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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 443 505 677
Rank change year-on-year +62 +172 -89
Contract jobs citing CISA 137 190 186
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 0.33% 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.07% 1.22% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 124 127
10th Percentile £400 £474 £465
25th Percentile £500 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +13.64%
75th Percentile £738 £750 £712
90th Percentile £775 £837 £835
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 12,775 15,576 19,048
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.03% 27.20% 21.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,956 10,400 12,640
10th Percentile £308 £330 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +7.14%
75th Percentile £646 £650 £630
90th Percentile £738 £743 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,057 771 774
10th Percentile £13.69 £15.21 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.80 £21.24 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £43.95
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +25.14% +21.73%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £57.95
90th Percentile £76.25 £79.19 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £50.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -18.12% +42.86% +5.26%

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 20 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 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 20 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 +59 119 £619 -1.00% 75
London +64 77 £650 - 33
UK excluding London +43 47 £550 +13.17% 45
Work from Home +89 38 £600 -14.92% 35
North of England +27 14 £600 +23.46% 14
South East +13 12 £488 -31.39% 11
South West +16 10 £519 -9.78% 7
Scotland +44 9 - - 2
North West +8 9 £676 +39.09% 8
Yorkshire - 3 £550 - 5
North East - 2 £525 - 1
Midlands +12 1 - - 10
East of England +10 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 (2.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (8.76%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 21 (15.33%) AWS
2 16 (11.68%) Azure
3 7 (5.11%) GCP
4 5 (3.65%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.19%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.46%) IaaS
6 2 (1.46%) SaaS
7 1 (0.73%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.73%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 21 (15.33%) Network Security
2 8 (5.84%) Firewall
3 3 (2.19%) Cisco IPT
3 3 (2.19%) SAN
3 3 (2.19%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.46%) Broadband
4 2 (1.46%) DNS
4 2 (1.46%) Internet
4 2 (1.46%) SSL
5 1 (0.73%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.73%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.19%) KNIME
2 2 (1.46%) MS Access
2 2 (1.46%) RDBMS
2 2 (1.46%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.73%) Tableau
General
1 39 (28.47%) Finance
2 20 (14.60%) Social Skills
3 13 (9.49%) Financial Institution
4 12 (8.76%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (8.76%) Banking
5 10 (7.30%) Manufacturing
6 8 (5.84%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (5.84%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.38%) Front Office
8 4 (2.92%) French Language
8 4 (2.92%) German Language
8 4 (2.92%) Legal
8 4 (2.92%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.46%) International Banking
10 2 (1.46%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.46%) Retail
11 1 (0.73%) Automotive
11 1 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.73%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 46 (33.58%) Architect
2 37 (27.01%) Security Architect
3 22 (16.06%) Analyst
4 18 (13.14%) Security Manager
5 16 (11.68%) Consultant
6 15 (10.95%) Project Manager
6 15 (10.95%) Security Project Manager
7 13 (9.49%) Security Consultant
8 12 (8.76%) Lead
9 10 (7.30%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 10 (7.30%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 10 (7.30%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
10 8 (5.84%) CISSP Manager
10 8 (5.84%) Lead Architect
11 7 (5.11%) IT Analyst
11 7 (5.11%) IT Risk Analyst
11 7 (5.11%) Risk Analyst
11 7 (5.11%) Senior
12 6 (4.38%) Applications Architect
12 6 (4.38%) Information Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.19%) .NET
1 3 (2.19%) Web Services
2 2 (1.46%) OAuth
2 2 (1.46%) OpenID
2 2 (1.46%) SailPoint
2 2 (1.46%) SAML
2 2 (1.46%) SPML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (26.28%) Management Information System
2 8 (5.84%) CESG
2 8 (5.84%) Security Posture
3 6 (4.38%) Operational Technology
4 5 (3.65%) IoT
5 4 (2.92%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (2.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (2.19%) Industry 4.0
6 3 (2.19%) PKI
6 3 (2.19%) PMI
7 2 (1.46%) Credit Risk
7 2 (1.46%) Derivative
7 2 (1.46%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.73%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.73%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 1 (0.73%) NHS
8 1 (0.73%) SCADA
8 1 (0.73%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.92%) Windows
2 1 (0.73%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.73%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (58.39%) Cybersecurity
2 55 (40.15%) Information Security
3 45 (32.85%) Risk Management
4 24 (17.52%) Security Architecture
5 23 (16.79%) Cloud Security
6 21 (15.33%) Security Management
7 20 (14.60%) Information Assurance
7 20 (14.60%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (14.60%) SABSA
8 19 (13.87%) Information Security Management
9 17 (12.41%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
9 17 (12.41%) Static Application Security Testing
10 16 (11.68%) Application Security
11 14 (10.22%) Project Delivery
11 14 (10.22%) Project Management
11 14 (10.22%) Risk Assessment
12 11 (8.03%) Decision-Making
13 10 (7.30%) Threat Modelling
14 9 (6.57%) Agile
14 9 (6.57%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.19%) Python
1 3 (2.19%) SQL
1 3 (2.19%) VBA
2 2 (1.46%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.46%) R
2 2 (1.46%) VB
Qualifications
1 122 (89.05%) CISSP
2 115 (83.94%) CISM
3 37 (27.01%) CRISC
4 26 (18.98%) Security Cleared
5 24 (17.52%) Degree
5 24 (17.52%) SC Cleared
6 21 (15.33%) Cisco Certification
7 18 (13.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 15 (10.95%) CEH
8 15 (10.95%) CISMP
9 13 (9.49%) CompTIA Security+
10 9 (6.57%) CCSK
10 9 (6.57%) ISACA
11 8 (5.84%) CREST Certified
11 8 (5.84%) SANS
11 8 (5.84%) SSCP
11 8 (5.84%) TOGAF Certification
12 7 (5.11%) CCSP
12 7 (5.11%) Master's Degree
12 7 (5.11%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (41.61%) NIST
2 53 (38.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (12.41%) GDPR
4 16 (11.68%) COBIT
5 14 (10.22%) PCI DSS
6 13 (9.49%) GRC
7 11 (8.03%) NCSC
7 11 (8.03%) NIST 800
8 10 (7.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 9 (6.57%) HIPAA
10 6 (4.38%) QA
11 4 (2.92%) ITGC
12 3 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (1.46%) ISO 31000
13 2 (1.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.73%) Accessibility
14 1 (0.73%) COSO
14 1 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 1 (0.73%) Data Quality
14 1 (0.73%) GPG13
System Software
1 5 (3.65%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.46%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.73%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.73%) Nessus
Vendors
1 18 (13.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.19%) Cisco
3 2 (1.46%) CA
3 2 (1.46%) Cadence
3 2 (1.46%) Okta
3 2 (1.46%) Rapid7
4 1 (0.73%) Alteryx
4 1 (0.73%) CheckPoint
4 1 (0.73%) CyberArk
4 1 (0.73%) ForeScout
4 1 (0.73%) OneTrust
4 1 (0.73%) Palo Alto
4 1 (0.73%) Qualys
4 1 (0.73%) SAP
4 1 (0.73%) Splunk
4 1 (0.73%) Varonis