ISACA Contracts

Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for ISACA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 510 563 700
Rank change year-on-year +53 +137 +130
Contract jobs citing ISACA 10 19 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.034% 0.044% 0.030%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.11% 0.14% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 9
10th Percentile £400 - £513
25th Percentile £438 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.54%
75th Percentile £581 - £619
90th Percentile £615 - £630
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 - £584
% change year-on-year - - -10.15%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

ISACA 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 8,993 13,316 16,299
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.72% 30.57% 27.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,686 8,190 10,861
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 £743 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £501 £533 £530
% change year-on-year -6.10% +0.57% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 509 1,076 849
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.87 £15.25
25th Percentile £22.00 £17.88 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%
75th Percentile £66.00 £61.60 £68.25
90th Percentile £80.20 £75.24 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £40.94 £49.57
% change year-on-year +3.81% -17.41% +53.14%

ISACA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for ISACA in the UK

ISACA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for ISACA in the UK

ISACA
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISACA over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISACA in the UK

ISACA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for ISACA in the UK

ISACA
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISACA within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
UK excluding London +54 9 £500 - 10
England +45 7 £538 - 21
South West +41 3 £538 -
South East +40 2 - - 5
Midlands - 2 - - 4
West Midlands - 2 - - 4
Scotland - 2 £500 -
Work from Home - 1 £625 - 4

ISACA
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 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 3 (30.00%) Firewall
2 2 (20.00%) Network Security
3 1 (10.00%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (10.00%) Finance
4 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Delivery Manager
1 3 (30.00%) Service Delivery Manager
1 3 (30.00%) Service Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Security Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Contracts Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Head of Architecture
3 1 (10.00%) Head of Mobile
3 1 (10.00%) Head of Networks
3 1 (10.00%) Head of Security
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Lead Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Officer
3 1 (10.00%) Security Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) CESG
1 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (70.00%) Risk Management
2 5 (50.00%) ITIL
3 4 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 3 (30.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 3 (30.00%) Information Security
4 3 (30.00%) Problem Management
4 3 (30.00%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (30.00%) Risk Register
4 3 (30.00%) Security Management
4 3 (30.00%) Service Delivery
4 3 (30.00%) SIEM
4 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (20.00%) Conflict Resolution
5 2 (20.00%) IT Asset Management
5 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
5 2 (20.00%) Security Operations
5 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) CISA
1 6 (60.00%) CISM
1 6 (60.00%) CISSP
1 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (30.00%) GIAC
3 3 (30.00%) SANS
4 2 (20.00%) CRISC
4 2 (20.00%) Degree
5 1 (10.00%) CEH
5 1 (10.00%) CISMP
5 1 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (10.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) GDPR
1 3 (30.00%) NIST
2 2 (20.00%) COBIT
2 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (10.00%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (10.00%) HIPAA
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Cisco
1 3 (30.00%) Tenable
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft