CISSP Contracts in the South East

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for CISSP 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 178 130 184
Rank change year-on-year -48 +54 -20
Contract jobs citing CISSP 22 86 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.38% 1.52% 1.03%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.86% 4.18% 3.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 62 46
10th Percentile £471 £514 £456
25th Percentile £513 £570 £502
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £670 £563
Median % change year-on-year -14.18% +19.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £634
90th Percentile £650 £838 £716
England median daily rate £600 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +3.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £73.20 -
England median hourly rate £23.00 £72.84 £68.04
% change year-on-year -68.42% +7.05% +6.31%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

CISSP 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 the South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,569 2,055 2,428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 44.65% 36.29% 31.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,493 1,316 1,570
10th Percentile £350 £300 £312
25th Percentile £450 £418 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £650 £619 £625
90th Percentile £725 £700 £688
England median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 130 92
10th Percentile £17.80 £21.99 £17.00
25th Percentile £38.54 £42.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £57.35 £62.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +37.78% +8.43%
75th Percentile £70.39 £73.59 £60.56
90th Percentile £87.46 £77.21 £69.88
England median hourly rate £40.66 £55.00 £41.36
% change year-on-year -26.07% +32.99% +14.88%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing CISSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in the South East

CISSP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISSP in the South East.

Daily rate trend for CISSP in the South East

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISSP in the South East over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in the South East

CISSP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISSP in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for CISSP in the South East

CISSP
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the South East 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
Hampshire -14 11 £600 -1.64% 7
Thames Valley -13 9 £531 -6.39% 5
Berkshire -28 8 £525 -13.58% 4
East Sussex +2 1 £650 -7.14% 5
Oxfordshire +2 1 £538 +13.16%
Kent - 1 £540 - 2
CISSP
England

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (27.27%) AWS
1 6 (27.27%) Azure
2 1 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (4.55%) Entra ID
2 1 (4.55%) IaaS
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.55%) PaaS
2 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) Network Security
2 1 (4.55%) 4G
2 1 (4.55%) 5G
2 1 (4.55%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Power BI
1 1 (4.55%) Tableau
General
1 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Finance
3 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
3 2 (9.09%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.55%) Automotive
4 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.55%) French Language
4 1 (4.55%) German Language
4 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Consultant
2 5 (22.73%) Security Consultant
3 4 (18.18%) Information Manager
3 4 (18.18%) Information Security Manager
3 4 (18.18%) Information Security Project Manager
3 4 (18.18%) Project Manager
3 4 (18.18%) Security Manager
3 4 (18.18%) Security Project Manager
4 3 (13.64%) Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) Architect
4 3 (13.64%) Security Architect
5 2 (9.09%) Information Officer
5 2 (9.09%) Information Security Officer
5 2 (9.09%) Security Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Security Officer
6 1 (4.55%) Information Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Information Security Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Information Security Consultant
6 1 (4.55%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Technical Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) CSS
2 1 (4.55%) HTML
2 1 (4.55%) JSP
2 1 (4.55%) LDAP
2 1 (4.55%) REST
2 1 (4.55%) SOAP
2 1 (4.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) PMI
2 3 (13.64%) Management Information System
3 2 (9.09%) Operational Technology
3 2 (9.09%) SCADA
4 1 (4.55%) Contactless
4 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (4.55%) IoT
4 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.55%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Windows
1 2 (9.09%) Windows Server
2 1 (4.55%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Information Security
2 8 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (36.36%) Risk Management
3 6 (27.27%) Cloud Security
4 5 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (22.73%) Project Management
4 5 (22.73%) Security Architecture
5 4 (18.18%) PRINCE2
5 4 (18.18%) Supplier Management
6 3 (13.64%) Design Patterns
6 3 (13.64%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (13.64%) SABSA
6 3 (13.64%) TOGAF
7 2 (9.09%) Data Protection
7 2 (9.09%) Ethical Hacking
7 2 (9.09%) Incident Management
7 2 (9.09%) Mentoring
7 2 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (9.09%) Roadmaps
7 2 (9.09%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) Java
1 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.55%) Python
2 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (68.18%) CISM
2 7 (31.82%) Security Cleared
3 6 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (22.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (18.18%) CCSP
5 4 (18.18%) PMI Certification
6 3 (13.64%) CEH
6 3 (13.64%) CISA
6 3 (13.64%) Degree
6 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
7 2 (9.09%) CCNP
7 2 (9.09%) CCSK
7 2 (9.09%) CRISC
7 2 (9.09%) DV Cleared
8 1 (4.55%) AWS Certification
8 1 (4.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (4.55%) Azure Certification
8 1 (4.55%) CCNA
8 1 (4.55%) CESG Certified Professional
8 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (31.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (18.18%) NIST
3 3 (13.64%) COBIT
3 3 (13.64%) GRC
4 2 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (9.09%) PCI DSS
4 2 (9.09%) RMADS
5 1 (4.55%) GDPR
5 1 (4.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (4.55%) ITGC
5 1 (4.55%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) QRadar
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Cisco
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.55%) CyberArk
3 1 (4.55%) Oracle
3 1 (4.55%) Splunk