CISM Contracts in the City of London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for CISM qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 104 156 186
Rank change year-on-year +52 +30 -42
Contract jobs citing CISM 20 18 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.92% 0.50% 0.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.54% 2.54% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 17 7
10th Percentile £453 £568 £520
25th Percentile £533 £600 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £725 £600
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +20.83% -2.44%
75th Percentile £775 £825 £638
90th Percentile £875 £893 £700
Central London median daily rate £625 £725 £600
% change year-on-year -13.79% +20.83% -6.98%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

CISM is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 441 708 803
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 20.31% 19.53% 18.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 290 412 525
10th Percentile £375 £363 £364
25th Percentile £454 £468 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.61% +4.55% +5.52%
75th Percentile £650 £713 £645
90th Percentile £775 £820 £725
Central London median daily rate £525 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -6.67% +2.27% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 17
10th Percentile - £18.06 £19.40
25th Percentile £20.22 £20.22 £36.25
Median hourly rate £20.82 £51.50 £45.50
Median % change year-on-year -59.58% +13.19% +75.00%
75th Percentile £24.20 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £25.88 £71.75 £68.15
Central London median hourly rate £25.99 £51.50 £45.50
% change year-on-year -49.54% +13.19% +127.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for CISM in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISM in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for CISM in the City of London

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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 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CISM in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (25.00%) Azure
2 3 (15.00%) AWS
2 3 (15.00%) GCP
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) DMZ
1 1 (5.00%) Firewall
General
1 8 (40.00%) Finance
2 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Banking
4 2 (10.00%) International Banking
4 2 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.00%) Local Government
5 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Analyst
2 4 (20.00%) Consultant
2 4 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 4 (20.00%) Information Security Consultant
2 4 (20.00%) Security Consultant
2 4 (20.00%) Security Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) IT Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) IT Risk Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Risk Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Security Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Information Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Information Security Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Information Security Officer
4 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Operational Security Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Operations Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Security Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Security Officer
4 2 (10.00%) Security Operations Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Information Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 7 (35.00%) Security Posture
2 3 (15.00%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (10.00%) Product Ownership
4 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (90.00%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (60.00%) Information Security
3 5 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 5 (25.00%) SIEM
4 4 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (20.00%) Cloud Security
4 4 (20.00%) Data Privacy
4 4 (20.00%) Information Security Governance
4 4 (20.00%) Information Security Management
4 4 (20.00%) Log Aggregation
4 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (20.00%) Security Architecture
4 4 (20.00%) Security Management
4 4 (20.00%) Threat Detection
5 3 (15.00%) Business Agility
5 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (10.00%) Incident Management
6 2 (10.00%) ISMS
6 2 (10.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 20 (100.00%) CISSP
2 8 (40.00%) CRISC
3 5 (25.00%) CISA
4 4 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (10.00%) Degree
5 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
6 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (5.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (50.00%) NIST
2 5 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (20.00%) NIST 800
4 3 (15.00%) GDPR
4 3 (15.00%) ISO 31000
4 3 (15.00%) PCI DSS
5 2 (10.00%) GRC
6 1 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (5.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (20.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 7 (35.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) Google