CISM Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 66 58
Rank change year-on-year -13 -8 +9
Contract jobs citing CISM 6 10 9
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.44% 1.18% 1.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.39% 4.48% 5.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 4
10th Percentile £532 £409 £530
25th Percentile £537 £413 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £554 £437 £600
Median % change year-on-year +26.72% -27.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £575 £475 -
90th Percentile £582 £494 -
England median daily rate £600 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.04%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 251 223 170
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 18.27% 26.39% 22.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 116 86
10th Percentile £175 £165 £306
25th Percentile £306 £308 £343
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £437 £400
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% +9.13% -23.81%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £586
90th Percentile £650 £673 £644
England median daily rate £535 £525 £526
% change year-on-year +1.90% -0.19% -4.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 50 15
10th Percentile £16.46 - -
25th Percentile £17.97 £17.87 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.75 £18.87 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +36.46% -21.96% +36.46%
75th Percentile £26.90 £25.15 -
90th Percentile £46.54 - £48.04
England median hourly rate £49.50 £25.15 £52.50
% change year-on-year +96.82% -52.10% -2.02%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CISM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

CISM job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

CISM
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing CISM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing CISM

CISM
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISM within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derbyshire - 4 £575 -
Nottinghamshire -14 1 - - 4
Leicestershire - 1 £533 -
CISM
England

CISM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
3 1 (16.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
1 1 (16.67%) SSL
1 1 (16.67%) X.509
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Auditor
1 2 (33.33%) Security Auditor
1 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Information Assurance Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Information Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Penetration Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Security Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Penetration Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Security Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
2 1 (16.67%) PKI
2 1 (16.67%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) Information Security
2 4 (66.67%) Risk Assessment
3 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (33.33%) Data Privacy
4 2 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
4 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 1 (16.67%) Change Control
5 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
5 1 (16.67%) High Availability
5 1 (16.67%) Information Assurance
5 1 (16.67%) Security Architecture
5 1 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CISSP
2 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 2 (33.33%) CRISC
3 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree
4 1 (16.67%) AWS Certification
4 1 (16.67%) CEH
4 1 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (16.67%) CREST Certified
4 1 (16.67%) ECSA
4 1 (16.67%) OSCP
4 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (50.00%) NIST
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (16.67%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) OneTrust
2 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (16.67%) VMware