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 6 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 57 65
Rank change year-on-year -6 +8 +29
Contract jobs citing CISM 10 9 3
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 1.21% 1.18% 0.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.59% 5.29% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 2
10th Percentile £409 £530 £470
25th Percentile £413 £575 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £437 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year -27.17% +6.67% -13.46%
75th Percentile £475 - £638
90th Percentile £494 - £675
England median daily rate £575 £600 £613
% change year-on-year -4.17% -2.04% -2.00%

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 218 170 226
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 26.36% 22.31% 26.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 85 159
10th Percentile £164 £301 £263
25th Percentile £309 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £437 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.25% -23.81% +9.38%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £650
90th Percentile £694 £645 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 17 9
10th Percentile - £16.24 £17.50
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.00 -
Median hourly rate £20.06 £24.18 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -17.04% +36.46% -9.89%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £20.00
90th Percentile - £51.91 £20.10
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £53.77
% change year-on-year -52.10% -2.36% +19.48%

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 6 October 2025. 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
Northamptonshire - 4 £413 -
Nottinghamshire -9 2 £458 -23.75% 3
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:

Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (20.00%) AWS
2 2 (20.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Firewall
1 2 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (20.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) Power BI
1 4 (40.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Security Specialist
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Governance Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Lead
2 2 (20.00%) Security Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Security Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Security Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Security Tester
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (60.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Information Security
2 6 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (60.00%) IT Audit
3 5 (50.00%) Agile
3 5 (50.00%) Kanban
4 3 (30.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (30.00%) Cloud Security
4 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (30.00%) Data-Driven Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Fintech
4 3 (30.00%) Generative AI
4 3 (30.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (30.00%) Test Automation
4 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy
5 2 (20.00%) ITSM
5 2 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (20.00%) Remediation Plan
5 2 (20.00%) Security Architecture
5 2 (20.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) CISSP
2 7 (70.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 6 (60.00%) CISA
4 3 (30.00%) Degree
5 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (20.00%) CRISC
6 1 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (10.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (70.00%) NIST
3 6 (60.00%) COBIT
3 6 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 6 (60.00%) NIST 800
4 3 (30.00%) GDPR
5 2 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (20.00%) GRC
5 2 (20.00%) HIPAA
6 1 (10.00%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (10.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (50.00%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Rapid7
2 4 (40.00%) Alteryx
2 4 (40.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft