ISSAP Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

(ISC)² Information Systems Security Architecture Professional (ISC2 ISSAP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for ISSAP 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 303 343 471
Rank change year-on-year +40 +128 +159
Contract jobs citing ISSAP 1 2 6
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.010% 0.013% 0.023%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.036% 0.047% 0.091%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -13.04% -9.80%
75th Percentile - - £613
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate - £525 £575
% change year-on-year - -8.70% -9.80%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

ISSAP 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%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

ISSAP 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 ISSAP.

ISSAP daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Security Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce