CISMP Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

ISEB Certificate in Information Security Management Principles (CISMP)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for CISMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 108 111
Rank change year-on-year +5 +3 -
Contract jobs citing CISMP 1 2 11
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.074% 0.13% 0.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.19% 0.32% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 7
10th Percentile - - £293
25th Percentile - - £312
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £600 £325
Median % change year-on-year -41.67% +84.62% -
75th Percentile - - £338
90th Percentile - - £343
South East median daily rate £350 £563 £325
% change year-on-year -37.78% +73.08% -55.17%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

CISMP 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 517 632 778
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 38.21% 39.55% 43.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 358 344 449
10th Percentile £255 £287 £209
25th Percentile £383 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £562 £523
Median % change year-on-year -12.38% +7.46% -4.22%
75th Percentile £550 £650 £623
90th Percentile £620 £712 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £528 £535
% change year-on-year -5.21% -1.40% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 53 53
10th Percentile £19.09 £41.58 £32.47
25th Percentile £20.79 £55.87 £49.95
Median hourly rate £30.11 £61.60 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year -51.12% -2.67% +175.17%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.40 £72.33
90th Percentile £88.55 £100.00 £76.01
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £58.34 £60.00
% change year-on-year -56.89% -2.77% +33.33%

CISMP
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

CISMP job vacancy trend in Berkshire

CISMP
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing CISMP

CISMP
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 CISMP within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 13 November 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 - 1 £350 - 4
CISMP
South East

CISMP
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Compliance Audit
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) COBIT
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST