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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 106 151
Rank change year-on-year -1 +45 +42
Contract jobs citing CISM 8 19 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.45% 0.89% 0.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.83% 4.04% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 17 17
10th Percentile - £530 £523
25th Percentile £525 £600 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £749 £700
Median % change year-on-year -26.57% +7.00% +16.67%
75th Percentile £675 £775 £738
90th Percentile £702 £875 £810
Central London median daily rate £550 £749 £650
% change year-on-year -26.57% +15.23% +8.33%

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 438 470 703
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 24.37% 22.01% 20.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 295 299 414
10th Percentile £362 £380 £400
25th Percentile £463 £461 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £676 £675 £700
90th Percentile £763 £775 £824
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 6
10th Percentile £21.41 - £17.31
25th Percentile £26.16 £20.22 £18.56
Median hourly rate £45.33 £21.00 £36.10
Median % change year-on-year +115.83% -41.83% -17.01%
75th Percentile £65.12 £27.00 £53.50
90th Percentile £82.79 - £68.75
Central London median hourly rate £34.48 £24.00 £36.10
% change year-on-year +43.67% -33.52% -17.01%

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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 3 July 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) AWS
1 4 (50.00%) GCP
2 3 (37.50%) Azure
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Banking
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) Private Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Architect
1 5 (62.50%) Security Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Security Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) CyberArk Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Insurance Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Security Solutions Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Algorithms
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (12.50%) Insider Threat
2 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
2 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 4 (50.00%) TOGAF
3 3 (37.50%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (37.50%) Data Privacy
3 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
3 3 (37.50%) DevSecOps
3 3 (37.50%) Machine Learning
3 3 (37.50%) Risk Analysis
3 3 (37.50%) SABSA
3 3 (37.50%) Threat Modelling
4 2 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 2 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 2 (25.00%) Information Security
4 2 (25.00%) Privileged Access Management
4 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
5 1 (12.50%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) CISSP
2 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) CISA
4 1 (12.50%) CRISC
4 1 (12.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (12.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (75.00%) NIST
2 4 (50.00%) GDPR
3 2 (25.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (12.50%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) CyberArk
2 1 (12.50%) Ariba
2 1 (12.50%) Google
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Okta
2 1 (12.50%) Ping Identity
2 1 (12.50%) Qualys
2 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow