CISSP Contracts in the West Midlands

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for CISSP 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 73 93 111
Rank change year-on-year +20 +18 +53
Contract jobs citing CISSP 24 18 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.78% 0.92% 1.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.78% 2.81% 4.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 16 22
10th Percentile £410 £585 £501
25th Percentile £450 £608 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £626 £613
Median % change year-on-year -4.19% +2.24% +13.95%
75th Percentile £651 £638 £750
90th Percentile £788 £698 £800
England median daily rate £625 £600 £648
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.34% +7.92%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

CISSP 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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 415 641 641
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 30.86% 32.92% 26.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 406 394
10th Percentile £150 £269 £313
25th Percentile £293 £358 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £450 £528
Median % change year-on-year +10.56% -14.69% +12.53%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £606
90th Percentile £700 £675 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 35 27
10th Percentile £16.97 £14.00 £11.60
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.16 £13.31
Median hourly rate £28.18 £28.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.12% +50.00% +1.33%
75th Percentile £41.97 £49.38 £24.16
90th Percentile £59.40 £58.75 £60.90
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing CISSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in the West Midlands

CISSP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISSP in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for CISSP in the West Midlands

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISSP in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in the West Midlands

CISSP
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the West Midlands region 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
Birmingham +23 9 £620 +7.83% 12
Warwickshire +9 7 £450 -40.00% 5
Coventry +9 2 - - 2
Shropshire - 1 £500 -
CISSP
England

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.83%) Azure
2 2 (8.33%) Akamai
2 2 (8.33%) Cloudflare
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.17%) AWS
3 1 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.17%) GCP
3 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (41.67%) Firewall
2 2 (8.33%) Cisco Firepower
2 2 (8.33%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (8.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (8.33%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (16.67%) JIRA
2 3 (12.50%) Git
2 3 (12.50%) GitLab
2 3 (12.50%) Jenkins
2 3 (12.50%) JMeter
2 3 (12.50%) Postman
2 3 (12.50%) REST Assured
2 3 (12.50%) Selenium
2 3 (12.50%) TestNG
2 3 (12.50%) Travis CI
General
1 13 (54.17%) Social Skills
2 7 (29.17%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Finance
3 2 (8.33%) Legal
4 1 (4.17%) Banking
4 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Financial Institution
4 1 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (33.33%) Architect
2 6 (25.00%) Security Architect
3 3 (12.50%) Applications Architect
3 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Security Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Senior
3 3 (12.50%) Senior Architect
3 3 (12.50%) Senior Security Architect
4 2 (8.33%) Consultant
4 2 (8.33%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Head of Cybersecurity
4 2 (8.33%) Project Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 2 (8.33%) Service Delivery Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Service Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Tester
5 1 (4.17%) IT Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Security Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.50%) Apache Axis
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (12.50%) Security Posture
3 2 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (8.33%) Onboarding
3 2 (8.33%) Operational Technology
4 1 (4.17%) CCTV
4 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.17%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (4.17%) Public Cloud
4 1 (4.17%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Windows
2 3 (12.50%) Windows Server
2 3 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (8.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (58.33%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (45.83%) SIEM
4 8 (33.33%) Risk Management
5 7 (29.17%) Agile
5 7 (29.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
6 6 (25.00%) Design Patterns
6 6 (25.00%) Incident Response
6 6 (25.00%) Information Security
6 6 (25.00%) ITIL
7 5 (20.83%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (20.83%) Computer Science
7 5 (20.83%) Data Protection
7 5 (20.83%) DevSecOps
7 5 (20.83%) Security Testing
8 4 (16.67%) CI/CD
8 4 (16.67%) DevOps
8 4 (16.67%) Security Operations
8 4 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (41.67%) Python
2 6 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 5 (20.83%) SQL
4 4 (16.67%) Bash
5 3 (12.50%) C#
5 3 (12.50%) Java
5 3 (12.50%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 10 (41.67%) CEH
1 10 (41.67%) CISM
1 10 (41.67%) Degree
2 6 (25.00%) CISA
3 5 (20.83%) GIAC
3 5 (20.83%) SC Cleared
3 5 (20.83%) Security Cleared
4 4 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (16.67%) SANS
5 3 (12.50%) ISTQB
5 3 (12.50%) Master's Degree
5 3 (12.50%) PMI Certification
5 3 (12.50%) PMP
6 2 (8.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (8.33%) CCSP
6 2 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (8.33%) ISACA
7 1 (4.17%) Azure Certification
7 1 (4.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (20.83%) GDPR
3 4 (16.67%) PCI DSS
3 4 (16.67%) QA
4 3 (12.50%) NIST
5 2 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (8.33%) GRC
6 1 (4.17%) HIPAA
6 1 (4.17%) ISO 31000
6 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (4.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 3 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) Kibana
1 3 (12.50%) Kubernetes
1 3 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (8.33%) CASB
2 2 (8.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.33%) Cisco
2 2 (8.33%) F5
2 2 (8.33%) Imperva
2 2 (8.33%) Oracle
2 2 (8.33%) Proofpoint
2 2 (8.33%) Tenable
2 2 (8.33%) TOWER Software
3 1 (4.17%) Ariba
3 1 (4.17%) Qualys
3 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow