CISA Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for CISA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 271 307 408
Rank change year-on-year +36 +101 +117
Contract jobs citing CISA 29 39 63
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.29% 0.26% 0.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.05% 0.93% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 30 44
10th Percentile £341 £499 £486
25th Percentile £450 £509 £572
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £750
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -20.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £641 £738 £797
90th Percentile £730 - £925
UK median daily rate £601 £600 £625
% change year-on-year +0.21% -4.00% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

CISA 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,761 4,188 6,514
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.89% 27.49% 25.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,858 2,633 4,388
10th Percentile £352 £325 £381
25th Percentile £425 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £725 £745
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 266 287
10th Percentile £18.08 £15.85 £20.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £24.44 £43.00
Median hourly rate £54.50 £43.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.74% -33.85% +32.65%
75th Percentile £67.50 £65.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £85.70 £84.28 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +28.57%

CISA
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing CISA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CISA trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing CISA.

CISA daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

CISA
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing CISA over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

CISA daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CISA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) Azure
2 1 (3.45%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (3.45%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.24%) Firewall
2 1 (3.45%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Oracle Database
General
1 22 (75.86%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.69%) Finance
3 5 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (13.79%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (10.34%) Legal
6 2 (6.90%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (3.45%) Banking
7 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.45%) Publishing
7 1 (3.45%) Retail Banking
7 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (20.69%) Analyst
2 5 (17.24%) IT Manager
3 4 (13.79%) Auditor
4 3 (10.34%) IT Risk Manager
4 3 (10.34%) Risk Manager
4 3 (10.34%) Security Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Consultant
5 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) IT Auditor
5 2 (6.90%) IT Project Manager
5 2 (6.90%) IT Security Auditor
5 2 (6.90%) Project Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Risk Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Risk Project Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Security Auditor
5 2 (6.90%) Security Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Security Specialist
5 2 (6.90%) SOX Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Compliance Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.34%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 10 (34.48%) Management Information System
2 5 (17.24%) Operational Technology
3 3 (10.34%) Security Posture
4 2 (6.90%) Product Ownership
5 1 (3.45%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.45%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (3.45%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Linux
2 2 (6.90%) Windows
3 1 (3.45%) Mac OS
3 1 (3.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (48.28%) Risk Management
2 11 (37.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (31.03%) Computer Science
3 9 (31.03%) Information Security
4 7 (24.14%) Project Management
5 6 (20.69%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (20.69%) Incident Response
5 6 (20.69%) IT Audit
5 6 (20.69%) Regulatory Compliance
6 5 (17.24%) Remediation Plan
7 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (13.79%) Risk Assessment
7 4 (13.79%) Security Management
8 3 (10.34%) Budget Management
8 3 (10.34%) Cloud Security
8 3 (10.34%) Data Protection
8 3 (10.34%) Information Security Management
8 3 (10.34%) ISMS
8 3 (10.34%) SIEM
8 3 (10.34%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) Python
1 2 (6.90%) SQL
2 1 (3.45%) Bash
2 1 (3.45%) PHP
2 1 (3.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (58.62%) CISSP
2 13 (44.83%) CISM
3 12 (41.38%) Degree
4 6 (20.69%) CRISC
5 5 (17.24%) Master's Degree
6 4 (13.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (10.34%) CEH
7 3 (10.34%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 2 (6.90%) CCNA
8 2 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (6.90%) GCIH
9 1 (3.45%) ACCA
9 1 (3.45%) CCNP
9 1 (3.45%) GCIA
9 1 (3.45%) GIAC
9 1 (3.45%) ISACA
9 1 (3.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (3.45%) PMP
9 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
9 1 (3.45%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (44.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 13 (44.83%) NIST
2 9 (31.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 8 (27.59%) COBIT
4 7 (24.14%) GDPR
5 6 (20.69%) GRC
6 4 (13.79%) COSO
6 4 (13.79%) ITGC
6 4 (13.79%) NIST 800
6 4 (13.79%) PCI DSS
7 2 (6.90%) SOX 404
8 1 (3.45%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (3.45%) FedRAMP
8 1 (3.45%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Ansible
1 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.45%) QRadar
1 1 (3.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (10.34%) CyberArk
1 3 (10.34%) Oracle
1 3 (10.34%) SAP
2 2 (6.90%) Splunk
3 1 (3.45%) Red Hat