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISA Server within the UK over the 6 months to 17 September 2026. 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 -136 4 £550 -8.33%
South East -80 3 £550 -8.33%
UK excluding London -122 3 £550 -8.33% 1
London - 1 £650 -
Work from Home - 1 £650 -

ISA Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) AWS
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Security Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Security Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Security Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Operations Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Security Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Data Centre
1 3 (75.00%) Embedded Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (75.00%) Mobile Payment
1 3 (75.00%) Public Cloud
1 3 (75.00%) Smartcard
2 1 (25.00%) Industry 4.0
2 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Change Control
2 3 (75.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (75.00%) Contingency Planning
2 3 (75.00%) Data Privacy
2 3 (75.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 3 (75.00%) Mathematics
2 3 (75.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (75.00%) Quality Management
2 3 (75.00%) Security Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) Security Management
2 3 (75.00%) Security Monitoring
2 3 (75.00%) TOGAF
2 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 3 (75.00%) CCSP
1 3 (75.00%) CISA
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (75.00%) CISM
1 3 (75.00%) CISSP
1 3 (75.00%) CLAS
1 3 (75.00%) CREST Certified
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
1 3 (75.00%) IISP
2 1 (25.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) GDPR
1 3 (75.00%) GRC
1 3 (75.00%) ISO 31000
1 3 (75.00%) ISO 9001
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
1 3 (75.00%) NIST
1 3 (75.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) CASB
2 1 (25.00%) MOM
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Centrify
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (75.00%) F5
2 3 (75.00%) Google
2 3 (75.00%) Qualys
2 3 (75.00%) Splunk
2 3 (75.00%) Tripwire
3 1 (25.00%) AVEVA
3 1 (25.00%) Siemens