CISSP Contracts in the South West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 121 123 127
Rank change year-on-year +2 +4 -37
Contract jobs citing CISSP 36 36 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.09% 1.06% 1.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.04% 2.02% 2.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 18 26
10th Percentile £475 £553 £458
25th Percentile £491 £613 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - +19.05%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £759
90th Percentile £678 £688 £813
England median daily rate £600 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +3.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 6
10th Percentile - - £63.17
25th Percentile - £59.73 £67.62
Median hourly rate - £72.98 £72.42
Median % change year-on-year - +0.77% +3.46%
75th Percentile - - £80.68
90th Percentile - £85.44 £82.77
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 West

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 West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,766 1,784 1,470
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 53.53% 52.66% 40.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,126 1,280 1,036
10th Percentile £373 £400 £325
25th Percentile £470 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £587 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.34% +11.86% +5.42%
75th Percentile £662 £675 £625
90th Percentile £725 £727 £680
England median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 137 95
10th Percentile £21.26 £42.37 £41.79
25th Percentile £40.00 £57.25 £52.00
Median hourly rate £63.50 £67.34 £60.92
Median % change year-on-year -5.70% +10.54% +28.25%
75th Percentile £72.50 £80.00 £66.13
90th Percentile £80.00 £86.75 £75.00
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in the South West

CISSP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for CISSP in the South West

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in the South West

CISSP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for CISSP in the South West

CISSP
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West 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
Wiltshire -3 17 £600 -4.00% 1
Bristol +3 8 £550 -18.52% 10
Devon - 5 £475 -
Somerset - 3 £675 -
Gloucestershire +1 2 £600 +6.19% 3
Dorset +1 1 - - 2
CISSP
England

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (11.11%) Azure
1 4 (11.11%) Entra ID
2 2 (5.56%) AWS
3 1 (2.78%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (2.78%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (22.22%) Network Security
2 1 (2.78%) Firewall
2 1 (2.78%) Internet
2 1 (2.78%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (2.78%) VPN
2 1 (2.78%) WAN
General
1 11 (30.56%) Manufacturing
1 11 (30.56%) Social Skills
2 9 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (19.44%) Military
4 5 (13.89%) Public Sector
4 5 (13.89%) Telecoms
5 4 (11.11%) Electronics
5 4 (11.11%) Finance
5 4 (11.11%) Marketing
6 3 (8.33%) Legal
7 1 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 12 (33.33%) Lead
2 10 (27.78%) Architect
3 7 (19.44%) Lead Architect
3 7 (19.44%) Project Manager
3 7 (19.44%) SOC Manager
4 6 (16.67%) Consultant
4 6 (16.67%) Security Consultant
5 4 (11.11%) Analyst
5 4 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (11.11%) DV Cleared Project Manager
5 4 (11.11%) Information Security Consultant
5 4 (11.11%) Security Analyst
6 3 (8.33%) Information Assurance Consultant
6 3 (8.33%) Security Architect
7 2 (5.56%) Security Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) Security Manager
8 1 (2.78%) Security Project Manager
8 1 (2.78%) Security Technical Consultant
8 1 (2.78%) Senior Security Analyst
8 1 (2.78%) Technical Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.56%) SailPoint
2 1 (2.78%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 7 (19.44%) CESG
1 7 (19.44%) Cyber Defence
1 7 (19.44%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (11.11%) Operational Technology
3 3 (8.33%) Cyber Security Posture
3 3 (8.33%) SCADA
4 2 (5.56%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.56%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.78%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (72.22%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (50.00%) Information Security
3 14 (38.89%) Security Operations
4 10 (27.78%) Information Assurance
4 10 (27.78%) Programme Management
5 9 (25.00%) Agile
5 9 (25.00%) Security Architecture
6 8 (22.22%) Mentoring
6 8 (22.22%) SIEM
7 6 (16.67%) Resource Management
8 5 (13.89%) Coaching
8 5 (13.89%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 4 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (11.11%) Cloud Security
9 4 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
10 3 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
10 3 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (8.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 2 (5.56%) DevSecOps
11 2 (5.56%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 28 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 26 (72.22%) CISM
3 16 (44.44%) SC Cleared
4 12 (33.33%) DV Cleared
5 9 (25.00%) CEH
5 9 (25.00%) CISA
5 9 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
6 7 (19.44%) CISMP
6 7 (19.44%) ISACA
6 7 (19.44%) SSCP
7 6 (16.67%) CESG Certified Professional
8 4 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (11.11%) CLAS
9 3 (8.33%) CCNA
9 3 (8.33%) OSCP
10 2 (5.56%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (2.78%) CCNP
11 1 (2.78%) CCSP
11 1 (2.78%) Degree
11 1 (2.78%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (72.22%) NIST
2 16 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (30.56%) GDPR
4 10 (27.78%) PCI DSS
5 8 (22.22%) HIPAA
6 7 (19.44%) NIST 800
7 6 (16.67%) JSP 440
8 5 (13.89%) RMADS
9 4 (11.11%) NCSC
10 2 (5.56%) COBIT
10 2 (5.56%) COSO
11 1 (2.78%) GRC
11 1 (2.78%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (5.56%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (11.11%) SAP
2 1 (2.78%) CyberArk
2 1 (2.78%) Google
2 1 (2.78%) Okta
2 1 (2.78%) Splunk