ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CISA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 460 515 661
Rank change year-on-year +55 +146 -64
Contract jobs citing CISA 132 189 200
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.32% 0.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.00% 1.17% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 126 135
10th Percentile £421 £463 £435
25th Percentile £506 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +13.64%
75th Percentile £725 £750 £694
90th Percentile £770 £836 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £500 £613
% change year-on-year +10.00% -18.37% +40.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,258 16,187 19,051
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.56% 27.32% 21.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,176 10,805 12,557
10th Percentile £300 £328 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.92%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £743 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £530 £500
% change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,080 847 775
10th Percentile £13.87 £15.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.86 £20.00 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +10.53%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £49.72 £34.69
% change year-on-year -17.66% +43.34% -0.89%

CISA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CISA in the UK

CISA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for CISA in the UK

CISA
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISA over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CISA in the UK

CISA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for CISA in the UK

CISA
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISA within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
England +66 114 £650 +4.00% 50
London +48 71 £650 - 25
UK excluding London +47 46 £550 +10.00% 26
Work from Home +101 39 £600 -20.00% 45
North of England +27 14 £600 +23.46% 7
South East +8 12 £488 -31.39% 3
Scotland +41 10 - - 3
South West +25 9 £550 -4.35% 5
North West +11 9 £676 +39.09% 6
Yorkshire +23 3 £550 +41.94% 1
North East - 2 £525 -
Midlands +24 1 - - 7
East of England +15 1 £400 -17.95%
East Midlands - 1 - - 1

CISA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 9 (6.82%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 12 (9.09%) AWS
2 9 (6.82%) Azure
3 4 (3.03%) Entra ID
4 2 (1.52%) IaaS
4 2 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.52%) SaaS
5 1 (0.76%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (0.76%) GCP
5 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 19 (14.39%) Network Security
2 8 (6.06%) Firewall
3 6 (4.55%) SAN
4 3 (2.27%) Cisco IPT
4 3 (2.27%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.52%) Broadband
5 2 (1.52%) DNS
5 2 (1.52%) Internet
5 2 (1.52%) SSL
6 1 (0.76%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.76%) Modbus
General
1 36 (27.27%) Finance
2 21 (15.91%) Social Skills
3 13 (9.85%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (9.85%) Financial Institution
4 10 (7.58%) Manufacturing
5 9 (6.82%) Banking
6 8 (6.06%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (6.06%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.03%) French Language
7 4 (3.03%) German Language
7 4 (3.03%) Legal
8 3 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.27%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.52%) International Banking
9 2 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.52%) Retail
10 1 (0.76%) Automotive
10 1 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.76%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 43 (32.58%) Architect
2 34 (25.76%) Security Architect
3 22 (16.67%) Analyst
4 20 (15.15%) Security Manager
5 17 (12.88%) Project Manager
5 17 (12.88%) Security Project Manager
6 15 (11.36%) Consultant
7 13 (9.85%) Security Consultant
8 12 (9.09%) Lead
9 10 (7.58%) CISSP Manager
9 10 (7.58%) Cybersecurity Architect
10 9 (6.82%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 9 (6.82%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
11 8 (6.06%) Lead Architect
12 7 (5.30%) IT Analyst
12 7 (5.30%) IT Risk Analyst
12 7 (5.30%) Risk Analyst
12 7 (5.30%) Security Analyst
13 6 (4.55%) CISSP Architect
13 6 (4.55%) Enterprise Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.52%) OAuth
1 2 (1.52%) OpenID
1 2 (1.52%) SailPoint
1 2 (1.52%) SAML
1 2 (1.52%) SPML
2 1 (0.76%) .NET
2 1 (0.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 39 (29.55%) Management Information System
2 8 (6.06%) CESG
2 8 (6.06%) Security Posture
3 6 (4.55%) Operational Technology
4 5 (3.79%) IoT
5 4 (3.03%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (2.27%) Industry 4.0
6 3 (2.27%) PKI
6 3 (2.27%) PMI
7 2 (1.52%) Derivative
7 2 (1.52%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.76%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 1 (0.76%) NHS
8 1 (0.76%) SCADA
8 1 (0.76%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (62.88%) Cybersecurity
2 48 (36.36%) Risk Management
3 47 (35.61%) Information Security
4 28 (21.21%) Security Architecture
5 22 (16.67%) Security Management
6 21 (15.91%) Cloud Security
6 21 (15.91%) Information Security Management
6 21 (15.91%) SABSA
7 20 (15.15%) Information Assurance
8 19 (14.39%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (12.12%) Project Delivery
10 15 (11.36%) Enterprise Architecture
10 15 (11.36%) Project Management
11 14 (10.61%) Risk Assessment
12 13 (9.85%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
12 13 (9.85%) Static Application Security Testing
13 10 (7.58%) Decision-Making
13 10 (7.58%) TOGAF
14 9 (6.82%) Business Continuity
14 9 (6.82%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 119 (90.15%) CISSP
2 112 (84.85%) CISM
3 35 (26.52%) CRISC
4 26 (19.70%) Security Cleared
5 25 (18.94%) Degree
6 24 (18.18%) SC Cleared
7 21 (15.91%) Cisco Certification
8 18 (13.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 15 (11.36%) CEH
9 15 (11.36%) CISMP
10 13 (9.85%) CompTIA Security+
11 11 (8.33%) SANS
12 9 (6.82%) CCSK
12 9 (6.82%) ISACA
13 8 (6.06%) CREST Certified
13 8 (6.06%) SSCP
13 8 (6.06%) TOGAF Certification
14 7 (5.30%) CCSP
14 7 (5.30%) Master's Degree
14 7 (5.30%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (43.94%) NIST
2 55 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (14.39%) GDPR
4 18 (13.64%) COBIT
5 15 (11.36%) GRC
6 14 (10.61%) PCI DSS
7 11 (8.33%) NCSC
7 11 (8.33%) NIST 800
8 10 (7.58%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 9 (6.82%) HIPAA
10 4 (3.03%) ITGC
11 3 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (2.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (1.52%) ISO 31000
13 1 (0.76%) COSO
13 1 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.76%) GPG13
13 1 (0.76%) ISA99
System Software
1 3 (2.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.52%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.76%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.76%) Nessus
Vendors
1 15 (11.36%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.27%) Cisco
2 3 (2.27%) OneTrust
3 2 (1.52%) CA
3 2 (1.52%) Cadence
3 2 (1.52%) Okta
3 2 (1.52%) Rapid7
4 1 (0.76%) Checkmarx
4 1 (0.76%) CheckPoint
4 1 (0.76%) CyberArk
4 1 (0.76%) ForeScout
4 1 (0.76%) Palo Alto
4 1 (0.76%) Qualys
4 1 (0.76%) SAP
4 1 (0.76%) Sparx
4 1 (0.76%) Splunk
4 1 (0.76%) Varonis