Information Security Management System (ISMS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for ISMS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited ISMS over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 542 616 704
Rank change year-on-year +74 +88 -54
Contract jobs citing ISMS 48 87 157
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.15% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.16% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 49 125
10th Percentile £261 £460 £413
25th Percentile £485 £538 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% +22.22%
75th Percentile £608 £675 £625
90th Percentile £695 £800 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +30.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £74.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £74.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

ISMS is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,452 53,231 80,444
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.33% 89.85% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,130 36,930 56,488
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,454 1,752 1,920
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

ISMS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for ISMS in the UK

ISMS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for ISMS in the UK

ISMS
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISMS over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ISMS in the UK

ISMS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for ISMS in the UK

ISMS
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISMS within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
Work from Home +131 33 £575 - 17
England +91 33 £575 +4.26% 36
UK excluding London +41 31 £575 -4.17% 26
London +80 15 £600 +9.09% 14
Scotland +43 14 £595 -0.25% 1
North of England +32 8 £575 +27.78% 9
South East +9 7 £170 -75.18% 4
North West +19 6 £575 +27.78% 3
Yorkshire +22 2 £575 - 3
Midlands +17 2 £575 -28.13% 3
West Midlands +13 2 £575 -28.13% 2

ISMS
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 3 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.42%) Azure
2 3 (6.25%) AWS
3 1 (2.08%) Amazon Macie
3 1 (2.08%) AWS KMS
3 1 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (2.08%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.08%) OpenShift
3 1 (2.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.42%) Network Security
2 4 (8.33%) SCCP
3 3 (6.25%) Firewall
4 2 (4.17%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (2.08%) DNS
5 1 (2.08%) Internet
5 1 (2.08%) SNMP
General
1 21 (43.75%) Public Sector
2 10 (20.83%) Finance
3 9 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (14.58%) Social Skills
5 3 (6.25%) Financial Institution
5 3 (6.25%) Marketing
5 3 (6.25%) Police
5 3 (6.25%) Telecoms
6 2 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.08%) Billing
7 1 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.08%) Legal
7 1 (2.08%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (22.92%) Consultant
2 9 (18.75%) Security Consultant
3 7 (14.58%) Senior
4 6 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 6 (12.50%) Information Security Specialist
4 6 (12.50%) Information Specialist
4 6 (12.50%) Security Advisor
4 6 (12.50%) Security Manager
4 6 (12.50%) Security Specialist
5 3 (6.25%) Analyst
5 3 (6.25%) Fraud Manager
5 3 (6.25%) Information Manager
5 3 (6.25%) Information Officer
5 3 (6.25%) Information Security Consultant
5 3 (6.25%) Information Security Manager
5 3 (6.25%) Lead
6 2 (4.17%) Architect
6 2 (4.17%) Programme Manager
6 2 (4.17%) Security Analyst
6 2 (4.17%) Senior Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 24 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.25%) Security Posture
2 3 (6.25%) Wiki
3 2 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.08%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.08%) PKI
4 1 (2.08%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.25%) Linux
1 3 (6.25%) Windows
2 2 (4.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (95.83%) Information Security
2 25 (52.08%) Information Security Management
2 25 (52.08%) Security Management
3 18 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
4 13 (27.08%) Risk Management
5 12 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
6 10 (20.83%) Business Process Analysis
6 10 (20.83%) Risk Assessment
7 8 (16.67%) Business Continuity
7 8 (16.67%) Data Protection
8 7 (14.58%) Internal Audit
9 6 (12.50%) Project Management
10 5 (10.42%) Information Security Governance
11 4 (8.33%) Decision-Making
11 4 (8.33%) Incident Management
11 4 (8.33%) Logistics
11 4 (8.33%) Programme Management
11 4 (8.33%) Risk Analysis
11 4 (8.33%) Risk Register
11 4 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 28 (58.33%) CISSP
2 15 (31.25%) CISM
2 15 (31.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 14 (29.17%) SC Cleared
3 14 (29.17%) Security Cleared
4 10 (20.83%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 8 (16.67%) CISA
6 7 (14.58%) CRISC
7 4 (8.33%) CGEIT
7 4 (8.33%) CLAS
7 4 (8.33%) Degree
8 1 (2.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (2.08%) CCSK
8 1 (2.08%) CEH
8 1 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (2.08%) DV Cleared
8 1 (2.08%) ISACA
8 1 (2.08%) PMP
8 1 (2.08%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (81.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (27.08%) NIST
3 6 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (12.50%) Government Security Classifications
3 6 (12.50%) GRC
3 6 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 6 (12.50%) NCSC
4 2 (4.17%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (4.17%) GDPR
5 1 (2.08%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (2.08%) COBIT
5 1 (2.08%) GxP
5 1 (2.08%) ISAE 3402
5 1 (2.08%) ISO 9001
5 1 (2.08%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (2.08%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.08%) Cisco
2 1 (2.08%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (2.08%) Darktrace
2 1 (2.08%) Rapid7
2 1 (2.08%) Red Hat
2 1 (2.08%) Trend Micro