CISSP Contracts in the UK excluding London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 249 234 265
Rank change year-on-year -15 +31 -29
Contract jobs citing CISSP 150 238 278
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.74% 1.03% 0.91%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.02% 3.16% 3.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 169 187
10th Percentile £425 £455 £456
25th Percentile £500 £525 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £613 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.12% +2.08% +14.29%
75th Percentile £645 £700 £697
90th Percentile £749 £800 £768
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 13
10th Percentile £29.04 £49.27 £34.61
25th Percentile £38.10 £59.73 £53.22
Median hourly rate £53.21 £72.69 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.80% +7.69% +4.65%
75th Percentile £68.31 £73.90 £71.08
90th Percentile £77.37 £76.69 £80.79
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
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,425 7,538 7,985
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.59% 32.77% 26.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,302 5,049 5,188
10th Percentile £269 £286 £260
25th Percentile £425 £420 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £631 £600
90th Percentile £725 £703 £675
UK median daily rate £533 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 920 607 530
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.91 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.30 £50.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.40% +42.86% +1.33%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.75 £56.02
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.00 £68.02
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CISSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in the UK excluding London

CISSP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISSP in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for CISSP in the UK excluding London

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in the UK excluding London

CISSP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISSP in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for CISSP in the UK excluding London

CISSP
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate histogram for CISSP in the UK excluding London

CISSP
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the UK excluding London 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
South West +16 46 £550 -15.38% 18
North of England +25 35 £575 +13.75% 32
Scotland +38 27 £550 +10.00% 14
North West +20 27 £676 +39.09% 13
South East -45 26 £539 -20.19% 26
Midlands +5 10 £640 +2.40% 17
West Midlands +6 9 £645 +3.20% 11
Yorkshire +9 5 £563 -8.16% 14
East of England +2 5 £575 +27.78% 10
North East - 3 £525 - 5
Wales +15 2 £781 +35.87% 3
East Midlands - 1 £550 - 6
CISSP
UK

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (4.67%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 22 (14.67%) Azure
2 14 (9.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 8 (5.33%) AWS
4 5 (3.33%) Entra ID
4 5 (3.33%) IaaS
4 5 (3.33%) PaaS
4 5 (3.33%) Power Platform
4 5 (3.33%) SaaS
5 2 (1.33%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.67%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.67%) GCP
6 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.67%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 23 (15.33%) Network Security
2 10 (6.67%) Firewall
3 5 (3.33%) Cisco Firepower
4 4 (2.67%) SCCP
5 3 (2.00%) Cisco IPT
6 2 (1.33%) Internet
6 2 (1.33%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.67%) Broadband
7 1 (0.67%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.67%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.67%) VPN
7 1 (0.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.33%) Power BI
2 2 (1.33%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.67%) Tableau
General
1 30 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 30 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 26 (17.33%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (10.00%) Finance
3 15 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 11 (7.33%) Telecoms
5 10 (6.67%) Legal
6 8 (5.33%) Military
7 5 (3.33%) Electronics
7 5 (3.33%) Marketing
8 4 (2.67%) French Language
8 4 (2.67%) German Language
9 3 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.00%) Police
10 2 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.67%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.67%) Banking
11 1 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.67%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 29 (19.33%) Analyst
2 23 (15.33%) Architect
2 23 (15.33%) Consultant
3 20 (13.33%) Lead
3 20 (13.33%) Security Consultant
4 15 (10.00%) Project Manager
5 14 (9.33%) Security Architect
6 13 (8.67%) Security Analyst
6 13 (8.67%) Senior
7 12 (8.00%) Security Manager
8 9 (6.00%) Security Project Manager
9 8 (5.33%) Lead Architect
9 8 (5.33%) Security Engineer
10 7 (4.67%) Information Security Consultant
10 7 (4.67%) SOC Analyst
10 7 (4.67%) SOC Manager
11 6 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 6 (4.00%) Security Advisor
12 5 (3.33%) Information Assurance Consultant
12 5 (3.33%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.00%) SailPoint
2 2 (1.33%) CSS
2 2 (1.33%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (1.33%) LDAP
2 2 (1.33%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.67%) HTML
3 1 (0.67%) JSP
3 1 (0.67%) REST
3 1 (0.67%) SAML
3 1 (0.67%) SOAP
3 1 (0.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 35 (23.33%) Management Information System
2 12 (8.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 11 (7.33%) Cyber Defence
4 8 (5.33%) CESG
4 8 (5.33%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (5.33%) Operational Technology
5 7 (4.67%) Security Posture
6 5 (3.33%) SCADA
7 4 (2.67%) Cyberattack
7 4 (2.67%) PMI
8 3 (2.00%) Cyber Security Posture
8 3 (2.00%) Insider Threat
9 2 (1.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 2 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.33%) NHS
10 1 (0.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 1 (0.67%) Enterprise Cloud
10 1 (0.67%) IoT
10 1 (0.67%) Life Science
10 1 (0.67%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.33%) Linux
2 4 (2.67%) Windows
3 2 (1.33%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (58.67%) Cybersecurity
2 65 (43.33%) Information Security
3 42 (28.00%) Risk Management
4 27 (18.00%) Security Operations
5 23 (15.33%) Cloud Security
6 19 (12.67%) Incident Response
6 19 (12.67%) SIEM
7 18 (12.00%) Decision-Making
8 17 (11.33%) Information Assurance
8 17 (11.33%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (10.67%) ISMS
10 15 (10.00%) Business Continuity
10 15 (10.00%) Security Architecture
11 14 (9.33%) Mentoring
11 14 (9.33%) Security Management
12 13 (8.67%) Programme Management
12 13 (8.67%) Risk Assessment
13 12 (8.00%) Identity Access Management
13 12 (8.00%) Threat Modelling
14 11 (7.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (2.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.33%) Java
3 2 (1.33%) Python
4 1 (0.67%) ABAP
4 1 (0.67%) Bash
4 1 (0.67%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 97 (64.67%) CISM
2 64 (42.67%) Security Cleared
3 46 (30.67%) SC Cleared
4 41 (27.33%) CISA
5 27 (18.00%) Degree
6 25 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
7 22 (14.67%) DV Cleared
8 21 (14.00%) CompTIA Security+
9 19 (12.67%) CRISC
10 15 (10.00%) CEH
11 14 (9.33%) CISMP
12 13 (8.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 13 (8.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 10 (6.67%) CLAS
14 9 (6.00%) CCNP
14 9 (6.00%) CESG Certified Professional
14 9 (6.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 8 (5.33%) CCSP
15 8 (5.33%) ISACA
15 8 (5.33%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (44.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 52 (34.67%) NIST
3 19 (12.67%) GDPR
4 14 (9.33%) COBIT
4 14 (9.33%) PCI DSS
5 11 (7.33%) GRC
6 10 (6.67%) JSP 440
7 9 (6.00%) HIPAA
7 9 (6.00%) RMADS
8 8 (5.33%) NIST 800
9 7 (4.67%) NCSC
10 6 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (2.00%) Government Security Classifications
12 2 (1.33%) COSO
12 2 (1.33%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 1 (0.67%) ITGC
13 1 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.67%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (2.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.33%) Kibana
1 2 (1.33%) logstash
2 1 (0.67%) QRadar
2 1 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (16.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.00%) Cisco
3 6 (4.00%) Qualys
3 6 (4.00%) SAP
4 3 (2.00%) CyberArk
5 2 (1.33%) Splunk
6 1 (0.67%) Ariba
6 1 (0.67%) BeyondTrust
6 1 (0.67%) Cadence
6 1 (0.67%) Concur
6 1 (0.67%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.67%) Google
6 1 (0.67%) Oracle
6 1 (0.67%) Proofpoint
6 1 (0.67%) Rapid7
6 1 (0.67%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.67%) SolarWinds
6 1 (0.67%) Sophos
6 1 (0.67%) Symantec
6 1 (0.67%) VMware