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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 230 224 313
Rank change year-on-year -6 +89 -24
Contract jobs citing CISSP 437 704 754
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.02% 1.22% 0.86%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.39% 4.50% 3.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 498 523
10th Percentile £425 £463 £456
25th Percentile £500 £525 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £700
90th Percentile £775 £823 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £613 £600
% change year-on-year -6.12% +2.08% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 12 15
10th Percentile - £52.10 £31.41
25th Percentile - £59.73 £50.31
Median hourly rate £23.00 £72.69 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -68.36% +7.69% +5.47%
75th Percentile £53.21 £74.20 £75.06
90th Percentile £71.33 £79.48 £83.08
UK excluding London median hourly rate £53.21 £72.69 £67.50
% change year-on-year -26.80% +7.69% +3.85%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 12,895 15,649 18,953
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.22% 27.15% 21.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,970 10,439 12,534
10th Percentile £305 £330 £337
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £626
90th Percentile £738 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £528 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +0.48% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,067 799 780
10th Percentile £13.79 £15.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.80 £20.36 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £43.57
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +23.94% +14.66%
75th Percentile £61.40 £67.88 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.65 £79.19 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £50.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -18.12% +42.86% -

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in the UK

CISSP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for CISSP in the UK

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISSP over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in the UK

CISSP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for CISSP in the UK

CISSP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CISSP over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for CISSP in the UK

CISSP
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 14 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 -16 355 £600 -4.00% 202
London -4 208 £600 -7.69% 83
UK excluding London -8 153 £575 -6.12% 127
Work from Home -22 141 £600 -4.00% 97
South West +17 47 £550 -15.38% 20
North of England +21 35 £575 +18.31% 36
Scotland +41 27 £550 +10.00% 13
North West +27 27 £676 +39.09% 16
South East -39 26 £539 -20.51% 27
Midlands +4 11 £640 +2.40% 18
West Midlands +2 9 £645 +3.20% 12
East of England +7 6 £600 +33.33% 7
Yorkshire +15 5 £563 -6.25% 15
North East - 3 £525 - 5
Wales +17 2 £781 +35.87% 7
East Midlands - 2 £550 - 6

CISSP
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (1.37%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.69%) Apache
2 3 (0.69%) IIS
2 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.69%) WebLogic
2 3 (0.69%) WebSphere
3 2 (0.46%) Confluence
4 1 (0.23%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 16 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.69%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.23%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 96 (21.97%) Azure
2 53 (12.13%) AWS
3 32 (7.32%) Azure Sentinel
4 24 (5.49%) GCP
5 22 (5.03%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (4.58%) Entra ID
7 14 (3.20%) IaaS
8 12 (2.75%) SaaS
9 10 (2.29%) PaaS
10 7 (1.60%) Power Platform
11 4 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (0.92%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (0.69%) SuccessFactors
13 2 (0.46%) GitHub
13 2 (0.46%) GitHub Actions
14 1 (0.23%) AWS IoT
14 1 (0.23%) Azure Logic Apps
14 1 (0.23%) Serverless
14 1 (0.23%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 71 (16.25%) Network Security
2 40 (9.15%) Firewall
3 11 (2.52%) DNS
3 11 (2.52%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.83%) Cisco Firepower
5 6 (1.37%) Kerberos
6 5 (1.14%) DHCP
6 5 (1.14%) Intrusion Detection
6 5 (1.14%) VPN
7 4 (0.92%) Cisco IPT
7 4 (0.92%) Internet
7 4 (0.92%) SAN
7 4 (0.92%) SCCP
7 4 (0.92%) VLAN
8 2 (0.46%) Broadband
8 2 (0.46%) HTTP
8 2 (0.46%) NGFW
8 2 (0.46%) SNMP
8 2 (0.46%) SSL
9 1 (0.23%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.06%) Elasticsearch
2 7 (1.60%) Power BI
3 5 (1.14%) BigQuery
3 5 (1.14%) SQL Server
4 4 (0.92%) Big Data
5 3 (0.69%) DB2
6 2 (0.46%) MySQL
7 1 (0.23%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (1.14%) JIRA
2 4 (0.92%) Git
3 3 (0.69%) Artifactory
3 3 (0.69%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.69%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.23%) GitLab
General
1 104 (23.80%) Social Skills
2 103 (23.57%) Finance
3 83 (18.99%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (9.15%) Public Sector
5 29 (6.64%) Banking
6 20 (4.58%) Manufacturing
7 18 (4.12%) Financial Institution
8 16 (3.66%) Telecoms
9 15 (3.43%) Legal
10 9 (2.06%) Military
10 9 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.83%) Marketing
12 7 (1.60%) Local Government
13 6 (1.37%) Electronics
13 6 (1.37%) French Language
13 6 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.14%) Front Office
14 5 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (1.14%) Retail
15 4 (0.92%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 105 (24.03%) Architect
2 87 (19.91%) Security Architect
3 82 (18.76%) Analyst
4 55 (12.59%) Consultant
5 47 (10.76%) Security Engineer
6 43 (9.84%) Lead
7 40 (9.15%) Security Analyst
8 39 (8.92%) Security Consultant
9 35 (8.01%) Security Manager
10 29 (6.64%) Project Manager
11 24 (5.49%) Senior
12 22 (5.03%) Security Project Manager
13 20 (4.58%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 18 (4.12%) Cybersecurity Architect
14 18 (4.12%) SOC Analyst
15 17 (3.89%) Information Security Consultant
16 14 (3.20%) Cybersecurity Manager
16 14 (3.20%) SOC Engineer
17 13 (2.97%) Security Specialist
18 12 (2.75%) Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.52%) SailPoint
2 9 (2.06%) Elastic Stack
2 9 (2.06%) LDAP
2 9 (2.06%) OAuth
3 8 (1.83%) SAML
4 7 (1.60%) OpenID
4 7 (1.60%) Web Services
5 6 (1.37%) .NET
5 6 (1.37%) REST
6 5 (1.14%) Regular Expression
7 4 (0.92%) J2EE
7 4 (0.92%) JSP
7 4 (0.92%) Servlets
7 4 (0.92%) XML
8 3 (0.69%) EJB
8 3 (0.69%) JDBC
8 3 (0.69%) Node.js
8 3 (0.69%) XACML
9 2 (0.46%) JSON
9 2 (0.46%) SPML
Miscellaneous
1 99 (22.65%) Management Information System
2 45 (10.30%) Security Posture
3 33 (7.55%) Cyber Threat
4 30 (6.86%) Security Operations Centre
5 23 (5.26%) Cyber Defence
6 17 (3.89%) Operational Technology
7 16 (3.66%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 9 (2.06%) Onboarding
8 9 (2.06%) PKI
9 8 (1.83%) CESG
9 8 (1.83%) SCADA
10 7 (1.60%) Cyberattack
10 7 (1.60%) PMI
10 7 (1.60%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.37%) Cyber Security Posture
11 6 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.14%) Data Centre
12 5 (1.14%) IoT
13 4 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
13 4 (0.92%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.12%) Windows
2 10 (2.29%) Linux
3 4 (0.92%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.92%) Unix
4 2 (0.46%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.23%) AIX
5 1 (0.23%) Android
5 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.23%) CentOS
5 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (55.38%) Cybersecurity
2 191 (43.71%) Information Security
3 108 (24.71%) Risk Management
4 84 (19.22%) Problem-Solving
5 76 (17.39%) Cloud Security
5 76 (17.39%) SIEM
6 75 (17.16%) Security Architecture
7 67 (15.33%) Security Operations
8 64 (14.65%) Incident Response
9 62 (14.19%) Computer Science
10 47 (10.76%) Identity Access Management
11 44 (10.07%) Threat Modelling
12 42 (9.61%) Project Management
12 42 (9.61%) TOGAF
13 40 (9.15%) SABSA
13 40 (9.15%) Security Management
14 38 (8.70%) Agile
14 38 (8.70%) Risk Assessment
15 35 (8.01%) Threat Intelligence
16 34 (7.78%) Information Security Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (4.12%) Python
2 17 (3.89%) SQL
3 14 (3.20%) Kusto Query Language
4 13 (2.97%) Java
4 13 (2.97%) PowerShell
5 5 (1.14%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.92%) Perl
7 3 (0.69%) Bash
8 1 (0.23%) ABAP
8 1 (0.23%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 262 (59.95%) CISM
2 121 (27.69%) CISA
3 100 (22.88%) Degree
4 93 (21.28%) Security Cleared
5 71 (16.25%) Cisco Certification
6 70 (16.02%) SC Cleared
7 54 (12.36%) CEH
8 53 (12.13%) CRISC
9 48 (10.98%) Computer Science Degree
10 44 (10.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 38 (8.70%) CompTIA Security+
12 31 (7.09%) DV Cleared
13 21 (4.81%) SANS
14 19 (4.35%) CCNP
14 19 (4.35%) Master's Degree
15 18 (4.12%) CCSK
15 18 (4.12%) CCSP
15 18 (4.12%) GIAC
16 15 (3.43%) CCNA
16 15 (3.43%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (31.35%) NIST
2 132 (30.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (8.24%) GDPR
4 27 (6.18%) GRC
5 26 (5.95%) COBIT
5 26 (5.95%) NCSC
5 26 (5.95%) PCI DSS
6 23 (5.26%) NIST 800
7 15 (3.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 13 (2.97%) QA
9 12 (2.75%) HIPAA
10 10 (2.29%) JSP 440
11 9 (2.06%) RMADS
12 8 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials
13 7 (1.60%) ISO 22301
14 5 (1.14%) ISO 31000
15 4 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 4 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 3 (0.69%) Government Security Classifications
16 3 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 18 (4.12%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.69%) Docker
3 2 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.23%) OpenAM
4 1 (0.23%) OpenDJ
4 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (2.06%) Kibana
1 9 (2.06%) logstash
1 9 (2.06%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (1.60%) PingFederate
3 6 (1.37%) Nessus
3 6 (1.37%) QRadar
4 5 (1.14%) Kubernetes
4 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.14%) Terraform
5 2 (0.46%) Ansible
5 2 (0.46%) CASB
5 2 (0.46%) CSIRT
5 2 (0.46%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 2 (0.46%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.23%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.23%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.23%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (0.23%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 95 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.03%) Cisco
3 14 (3.20%) Qualys
3 14 (3.20%) Splunk
4 12 (2.75%) CyberArk
4 12 (2.75%) Google
4 12 (2.75%) Oracle
5 10 (2.29%) Okta
6 8 (1.83%) SAP
7 7 (1.60%) Rapid7
8 6 (1.37%) AlienVault
9 5 (1.14%) ArcSight
9 5 (1.14%) Palo Alto
10 4 (0.92%) ForgeRock
10 4 (0.92%) Fortinet
10 4 (0.92%) Ping Identity
10 4 (0.92%) Symantec
10 4 (0.92%) VMware
11 3 (0.69%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (0.69%) Zscaler