CISM Contracts in London

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for CISM qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 264 305 423
Rank change year-on-year +41 +118 -74
Contract jobs citing CISM 131 194 188
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.74% 0.72% 0.48%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.06% 3.33% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 158 141
10th Percentile £463 £500 £463
25th Percentile £550 £563 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £770 £784 £700
90th Percentile £835 £858 £788
England median daily rate £600 £650 £619
% change year-on-year -7.69% +5.05% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £40.50 -
England median hourly rate £83.41 £72.98 £65.79
% change year-on-year +14.29% +10.93% +2.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

CISM 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 advertised in London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,288 5,827 6,706
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 24.21% 21.52% 17.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,898 3,938 4,559
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £660 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £800 £750
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 81 150
10th Percentile £14.49 £20.00 £22.85
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £26.00 £47.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.26% +6.74% +21.92%
75th Percentile £43.75 £64.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £69.75 £82.50 £65.84
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -3.85%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing CISM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for CISM in London

CISM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for CISM in London

CISM
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISM in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CISM in London

CISM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for CISM in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISM within the London region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Central London +40 17 £600 -17.24% 4
East London +8 15 £650 +18.18%
West London +15 2 £550 -35.29%
South London - 2 £675 - 1
CISM
England

CISM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.05%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.76%) Confluence
3 1 (0.76%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.76%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 27 (20.61%) Azure
2 25 (19.08%) AWS
3 10 (7.63%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (5.34%) GCP
5 4 (3.05%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.29%) OneDrive
6 3 (2.29%) SaaS
7 2 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.53%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.53%) GitHub
7 2 (1.53%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (1.53%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.76%) AWS IoT
8 1 (0.76%) IaaS
8 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.76%) PaaS
8 1 (0.76%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 19 (14.50%) Network Security
2 10 (7.63%) Firewall
3 6 (4.58%) SAN
4 4 (3.05%) DNS
5 3 (2.29%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.53%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (1.53%) SNMP
6 2 (1.53%) SSL
7 1 (0.76%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.76%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.76%) DMZ
7 1 (0.76%) Internet
7 1 (0.76%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.76%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.53%) Power BI
2 1 (0.76%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.76%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 2 (1.53%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.76%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.76%) JIRA
General
1 57 (43.51%) Finance
2 21 (16.03%) Social Skills
3 17 (12.98%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (12.98%) Banking
4 14 (10.69%) Financial Institution
5 6 (4.58%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (3.82%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.82%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.29%) Investment Banking
7 3 (2.29%) Retail Banking
8 2 (1.53%) Dutch Language
8 2 (1.53%) French Language
8 2 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.53%) International Banking
8 2 (1.53%) Legal
8 2 (1.53%) Multimedia
8 2 (1.53%) Retail
8 2 (1.53%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.76%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 38 (29.01%) Architect
2 37 (28.24%) Security Architect
3 26 (19.85%) Analyst
4 17 (12.98%) Security Manager
5 16 (12.21%) Consultant
5 16 (12.21%) Security Consultant
6 14 (10.69%) Project Manager
7 13 (9.92%) Security Project Manager
8 11 (8.40%) Security Analyst
8 11 (8.40%) Security Engineer
9 10 (7.63%) CISSP Manager
9 10 (7.63%) Risk Analyst
10 9 (6.87%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 8 (6.11%) CISSP Architect
11 8 (6.11%) IT Analyst
11 8 (6.11%) IT Risk Analyst
11 8 (6.11%) Lead
11 8 (6.11%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
12 6 (4.58%) Domain Architect
12 6 (4.58%) Enterprise Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.53%) OAuth
1 2 (1.53%) OpenID
1 2 (1.53%) Regular Expression
1 2 (1.53%) SAML
1 2 (1.53%) SPML
2 1 (0.76%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 32 (24.43%) Management Information System
2 15 (11.45%) Security Posture
3 9 (6.87%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (6.87%) PKI
4 6 (4.58%) Operational Technology
4 6 (4.58%) Public Cloud
5 4 (3.05%) Mobile App
5 4 (3.05%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (2.29%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (2.29%) IoT
6 3 (2.29%) PMI
7 2 (1.53%) Cyberattack
7 2 (1.53%) Derivative
7 2 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.53%) Industry 4.0
8 1 (0.76%) BBC
8 1 (0.76%) SCADA
8 1 (0.76%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.40%) Windows
2 1 (0.76%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (60.31%) Cybersecurity
2 59 (45.04%) Information Security
3 41 (31.30%) Security Architecture
4 40 (30.53%) Risk Management
5 27 (20.61%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (19.85%) Cloud Security
7 22 (16.79%) Project Management
8 21 (16.03%) Risk Assessment
9 20 (15.27%) Enterprise Architecture
10 19 (14.50%) SABSA
11 18 (13.74%) TOGAF
12 17 (12.98%) Agile
12 17 (12.98%) Incident Response
12 17 (12.98%) SIEM
13 16 (12.21%) Information Security Management
13 16 (12.21%) Security Management
14 15 (11.45%) Static Application Security Testing
15 14 (10.69%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
15 14 (10.69%) Project Delivery
15 14 (10.69%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.05%) PowerShell
2 3 (2.29%) Python
2 3 (2.29%) SQL
3 2 (1.53%) Bash
Qualifications
1 123 (93.89%) CISSP
2 61 (46.56%) CISA
3 26 (19.85%) CRISC
4 17 (12.98%) Degree
5 16 (12.21%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (11.45%) SANS
7 14 (10.69%) CEH
8 13 (9.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 11 (8.40%) CREST Certified
10 8 (6.11%) CompTIA Security+
10 8 (6.11%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (6.11%) TOGAF Certification
11 7 (5.34%) Security Cleared
12 6 (4.58%) PMI Certification
12 6 (4.58%) SC Cleared
13 5 (3.82%) CSSLP
13 5 (3.82%) DV Cleared
13 5 (3.82%) Master's Degree
14 4 (3.05%) CCSK
14 4 (3.05%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (35.11%) NIST
2 38 (29.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (11.45%) NCSC
4 14 (10.69%) PCI DSS
5 11 (8.40%) COBIT
5 11 (8.40%) NIST 800
6 10 (7.63%) GRC
7 9 (6.87%) ISO 31000
8 8 (6.11%) GDPR
9 5 (3.82%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (3.05%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (3.05%) ISO 22301
10 4 (3.05%) QA
11 2 (1.53%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (1.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (1.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.76%) GLBA
12 1 (0.76%) ISA99
12 1 (0.76%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 3 (2.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.05%) Nessus
1 4 (3.05%) QRadar
2 2 (1.53%) CASB
2 2 (1.53%) Host Intrusion Detection System
2 2 (1.53%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.76%) CSIRT
3 1 (0.76%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.76%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 25 (19.08%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.11%) Cisco
3 5 (3.82%) AlienVault
3 5 (3.82%) ArcSight
4 4 (3.05%) Qualys
4 4 (3.05%) Splunk
5 3 (2.29%) Google
5 3 (2.29%) Rapid7
5 3 (2.29%) Symantec
6 2 (1.53%) CA
6 2 (1.53%) Carbon Black
6 2 (1.53%) LogRhythm
6 2 (1.53%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.76%) BiZZdesign
7 1 (0.76%) ForeScout
7 1 (0.76%) Netskope
7 1 (0.76%) Okta
7 1 (0.76%) OneTrust
7 1 (0.76%) Sparx
7 1 (0.76%) Varonis