ISEB Certificate in Information Security Management Principles (CISMP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CISMP 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 583 695 835
Rank change year-on-year +112 +140 -166
Contract jobs citing CISMP 15 24 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.035% 0.040% 0.016%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.11% 0.15% 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 15 10
10th Percentile £88 £574 £447
25th Percentile £157 £600 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £294 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -52.92% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £316 £653 £588
90th Percentile - £710 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £168 £625 £575
% change year-on-year -73.10% +8.70% +48.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £86.25 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £86.25 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CISMP 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 13,270 16,337 19,076
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.65% 27.32% 21.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,165 10,899 12,575
10th Percentile £300 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £738 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £530 £500
% change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,067 858 776
10th Percentile £13.86 £15.25 £13.46
25th Percentile £17.80 £20.06 £19.33
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +30.12% +5.06%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £56.31
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.28 £50.00 £31.89
% change year-on-year -19.45% +56.79% -14.39%

CISMP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CISMP in the UK

CISMP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for CISMP in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISMP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CISMP in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for CISMP in the UK

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Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISMP within the UK 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
England +119 15 £294 -52.92% 6
UK excluding London +63 14 £168 -73.10% 2
South West +18 8 - -
South East +29 6 £168 -71.98% 1

CISMP
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Broadband
1 2 (13.33%) Internet
General
1 8 (53.33%) Manufacturing
2 4 (26.67%) French Language
2 4 (26.67%) German Language
3 3 (20.00%) Telecoms
4 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Architect
1 8 (53.33%) Lead
1 8 (53.33%) Lead Architect
2 7 (46.67%) Consultant
2 7 (46.67%) Security Consultant
3 5 (33.33%) Cloud Consultant
3 5 (33.33%) Cloud Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) CESG
2 2 (13.33%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (53.33%) Information Assurance
2 8 (53.33%) Information Security
2 8 (53.33%) Security Operations
3 7 (46.67%) Business Continuity
3 7 (46.67%) Cloud Security
3 7 (46.67%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 15 (100.00%) CISA
1 15 (100.00%) CISM
1 15 (100.00%) CISSP
2 8 (53.33%) CEH
2 8 (53.33%) CompTIA Security+
2 8 (53.33%) ISACA
2 8 (53.33%) SC Cleared
2 8 (53.33%) Security Cleared
2 8 (53.33%) SSCP
3 7 (46.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 7 (46.67%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (46.67%) CRISC
4 4 (26.67%) Degree
5 2 (13.33%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 15 (100.00%) NIST
2 8 (53.33%) GDPR
2 8 (53.33%) HIPAA
2 8 (53.33%) PCI DSS
3 7 (46.67%) COBIT
3 7 (46.67%) GRC