CISA Contracts

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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 482 518 671
Rank change year-on-year +36 +153 -74
Contract jobs citing CISA 120 178 185
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.32% 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.93% 1.19% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 115 119
10th Percentile £419 £463 £425
25th Percentile £500 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £613
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +2.04% +11.36%
75th Percentile £738 £744 £731
90th Percentile £778 £837 £830
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £486 £600
% change year-on-year +13.17% -19.00% +41.18%

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 12,965 15,005 19,063
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.93% 27.00% 21.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 9,986 12,729
10th Percentile £310 £340 £345
25th Percentile £425 £450 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £738 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,108 750 780
10th Percentile £13.86 £14.98 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.18 £21.67 £19.86
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £59.38
90th Percentile £76.25 £79.78 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.00 £52.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.90% +50.00% +25.61%

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 9 June 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 9 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
England +40 104 £650 +4.00% 41
London +51 70 £650 - 19
UK excluding London +28 40 £550 +13.17% 23
Work from Home +80 33 £600 -7.69% 22
North of England +21 13 £613 +26.13% 7
South West +19 10 £519 -9.78% 3
North West +5 9 £676 +39.09% 3
Scotland +42 7 - - 3
South East +5 6 £519 -5.68% 4
Midlands +13 2 - - 4
North East - 2 £525 - 1
Yorkshire - 2 £525 - 3
East Midlands - 2 - -
East of England +2 1 £400 -20.00% 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (9.17%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 21 (17.50%) AWS
2 15 (12.50%) Azure
3 7 (5.83%) GCP
4 5 (4.17%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.67%) IaaS
6 2 (1.67%) SaaS
7 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.83%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 19 (15.83%) Network Security
2 8 (6.67%) Firewall
3 3 (2.50%) Cisco IPT
3 3 (2.50%) SAN
3 3 (2.50%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.67%) DNS
4 2 (1.67%) SSL
5 1 (0.83%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.83%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.50%) KNIME
2 2 (1.67%) MS Access
2 2 (1.67%) RDBMS
2 2 (1.67%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.83%) Tableau
General
1 37 (30.83%) Finance
2 16 (13.33%) Social Skills
3 13 (10.83%) Financial Institution
4 12 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (10.00%) Banking
5 9 (7.50%) Manufacturing
6 8 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (5.00%) Front Office
8 5 (4.17%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.67%) International Banking
10 2 (1.67%) Legal
10 2 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.67%) Retail
11 1 (0.83%) Automotive
11 1 (0.83%) French Language
11 1 (0.83%) German Language
11 1 (0.83%) Law
11 1 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.83%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 42 (35.00%) Architect
2 33 (27.50%) Security Architect
3 20 (16.67%) Analyst
4 17 (14.17%) Security Manager
5 16 (13.33%) Project Manager
5 16 (13.33%) Security Project Manager
6 12 (10.00%) Lead
7 11 (9.17%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 11 (9.17%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
8 10 (8.33%) Consultant
9 8 (6.67%) CISSP Manager
9 8 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 8 (6.67%) Lead Architect
10 7 (5.83%) IT Analyst
10 7 (5.83%) IT Risk Analyst
10 7 (5.83%) Risk Analyst
10 7 (5.83%) Security Consultant
10 7 (5.83%) Senior
11 6 (5.00%) Information Architect
11 6 (5.00%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.50%) .NET
1 3 (2.50%) Web Services
2 2 (1.67%) OAuth
2 2 (1.67%) OpenID
2 2 (1.67%) SailPoint
2 2 (1.67%) SAML
2 2 (1.67%) SPML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (27.50%) Management Information System
2 8 (6.67%) CESG
2 8 (6.67%) Security Posture
3 5 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (4.17%) Operational Technology
4 3 (2.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (2.50%) Industry 4.0
4 3 (2.50%) IoT
4 3 (2.50%) PKI
4 3 (2.50%) PMI
5 2 (1.67%) Credit Risk
5 2 (1.67%) Derivative
5 2 (1.67%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.83%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.83%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 1 (0.83%) NHS
6 1 (0.83%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.83%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.33%) Windows
2 1 (0.83%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.83%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (55.83%) Cybersecurity
2 51 (42.50%) Information Security
3 37 (30.83%) Risk Management
4 24 (20.00%) Security Architecture
5 20 (16.67%) Information Assurance
6 19 (15.83%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (15.83%) SABSA
7 18 (15.00%) Security Management
8 17 (14.17%) Cloud Security
8 17 (14.17%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
8 17 (14.17%) Information Security Management
8 17 (14.17%) Static Application Security Testing
9 16 (13.33%) Application Security
9 16 (13.33%) Project Management
10 14 (11.67%) Risk Assessment
11 13 (10.83%) Project Delivery
12 12 (10.00%) Decision-Making
13 10 (8.33%) Security Operations
13 10 (8.33%) Threat Modelling
14 9 (7.50%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.50%) Python
1 3 (2.50%) SQL
1 3 (2.50%) VBA
2 2 (1.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.67%) R
2 2 (1.67%) VB
Qualifications
1 106 (88.33%) CISSP
2 99 (82.50%) CISM
3 31 (25.83%) CRISC
4 22 (18.33%) Degree
4 22 (18.33%) SC Cleared
4 22 (18.33%) Security Cleared
5 14 (11.67%) CEH
6 13 (10.83%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (10.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 10 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
9 9 (7.50%) CISMP
9 9 (7.50%) ISACA
10 8 (6.67%) CCSK
10 8 (6.67%) CREST Certified
10 8 (6.67%) SANS
10 8 (6.67%) SSCP
10 8 (6.67%) TOGAF Certification
11 7 (5.83%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (5.83%) Master's Degree
11 7 (5.83%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (40.00%) NIST
2 46 (38.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (15.00%) GDPR
4 15 (12.50%) PCI DSS
5 11 (9.17%) NCSC
5 11 (9.17%) NIST 800
6 10 (8.33%) COBIT
6 10 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 9 (7.50%) HIPAA
8 7 (5.83%) GRC
9 6 (5.00%) QA
10 4 (3.33%) ITGC
11 2 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (1.67%) ISO 31000
11 2 (1.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.83%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.83%) COSO
12 1 (0.83%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.83%) GPG13
12 1 (0.83%) ISA99
System Software
1 5 (4.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.67%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.83%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.83%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (14.17%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.67%) CA
2 2 (1.67%) Okta
3 1 (0.83%) Alteryx
3 1 (0.83%) Cadence
3 1 (0.83%) CheckPoint
3 1 (0.83%) Cisco
3 1 (0.83%) CyberArk
3 1 (0.83%) ForeScout
3 1 (0.83%) OneTrust
3 1 (0.83%) Palo Alto
3 1 (0.83%) Rapid7
3 1 (0.83%) SAP
3 1 (0.83%) Varonis