CISM Contracts in Birmingham

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 46 65 73
Rank change year-on-year +19 +8 +18
Contract jobs citing CISM 4 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.77% 0.26% 0.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.90% 0.90% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £526 - -
25th Percentile £547 £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% - -
75th Percentile £622 £588 -
90th Percentile £639 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £588 £575 £650
% change year-on-year +2.22% -11.54% -3.70%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 138 223 205
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 26.44% 28.85% 22.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 133 100
10th Percentile £148 £263 £303
25th Percentile £195 £325 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £670 £538 £638
90th Percentile £700 £638 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £498 £450 £528
% change year-on-year +10.56% -14.69% +12.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 14 18
10th Percentile £21.66 £13.48 £11.70
25th Percentile £26.38 £16.08 £12.70
Median hourly rate £39.50 £26.00 £16.75
Median % change year-on-year +51.92% +55.22% -19.28%
75th Percentile £54.13 £28.75 £20.00
90th Percentile £57.05 £55.88 £29.51
West Midlands median hourly rate £28.18 £28.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -1.12% +50.00% +1.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for CISM in Birmingham

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for CISM in Birmingham

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Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

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

Daily rate histogram for CISM in Birmingham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 1 (25.00%) IAM Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Identity Management Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Information Security Advisor
1 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
1 1 (25.00%) Security Advisor
1 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Security Solutions Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Security Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
1 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Security Management
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Due Diligence
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security Management
3 1 (25.00%) ISMS
3 1 (25.00%) Observability
3 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (25.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CISSP
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) CEH
3 2 (50.00%) CISA
4 1 (25.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (25.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR
1 2 (50.00%) GRC
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (25.00%) HIPAA
2 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Ariba
1 1 (25.00%) Qualys
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow