CISM Contract Job Trends 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 21 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 91 103
Rank change year-on-year +10 +12 +4
Contract jobs citing CISM 31 20 16
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 2.10% 1.35% 0.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.02% 3.68% 2.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 9 12
10th Percentile £413 £600 £266
25th Percentile £452 £613 £301
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £630 £325
Median % change year-on-year -23.61% +93.85% -49.02%
75th Percentile £493 £650 £538
90th Percentile £748 £780 £571
South East median daily rate £481 £630 £600
% change year-on-year -23.61% +5.00% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £61.50 -
South East median hourly rate - £61.50 -

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 617 544 756
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 41.72% 36.78% 44.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 424 297 449
10th Percentile £255 £245 £205
25th Percentile £363 £380 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £538 £656 £619
90th Percentile £625 £704 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 29 53
10th Percentile £19.38 £41.20 £45.85
25th Percentile £20.79 £55.87 £55.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.70% -2.39% +168.09%
75th Percentile £95.00 £64.73 £68.63
90th Percentile £98.00 £74.97 £76.01
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -55.68% -5.43% +33.33%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CISM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

CISM job vacancy trend in Berkshire

CISM
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing CISM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing CISM

CISM
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISM in Berkshire over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISM in Berkshire

CISM
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing CISM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing CISM

CISM
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 21 December 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
Wokingham - 23 £481 -
Reading +4 5 £763 +17.31% 1
CISM
South East

CISM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (12.90%) Confluence
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (54.84%) AWS
1 17 (54.84%) Azure
1 17 (54.84%) GCP
2 3 (9.68%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.45%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.45%) Firewall
1 2 (6.45%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 4 (12.90%) JIRA
General
1 23 (74.19%) Social Skills
2 17 (54.84%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.45%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.23%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (16.13%) Consultant
2 3 (9.68%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 3 (9.68%) Security Specialist
3 2 (6.45%) Forensic Consultant
3 2 (6.45%) Security Consultant
3 2 (6.45%) Senior
3 2 (6.45%) Senior Consultant
3 2 (6.45%) Testing Manager
4 1 (3.23%) Architect
4 1 (3.23%) Chief Information Security Officer
4 1 (3.23%) Chief Security Officer
4 1 (3.23%) Information Assurance Consultant
4 1 (3.23%) Information Security Officer
4 1 (3.23%) Penetration Tester
4 1 (3.23%) PMO Manager
4 1 (3.23%) Risk Consultant
4 1 (3.23%) Security Architect
4 1 (3.23%) Security Officer
4 1 (3.23%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (54.84%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.68%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (6.45%) CSOC
2 2 (6.45%) IoT
2 2 (6.45%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.45%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (6.45%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.23%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.45%) Linux
1 2 (6.45%) Mac OS
1 2 (6.45%) Unix
1 2 (6.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (87.10%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (64.52%) SIEM
3 19 (61.29%) DevSecOps
4 18 (58.06%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (54.84%) CI/CD
5 17 (54.84%) DevOps
6 6 (19.35%) Incident Response
6 6 (19.35%) Privileged Access Management
7 4 (12.90%) Actionable Insight
7 4 (12.90%) Penetration Testing
7 4 (12.90%) PRINCE2
7 4 (12.90%) Project Management
7 4 (12.90%) Resource Allocation
7 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (12.90%) Vulnerability Management
8 3 (9.68%) Information Security
8 3 (9.68%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 3 (9.68%) Security Operations
9 2 (6.45%) Cyber Resilience
9 2 (6.45%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (58.06%) PowerShell
1 18 (58.06%) Python
Qualifications
1 31 (100.00%) CISSP
2 18 (58.06%) Security Cleared
3 17 (54.84%) SC Cleared
4 6 (19.35%) Degree
5 4 (12.90%) PMI Certification
5 4 (12.90%) PMP
6 3 (9.68%) CEH
6 3 (9.68%) GCFA
7 2 (6.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (6.45%) CCSP
7 2 (6.45%) CISA
7 2 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (6.45%) CREST Certified
7 2 (6.45%) DV Cleared
7 2 (6.45%) GCFE
7 2 (6.45%) GCIH
7 2 (6.45%) GIAC
7 2 (6.45%) GREM
7 2 (6.45%) SANS
8 1 (3.23%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (87.10%) NIST
2 25 (80.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (54.84%) GDPR
4 4 (12.90%) PMO
5 1 (3.23%) COBIT
5 1 (3.23%) GRC
5 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (3.23%) JSP 440
5 1 (3.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 17 (54.84%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) EnCase
1 2 (6.45%) FTK
2 1 (3.23%) QRadar
Vendors
1 17 (54.84%) BeyondTrust
1 17 (54.84%) CyberArk
2 5 (16.13%) Microsoft
3 3 (9.68%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (6.45%) Darktrace
5 1 (3.23%) Proofpoint
5 1 (3.23%) Splunk
5 1 (3.23%) Tenable