ISACA Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CRISC qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 537 557 691
Rank change year-on-year +20 +134 -71
Contract jobs citing CRISC 63 159 172
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.27% 0.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.48% 0.99% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 119 138
10th Percentile £421 £463 £500
25th Percentile £475 £513 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -16.92% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £825 £744 £688
90th Percentile £875 £800 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -13.64% -8.33% +20.23%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CRISC 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 13,178 16,121 19,056
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.53% 27.29% 21.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,130 10,752 12,590
10th Percentile £300 £330 £330
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £626
90th Percentile £744 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £530 £500
% change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,075 841 765
10th Percentile £13.86 £15.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.84 £20.00 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +27.06% +12.88%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £66.86
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £49.72 £34.38
% change year-on-year -17.66% +44.65% -0.48%

CRISC
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CRISC in the UK

CRISC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for CRISC in the UK

CRISC
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CRISC over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CRISC in the UK

CRISC
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for CRISC in the UK

CRISC
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CRISC within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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 +60 51 £536 -17.50% 46
London +52 31 £749 +15.31% 22
UK excluding London +69 23 £475 -13.64% 25
Work from Home +37 19 £500 -23.08% 32
South East +22 8 £397 -34.36% 9
South West - 6 £475 - 3
Scotland +45 5 - - 1
Midlands +29 2 £900 +71.43% 5
West Midlands +23 2 £900 +71.43% 4
North West - 2 £400 - 2
North of England - 2 £400 - 4

CRISC
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (6.35%) Azure
2 3 (4.76%) AWS
2 3 (4.76%) GCP
2 3 (4.76%) SaaS
3 2 (3.17%) IaaS
4 1 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.76%) Firewall
2 2 (3.17%) Broadband
2 2 (3.17%) Internet
3 1 (1.59%) Network Security
General
1 21 (33.33%) Finance
2 7 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 5 (7.94%) Banking
3 5 (7.94%) Public Sector
4 4 (6.35%) French Language
4 4 (6.35%) German Language
4 4 (6.35%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.76%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.17%) International Banking
6 2 (3.17%) Legal
7 1 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 20 (31.75%) Consultant
2 18 (28.57%) Security Consultant
3 14 (22.22%) Analyst
4 12 (19.05%) Architect
4 12 (19.05%) Security Architect
5 9 (14.29%) Information Security Consultant
5 9 (14.29%) Lead
5 9 (14.29%) Risk Analyst
6 6 (9.52%) Domain Architect
6 6 (9.52%) Security Analyst
6 6 (9.52%) Senior
7 5 (7.94%) Cloud Consultant
7 5 (7.94%) Cloud Security Consultant
7 5 (7.94%) IT Analyst
7 5 (7.94%) IT Risk Analyst
7 5 (7.94%) Senior Architect
7 5 (7.94%) Senior Security Architect
8 4 (6.35%) Security Risk Analyst
9 2 (3.17%) IT Security Architect
9 2 (3.17%) Security Officer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.70%) Management Information System
2 6 (9.52%) PKI
2 6 (9.52%) Public Cloud
3 5 (7.94%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (4.76%) Security Posture
5 2 (3.17%) Cyber Security Posture
5 2 (3.17%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 41 (65.08%) Risk Management
3 24 (38.10%) Information Security
4 19 (30.16%) Cloud Security
5 16 (25.40%) Security Architecture
6 14 (22.22%) Risk Assessment
7 12 (19.05%) Agile
7 12 (19.05%) Security Management
8 10 (15.87%) Information Security Management
9 9 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
10 8 (12.70%) Decision-Making
10 8 (12.70%) SABSA
11 7 (11.11%) Business Continuity
11 7 (11.11%) ISMS
12 6 (9.52%) IT Governance
12 6 (9.52%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 6 (9.52%) TOGAF
13 5 (7.94%) Business Agility
13 5 (7.94%) Problem-Solving
13 5 (7.94%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 55 (87.30%) CISSP
2 48 (76.19%) CISM
3 35 (55.56%) CISA
4 17 (26.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 17 (26.98%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (17.46%) SC Cleared
5 11 (17.46%) Security Cleared
6 10 (15.87%) SANS
7 9 (14.29%) Degree
8 7 (11.11%) CISMP
9 6 (9.52%) CCSK
9 6 (9.52%) GIAC
10 4 (6.35%) CGEIT
10 4 (6.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 3 (4.76%) CCSP
12 2 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (3.17%) FFIEC
13 1 (1.59%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (41.27%) NIST
2 22 (34.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (26.98%) GRC
4 12 (19.05%) COBIT
5 9 (14.29%) NIST 800
6 7 (11.11%) ISO 31000
7 6 (9.52%) GDPR
8 5 (7.94%) PCI DSS
9 3 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (3.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (3.17%) ITGC
10 2 (3.17%) NCSC
11 1 (1.59%) QA
11 1 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 3 (4.76%) Google
2 2 (3.17%) OneTrust
3 1 (1.59%) CyberArk
3 1 (1.59%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.59%) SAP