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 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 95 111
Rank change year-on-year -24 +16 +62
Contract jobs citing CISM 10 23 22
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.54% 1.21% 0.91%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.96% 4.72% 4.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 11 14
10th Percentile £378 £450 £411
25th Percentile £419 £456 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £575 £542
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +6.19% -22.64%
75th Percentile £616 £674 £628
90th Percentile £1,113 £838 £681
Central London median daily rate £475 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -13.64% -4.35% -17.86%

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 509 487 482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 27.62% 25.63% 20.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 386 280 312
10th Percentile £359 £370 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £636 £679
90th Percentile £744 £751 £778
Central London median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 3
10th Percentile £20.65 £24.78 £29.39
25th Percentile £25.77 £28.94 £45.09
Median hourly rate £27.50 £72.25 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -61.94% -0.34% +72.62%
75th Percentile £29.50 £112.00 £75.63
90th Percentile £50.80 - £76.75
Central London median hourly rate £25.62 £72.25 £60.00
% change year-on-year -64.54% +20.42% +42.86%

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 January 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:

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Azure
2 3 (30.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (30.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (10.00%) AWS
3 1 (10.00%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (10.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) Firewall
2 2 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (10.00%) Network Security
General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Legal
2 2 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 3 (30.00%) Programme Manager
1 3 (30.00%) Security Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 2 (20.00%) Security Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Head of Information Security
3 1 (10.00%) IAM Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Identity Management Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Managing Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Principal Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (80.00%) Information Security
2 5 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (30.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (30.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 3 (30.00%) Data Protection
3 3 (30.00%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (30.00%) Security Architecture
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (20.00%) Analytics
4 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security
4 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) IT Audit
4 2 (20.00%) Patch Management
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (20.00%) Remediation Plan
4 2 (20.00%) SIEM
4 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 2 (20.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) CISSP
2 4 (40.00%) CRISC
3 3 (30.00%) CISA
3 3 (30.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (30.00%) Degree
4 2 (20.00%) GSEC
4 2 (20.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (10.00%) CASP
5 1 (10.00%) GIAC
5 1 (10.00%) ISACA
5 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
5 1 (10.00%) SANS
5 1 (10.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (40.00%) GDPR
2 4 (40.00%) NIST
3 3 (30.00%) GRC
4 2 (20.00%) COBIT
4 2 (20.00%) ITGC
5 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (20.00%) Palo Alto