CISSP Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 179 198 200
Rank change year-on-year +19 +2 +95
Contract jobs citing CISSP 126 153 324
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.27% 1.00% 1.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.56% 3.61% 4.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 117 257
10th Percentile £400 £458 £482
25th Percentile £463 £513 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £750
90th Percentile £688 £750 £823
UK median daily rate £610 £600 £625
% change year-on-year +1.67% -4.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £69.80
25th Percentile £45.75 - £70.64
Median hourly rate £54.50 - £72.65
75th Percentile £63.25 - £74.03
90th Percentile - - £74.49
UK median hourly rate £73.46 £23.00 £72.40
% change year-on-year +219.37% -68.23% +7.25%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,762 4,242 6,586
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.88% 27.64% 25.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,865 2,651 4,417
10th Percentile £350 £325 £381
25th Percentile £425 £440 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £730 £745
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 269 292
10th Percentile £19.10 £15.85 £20.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.00 £42.50
Median hourly rate £54.51 £43.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.76% -33.85% +33.22%
75th Percentile £67.75 £65.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £85.78 £83.84 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

CISSP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

CISSP trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

CISSP
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

CISSP daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing CISSP over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

CISSP daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CISSP
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

CISSP hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

CISSP
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.79%) Confluence
1 1 (0.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 42 (33.33%) Azure
2 26 (20.63%) AWS
3 17 (13.49%) GCP
4 11 (8.73%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (2.38%) AWS CloudFormation
5 3 (2.38%) Azure Key Vault
5 3 (2.38%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.59%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.59%) OCI
7 1 (0.79%) Akamai
7 1 (0.79%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.79%) AWS KMS
7 1 (0.79%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.79%) Cloudflare
7 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.79%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.79%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 23 (18.25%) Firewall
2 18 (14.29%) Network Security
3 6 (4.76%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (3.97%) DNS
5 3 (2.38%) DHCP
5 3 (2.38%) SSL
5 3 (2.38%) Wireless
6 2 (1.59%) HTTP
6 2 (1.59%) NGFW
6 2 (1.59%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.79%) BGP
7 1 (0.79%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.79%) LAN
7 1 (0.79%) Modbus
7 1 (0.79%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.79%) SMTP
7 1 (0.79%) VPN
7 1 (0.79%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.38%) Power BI
2 2 (1.59%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 2 (1.59%) GitLab
1 2 (1.59%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.79%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.79%) Git
2 1 (0.79%) JIRA
2 1 (0.79%) JMeter
2 1 (0.79%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.79%) Postman
2 1 (0.79%) REST Assured
2 1 (0.79%) Selenium
2 1 (0.79%) SonarQube
2 1 (0.79%) TestNG
2 1 (0.79%) Travis CI
General
1 58 (46.03%) Social Skills
2 33 (26.19%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (21.43%) Finance
4 12 (9.52%) Public Sector
5 7 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (3.97%) Retail
7 4 (3.17%) Banking
7 4 (3.17%) Legal
7 4 (3.17%) Military
8 3 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.38%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.38%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.59%) French Language
9 2 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.79%) Electronics
10 1 (0.79%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.79%) Local Government
10 1 (0.79%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 32 (25.40%) Architect
2 23 (18.25%) Security Architect
2 23 (18.25%) Security Engineer
3 16 (12.70%) Analyst
4 15 (11.90%) Security Manager
5 14 (11.11%) Senior
6 12 (9.52%) Consultant
7 9 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 9 (7.14%) Security Analyst
7 9 (7.14%) Security Consultant
7 9 (7.14%) Senior Security Engineer
8 8 (6.35%) Enterprise Architect
9 6 (4.76%) Enterprise Security Architect
10 5 (3.97%) Administrator
10 5 (3.97%) Cybersecurity Architect
10 5 (3.97%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 5 (3.97%) Information Manager
10 5 (3.97%) Information Security Manager
11 4 (3.17%) Network Engineer
11 4 (3.17%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.35%) Web Services
2 3 (2.38%) LDAP
2 3 (2.38%) SAML
3 2 (1.59%) Kafka
4 1 (0.79%) .NET
4 1 (0.79%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.79%) OAuth
4 1 (0.79%) React
4 1 (0.79%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 19 (15.08%) Security Posture
2 18 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 11 (8.73%) Operational Technology
4 8 (6.35%) Product Ownership
4 8 (6.35%) Security Operations Centre
5 7 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (3.97%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (3.17%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (3.17%) Mainframe
8 3 (2.38%) Cyberattack
8 3 (2.38%) Insider Threat
9 2 (1.59%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.59%) IBM Mainframe
9 2 (1.59%) PKI
9 2 (1.59%) SCADA
10 1 (0.79%) Cyber Defence
10 1 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.79%) Life Science
10 1 (0.79%) NHS
10 1 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.56%) Windows
2 5 (3.97%) Linux
3 4 (3.17%) zOS
4 3 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.79%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (43.65%) Cybersecurity
2 46 (36.51%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (34.13%) Incident Response
4 41 (32.54%) Information Security
5 30 (23.81%) Cloud Security
6 29 (23.02%) SIEM
7 27 (21.43%) Vulnerability Management
8 26 (20.63%) Security Architecture
8 26 (20.63%) Security Operations
9 25 (19.84%) Computer Science
10 23 (18.25%) Risk Management
11 17 (13.49%) Identity Access Management
12 16 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (11.90%) Risk Assessment
13 15 (11.90%) Security Management
14 14 (11.11%) DevSecOps
14 14 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
15 12 (9.52%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 12 (9.52%) MITRE ATT&CK
15 12 (9.52%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 28 (22.22%) Python
2 22 (17.46%) PowerShell
3 9 (7.14%) Bash
4 2 (1.59%) Java
4 2 (1.59%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.59%) PHP
4 2 (1.59%) SQL
5 1 (0.79%) C++
5 1 (0.79%) Perl
5 1 (0.79%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.79%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 62 (49.21%) CISM
2 36 (28.57%) Degree
3 26 (20.63%) CEH
4 25 (19.84%) Security Cleared
5 20 (15.87%) SC Cleared
6 17 (13.49%) CISA
7 16 (12.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
8 14 (11.11%) GIAC
9 12 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (7.94%) SANS
11 9 (7.14%) GCIH
12 8 (6.35%) CRISC
13 7 (5.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 6 (4.76%) Master's Degree
14 6 (4.76%) OSCP
15 5 (3.97%) Azure Certification
15 5 (3.97%) CCNP
15 5 (3.97%) CCSP
15 5 (3.97%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (38.10%) NIST
2 41 (32.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (18.25%) GDPR
4 18 (14.29%) PCI DSS
5 14 (11.11%) HIPAA
6 8 (6.35%) GRC
7 5 (3.97%) NCSC
8 4 (3.17%) NIST 800
8 4 (3.17%) SLA
9 3 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 3 (2.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (1.59%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (1.59%) COBIT
10 2 (1.59%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.79%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.79%) COSO
11 1 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.79%) ITGC
11 1 (0.79%) QA
System Software
1 7 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.17%) RACF
3 3 (2.38%) Docker
4 2 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.79%) NFS
5 1 (0.79%) Samba
Systems Management
1 6 (4.76%) QRadar
2 5 (3.97%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.97%) Terraform
3 3 (2.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (2.38%) CSIRT
4 2 (1.59%) Ansible
4 2 (1.59%) Nessus
4 2 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.79%) CASB
5 1 (0.79%) Kibana
5 1 (0.79%) Nagios
5 1 (0.79%) SELinux
5 1 (0.79%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 19 (15.08%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.94%) Splunk
3 8 (6.35%) CyberArk
3 8 (6.35%) Palo Alto
4 7 (5.56%) Qualys
5 6 (4.76%) IBM
6 4 (3.17%) F5
6 4 (3.17%) Google
7 3 (2.38%) Aruba
7 3 (2.38%) CheckPoint
7 3 (2.38%) Extreme Networks
7 3 (2.38%) Infoblox
7 3 (2.38%) Oracle
7 3 (2.38%) Ruckus Wireless
7 3 (2.38%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.38%) Tenable
7 3 (2.38%) Zscaler
8 2 (1.59%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (1.59%) Rapid7
8 2 (1.59%) Red Hat