CISA Contracts with Work from Home Options

ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for CISA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 308 392 540
Rank change year-on-year +84 +148 -83
Contract jobs citing CISA 33 65 83
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.22% 0.27% 0.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.85% 1.09% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 41 63
10th Percentile £493 - £425
25th Percentile £500 £486 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +13.21%
75th Percentile £738 £750 £763
90th Percentile - £925 £798
UK median daily rate £600 £638 £613
% change year-on-year -5.88% +4.08% +11.36%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

CISA 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 3,871 5,983 8,825
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.24% 25.06% 20.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,499 4,053 6,276
10th Percentile £331 £380 £375
25th Percentile £435 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +3.58% +6.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 246 232
10th Percentile £15.36 £19.00 £19.04
25th Percentile £23.94 £42.50 £39.19
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +25.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £67.50 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £84.28 £80.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%

CISA
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

CISA trend for jobs with a WFH option

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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 CISA.

CISA daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

CISA
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing CISA over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

CISA daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CISA
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 1 (3.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 9 (27.27%) AWS
2 2 (6.06%) Azure
3 1 (3.03%) GCP
3 1 (3.03%) IaaS
3 1 (3.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (39.39%) Network Security
2 2 (6.06%) Firewall
3 1 (3.03%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (3.03%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) KNIME
1 1 (3.03%) MS Access
1 1 (3.03%) RDBMS
1 1 (3.03%) Relational Database
General
1 5 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (15.15%) Finance
1 5 (15.15%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.12%) Public Sector
3 2 (6.06%) Banking
3 2 (6.06%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.03%) Financial Institution
4 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (3.03%) International Banking
4 1 (3.03%) Law
4 1 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (45.45%) Architect
1 15 (45.45%) Security Architect
2 8 (24.24%) Analyst
3 5 (15.15%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 5 (15.15%) Security Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Consultant
4 3 (9.09%) Information Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Information Security Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Lead
5 2 (6.06%) Information Assurance Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) IT Consultant
5 2 (6.06%) Senior
6 1 (3.03%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Firewall Architect
6 1 (3.03%) Information Security Consultant
6 1 (3.03%) IT Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Risk Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Security Auditor
6 1 (3.03%) Security Consultant
6 1 (3.03%) Senior Cloud Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (24.24%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.06%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.03%) Credit Risk
3 1 (3.03%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.03%) SCADA
3 1 (3.03%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (57.58%) Information Security
2 17 (51.52%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (45.45%) Information Security Management
3 15 (45.45%) Security Management
4 12 (36.36%) Risk Assessment
5 11 (33.33%) Security Architecture
6 10 (30.30%) Information Assurance
6 10 (30.30%) Risk Management
6 10 (30.30%) SABSA
7 8 (24.24%) Architectural Patterns
7 8 (24.24%) TOGAF
8 6 (18.18%) ISMS
8 6 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (15.15%) Security Monitoring
10 4 (12.12%) Decision-Making
11 3 (9.09%) Cloud Security
11 3 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (9.09%) Incident Response
11 3 (9.09%) Internal Audit
11 3 (9.09%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.03%) JavaScript
1 1 (3.03%) Python
1 1 (3.03%) R
1 1 (3.03%) SQL
1 1 (3.03%) VB
1 1 (3.03%) VBA
Qualifications
1 27 (81.82%) CISSP
2 26 (78.79%) CISM
3 13 (39.39%) CRISC
4 9 (27.27%) SC Cleared
4 9 (27.27%) Security Cleared
5 8 (24.24%) CREST Certified
5 8 (24.24%) TOGAF Certification
6 4 (12.12%) CGEIT
6 4 (12.12%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 3 (9.09%) Degree
8 2 (6.06%) ISSAP
9 1 (3.03%) CCSP
9 1 (3.03%) CEH
9 1 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (3.03%) DV Cleared
9 1 (3.03%) GCIA
9 1 (3.03%) GCIH
9 1 (3.03%) GIAC
9 1 (3.03%) MBA
9 1 (3.03%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (78.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (75.76%) NIST
3 9 (27.27%) NCSC
4 5 (15.15%) COBIT
4 5 (15.15%) GDPR
4 5 (15.15%) GRC
5 4 (12.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (9.09%) ITGC
7 2 (6.06%) PCI DSS
8 1 (3.03%) Accessibility
8 1 (3.03%) COSO
8 1 (3.03%) GPG13
8 1 (3.03%) NIST 800
8 1 (3.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.03%) CyberArk
2 1 (3.03%) OneTrust
2 1 (3.03%) SAP