CISSP Contracts in England

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 246 220 321
Rank change year-on-year -26 +101 -42
Contract jobs citing CISSP 350 575 595
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.96% 1.19% 0.85%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.12% 4.34% 3.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 420 414
10th Percentile £425 £486 £456
25th Percentile £500 £550 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £644 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% +7.29% +9.09%
75th Percentile £725 £750 £725
90th Percentile £802 £835 £784
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 11 14
10th Percentile £29.04 £51.25 £31.41
25th Percentile £38.10 £59.73 £48.86
Median hourly rate £53.21 £72.98 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.10% +8.12% +4.65%
75th Percentile £68.31 £74.40 £70.81
90th Percentile £77.37 £80.00 £80.57
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £72.69 £67.50
% change year-on-year -68.36% +7.69% +5.47%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CISSP 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 11,227 13,261 15,262
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.86% 27.52% 21.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,936 8,905 10,075
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 968 682 681
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.53 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.31 £19.06
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +29.63% +6.58%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.06 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.25 £68.30
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.56 £43.95
% change year-on-year -26.69% +24.14% +16.73%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in England

CISSP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for CISSP in England

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISSP in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in England

CISSP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for CISSP in England

CISSP
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CISSP in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for CISSP in England

CISSP
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 CISSP within the England region over the 6 months to 16 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 -4 207 £600 -7.69% 73
South West +16 46 £550 -15.38% 19
North of England +25 35 £575 +13.75% 32
North West +20 27 £676 +39.09% 13
South East -45 26 £539 -20.19% 25
Midlands +5 10 £640 +2.40% 18
West Midlands +6 9 £645 +3.20% 11
Yorkshire +9 5 £563 -8.16% 14
East of England +2 5 £575 +27.78% 11
North East - 3 £525 - 5
East Midlands - 1 £550 - 7
CISSP
UK

CISSP
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 3 (0.86%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.57%) Confluence
2 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.29%) Apache
3 1 (0.29%) IBM Notes
3 1 (0.29%) IIS
3 1 (0.29%) WebLogic
3 1 (0.29%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (3.71%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.29%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 75 (21.43%) Azure
2 50 (14.29%) AWS
3 23 (6.57%) Azure Sentinel
4 21 (6.00%) GCP
5 19 (5.43%) Entra ID
6 17 (4.86%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (3.43%) IaaS
7 12 (3.43%) SaaS
8 9 (2.57%) PaaS
9 3 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (0.86%) Power Platform
9 3 (0.86%) SuccessFactors
10 2 (0.57%) GitHub
10 2 (0.57%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.29%) AWS IoT
11 1 (0.29%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.29%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.29%) Route 53
11 1 (0.29%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 48 (13.71%) Network Security
2 28 (8.00%) Firewall
3 7 (2.00%) Cisco Firepower
3 7 (2.00%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.43%) DNS
4 5 (1.43%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (1.43%) Kerberos
5 4 (1.14%) Internet
5 4 (1.14%) SAN
6 2 (0.57%) Broadband
6 2 (0.57%) Cisco IPT
6 2 (0.57%) HTTP
6 2 (0.57%) SNMP
6 2 (0.57%) SSL
7 1 (0.29%) DHCP
7 1 (0.29%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.29%) FTP
7 1 (0.29%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.29%) VPN
7 1 (0.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (1.43%) BigQuery
2 5 (1.43%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.14%) Big Data
4 3 (0.86%) Power BI
5 2 (0.57%) MySQL
6 1 (0.29%) DB2
6 1 (0.29%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (1.43%) JIRA
2 4 (1.14%) Git
3 3 (0.86%) Artifactory
3 3 (0.86%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.86%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (0.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 88 (25.14%) Finance
2 76 (21.71%) Social Skills
3 51 (14.57%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (7.43%) Banking
5 24 (6.86%) Public Sector
6 20 (5.71%) Manufacturing
7 18 (5.14%) Financial Institution
8 16 (4.57%) Telecoms
9 14 (4.00%) Legal
10 9 (2.57%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (2.29%) Marketing
11 8 (2.29%) Military
12 6 (1.71%) French Language
13 5 (1.43%) Electronics
13 5 (1.43%) Front Office
13 5 (1.43%) Retail
14 4 (1.14%) German Language
14 4 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (1.14%) Local Government
15 3 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 89 (25.43%) Architect
2 73 (20.86%) Security Architect
3 64 (18.29%) Analyst
4 44 (12.57%) Security Engineer
5 38 (10.86%) Lead
6 37 (10.57%) Consultant
7 34 (9.71%) Security Manager
8 33 (9.43%) Security Analyst
9 31 (8.86%) Security Consultant
10 28 (8.00%) Project Manager
11 21 (6.00%) Security Project Manager
12 17 (4.86%) Senior
13 16 (4.57%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 15 (4.29%) SOC Analyst
15 13 (3.71%) Cybersecurity Manager
16 12 (3.43%) Information Security Consultant
16 12 (3.43%) Risk Analyst
17 11 (3.14%) Cybersecurity Architect
17 11 (3.14%) Information Security Officer
17 11 (3.14%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.86%) SailPoint
2 8 (2.29%) OAuth
3 7 (2.00%) SAML
4 6 (1.71%) Elastic Stack
4 6 (1.71%) LDAP
4 6 (1.71%) OpenID
4 6 (1.71%) REST
5 5 (1.43%) Web Services
6 4 (1.14%) .NET
6 4 (1.14%) Regular Expression
7 3 (0.86%) JDBC
8 2 (0.57%) CSS
8 2 (0.57%) J2EE
8 2 (0.57%) JSON
8 2 (0.57%) JSP
8 2 (0.57%) Node.js
8 2 (0.57%) Servlets
8 2 (0.57%) SOAP
8 2 (0.57%) XACML
8 2 (0.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 70 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 35 (10.00%) Security Posture
3 23 (6.57%) Cyber Threat
4 21 (6.00%) Security Operations Centre
5 20 (5.71%) Cyber Defence
6 13 (3.71%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 13 (3.71%) Operational Technology
7 9 (2.57%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.57%) PKI
8 8 (2.29%) CESG
9 7 (2.00%) Cyberattack
9 7 (2.00%) PMI
10 6 (1.71%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.71%) SCADA
11 5 (1.43%) Cyber Security Posture
11 5 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.43%) Product Ownership
12 4 (1.14%) Cloud Security Posture
12 4 (1.14%) Data Centre
12 4 (1.14%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.86%) Windows
2 10 (2.86%) Linux
3 4 (1.14%) Mac OS
3 4 (1.14%) Unix
4 2 (0.57%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.29%) AIX
5 1 (0.29%) Android
5 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.29%) CentOS
5 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (56.00%) Cybersecurity
2 143 (40.86%) Information Security
3 85 (24.29%) Risk Management
4 63 (18.00%) Cloud Security
4 63 (18.00%) Security Architecture
5 62 (17.71%) SIEM
6 58 (16.57%) Problem-Solving
7 52 (14.86%) Security Operations
8 46 (13.14%) Incident Response
9 39 (11.14%) Computer Science
9 39 (11.14%) Identity Access Management
10 37 (10.57%) Project Management
11 35 (10.00%) TOGAF
12 33 (9.43%) Agile
13 31 (8.86%) Security Management
13 31 (8.86%) Threat Modelling
14 30 (8.57%) SABSA
15 29 (8.29%) Risk Assessment
16 27 (7.71%) Data Protection
17 26 (7.43%) Information Assurance
Programming Languages
1 17 (4.86%) Python
2 14 (4.00%) SQL
3 10 (2.86%) Java
3 10 (2.86%) PowerShell
4 9 (2.57%) Kusto Query Language
5 4 (1.14%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.86%) Bash
6 3 (0.86%) Perl
7 1 (0.29%) ABAP
7 1 (0.29%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 222 (63.43%) CISM
2 105 (30.00%) CISA
3 73 (20.86%) Degree
3 73 (20.86%) Security Cleared
4 54 (15.43%) SC Cleared
5 53 (15.14%) Cisco Certification
6 46 (13.14%) CEH
7 44 (12.57%) CRISC
8 33 (9.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 33 (9.43%) CompTIA Security+
9 31 (8.86%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (7.71%) DV Cleared
11 19 (5.43%) SANS
12 18 (5.14%) GIAC
13 17 (4.86%) CCNP
14 16 (4.57%) CCSK
15 15 (4.29%) CCSP
15 15 (4.29%) CISMP
15 15 (4.29%) Master's Degree
16 12 (3.43%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (32.00%) NIST
2 99 (28.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (8.29%) GDPR
4 26 (7.43%) COBIT
5 24 (6.86%) PCI DSS
6 23 (6.57%) NCSC
7 22 (6.29%) GRC
8 20 (5.71%) NIST 800
9 14 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 12 (3.43%) QA
11 11 (3.14%) HIPAA
12 10 (2.86%) JSP 440
13 9 (2.57%) RMADS
14 7 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials
15 5 (1.43%) ISO 22301
15 5 (1.43%) ISO 31000
16 4 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 3 (0.86%) Government Security Classifications
17 3 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 2 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 17 (4.86%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.86%) Docker
3 1 (0.29%) OpenAM
3 1 (0.29%) OpenDJ
3 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (2.29%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (1.71%) Kibana
2 6 (1.71%) logstash
2 6 (1.71%) Nessus
2 6 (1.71%) PingFederate
2 6 (1.71%) QRadar
3 5 (1.43%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.43%) Terraform
4 2 (0.57%) Ansible
4 2 (0.57%) CASB
4 2 (0.57%) CSIRT
4 2 (0.57%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 2 (0.57%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.29%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.29%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.29%) McAfee ePO
5 1 (0.29%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 76 (21.71%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.71%) Cisco
3 13 (3.71%) Splunk
4 11 (3.14%) Google
5 10 (2.86%) Oracle
6 9 (2.57%) CyberArk
6 9 (2.57%) Okta
7 8 (2.29%) SAP
8 7 (2.00%) Rapid7
9 6 (1.71%) Qualys
10 5 (1.43%) AlienVault
11 4 (1.14%) ArcSight
11 4 (1.14%) ForgeRock
11 4 (1.14%) Fortinet
11 4 (1.14%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.14%) Symantec
12 3 (0.86%) Ping Identity
12 3 (0.86%) VMware
13 2 (0.57%) Cybereason
13 2 (0.57%) LogRhythm