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 25 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 109 150
Rank change year-on-year -11 +41 +44
DemandTrendContract jobs citing CISM 11 20 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.55% 0.87% 0.53%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.18% 3.67% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 15 13
10th Percentile £475 £493 £467
25th Percentile £525 £556 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £750 £600
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +25.00% -3.15%
75th Percentile £684 £775 £675
90th Percentile £860 £838 £725
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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 504 545 709
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 25.21% 23.64% 20.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 334 343 436
10th Percentile £313 £363 £325
25th Percentile £450 £463 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% -1.79%
75th Percentile £664 £650 £678
90th Percentile £757 £774 £820
London median daily rate £526 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.09% -2.27% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 3
10th Percentile £25.04 £20.33 £16.89
25th Percentile £26.00 £20.50 £17.31
Median hourly rate £34.48 £27.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.70% +50.00% -64.36%
75th Percentile £57.96 - £47.75
90th Percentile £65.57 £37.05 £65.60
London median hourly rate £25.15 £31.62 £55.00
% change year-on-year -20.46% -42.51% +25.20%

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

CISM
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing CISM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing CISM

CISM
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISM in Central London over the 6 months to 25 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISM in Central London

CISM
DemandTrendContract 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 25 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London -12 9 £550 -26.67% 35
West End of London - 1 - -
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 £450 -
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) AWS
1 4 (36.36%) GCP
2 3 (27.27%) Azure
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Banking
3 2 (18.18%) Legal
3 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
4 1 (9.09%) Law
4 1 (9.09%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Architect
1 5 (45.45%) Security Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Senior
2 2 (18.18%) Senior Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Senior Security Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) CyberArk Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Head of Information Security
3 1 (9.09%) Insurance Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Lead
3 1 (9.09%) Risk Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Risk Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Algorithms
2 2 (18.18%) Security Posture
3 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (9.09%) Insider Threat
3 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (45.45%) Information Security
2 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (36.36%) Security Architecture
3 4 (36.36%) Threat Modelling
3 4 (36.36%) TOGAF
4 3 (27.27%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (27.27%) Data Privacy
4 3 (27.27%) Machine Learning
4 3 (27.27%) Risk Analysis
4 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
4 3 (27.27%) SABSA
5 2 (18.18%) Analytics
5 2 (18.18%) Cloud Security
5 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
5 2 (18.18%) DevSecOps
5 2 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (18.18%) Incident Response
5 2 (18.18%) Privileged Access Management
5 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
1 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) CISSP
2 4 (36.36%) CISA
3 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
4 2 (18.18%) CRISC
4 2 (18.18%) GIAC
4 2 (18.18%) SANS
5 1 (9.09%) CEH
5 1 (9.09%) GSEC
5 1 (9.09%) ISACA
5 1 (9.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (9.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (9.09%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (81.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (72.73%) NIST
3 4 (36.36%) GDPR
4 2 (18.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (9.09%) COBIT
5 1 (9.09%) GRC
5 1 (9.09%) ITGC
5 1 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
1 1 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) CyberArk
2 1 (9.09%) Google
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Okta
2 1 (9.09%) Ping Identity
2 1 (9.09%) Tenable