CISSP Contracts in the North of England

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 143 169 178
Rank change year-on-year +26 +9 -4
Contract jobs citing CISSP 35 38 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.74% 0.69% 0.98%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.07% 2.81% 4.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 30 59
10th Percentile £425 £450 £460
25th Percentile £450 £486 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £632
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -16.93% +20.38%
75th Percentile £725 £625 £763
90th Percentile £775 £650 -
England median daily rate £600 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £23.00 - -
England median hourly rate £23.00 £72.98 £68.04
% change year-on-year -68.48% +7.26% +6.31%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

CISSP 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 advertised in the North of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,139 1,354 1,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 24.00% 24.42% 20.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 633 932 1,021
10th Percentile £301 £320 £206
25th Percentile £415 £431 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £485
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% +7.78%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £588
90th Percentile £713 £700 £663
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 73 73
10th Percentile £10.95 £19.48 £14.25
25th Percentile £13.50 £25.75 £17.00
Median hourly rate £16.12 £40.58 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.28% +30.89% +37.78%
75th Percentile £43.83 £49.52 £56.25
90th Percentile £63.75 £66.94 £75.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £39.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +39.24% +8.22%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing CISSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in the North of England

CISSP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISSP in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for CISSP in the North of England

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISSP in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in the North of England

CISSP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISSP in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for CISSP in the North of England

CISSP
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the North of England region over the 6 months to 2 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
North West +15 28 £651 +33.85% 17
Yorkshire +16 4 £550 -8.33% 11
North East - 3 £525 -
CISSP
England

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Applications
1 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (31.43%) Azure
2 8 (22.86%) Azure Sentinel
3 5 (14.29%) AWS
4 4 (11.43%) IaaS
4 4 (11.43%) PaaS
4 4 (11.43%) SaaS
5 2 (5.71%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.86%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (2.86%) Cloudflare
6 1 (2.86%) GCP
6 1 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.86%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 9 (25.71%) Network Security
2 5 (14.29%) Firewall
3 4 (11.43%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (2.86%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (2.86%) Cisco IPT
4 1 (2.86%) SD-WAN
4 1 (2.86%) TCP/IP
General
1 5 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 3 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (8.57%) Finance
3 2 (5.71%) Legal
3 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (28.57%) Analyst
2 8 (22.86%) Architect
3 7 (20.00%) Security Architect
4 4 (11.43%) Cisco Architect
4 4 (11.43%) Cisco Network Architect
4 4 (11.43%) Cisco Security Architect
4 4 (11.43%) Network Architect
4 4 (11.43%) Network Security Architect
4 4 (11.43%) Project Manager
4 4 (11.43%) Security Analyst
4 4 (11.43%) Security Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) Security Manager
4 4 (11.43%) Security Project Manager
4 4 (11.43%) Senior
5 3 (8.57%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 3 (8.57%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (8.57%) SOC Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) AWS Architect
6 2 (5.71%) Information Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) LDAP
1 1 (2.86%) REST
1 1 (2.86%) SailPoint
1 1 (2.86%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (8.57%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (8.57%) Insider Threat
2 3 (8.57%) Security Posture
3 2 (5.71%) Cyberattack
4 1 (2.86%) NHS
4 1 (2.86%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.43%) Linux
2 1 (2.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (54.29%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (28.57%) Decision-Making
2 10 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 8 (22.86%) Information Security
4 6 (17.14%) Application Security
4 6 (17.14%) Business Case
4 6 (17.14%) Business Development
4 6 (17.14%) Cloud Security
4 6 (17.14%) Data Strategy
4 6 (17.14%) Incident Response
4 6 (17.14%) Pricing Strategy
4 6 (17.14%) Threat Management
5 5 (14.29%) Analytics
6 4 (11.43%) Identity Access Management
6 4 (11.43%) Information Assurance
6 4 (11.43%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 4 (11.43%) Penetration Testing
6 4 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (11.43%) Regulatory Change
6 4 (11.43%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (5.71%) Bash
2 2 (5.71%) JavaScript
2 2 (5.71%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.71%) Python
3 1 (2.86%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 24 (68.57%) CISM
2 12 (34.29%) CISA
3 10 (28.57%) Degree
4 8 (22.86%) CompTIA Security+
5 7 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (17.14%) CCNP
6 6 (17.14%) Master's Degree
6 6 (17.14%) MBA
6 6 (17.14%) SC Cleared
6 6 (17.14%) Security Cleared
7 5 (14.29%) CCIE
8 4 (11.43%) CCIE Security
8 4 (11.43%) ISSAP
9 2 (5.71%) CCNA
9 2 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (2.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (2.86%) AWS Certification
10 1 (2.86%) CCSA
10 1 (2.86%) CEH
10 1 (2.86%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (14.29%) NIST
3 4 (11.43%) COBIT
3 4 (11.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 3 (8.57%) GDPR
5 1 (2.86%) PCI DSS
5 1 (2.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (5.71%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) Nessus
1 1 (2.86%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (48.57%) Microsoft
2 6 (17.14%) Cisco
3 1 (2.86%) AlgoSec
3 1 (2.86%) Ariba
3 1 (2.86%) BeyondTrust
3 1 (2.86%) CheckPoint
3 1 (2.86%) Concur
3 1 (2.86%) CyberArk
3 1 (2.86%) F5
3 1 (2.86%) Fortinet
3 1 (2.86%) Palo Alto
3 1 (2.86%) Proofpoint
3 1 (2.86%) Rapid7
3 1 (2.86%) SAP
3 1 (2.86%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.86%) SolarWinds
3 1 (2.86%) Sophos
3 1 (2.86%) Splunk
3 1 (2.86%) Symantec
3 1 (2.86%) VMware