CISA Contracts in England

ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 447 478 620
Rank change year-on-year +31 +142 -55
Contract jobs citing CISA 103 158 167
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.27% 0.34% 0.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.90% 1.23% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 103 109
10th Percentile £404 £465 £445
25th Percentile £500 £506 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +11.63%
75th Percentile £738 £750 £700
90th Percentile £795 £848 £800
UK median daily rate £600 £638 £613
% change year-on-year -5.88% +4.08% +11.36%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,463 12,852 15,408
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.56% 27.32% 21.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,093 8,593 10,289
10th Percentile £313 £350 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £652 £638
90th Percentile £738 £745 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,006 655 691
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.35 £13.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £21.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £40.66 £55.00 £41.36
Median % change year-on-year -26.07% +32.99% +14.88%
75th Percentile £64.25 £70.00 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.25 £68.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%

CISA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CISA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CISA in England

CISA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISA in England.

Daily rate trend for CISA in England

CISA
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISA in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CISA in England

CISA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISA in England.

Hourly rate trend for CISA in England

CISA
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISA within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
London +52 70 £650 -3.70% 22
North of England +13 13 £613 +26.13% 10
South West +8 9 £519 -9.78% 2
North West +7 9 £676 +39.09% 4
South East +5 6 £519 -5.68% 6
Midlands +8 2 - - 9
North East - 2 £525 - 1
East Midlands - 2 - -
Yorkshire - 2 £525 - 5
East of England +5 1 £400 -20.00% 5
CISA
UK

CISA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (3.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (10.68%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.91%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 21 (20.39%) AWS
2 15 (14.56%) Azure
3 7 (6.80%) GCP
4 5 (4.85%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.91%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.94%) IaaS
6 2 (1.94%) SaaS
7 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.97%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 15 (14.56%) Network Security
2 8 (7.77%) Firewall
3 3 (2.91%) SAN
3 3 (2.91%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.94%) DNS
4 2 (1.94%) SSL
5 1 (0.97%) Cisco IPT
5 1 (0.97%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.97%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.91%) KNIME
2 2 (1.94%) MS Access
2 2 (1.94%) RDBMS
2 2 (1.94%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.97%) Tableau
General
1 35 (33.98%) Finance
2 13 (12.62%) Financial Institution
2 13 (12.62%) Social Skills
3 11 (10.68%) Banking
4 8 (7.77%) Manufacturing
5 7 (6.80%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (6.80%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (5.83%) Front Office
7 2 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.94%) International Banking
7 2 (1.94%) Legal
7 2 (1.94%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.94%) Retail
8 1 (0.97%) Automotive
8 1 (0.97%) French Language
8 1 (0.97%) German Language
8 1 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.97%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (35.92%) Architect
2 29 (28.16%) Security Architect
3 19 (18.45%) Analyst
4 17 (16.50%) Security Manager
5 16 (15.53%) Project Manager
5 16 (15.53%) Security Project Manager
6 11 (10.68%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 11 (10.68%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
7 8 (7.77%) CISSP Manager
7 8 (7.77%) Lead
8 7 (6.80%) Consultant
8 7 (6.80%) IT Analyst
8 7 (6.80%) IT Risk Analyst
8 7 (6.80%) Lead Architect
8 7 (6.80%) Risk Analyst
8 7 (6.80%) Security Consultant
8 7 (6.80%) Senior
9 6 (5.83%) Applications Architect
9 6 (5.83%) Information Architect
9 6 (5.83%) Information Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.91%) .NET
1 3 (2.91%) Web Services
2 2 (1.94%) OAuth
2 2 (1.94%) OpenID
2 2 (1.94%) SailPoint
2 2 (1.94%) SAML
2 2 (1.94%) SPML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (27.18%) Management Information System
2 7 (6.80%) CESG
2 7 (6.80%) Security Posture
3 4 (3.88%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (3.88%) Operational Technology
4 3 (2.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (2.91%) Industry 4.0
4 3 (2.91%) IoT
4 3 (2.91%) PKI
4 3 (2.91%) PMI
5 2 (1.94%) Credit Risk
5 2 (1.94%) Derivative
6 1 (0.97%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.97%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 1 (0.97%) NHS
6 1 (0.97%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.97%) SCADA
6 1 (0.97%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.88%) Windows
2 1 (0.97%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.97%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (54.37%) Cybersecurity
2 42 (40.78%) Information Security
3 31 (30.10%) Risk Management
4 24 (23.30%) Security Architecture
5 19 (18.45%) Information Assurance
5 19 (18.45%) SABSA
6 17 (16.50%) Cloud Security
6 17 (16.50%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
6 17 (16.50%) Static Application Security Testing
7 16 (15.53%) Application Security
8 15 (14.56%) Project Management
9 14 (13.59%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (12.62%) Project Delivery
10 13 (12.62%) Security Management
11 12 (11.65%) Information Security Management
12 10 (9.71%) Risk Assessment
12 10 (9.71%) Threat Modelling
13 9 (8.74%) Enterprise Architecture
14 8 (7.77%) Agile
14 8 (7.77%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.91%) Python
1 3 (2.91%) SQL
1 3 (2.91%) VBA
2 2 (1.94%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.94%) R
2 2 (1.94%) VB
Qualifications
1 91 (88.35%) CISSP
2 86 (83.50%) CISM
3 23 (22.33%) CRISC
4 21 (20.39%) Degree
5 14 (13.59%) SC Cleared
5 14 (13.59%) Security Cleared
6 13 (12.62%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (11.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 12 (11.65%) CEH
8 9 (8.74%) CompTIA Security+
9 8 (7.77%) CCSK
9 8 (7.77%) CISMP
9 8 (7.77%) CREST Certified
9 8 (7.77%) ISACA
9 8 (7.77%) SANS
9 8 (7.77%) TOGAF Certification
10 7 (6.80%) Master's Degree
10 7 (6.80%) MBA
10 7 (6.80%) SSCP
11 6 (5.83%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (33.98%) NIST
2 32 (31.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (13.59%) GDPR
4 13 (12.62%) PCI DSS
5 11 (10.68%) NCSC
5 11 (10.68%) NIST 800
6 9 (8.74%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 8 (7.77%) COBIT
7 8 (7.77%) HIPAA
8 6 (5.83%) QA
9 5 (4.85%) GRC
10 2 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (1.94%) ISO 31000
10 2 (1.94%) ITGC
10 2 (1.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.97%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.97%) COSO
11 1 (0.97%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.97%) GPG13
11 1 (0.97%) ISA99
System Software
1 5 (4.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.94%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.97%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.97%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (16.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.94%) CA
2 2 (1.94%) Okta
3 1 (0.97%) Alteryx
3 1 (0.97%) Cadence
3 1 (0.97%) CheckPoint
3 1 (0.97%) Cisco
3 1 (0.97%) CyberArk
3 1 (0.97%) ForeScout
3 1 (0.97%) OneTrust
3 1 (0.97%) Palo Alto
3 1 (0.97%) Rapid7
3 1 (0.97%) SAP
3 1 (0.97%) Varonis