CISM Contracts in Central London

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 115 116 156
Rank change year-on-year +1 +40 +32
Contract jobs citing CISM 14 17 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.70% 0.70% 0.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.85% 3.39% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 15 15
10th Percentile £525 £435 £600
25th Percentile £536 £517 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £600 £725
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% -17.24% +20.83%
75th Percentile £684 £737 £825
90th Percentile £738 £875 £920
London median daily rate £650 £650 £650
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 491 502 769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 24.59% 20.52% 19.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 315 451
10th Percentile £368 £366 £325
25th Percentile £456 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £663 £644 £700
90th Percentile £763 £775 £820
London median daily rate £525 £540 £575
% change year-on-year -2.78% -6.09% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 5
10th Percentile £24.16 £20.22 £18.06
25th Percentile £27.39 £22.60 £20.22
Median hourly rate £29.07 £27.00 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.67% -47.57% +13.19%
75th Percentile £63.75 £54.38 £53.75
90th Percentile £85.50 £65.00 £71.75
London median hourly rate £29.07 £26.00 £45.25
% change year-on-year +11.81% -42.54% +1.69%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for CISM in Central London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for CISM in Central London

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Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

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

Daily rate histogram for CISM in Central London

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Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISM within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
City of London +3 12 £645 +7.50% 12
Camden - 2 £550 -
CISM
London

CISM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) SAP GRC
1 1 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (50.00%) Azure
2 5 (35.71%) AWS
2 5 (35.71%) GCP
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Banking
3 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Architect
1 8 (57.14%) Security Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Security Manager
3 2 (14.29%) CyberArk Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Integration Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Security Solutions Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Senior
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Security Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Azure Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Business Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Cloud Security Architect
4 1 (7.14%) DevSecOps Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Operations Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Risk Business Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) SailPoint
1 1 (7.14%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Algorithms
1 3 (21.43%) Cloud Native
2 2 (14.29%) Insider Threat
2 2 (14.29%) Low-Code
2 2 (14.29%) Operational Technology
3 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
3 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
3 1 (7.14%) Public Cloud
3 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
3 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (35.71%) Threat Modelling
3 4 (28.57%) DevSecOps
3 4 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (28.57%) Incident Response
3 4 (28.57%) Privileged Access Management
3 4 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 4 (28.57%) Security Architecture
3 4 (28.57%) TOGAF
4 3 (21.43%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (21.43%) Information Security
4 3 (21.43%) Machine Learning
4 3 (21.43%) Migration
4 3 (21.43%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 3 (21.43%) Risk Analysis
4 3 (21.43%) SABSA
4 3 (21.43%) Security Management
4 3 (21.43%) Security Operations
4 3 (21.43%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 2 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) CISSP
2 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
3 4 (28.57%) CISA
3 4 (28.57%) SC Cleared
4 2 (14.29%) CRISC
5 1 (7.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (7.14%) CCSP
5 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (64.29%) NIST
2 7 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (21.43%) GDPR
3 3 (21.43%) NIST 800
4 2 (14.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (14.29%) GRC
4 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.14%) IAG
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (14.29%) Nagios
1 2 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) CyberArk
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
1 3 (21.43%) Qualys
1 3 (21.43%) ServiceNow
2 2 (14.29%) Snow
3 1 (7.14%) Ariba
3 1 (7.14%) Google
3 1 (7.14%) Okta
3 1 (7.14%) Ping Identity
3 1 (7.14%) SAP