CISM Contract Job Trends in the East of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 90 111
Rank change year-on-year 0 +21 +19
Contract jobs citing CISM 9 6 1
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.67% 0.40% 0.054%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.03% 1.39% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 1
10th Percentile £372 £500 -
25th Percentile - £538 £690
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £700
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -17.86% +21.74%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £710
90th Percentile £600 £608 -
England median daily rate £575 £600 £613
% change year-on-year -4.17% -2.04% -1.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £27.93 - -
25th Percentile £28.52 - -
Median hourly rate £31.49 - -
75th Percentile £34.16 - -
90th Percentile £34.58 - -
England median hourly rate £32.74 £73.60 £73.31
% change year-on-year -55.52% +0.40% -0.61%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 443 432 652
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 33.11% 28.82% 35.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 156 323
10th Percentile £213 £200 £273
25th Percentile £400 £322 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £580 £575 £675
90th Percentile £670 £600 £749
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 124 156
10th Percentile £16.01 £17.41 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.87 £35.00 £15.31
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +95.45% +4.76%
75th Percentile £56.00 £65.00 £59.06
90th Percentile £83.51 £67.85 £71.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -52.10% - +16.67%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

CISM job vacancy trend in the East of England

CISM
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

CISM
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISM in the East of England over the 6 months to 4 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISM in the East of England

CISM
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing CISM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing CISM

CISM
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 4 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
Hertfordshire +4 5 £450 -10.10% 4
Bedfordshire - 2 £500 -
Norfolk - 1 £500 - 1
Suffolk - 1 £550 - 1
CISM
England

CISM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) GCP
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Burp Suite
General
1 2 (22.22%) Military
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Compliance Consultant
1 2 (22.22%) Consultant
1 2 (22.22%) Information Security Consultant
1 2 (22.22%) Risk Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Security Consultant
1 2 (22.22%) Security Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Application Security Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Compliance Manager
2 1 (11.11%) CyberArk Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Information Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Information Security Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Security Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Security Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Security Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Security Risk Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Risk Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Security Operations Centre
1 4 (44.44%) Security Posture
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Incident Response
2 5 (55.56%) Vulnerability Management
3 4 (44.44%) Information Security
3 4 (44.44%) Roadmaps
3 4 (44.44%) Security Operations
3 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (33.33%) ITIL
4 3 (33.33%) OWASP
4 3 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (22.22%) Threat Modelling
6 1 (11.11%) Cyber Intelligence
6 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 1 (11.11%) DevOps
6 1 (11.11%) OSINT
6 1 (11.11%) Pattern Recognition
6 1 (11.11%) Threat Analysis
6 1 (11.11%) Threat Detection
6 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) CISSP
2 4 (44.44%) OSCP
3 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 2 (22.22%) CEH
4 2 (22.22%) CRISC
4 2 (22.22%) Degree
5 1 (11.11%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (100.00%) NIST
2 7 (77.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (55.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (55.56%) GDPR
4 4 (44.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (44.44%) PCI DSS
5 3 (33.33%) COBIT
5 3 (33.33%) NCSC
6 2 (22.22%) GRC
6 2 (22.22%) JSP 440
6 2 (22.22%) NIST 800
7 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Nexpose
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) BeyondTrust
1 1 (11.11%) CyberArk
1 1 (11.11%) Qualys
1 1 (11.11%) Tenable
1 1 (11.11%) Thycotic