ISSAP Contracts with Work from Home Options

(ISC)² Information Systems Security Architecture Professional (ISC2 ISSAP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for ISSAP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 317 392 586
Rank change year-on-year +75 +194 +12
Contract jobs citing ISSAP 5 7 2
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.041% 0.037% 0.005%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.16% 0.14% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £650 -
UK median daily rate £650 £400 £800
% change year-on-year +62.50% -50.00% -3.03%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

ISSAP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,061 4,920 8,379
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 25.22% 26.16% 21.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,933 3,285 5,863
10th Percentile £331 £350 £375
25th Percentile £431 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +7.32%
75th Percentile £625 £646 £640
90th Percentile £724 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 197 263
10th Percentile £17.50 £19.99 £18.59
25th Percentile £21.56 £33.00 £39.78
Median hourly rate £40.00 £56.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -11.11% +68.00%
75th Percentile £66.00 £70.00 £67.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £84.36 £77.45
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% +56.02%

ISSAP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

ISSAP trend for jobs with a WFH option

ISSAP
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 ISSAP.

ISSAP daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

ISSAP
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 2 (40.00%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Architect
1 5 (100.00%) Security Architect
2 2 (40.00%) IT Architect
2 2 (40.00%) IT Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 5 (100.00%) SABSA
1 5 (100.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Information Security
2 2 (40.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CISSP
2 3 (60.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 3 (60.00%) CCNP
2 3 (60.00%) CCSE
2 3 (60.00%) CCSP
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (60.00%) MCITP
2 3 (60.00%) MCSE
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (40.00%) GIAC
3 2 (40.00%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (40.00%) COBIT
2 2 (40.00%) GDPR
2 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (40.00%) PCI DSS
2 2 (40.00%) PSD2
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (60.00%) CheckPoint
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft