CISMP Contract Job Trends in Central London

ISEB Certificate in Information Security Management Principles (CISMP)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for CISMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 - 144
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CISMP 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.100% - 0.037%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.36% - 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £400 - -
25th Percentile £400 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £401 - -
90th Percentile £401 - -
London median daily rate £500 £300 £625
% change year-on-year +66.67% -52.00% -3.85%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

CISMP 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 563 585 556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 28.08% 25.01% 20.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 425 355 347
10th Percentile £350 £309 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £636 £683
90th Percentile £738 £741 £789
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 7
10th Percentile £22.95 £24.78 £16.26
25th Percentile £25.47 £28.94 £21.95
Median hourly rate £25.99 £72.25 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -64.03% +20.42% +39.53%
75th Percentile £28.94 £112.00 £69.38
90th Percentile £40.15 - £75.25
London median hourly rate £25.47 £37.50 £51.19
% change year-on-year -32.08% -26.74% +10.09%

CISMP
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CISMP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

CISMP job vacancy trend in Central London

CISMP
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

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

CISMP
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 CISMP within the Central London region over the 6 months to 21 December 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 - 2 £400 - 1
CISMP
London

CISMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NCSC
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 2 (100.00%) LogRhythm
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft