CISM Contracts in Berkshire

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 112 95
Rank change year-on-year +51 -17 +22
Contract jobs citing CISM 32 12 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.73% 0.60% 1.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.57% 1.34% 3.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 7 8
10th Percentile £550 £180 £545
25th Percentile £606 £392 £560
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £525 £615
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -14.63% +7.89%
75th Percentile £648 £538 £700
90th Percentile £650 £583 £750
South East median daily rate £625 £533 £613
% change year-on-year +17.26% -12.98% +11.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile - - £71.76
25th Percentile £60.75 - £72.60
Median hourly rate £61.50 - £74.00
75th Percentile £62.24 - £74.40
90th Percentile - - £74.63
South East median hourly rate £61.50 - £74.00

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

CISM falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 423 893 581
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 36.06% 45.01% 32.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 431 341
10th Percentile £313 £206 £349
25th Percentile £450 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £656 £625 £635
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
South East median daily rate £537 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.32% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 82 39
10th Percentile £32.05 £41.50 £20.70
25th Percentile £59.44 £52.90 £50.45
Median hourly rate £66.87 £61.60 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.56% -5.23% +208.79%
75th Percentile £79.30 £75.24 £75.38
90th Percentile £88.73 £87.46 £80.25
South East median hourly rate £56.75 £57.35 £57.76
% change year-on-year -1.05% -0.71% +28.75%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for CISM in Berkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for CISM in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISM in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISM in Berkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for CISM in Berkshire

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISM within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Reading +42 19 £625 +112.40% 8
Slough -7 3 £630 +20.00% 4
Wokingham - 3 £550 -
Windsor - 1 £500 - 1
CISM
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 10 (31.25%) Azure
2 5 (15.63%) AWS
2 5 (15.63%) GCP
3 3 (9.38%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (6.25%) Entra ID
4 2 (6.25%) SaaS
5 1 (3.13%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.50%) Network Security
2 3 (9.38%) Firewall
2 3 (9.38%) NGFW
2 3 (9.38%) SSL
3 1 (3.13%) BGP
3 1 (3.13%) DNS
3 1 (3.13%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (3.13%) LAN
3 1 (3.13%) Modbus
3 1 (3.13%) SD-WAN
3 1 (3.13%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.13%) VPN
3 1 (3.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 8 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 8 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 7 (21.88%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (18.75%) Social Skills
4 3 (9.38%) Military
5 2 (6.25%) Finance
5 2 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (6.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (59.38%) Senior
2 17 (53.13%) Security Specialist
3 16 (50.00%) Information Security Specialist
3 16 (50.00%) Information Specialist
3 16 (50.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 16 (50.00%) Senior Security Specialist
4 15 (46.88%) Senior Information Security Specialist
5 6 (18.75%) Security Engineer
6 5 (15.63%) Architect
6 5 (15.63%) Security Architect
7 3 (9.38%) Senior Security Engineer
8 2 (6.25%) Consultant
9 1 (3.13%) Audit Consultant
9 1 (3.13%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 1 (3.13%) Information Assurance Consultant
9 1 (3.13%) Information Assurance Specialist
9 1 (3.13%) Infrastructure Architect
9 1 (3.13%) Lead
9 1 (3.13%) Risk Consultant
9 1 (3.13%) SOC Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (15.63%) Web Services
2 3 (9.38%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 5 (15.63%) Security Posture
3 3 (9.38%) Operational Technology
4 2 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (3.13%) Data Centre
5 1 (3.13%) PMI
5 1 (3.13%) SCADA
5 1 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Windows
1 2 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (46.88%) Information Security
2 14 (43.75%) Security Architecture
3 12 (37.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 10 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (28.13%) Threat Modelling
6 8 (25.00%) Risk Management
6 8 (25.00%) SIEM
7 7 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (18.75%) Decision-Making
8 6 (18.75%) Risk Assessment
9 5 (15.63%) Collaborative Working
9 5 (15.63%) Enterprise Architecture
9 5 (15.63%) Incident Response
9 5 (15.63%) SOA
9 5 (15.63%) Validation
9 5 (15.63%) Vulnerability Management
10 4 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
10 4 (12.50%) Data Security
10 4 (12.50%) Information Assurance
11 3 (9.38%) Network Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.13%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (53.13%) CISSP
1 17 (53.13%) Security Cleared
2 13 (40.63%) DV Cleared
3 5 (15.63%) CEH
3 5 (15.63%) Degree
3 5 (15.63%) SC Cleared
4 4 (12.50%) CISA
5 1 (3.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (3.13%) CCNA
5 1 (3.13%) CCNP
5 1 (3.13%) CCSP
5 1 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (3.13%) GCIA
5 1 (3.13%) GCIH
5 1 (3.13%) GIAC
5 1 (3.13%) PgMP
5 1 (3.13%) PMI Certification
5 1 (3.13%) PMP
5 1 (3.13%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (65.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (18.75%) NIST
3 4 (12.50%) NCSC
4 2 (6.25%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (6.25%) GDPR
4 2 (6.25%) NIST 800
4 2 (6.25%) PCI DSS
5 1 (3.13%) JSP 440
System Software
1 3 (9.38%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (9.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (3.13%) CSIRT
2 1 (3.13%) QRadar
2 1 (3.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.25%) Splunk
2 2 (6.25%) VMware
3 1 (3.13%) Proofpoint
3 1 (3.13%) ServiceNow