ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CISA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 442 504 677
Rank change year-on-year +62 +173 -92
Contract jobs citing CISA 132 197 180
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.31% 0.34% 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.03% 1.27% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 130 123
10th Percentile £411 £463 £430
25th Percentile £509 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +13.64%
75th Percentile £738 £750 £706
90th Percentile £774 £850 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £486 £613
% change year-on-year +13.17% -20.65% +40.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CISA 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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 12,821 15,525 18,800
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.13% 27.19% 21.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,940 10,364 12,432
10th Percentile £307 £330 £336
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £626
90th Percentile £738 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,052 789 770
10th Percentile £13.69 £15.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.72 £20.47 £19.77
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £43.85
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +23.15% +13.90%
75th Percentile £61.35 £67.50 £58.66
90th Percentile £76.15 £79.30 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.63 £49.94 £35.00
% change year-on-year -18.63% +42.68% -1.41%

CISA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CISA in the UK

CISA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for CISA in the UK

CISA
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISA over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CISA in the UK

CISA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for CISA in the UK

CISA
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISA within the UK over the 6 months to 15 May 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
England +30 114 £650 +4.00% 57
London +57 73 £650 - 22
UK excluding London +37 46 £550 +13.17% 34
Work from Home +97 37 £600 -15.55% 44
North of England +16 14 £600 +23.46% 12
South East +11 12 £488 -31.39% 6
Scotland +50 9 - - 2
South West +24 9 £550 -4.35% 5
North West +10 9 £676 +39.09% 8
Yorkshire +22 3 £550 +41.94% 4
North East - 2 £525 -
Midlands +26 1 - - 9
East of England +11 1 £400 -17.95%
East Midlands - 1 - -
Wales - 1 £638 -

CISA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 9 (6.82%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (12.88%) AWS
2 12 (9.09%) Azure
3 5 (3.79%) GCP
4 4 (3.03%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.52%) IaaS
5 2 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.52%) SaaS
6 1 (0.76%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 21 (15.91%) Network Security
2 8 (6.06%) Firewall
3 4 (3.03%) SAN
4 3 (2.27%) Cisco IPT
4 3 (2.27%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.52%) Broadband
5 2 (1.52%) DNS
5 2 (1.52%) Internet
5 2 (1.52%) SSL
6 1 (0.76%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.76%) Modbus
General
1 37 (28.03%) Finance
2 20 (15.15%) Social Skills
3 12 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (9.09%) Financial Institution
4 11 (8.33%) Banking
5 10 (7.58%) Manufacturing
6 8 (6.06%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (6.06%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.03%) French Language
7 4 (3.03%) Front Office
7 4 (3.03%) German Language
7 4 (3.03%) Legal
8 3 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.27%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.52%) International Banking
9 2 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.52%) Retail
10 1 (0.76%) Automotive
10 1 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.76%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 44 (33.33%) Architect
2 35 (26.52%) Security Architect
3 19 (14.39%) Analyst
3 19 (14.39%) Security Manager
4 16 (12.12%) Consultant
4 16 (12.12%) Project Manager
4 16 (12.12%) Security Project Manager
5 13 (9.85%) Security Consultant
6 12 (9.09%) Lead
7 10 (7.58%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 10 (7.58%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 10 (7.58%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
8 9 (6.82%) CISSP Manager
9 8 (6.06%) Lead Architect
10 7 (5.30%) IT Analyst
10 7 (5.30%) IT Risk Analyst
10 7 (5.30%) Risk Analyst
11 6 (4.55%) Security Analyst
11 6 (4.55%) Senior
12 5 (3.79%) Cloud Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.27%) .NET
1 3 (2.27%) Web Services
2 2 (1.52%) OAuth
2 2 (1.52%) OpenID
2 2 (1.52%) SailPoint
2 2 (1.52%) SAML
2 2 (1.52%) SPML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (27.27%) Management Information System
2 8 (6.06%) CESG
2 8 (6.06%) Security Posture
3 6 (4.55%) Operational Technology
4 5 (3.79%) IoT
5 4 (3.03%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (2.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (2.27%) Industry 4.0
6 3 (2.27%) PKI
6 3 (2.27%) PMI
7 2 (1.52%) Derivative
7 2 (1.52%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.76%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 1 (0.76%) NHS
8 1 (0.76%) SCADA
8 1 (0.76%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (61.36%) Cybersecurity
2 52 (39.39%) Information Security
3 44 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 25 (18.94%) Security Architecture
5 22 (16.67%) Cloud Security
6 21 (15.91%) Security Management
7 20 (15.15%) Information Assurance
7 20 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (15.15%) SABSA
8 19 (14.39%) Information Security Management
9 16 (12.12%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
9 16 (12.12%) Static Application Security Testing
10 15 (11.36%) Project Delivery
11 14 (10.61%) Application Security
11 14 (10.61%) Project Management
11 14 (10.61%) Risk Assessment
12 11 (8.33%) Decision-Making
12 11 (8.33%) Enterprise Architecture
13 9 (6.82%) Business Continuity
13 9 (6.82%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 121 (91.67%) CISSP
2 113 (85.61%) CISM
3 34 (25.76%) CRISC
4 25 (18.94%) Security Cleared
5 24 (18.18%) Degree
6 23 (17.42%) SC Cleared
7 21 (15.91%) Cisco Certification
8 18 (13.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 15 (11.36%) CEH
9 15 (11.36%) CISMP
10 13 (9.85%) CompTIA Security+
11 9 (6.82%) CCSK
11 9 (6.82%) ISACA
11 9 (6.82%) SANS
12 8 (6.06%) CREST Certified
12 8 (6.06%) SSCP
12 8 (6.06%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (5.30%) CCSP
13 7 (5.30%) Master's Degree
13 7 (5.30%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (43.18%) NIST
2 53 (40.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (12.88%) GDPR
4 16 (12.12%) COBIT
5 14 (10.61%) PCI DSS
6 13 (9.85%) GRC
7 11 (8.33%) NCSC
7 11 (8.33%) NIST 800
8 10 (7.58%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 9 (6.82%) HIPAA
10 4 (3.03%) ITGC
10 4 (3.03%) QA
11 3 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (1.52%) ISO 31000
12 2 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.76%) COSO
13 1 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.76%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.76%) GPG13
13 1 (0.76%) ISA99
System Software
1 3 (2.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.52%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.76%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.76%) Nessus
Vendors
1 15 (11.36%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.27%) Cisco
3 2 (1.52%) CA
3 2 (1.52%) Cadence
3 2 (1.52%) Okta
3 2 (1.52%) Rapid7
4 1 (0.76%) CheckPoint
4 1 (0.76%) CyberArk
4 1 (0.76%) ForeScout
4 1 (0.76%) OneTrust
4 1 (0.76%) Palo Alto
4 1 (0.76%) Qualys
4 1 (0.76%) SAP
4 1 (0.76%) Splunk
4 1 (0.76%) Varonis