CISM Contract Job Trends in the City of London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 104 101
Rank change year-on-year -8 -3 +52
Contract jobs citing CISM 18 11 20
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.78% 0.63% 0.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.02% 2.58% 4.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 7 17
10th Percentile £403 £525 £453
25th Percentile £439 £528 £533
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £640 £625
Median % change year-on-year -10.16% +2.40% -12.28%
75th Percentile £672 £681 £775
90th Percentile £861 £701 £875
Central London median daily rate £588 £550 £625
% change year-on-year +6.82% -12.00% -12.28%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 596 426 435
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 25.83% 24.45% 20.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 432 281 283
10th Percentile £407 £406 £376
25th Percentile £460 £463 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +3.77% -7.83%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -7.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 3
10th Percentile £18.50 £23.62 -
25th Percentile £22.56 £26.04 £20.22
Median hourly rate £32.07 £45.33 £20.82
Median % change year-on-year -29.26% +117.75% -59.58%
75th Percentile £58.58 £72.81 £24.20
90th Percentile £69.70 £89.13 £25.88
Central London median hourly rate £32.07 £28.61 £23.91
% change year-on-year +12.08% +19.67% -53.58%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

CISM job vacancy trend in the City of London

CISM
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CISM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CISM

CISM
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISM in the City of London over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CISM in the City of London

CISM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (44.44%) Azure
2 4 (22.22%) AWS
3 3 (16.67%) Entra ID
3 3 (16.67%) GCP
4 1 (5.56%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Snyk
General
1 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Legal
3 2 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.56%) Financial Institution
4 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Architect
2 6 (33.33%) Security Architect
3 4 (22.22%) Security Specialist
4 3 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 3 (16.67%) Security Manager
5 2 (11.11%) Applications Architect
5 2 (11.11%) Information Security Officer
5 2 (11.11%) Project Manager
5 2 (11.11%) Security Officer
5 2 (11.11%) Security Project Manager
6 1 (5.56%) Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) Consultant
6 1 (5.56%) Design Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Integration Manager
6 1 (5.56%) IT Manager
6 1 (5.56%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (5.56%) Security Consultant
6 1 (5.56%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (5.56%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) J2EE
1 1 (5.56%) JDBC
1 1 (5.56%) JSON
1 1 (5.56%) LDAP
1 1 (5.56%) OAuth
1 1 (5.56%) OpenID
1 1 (5.56%) REST
1 1 (5.56%) SailPoint
1 1 (5.56%) SAML
1 1 (5.56%) SOAP
1 1 (5.56%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Security Posture
2 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (72.22%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (38.89%) Information Security
2 7 (38.89%) Risk Management
3 5 (27.78%) Computer Science
3 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (22.22%) Security Architecture
5 3 (16.67%) AI
5 3 (16.67%) Application Security
5 3 (16.67%) Cloud Security
5 3 (16.67%) Data Protection
5 3 (16.67%) Threat Management
5 3 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
6 2 (11.11%) Budgeting
6 2 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
6 2 (11.11%) Incident Response
6 2 (11.11%) Risk Register
6 2 (11.11%) SABSA
6 2 (11.11%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 2 (11.11%) Python
1 2 (11.11%) SQL
2 1 (5.56%) Java
Qualifications
1 18 (100.00%) CISSP
2 6 (33.33%) Degree
3 5 (27.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (27.78%) CRISC
4 3 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 3 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (11.11%) CASP
5 2 (11.11%) CISA
5 2 (11.11%) GIAC
5 2 (11.11%) GSEC
5 2 (11.11%) Postgraduate
6 1 (5.56%) CCSK
6 1 (5.56%) CCSP
6 1 (5.56%) CEH
6 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
6 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) NIST
2 3 (16.67%) GDPR
2 3 (16.67%) GRC
2 3 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (16.67%) PCI DSS
3 2 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (11.11%) NIST 800
3 2 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (5.56%) EU AI Act
4 1 (5.56%) HIPAA
4 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 1 (5.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) Splunk
3 2 (11.11%) Cribl.io
4 1 (5.56%) Google
4 1 (5.56%) Okta
4 1 (5.56%) Qualys
4 1 (5.56%) SAP
4 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.56%) Tenable
4 1 (5.56%) Workday