CISM Contracts 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 109 156
Rank change year-on-year +2 +47 +22
Contract jobs citing CISM 12 17 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.68% 0.77% 0.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.79% 3.80% 2.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 15 15
10th Percentile £525 £435 £600
25th Percentile £530 £517 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £645 £600 £725
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -17.24% +20.83%
75th Percentile £696 £737 £825
90th Percentile £774 £875 £920
Central London median daily rate £595 £600 £725
% change year-on-year -0.83% -17.24% +20.83%

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 430 447 710
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 24.47% 20.35% 19.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 285 293 409
10th Percentile £404 £382 £375
25th Percentile £459 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £575
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -7.83% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £723
90th Percentile £763 £775 £820
Central London median daily rate £550 £525 £568
% change year-on-year +4.76% -7.49% +3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 5
10th Percentile £23.62 - £18.06
25th Percentile £26.04 £20.22 £20.22
Median hourly rate £45.33 £20.82 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year +117.75% -59.58% +13.19%
75th Percentile £72.81 £24.20 £53.75
90th Percentile £89.13 £25.88 £71.75
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £25.99 £51.50
% change year-on-year +11.87% -49.54% +13.19%

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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 2 May 2025.

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:

Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) SAP GRC
1 1 (8.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) AWS
1 5 (41.67%) Azure
1 5 (41.67%) GCP
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Banking
3 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Architect
1 6 (50.00%) Security Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Security Manager
3 2 (16.67%) CyberArk Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Security Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Information Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Information Security Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Information Security Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Insurance Business Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) IT Security Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Operational Security Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Risk Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Risk Business Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) SAP Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Security Operations Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Security Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Security Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) SailPoint
1 1 (8.33%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Algorithms
2 2 (16.67%) Insider Threat
3 1 (8.33%) Cloud Native
3 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (8.33%) Public Cloud
3 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
3 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 4 (33.33%) Privileged Access Management
3 4 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 4 (33.33%) Security Architecture
3 4 (33.33%) TOGAF
4 3 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (25.00%) DevSecOps
4 3 (25.00%) Information Security
4 3 (25.00%) Machine Learning
4 3 (25.00%) Risk Analysis
4 3 (25.00%) SABSA
4 3 (25.00%) Security Operations
4 3 (25.00%) Security Testing
4 3 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
5 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
5 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
5 2 (16.67%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) CISSP
2 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
3 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (16.67%) CISA
4 2 (16.67%) CRISC
5 1 (8.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (8.33%) CCSP
5 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (58.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (58.33%) NIST
2 3 (25.00%) GDPR
3 2 (16.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 2 (16.67%) GRC
4 1 (8.33%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (8.33%) IAG
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) CyberArk
2 1 (8.33%) Ariba
2 1 (8.33%) Google
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Okta
2 1 (8.33%) Ping Identity
2 1 (8.33%) Qualys
2 1 (8.33%) SAP
2 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow