CISA Contracts

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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 453 497 650
Rank change year-on-year +44 +153 -49
Contract jobs citing CISA 122 187 188
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.33% 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.95% 1.23% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 121 121
10th Percentile £421 £463 £450
25th Percentile £503 £500 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +13.64%
75th Percentile £738 £750 £724
90th Percentile £775 £835 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £486 £600
% change year-on-year +13.17% -19.00% +37.14%

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 12,872 15,254 19,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.89% 27.21% 21.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,011 10,183 12,699
10th Percentile £310 £338 £345
25th Percentile £425 £450 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £630
90th Percentile £738 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £535 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +1.90% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,100 745 759
10th Percentile £13.87 £14.67 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £21.24 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +28.21%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.32 £79.19 £67.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.25 £52.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% +50.00% +16.67%

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 1 June 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 15 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 1 June 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 +20 105 £650 +4.00% 56
London +56 71 £650 - 31
UK excluding London +18 39 £550 +13.17% 24
Work from Home +81 35 £600 -12.73% 71
North of England +19 13 £613 +26.13% 9
South West +13 10 £519 -9.78% 2
North West +13 9 £676 +39.09% 4
Scotland +39 7 - - 2
South East -3 6 £519 -26.99% 5
Yorkshire - 2 £525 - 4
North East - 2 £525 - 1
Midlands +13 1 - - 4
East of England +4 1 £400 -17.95% 1
East Midlands - 1 - - 1
Wales - 1 £638 -

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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (9.84%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 21 (17.21%) AWS
2 15 (12.30%) Azure
3 7 (5.74%) GCP
4 5 (4.10%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.64%) IaaS
6 2 (1.64%) SaaS
7 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.82%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 20 (16.39%) Network Security
2 8 (6.56%) Firewall
3 3 (2.46%) Cisco IPT
3 3 (2.46%) SAN
3 3 (2.46%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.64%) DNS
4 2 (1.64%) SSL
5 1 (0.82%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.82%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.46%) KNIME
2 2 (1.64%) MS Access
2 2 (1.64%) RDBMS
2 2 (1.64%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.82%) Tableau
General
1 37 (30.33%) Finance
2 17 (13.93%) Social Skills
3 13 (10.66%) Financial Institution
4 12 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (9.84%) Banking
5 10 (8.20%) Manufacturing
6 9 (7.38%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (4.92%) Front Office
8 5 (4.10%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.64%) International Banking
10 2 (1.64%) Legal
10 2 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.64%) Retail
11 1 (0.82%) Automotive
11 1 (0.82%) French Language
11 1 (0.82%) Law
11 1 (0.82%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.82%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 44 (36.07%) Architect
2 35 (28.69%) Security Architect
3 21 (17.21%) Analyst
4 16 (13.11%) Security Manager
5 15 (12.30%) Project Manager
5 15 (12.30%) Security Project Manager
6 12 (9.84%) Lead
7 10 (8.20%) Consultant
7 10 (8.20%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 10 (8.20%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
8 9 (7.38%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 8 (6.56%) CISSP Manager
9 8 (6.56%) Lead Architect
10 7 (5.74%) IT Analyst
10 7 (5.74%) IT Risk Analyst
10 7 (5.74%) Risk Analyst
10 7 (5.74%) Security Consultant
10 7 (5.74%) Senior
11 6 (4.92%) Applications Architect
11 6 (4.92%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.46%) .NET
1 3 (2.46%) Web Services
2 2 (1.64%) OAuth
2 2 (1.64%) OpenID
2 2 (1.64%) SailPoint
2 2 (1.64%) SAML
2 2 (1.64%) SPML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (26.23%) Management Information System
2 8 (6.56%) CESG
2 8 (6.56%) Security Posture
3 6 (4.92%) Operational Technology
4 5 (4.10%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (2.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.46%) Industry 4.0
5 3 (2.46%) IoT
5 3 (2.46%) PKI
5 3 (2.46%) PMI
6 2 (1.64%) Credit Risk
6 2 (1.64%) Derivative
6 2 (1.64%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.64%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.82%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 1 (0.82%) NHS
7 1 (0.82%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.28%) Windows
2 1 (0.82%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.82%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (55.74%) Cybersecurity
2 51 (41.80%) Information Security
3 37 (30.33%) Risk Management
4 24 (19.67%) Security Architecture
5 20 (16.39%) Information Assurance
6 19 (15.57%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (15.57%) SABSA
7 18 (14.75%) Security Management
8 17 (13.93%) Cloud Security
8 17 (13.93%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
8 17 (13.93%) Static Application Security Testing
9 16 (13.11%) Application Security
9 16 (13.11%) Information Security Management
10 15 (12.30%) Project Management
11 14 (11.48%) Risk Assessment
12 13 (10.66%) Project Delivery
13 12 (9.84%) Decision-Making
14 10 (8.20%) Security Operations
14 10 (8.20%) Threat Modelling
15 9 (7.38%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.46%) Python
1 3 (2.46%) SQL
1 3 (2.46%) VBA
2 2 (1.64%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.64%) R
2 2 (1.64%) VB
Qualifications
1 108 (88.52%) CISSP
2 101 (82.79%) CISM
3 31 (25.41%) CRISC
4 23 (18.85%) SC Cleared
4 23 (18.85%) Security Cleared
5 22 (18.03%) Degree
6 14 (11.48%) CEH
7 13 (10.66%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (9.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 11 (9.02%) CompTIA Security+
10 9 (7.38%) CCSK
10 9 (7.38%) CISMP
10 9 (7.38%) ISACA
11 8 (6.56%) CREST Certified
11 8 (6.56%) SANS
11 8 (6.56%) SSCP
11 8 (6.56%) TOGAF Certification
12 7 (5.74%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (5.74%) Master's Degree
12 7 (5.74%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (40.16%) NIST
2 47 (38.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (14.75%) GDPR
4 15 (12.30%) PCI DSS
5 11 (9.02%) NCSC
5 11 (9.02%) NIST 800
6 10 (8.20%) COBIT
6 10 (8.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 9 (7.38%) HIPAA
8 7 (5.74%) GRC
9 6 (4.92%) QA
10 4 (3.28%) ITGC
11 2 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (1.64%) ISO 31000
11 2 (1.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.82%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.82%) COSO
12 1 (0.82%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.82%) GPG13
12 1 (0.82%) ISA99
System Software
1 5 (4.10%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.64%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.82%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.82%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (13.93%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.64%) CA
2 2 (1.64%) Cadence
2 2 (1.64%) Okta
3 1 (0.82%) Alteryx
3 1 (0.82%) CheckPoint
3 1 (0.82%) Cisco
3 1 (0.82%) CyberArk
3 1 (0.82%) ForeScout
3 1 (0.82%) OneTrust
3 1 (0.82%) Palo Alto
3 1 (0.82%) Rapid7
3 1 (0.82%) SAP
3 1 (0.82%) Varonis