CISSP Contracts in the UK excluding London

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 266 207 266
Rank change year-on-year -59 +59 -31
Contract jobs citing CISSP 139 244 269
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.65% 1.08% 0.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.82% 3.30% 3.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 165 178
10th Percentile £438 £454 £456
25th Percentile £500 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £613 £578
Median % change year-on-year -6.12% +6.06% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £688
90th Percentile £763 £800 £763
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 11
10th Percentile - £56.90 £31.41
25th Percentile - £62.60 £62.63
Median hourly rate £23.00 £72.69 £68.58
Median % change year-on-year -68.36% +5.99% +8.00%
75th Percentile - £73.90 £75.06
90th Percentile - £76.69 £81.23
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £72.84 £68.58
% change year-on-year -68.42% +6.20% +8.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,648 7,386 8,107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.86% 32.55% 26.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,425 4,873 5,318
10th Percentile £275 £305 £263
25th Percentile £425 £425 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +10.50%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £600
90th Percentile £713 £713 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 967 571 539
10th Percentile £13.69 £13.88 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.90 £20.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £41.27 £52.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.40% +50.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.25 £56.14
90th Percentile £77.50 £79.19 £67.60
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CISSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in the UK excluding London

CISSP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISSP in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for CISSP in the UK excluding London

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISSP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in the UK excluding London

CISSP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISSP in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for CISSP in the UK excluding London

CISSP
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the UK excluding London 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
North of England +16 38 £555 +5.71% 26
South West +2 36 £550 -12.00% 19
North West +17 31 £625 +28.60% 14
South East -48 22 £575 -14.18% 33
Scotland +46 20 £585 +20.00% 8
Midlands -10 15 £635 -9.29% 23
West Midlands -14 8 £635 -9.29% 16
East Midlands - 7 £685 - 7
East of England -1 6 £550 +10.00% 9
Yorkshire +8 4 £550 -8.33% 12
North East - 3 £525 -
Wales +17 2 £781 +35.87% 4
CISSP
UK

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (5.04%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 27 (19.42%) Azure
2 15 (10.79%) AWS
3 14 (10.07%) Azure Sentinel
4 7 (5.04%) Entra ID
4 7 (5.04%) SaaS
5 5 (3.60%) IaaS
5 5 (3.60%) PaaS
6 4 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.44%) GCP
8 1 (0.72%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.72%) Cloudflare
8 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.72%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.72%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 26 (18.71%) Network Security
2 14 (10.07%) Firewall
3 5 (3.60%) Cisco Firepower
4 4 (2.88%) SCCP
5 3 (2.16%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (2.16%) Cisco IPT
5 3 (2.16%) SD-WAN
6 2 (1.44%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.72%) 4G
7 1 (0.72%) 5G
7 1 (0.72%) Internet
7 1 (0.72%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.72%) VPN
7 1 (0.72%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.44%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.72%) Power BI
2 1 (0.72%) Tableau
General
1 28 (20.14%) Social Skills
2 27 (19.42%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (17.27%) Public Sector
4 17 (12.23%) Finance
5 13 (9.35%) Manufacturing
6 7 (5.04%) Legal
6 7 (5.04%) Military
6 7 (5.04%) Telecoms
7 5 (3.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.88%) Electronics
8 4 (2.88%) Marketing
9 1 (0.72%) Automotive
9 1 (0.72%) Banking
9 1 (0.72%) French Language
9 1 (0.72%) German Language
9 1 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Local Government
9 1 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 25 (17.99%) Analyst
2 24 (17.27%) Architect
3 16 (11.51%) Project Manager
4 15 (10.79%) Consultant
4 15 (10.79%) Lead
4 15 (10.79%) Security Architect
5 14 (10.07%) Security Analyst
6 13 (9.35%) Senior
7 12 (8.63%) Security Consultant
7 12 (8.63%) Security Manager
8 11 (7.91%) Security Engineer
9 10 (7.19%) Security Project Manager
10 7 (5.04%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 7 (5.04%) Lead Architect
10 7 (5.04%) SOC Manager
11 6 (4.32%) Information Security Consultant
11 6 (4.32%) Security Advisor
11 6 (4.32%) SOC Analyst
12 5 (3.60%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 5 (3.60%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.16%) SailPoint
2 2 (1.44%) CSS
2 2 (1.44%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (1.44%) LDAP
2 2 (1.44%) REST
3 1 (0.72%) HTML
3 1 (0.72%) JSP
3 1 (0.72%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.72%) SAML
3 1 (0.72%) SOAP
3 1 (0.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 37 (26.62%) Management Information System
2 12 (8.63%) Cyber Defence
2 12 (8.63%) Security Operations Centre
3 9 (6.47%) Operational Technology
4 8 (5.76%) Security Posture
5 7 (5.04%) CESG
5 7 (5.04%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (3.60%) SCADA
7 4 (2.88%) Cyber Security Posture
7 4 (2.88%) PMI
8 3 (2.16%) Insider Threat
9 2 (1.44%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 2 (1.44%) Cyberattack
9 2 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.44%) NHS
9 2 (1.44%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.72%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.72%) Enterprise Cloud
10 1 (0.72%) PKI
10 1 (0.72%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.60%) Linux
2 4 (2.88%) Windows
3 2 (1.44%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.72%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (56.12%) Cybersecurity
2 61 (43.88%) Information Security
3 34 (24.46%) Risk Management
4 23 (16.55%) Security Operations
5 22 (15.83%) SIEM
6 21 (15.11%) Cloud Security
7 17 (12.23%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (11.51%) Decision-Making
8 16 (11.51%) ISMS
9 15 (10.79%) Incident Response
9 15 (10.79%) Security Architecture
10 14 (10.07%) Information Assurance
10 14 (10.07%) Mentoring
11 13 (9.35%) Computer Science
11 13 (9.35%) Threat Modelling
12 12 (8.63%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (8.63%) Identity Access Management
12 12 (8.63%) Programme Management
13 11 (7.91%) Risk Assessment
13 11 (7.91%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.47%) Kusto Query Language
2 4 (2.88%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.16%) Python
4 2 (1.44%) Bash
4 2 (1.44%) Java
4 2 (1.44%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.72%) ABAP
5 1 (0.72%) SQL
Qualifications
1 80 (57.55%) CISM
2 53 (38.13%) Security Cleared
3 37 (26.62%) SC Cleared
4 34 (24.46%) CISA
5 27 (19.42%) Degree
6 24 (17.27%) Cisco Certification
7 19 (13.67%) CompTIA Security+
8 17 (12.23%) DV Cleared
9 16 (11.51%) CEH
10 13 (9.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 11 (7.91%) CCNP
11 11 (7.91%) CRISC
12 10 (7.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 10 (7.19%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (6.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 8 (5.76%) CCIE
14 8 (5.76%) CCNA
14 8 (5.76%) CISMP
14 8 (5.76%) CLAS
15 7 (5.04%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (42.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 50 (35.97%) NIST
3 18 (12.95%) GDPR
4 13 (9.35%) PCI DSS
5 10 (7.19%) COBIT
6 9 (6.47%) NIST 800
7 8 (5.76%) HIPAA
8 7 (5.04%) GRC
8 7 (5.04%) JSP 440
8 7 (5.04%) RMADS
9 6 (4.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (2.88%) NCSC
11 2 (1.44%) COSO
11 2 (1.44%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.72%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.72%) ITGC
12 1 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.72%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (5.04%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.44%) Kibana
1 2 (1.44%) logstash
1 2 (1.44%) Nessus
2 1 (0.72%) OpenVAS
2 1 (0.72%) QRadar
2 1 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 26 (18.71%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.07%) Cisco
3 5 (3.60%) SAP
4 4 (2.88%) Fortinet
5 3 (2.16%) AlgoSec
5 3 (2.16%) CheckPoint
5 3 (2.16%) CyberArk
5 3 (2.16%) F5
5 3 (2.16%) Palo Alto
5 3 (2.16%) Splunk
6 2 (1.44%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.72%) Cadence
7 1 (0.72%) Google
7 1 (0.72%) Proofpoint
7 1 (0.72%) Qualys
7 1 (0.72%) Rapid7
7 1 (0.72%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.72%) Sophos
7 1 (0.72%) Symantec
7 1 (0.72%) VMware