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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 52 61
Rank change year-on-year -34 +9 -
Contract jobs citing CISM 1 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.091% 0.89% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.40% 3.33% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £585 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -6.40% +4.17% -7.69%

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 253 150 253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 23.11% 26.60% 33.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 87 146
10th Percentile £258 £200 £168
25th Percentile £393 £250 £251
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £361
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +24.57% -27.75%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £573
90th Percentile £638 £650 £659
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 15 35
10th Percentile £16.35 £18.43 £12.75
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.87 £14.72
Median hourly rate £22.50 £24.18 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.95% +20.90% +5.18%
75th Percentile £25.15 £25.15 £37.88
90th Percentile £30.30 £30.31 £51.91
England median hourly rate £48.50 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +21.25% - -23.81%

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 14 May 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
Lincolnshire - 1 - -
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST