CISSP Contracts with Work from Home Options

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) 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 210 192 291
Rank change year-on-year -18 +99 -12
Contract jobs citing CISSP 139 328 389
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.94% 1.33% 0.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.50% 5.26% 4.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 260 298
10th Percentile £463 £486 £450
25th Percentile £513 £539 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £654 £750 £700
90th Percentile £738 £823 £775
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £69.80 £73.00
25th Percentile - £70.64 £77.50
Median hourly rate - £72.65 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year - -14.54% +63.46%
75th Percentile - £74.03 £92.50
90th Percentile - £74.49 £97.00
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
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,971 6,237 8,722
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.83% 25.31% 19.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,525 4,208 6,155
10th Percentile £335 £378 £369
25th Percentile £438 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £533 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 261 223
10th Percentile £14.71 £19.00 £20.47
25th Percentile £24.25 £42.50 £39.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £64.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.81% +30.61% +22.50%
75th Percentile £68.75 £71.75 £66.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.56 £43.95
% change year-on-year -26.69% +24.14% +16.73%

CISSP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing CISSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CISSP trend for jobs with a WFH option

CISSP
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing CISSP.

CISSP daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing CISSP over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

CISSP daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CISSP
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing CISSP.

CISSP hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (4.32%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.16%) Apache
2 3 (2.16%) IIS
2 3 (2.16%) WebLogic
2 3 (2.16%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.72%) IBM Notes
3 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (7.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.32%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.16%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 22 (15.83%) AWS
1 22 (15.83%) Azure
2 7 (5.04%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (4.32%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (3.60%) Power Platform
4 5 (3.60%) SaaS
5 4 (2.88%) GCP
6 3 (2.16%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.16%) IaaS
7 2 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.44%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.44%) GitHub
7 2 (1.44%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (1.44%) PaaS
8 1 (0.72%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.72%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.72%) Route 53
8 1 (0.72%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 32 (23.02%) Network Security
2 10 (7.19%) Firewall
3 5 (3.60%) DNS
4 4 (2.88%) Cisco Firepower
4 4 (2.88%) DHCP
4 4 (2.88%) SCCP
4 4 (2.88%) TCP/IP
4 4 (2.88%) VLAN
4 4 (2.88%) VPN
5 3 (2.16%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.72%) Cisco IPT
6 1 (0.72%) DMZ
6 1 (0.72%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.72%) Internet
6 1 (0.72%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.72%) NGFW
6 1 (0.72%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.60%) Power BI
2 3 (2.16%) DB2
3 1 (0.72%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.72%) MySQL
3 1 (0.72%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.72%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.16%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.72%) Git
2 1 (0.72%) GitLab
General
1 36 (25.90%) Social Skills
2 33 (23.74%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (22.30%) Finance
4 19 (13.67%) Public Sector
5 8 (5.76%) Banking
6 4 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (2.88%) Legal
7 3 (2.16%) Marketing
7 3 (2.16%) Police
7 3 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.16%) Retail Banking
7 3 (2.16%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.44%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.44%) Local Government
8 2 (1.44%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.44%) Multimedia
8 2 (1.44%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.44%) Retail
9 1 (0.72%) Military
Job Titles
1 37 (26.62%) Architect
2 31 (22.30%) Security Architect
3 28 (20.14%) Consultant
4 25 (17.99%) Analyst
5 17 (12.23%) Security Analyst
5 17 (12.23%) Security Consultant
5 17 (12.23%) Security Engineer
6 11 (7.91%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 10 (7.19%) Senior
8 9 (6.47%) Lead
8 9 (6.47%) Security Manager
9 7 (5.04%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 7 (5.04%) Information Security Consultant
10 5 (3.60%) Information Manager
10 5 (3.60%) Information Security Manager
11 4 (2.88%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 4 (2.88%) Network Engineer
11 4 (2.88%) Network Security Engineer
11 4 (2.88%) Risk Analyst
11 4 (2.88%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.88%) Servlets
1 4 (2.88%) XML
2 3 (2.16%) .NET
2 3 (2.16%) EJB
2 3 (2.16%) J2EE
2 3 (2.16%) JSP
2 3 (2.16%) LDAP
2 3 (2.16%) SailPoint
2 3 (2.16%) Web Services
3 2 (1.44%) Regular Expression
4 1 (0.72%) JSON
4 1 (0.72%) OAuth
4 1 (0.72%) OpenID
4 1 (0.72%) REST
4 1 (0.72%) SAML
4 1 (0.72%) SOAP
4 1 (0.72%) Spring
4 1 (0.72%) Spring Security
Miscellaneous
1 32 (23.02%) Management Information System
2 13 (9.35%) Security Posture
3 8 (5.76%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (4.32%) Operational Technology
4 6 (4.32%) Security Operations Centre
5 5 (3.60%) Cyberattack
6 4 (2.88%) PMI
6 4 (2.88%) SCADA
7 2 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.44%) Insider Threat
7 2 (1.44%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.44%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.72%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (0.72%) Contactless
8 1 (0.72%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.72%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.72%) IoT
8 1 (0.72%) Tandem
8 1 (0.72%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.88%) Linux
2 2 (1.44%) Windows
3 1 (0.72%) CentOS
3 1 (0.72%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.72%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (57.55%) Information Security
2 70 (50.36%) Cybersecurity
3 46 (33.09%) Risk Management
4 31 (22.30%) Security Management
5 30 (21.58%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (19.42%) Information Security Management
7 25 (17.99%) Security Architecture
8 20 (14.39%) Risk Assessment
8 20 (14.39%) Threat Modelling
9 19 (13.67%) SABSA
9 19 (13.67%) TOGAF
9 19 (13.67%) Vulnerability Management
10 18 (12.95%) ISMS
11 15 (10.79%) Project Management
11 15 (10.79%) Roadmaps
12 14 (10.07%) Computer Science
12 14 (10.07%) Identity Access Management
12 14 (10.07%) Incident Response
13 13 (9.35%) Agile
13 13 (9.35%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.47%) SQL
2 4 (2.88%) Java
2 4 (2.88%) Python
3 2 (1.44%) Bash
3 2 (1.44%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (1.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 92 (66.19%) CISM
2 34 (24.46%) Security Cleared
3 32 (23.02%) CISA
4 31 (22.30%) Degree
5 29 (20.86%) SC Cleared
6 18 (12.95%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (10.07%) CRISC
8 13 (9.35%) CEH
9 11 (7.91%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (7.19%) CREST Certified
10 10 (7.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 10 (7.19%) Master's Degree
10 10 (7.19%) TOGAF Certification
11 9 (6.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 9 (6.47%) CompTIA Security+
12 7 (5.04%) CCNA
13 6 (4.32%) CCSP
13 6 (4.32%) CLAS
13 6 (4.32%) CSSLP
13 6 (4.32%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (38.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 51 (36.69%) NIST
3 16 (11.51%) NCSC
4 13 (9.35%) GDPR
5 8 (5.76%) GRC
6 7 (5.04%) COBIT
6 7 (5.04%) NIST 800
6 7 (5.04%) PCI DSS
7 5 (3.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (2.16%) Government Security Classifications
8 3 (2.16%) JSP 440
8 3 (2.16%) RMADS
9 2 (1.44%) COSO
9 2 (1.44%) ISO 22301
9 2 (1.44%) QA
10 1 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.72%) GLBA
10 1 (0.72%) GPG13
10 1 (0.72%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (2.16%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (3.60%) QRadar
2 2 (1.44%) CASB
2 2 (1.44%) Host Intrusion Detection System
2 2 (1.44%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.44%) Nessus
3 1 (0.72%) Ansible
3 1 (0.72%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (0.72%) PingFederate
3 1 (0.72%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (15.11%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.91%) Qualys
3 8 (5.76%) Cisco
4 5 (3.60%) CyberArk
5 4 (2.88%) Oracle
6 2 (1.44%) AlienVault
6 2 (1.44%) ArcSight
6 2 (1.44%) Carbon Black
6 2 (1.44%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (1.44%) Google
6 2 (1.44%) LogRhythm
6 2 (1.44%) Splunk
6 2 (1.44%) Symantec
7 1 (0.72%) Axway
7 1 (0.72%) Netskope
7 1 (0.72%) Okta
7 1 (0.72%) OneTrust
7 1 (0.72%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.72%) Ping Identity
7 1 (0.72%) Zscaler