CISM Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 - 41
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CISM 2 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.53% - 1.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.83% - 7.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile - - £545
25th Percentile £525 - £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £588
75th Percentile £575 - £603
90th Percentile - - £609
East of England median daily rate £550 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% -17.86%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 109 92 69
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 28.91% 25.27% 16.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 32 16
10th Percentile £204 £379 £225
25th Percentile £434 £432 £257
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £438
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +14.29% -7.89%
75th Percentile £608 £604 £591
90th Percentile £675 £625 £606
East of England median daily rate £525 £545 £500
% change year-on-year -3.67% +9.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 21 19
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.18 £16.00 £16.30
Median hourly rate £37.87 £18.87 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +100.66% -11.70% +20.53%
75th Percentile £48.00 £25.15 £24.89
90th Percentile - £32.23 £35.89
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +158.45% -41.51% +95.45%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

CISM job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

CISM
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing CISM

CISM
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISM within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 8 October 2026. 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
Cambridge - 1 £550 - 4
Peterborough - 1 £550 - 1
CISM
East of England

CISM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Security
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) Privileged Identity Management
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) SABSA
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) ISACA
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Zscaler