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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 105 110
Rank change year-on-year -7 +5 +54
Contract jobs citing CISM 18 15 18
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.87% 0.84% 0.77%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.14% 3.16% 4.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 8 16
10th Percentile £410 £498 £444
25th Percentile £434 £527 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £638 £625
Median % change year-on-year -23.84% +2.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £644 £678 £786
90th Percentile £820 £751 £875
Central London median daily rate £495 £593 £625
% change year-on-year -16.54% -5.20% -13.79%

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 573 474 445
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 27.67% 26.41% 18.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 421 299 296
10th Percentile £381 £370 £363
25th Percentile £444 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.98%
75th Percentile £638 £666 £675
90th Percentile £738 £767 £777
Central London median daily rate £525 £527 £537
% change year-on-year -0.38% -1.77% -6.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 3
10th Percentile £21.50 £24.78 £19.19
25th Percentile £25.95 £28.94 £19.58
Median hourly rate £39.72 £72.25 £20.82
Median % change year-on-year -45.02% +247.11% -59.58%
75th Percentile £61.79 £112.00 £47.58
90th Percentile £70.88 - £63.28
Central London median hourly rate £25.77 £32.50 £33.74
% change year-on-year -20.71% -3.66% -34.50%

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 17 March 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 10 (55.56%) Azure
2 5 (27.78%) Entra ID
3 4 (22.22%) AWS
3 4 (22.22%) Azure Sentinel
3 4 (22.22%) GCP
4 3 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) Network Security
2 3 (16.67%) Firewall
3 2 (11.11%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Snyk
General
1 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (11.11%) Legal
3 2 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Financial Institution
4 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Architect
1 6 (33.33%) Security Architect
2 4 (22.22%) Security Manager
2 4 (22.22%) Security Specialist
3 3 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 3 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 3 (16.67%) Programme Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Applications Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Design Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Principal Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Security Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Security Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Security Technical Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Strategy Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Technical Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) SailPoint
1 1 (5.56%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Security Posture
2 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (72.22%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (44.44%) Information Security
3 7 (38.89%) Security Architecture
4 6 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 6 (33.33%) Risk Management
5 5 (27.78%) Cloud Security
6 4 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (22.22%) Data Protection
6 4 (22.22%) Identity Access Management
6 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (16.67%) Application Security
7 3 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
7 3 (16.67%) Incident Response
7 3 (16.67%) SIEM
7 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (16.67%) Threat Management
7 3 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
7 3 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
7 3 (16.67%) Zero Trust
8 2 (11.11%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.56%) Python
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (100.00%) CISSP
2 7 (38.89%) Degree
3 6 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (27.78%) CRISC
5 3 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (11.11%) CASP
6 2 (11.11%) CISA
6 2 (11.11%) GIAC
6 2 (11.11%) GSEC
6 2 (11.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (5.56%) CCSK
7 1 (5.56%) CCSP
7 1 (5.56%) CEH
7 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
7 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
7 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (33.33%) GDPR
2 6 (33.33%) NIST
3 4 (22.22%) PCI DSS
4 3 (16.67%) GRC
5 2 (11.11%) NIST 800
6 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (5.56%) EU AI Act
6 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (5.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (5.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (22.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) Splunk
3 2 (11.11%) Cribl.io
3 2 (11.11%) Fortinet
3 2 (11.11%) Palo Alto
4 1 (5.56%) Google
4 1 (5.56%) Okta
4 1 (5.56%) Qualys
4 1 (5.56%) Tenable