CISM Contract Job Trends in Bristol

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 9 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 48 63
Rank change year-on-year -27 +15 +35
Contract jobs citing CISM 3 9 13
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.25% 1.70% 1.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.67% 3.47% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 6
10th Percentile £340 £351 £528
25th Percentile £363 £481 £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £625 £616
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +1.42% -8.70%
75th Percentile £488 £715 £655
90th Percentile £510 £750 £700
South West median daily rate £570 £613 £530
% change year-on-year -6.94% +15.57% -16.86%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 446 259 482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 37.86% 48.96% 46.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 137 265
10th Percentile £244 £300 £345
25th Percentile £426 £406 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -13.04% -
75th Percentile £575 £625 £650
90th Percentile £688 £725 £707
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 48 92
10th Percentile £17.87 £29.28 £40.38
25th Percentile £35.00 £54.88 £51.38
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £67.84 £68.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £79.63 £75.00 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £57.35 £65.00 £55.75
% change year-on-year -11.77% +16.60% -14.24%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

CISM job vacancy trend in Bristol

CISM
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing CISM

CISM
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISM in Bristol over the 6 months to 9 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CISM in Bristol

CISM
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing CISM

CISM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Security Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) SOC Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) SOC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
1 2 (66.67%) SIEM
1 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Business Process Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) CMMI
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Detection
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CEH
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CISA
2 1 (33.33%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GRC
1 1 (33.33%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Splunk
2 1 (33.33%) IBM