CISA Contracts in England

ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CISA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 422 470 613
Rank change year-on-year +48 +143 -55
Contract jobs citing CISA 115 179 166
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.32% 0.37% 0.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.02% 1.35% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 118 112
10th Percentile £400 £470 £475
25th Percentile £500 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.94%
75th Percentile £738 £750 £703
90th Percentile £775 £850 £800
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +13.64%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CISA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,248 13,239 15,314
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.86% 27.51% 21.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,953 8,888 10,129
10th Percentile £313 £331 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £715
UK median daily rate £533 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 970 677 680
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.91 £20.47 £19.05
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £40.93
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +28.28% +8.71%
75th Percentile £61.60 £67.50 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.10 £68.35
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.28 £43.95
% change year-on-year -26.31% +23.50% +17.20%

CISA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CISA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CISA in England

CISA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for CISA in England

CISA
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISA in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CISA in England

CISA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for CISA in England

CISA
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISA within the England region over the 6 months to 17 May 2024. 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
London +43 74 £650 - 27
North of England +22 14 £600 +23.46% 12
South East +7 12 £488 -31.39% 10
South West +8 9 £550 -4.35% 6
North West +7 9 £676 +39.09% 6
Yorkshire - 3 £550 - 5
North East - 2 £525 - 1
Midlands +24 1 - - 10
East of England +9 1 £400 -17.95% 1
East Midlands - 1 - -
CISA
UK

CISA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (0.87%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (15.65%) AWS
2 13 (11.30%) Azure
3 5 (4.35%) GCP
4 4 (3.48%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.61%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.74%) IaaS
6 2 (1.74%) SaaS
7 1 (0.87%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.87%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 15 (13.04%) Network Security
2 8 (6.96%) Firewall
3 4 (3.48%) SAN
4 3 (2.61%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.74%) Broadband
5 2 (1.74%) DNS
5 2 (1.74%) Internet
5 2 (1.74%) SSL
6 1 (0.87%) Cisco IPT
6 1 (0.87%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.87%) Modbus
General
1 36 (31.30%) Finance
2 18 (15.65%) Social Skills
3 12 (10.43%) Financial Institution
4 10 (8.70%) Banking
4 10 (8.70%) Manufacturing
5 8 (6.96%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (5.22%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (4.35%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.48%) French Language
8 4 (3.48%) Front Office
8 4 (3.48%) German Language
8 4 (3.48%) Legal
8 4 (3.48%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.74%) International Banking
9 2 (1.74%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.74%) Retail
10 1 (0.87%) Automotive
10 1 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (33.04%) Architect
2 29 (25.22%) Security Architect
3 19 (16.52%) Security Manager
4 17 (14.78%) Analyst
5 16 (13.91%) Project Manager
5 16 (13.91%) Security Project Manager
6 13 (11.30%) Consultant
6 13 (11.30%) Security Consultant
7 10 (8.70%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 10 (8.70%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
8 9 (7.83%) CISSP Manager
8 9 (7.83%) Lead
9 8 (6.96%) Lead Architect
10 7 (6.09%) IT Analyst
10 7 (6.09%) IT Risk Analyst
10 7 (6.09%) Risk Analyst
10 7 (6.09%) Senior
11 5 (4.35%) Cloud Consultant
11 5 (4.35%) Cloud Security Consultant
11 5 (4.35%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.61%) .NET
1 3 (2.61%) Web Services
2 2 (1.74%) OAuth
2 2 (1.74%) OpenID
2 2 (1.74%) SailPoint
2 2 (1.74%) SAML
2 2 (1.74%) SPML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (28.70%) Management Information System
2 8 (6.96%) CESG
3 7 (6.09%) Security Posture
4 5 (4.35%) IoT
4 5 (4.35%) Operational Technology
5 4 (3.48%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (2.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (2.61%) Industry 4.0
6 3 (2.61%) PKI
6 3 (2.61%) PMI
7 2 (1.74%) Derivative
7 2 (1.74%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.87%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 1 (0.87%) NHS
8 1 (0.87%) SCADA
8 1 (0.87%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.35%) Windows
2 1 (0.87%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.87%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 45 (39.13%) Information Security
3 38 (33.04%) Risk Management
4 25 (21.74%) Security Architecture
5 22 (19.13%) Cloud Security
6 20 (17.39%) Information Assurance
6 20 (17.39%) SABSA
7 16 (13.91%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
7 16 (13.91%) Security Management
7 16 (13.91%) Static Application Security Testing
8 15 (13.04%) Project Delivery
8 15 (13.04%) Project Management
9 14 (12.17%) Application Security
9 14 (12.17%) Information Security Management
9 14 (12.17%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (9.57%) Enterprise Architecture
11 10 (8.70%) Risk Assessment
12 9 (7.83%) Business Continuity
12 9 (7.83%) Threat Modelling
12 9 (7.83%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 105 (91.30%) CISSP
2 100 (86.96%) CISM
3 26 (22.61%) CRISC
4 24 (20.87%) Degree
5 21 (18.26%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (15.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 16 (13.91%) Security Cleared
8 15 (13.04%) CEH
8 15 (13.04%) CISMP
9 14 (12.17%) SC Cleared
10 13 (11.30%) CompTIA Security+
11 9 (7.83%) CCSK
11 9 (7.83%) ISACA
11 9 (7.83%) SANS
12 8 (6.96%) CREST Certified
12 8 (6.96%) SSCP
12 8 (6.96%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (6.09%) CCSP
13 7 (6.09%) Master's Degree
13 7 (6.09%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (38.26%) NIST
2 39 (33.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (13.04%) GDPR
4 14 (12.17%) COBIT
4 14 (12.17%) PCI DSS
5 11 (9.57%) GRC
5 11 (9.57%) NCSC
5 11 (9.57%) NIST 800
6 9 (7.83%) HIPAA
6 9 (7.83%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 4 (3.48%) QA
8 3 (2.61%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (1.74%) ISO 31000
9 2 (1.74%) ITGC
9 2 (1.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.87%) COSO
10 1 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.87%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.87%) GPG13
10 1 (0.87%) ISA99
System Software
1 4 (3.48%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.74%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.87%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.87%) Nessus
Vendors
1 16 (13.91%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.61%) Cisco
3 2 (1.74%) CA
3 2 (1.74%) Cadence
3 2 (1.74%) Okta
3 2 (1.74%) Rapid7
4 1 (0.87%) CheckPoint
4 1 (0.87%) CyberArk
4 1 (0.87%) ForeScout
4 1 (0.87%) OneTrust
4 1 (0.87%) Palo Alto
4 1 (0.87%) SAP
4 1 (0.87%) Splunk
4 1 (0.87%) Varonis