CISM Contract Job Trends in England

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
UK > England

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 275 295 269
Rank change year-on-year +20 -26 +176
Contract jobs citing CISM 260 235 367
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.88% 0.76% 0.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.68% 2.54% 3.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 159 281
10th Percentile £418 £463 £463
25th Percentile £463 £531 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £625 £618
Median % change year-on-year -14.08% +1.21% -1.20%
75th Percentile £688 £719 £700
90th Percentile £775 £805 £800
UK median daily rate £537 £613 £600
% change year-on-year -12.33% +2.08% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 5
10th Percentile £28.92 £70.24 £68.07
25th Percentile £30.34 £72.40 £68.26
Median hourly rate £43.70 £78.40 £73.31
Median % change year-on-year -44.26% +6.94% +11.92%
75th Percentile £77.81 £82.00 £78.36
90th Percentile £94.13 £82.72 £83.54
UK median hourly rate £55.23 £78.40 £73.31
% change year-on-year -29.55% +6.94% +12.78%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,718 9,241 11,569
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.99% 29.72% 29.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,258 5,652 7,421
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £416 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £715 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 844 411 701
10th Percentile £17.69 £20.12 £17.71
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.00 £26.24
Median hourly rate £25.15 £52.19 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.81% -0.59% +16.67%
75th Percentile £45.46 £68.09 £70.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £52.50
% change year-on-year -45.54% -12.04% +16.67%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

CISM job vacancy trend in England

CISM
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CISM

CISM
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISM in England over the 6 months to 6 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISM in England

CISM
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CISM

CISM
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CISM in England over the 6 months to 6 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CISM in England

CISM
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 6 November 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
London -49 97 £575 -9.45% 152
North of England +1 53 £526 -15.14% 43
South East +17 39 £492 -21.28% 125
Yorkshire +3 32 £525 -19.23% 11
South West +20 22 £675 +12.50% 19
North West -12 21 £550 -8.33% 29
Midlands -26 21 £458 -8.50% 26
East Midlands -15 11 £425 -29.17% 7
West Midlands -21 10 £800 +60.00% 17
East of England -14 9 £500 -13.04% 8
CISM
UK

CISM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 23 (8.85%) Confluence
2 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.77%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (3.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.15%) Maximo
2 2 (0.77%) SAP CO
2 2 (0.77%) SAP FI
2 2 (0.77%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.38%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 85 (32.69%) Azure
2 66 (25.38%) AWS
3 43 (16.54%) GCP
4 19 (7.31%) Entra ID
5 14 (5.38%) Azure Sentinel
6 11 (4.23%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (4.23%) OpenShift
7 9 (3.46%) Power Platform
8 6 (2.31%) SaaS
9 5 (1.92%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.15%) Azure AKS
10 3 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.15%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 3 (1.15%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (0.77%) GitHub
11 2 (0.77%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.38%) Akamai
12 1 (0.38%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (0.38%) Google Ads
12 1 (0.38%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (15.38%) Firewall
1 40 (15.38%) Network Security
2 14 (5.38%) VPN
3 9 (3.46%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (1.92%) Kerberos
5 3 (1.15%) HTTP
5 3 (1.15%) SSH
6 1 (0.38%) DNS
6 1 (0.38%) Modbus
6 1 (0.38%) SSL
6 1 (0.38%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.69%) Power BI
1 7 (2.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 41 (15.77%) JIRA
2 10 (3.85%) GitLab
3 8 (3.08%) Postman
3 8 (3.08%) SoapUI
4 3 (1.15%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.77%) Snyk
6 1 (0.38%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.38%) TestDirector
General
1 94 (36.15%) Social Skills
2 65 (25.00%) Finance
3 31 (11.92%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (8.85%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.62%) Banking
6 10 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.46%) Legal
7 9 (3.46%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.31%) Electronics
8 6 (2.31%) Local Government
8 6 (2.31%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.31%) Marketing
9 4 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.15%) Law
10 3 (1.15%) Military
10 3 (1.15%) Police
10 3 (1.15%) Retail
11 2 (0.77%) Automotive
11 2 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 45 (17.31%) Consultant
2 34 (13.08%) Analyst
3 33 (12.69%) Architect
3 33 (12.69%) Security Consultant
4 29 (11.15%) Security Architect
5 25 (9.62%) Lead
6 24 (9.23%) Security Manager
7 19 (7.31%) Security Engineer
8 17 (6.54%) Security Specialist
9 16 (6.15%) Senior
10 14 (5.38%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 14 (5.38%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 13 (5.00%) Security Analyst
11 13 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
12 11 (4.23%) Security Solutions Architect
13 9 (3.46%) Cybersecurity Specialist
14 8 (3.08%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 7 (2.69%) Test Analyst
16 6 (2.31%) Project Manager
16 6 (2.31%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.92%) SailPoint
2 13 (5.00%) LDAP
3 10 (3.85%) OAuth
3 10 (3.85%) SAML
4 4 (1.54%) ARM Templates
4 4 (1.54%) OpenID
5 3 (1.15%) OAuth2
6 2 (0.77%) Flash
6 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.77%) REST
6 2 (0.77%) Smart Contracts
6 2 (0.77%) SOAP
7 1 (0.38%) EJB
7 1 (0.38%) JCE
7 1 (0.38%) JSON Web Signature
7 1 (0.38%) JWT
7 1 (0.38%) ModSecurity
7 1 (0.38%) SLSA
7 1 (0.38%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 32 (12.31%) Management Information System
2 19 (7.31%) Security Operations Centre
2 19 (7.31%) Security Posture
3 15 (5.77%) Cyber Threat
4 12 (4.62%) Cloud Native
4 12 (4.62%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.31%) CSOC
6 5 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (1.92%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.54%) SCADA
8 3 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.15%) BYOD
8 3 (1.15%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (1.15%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.15%) NHS
8 3 (1.15%) PKI
9 2 (0.77%) Blockchain
9 2 (0.77%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 2 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.31%) Windows
2 5 (1.92%) Mac OS
3 4 (1.54%) Linux
4 3 (1.15%) Unix
5 1 (0.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (57.31%) Cybersecurity
2 84 (32.31%) Information Security
3 76 (29.23%) Incident Response
4 72 (27.69%) Risk Management
5 69 (26.54%) Cloud Security
6 63 (24.23%) Identity Access Management
7 53 (20.38%) Security Operations
8 52 (20.00%) SIEM
9 51 (19.62%) Agile
10 44 (16.92%) Vulnerability Management
11 43 (16.54%) Threat Modelling
12 40 (15.38%) DevSecOps
13 38 (14.62%) Problem-Solving
14 36 (13.85%) CI/CD
15 34 (13.08%) Computer Science
15 34 (13.08%) Stakeholder Management
16 31 (11.92%) DevOps
16 31 (11.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 29 (11.15%) Security Architecture
17 29 (11.15%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 23 (8.85%) PowerShell
2 16 (6.15%) Python
3 4 (1.54%) Bicep
4 2 (0.77%) Bash
4 2 (0.77%) BeanShell
4 2 (0.77%) Java
4 2 (0.77%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.77%) Rust
4 2 (0.77%) Solidity
5 1 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 242 (93.08%) CISSP
2 65 (25.00%) Degree
3 64 (24.62%) Security Cleared
4 50 (19.23%) CISA
5 39 (15.00%) SC Cleared
6 34 (13.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 28 (10.77%) CRISC
8 24 (9.23%) CEH
9 18 (6.92%) DV Cleared
9 18 (6.92%) GIAC
10 17 (6.54%) CompTIA Security+
11 16 (6.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 15 (5.77%) Cisco Certification
12 15 (5.77%) Master's Degree
13 14 (5.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 11 (4.23%) TOGAF Certification
15 10 (3.85%) Azure Certification
15 10 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
15 10 (3.85%) PMI Certification
15 10 (3.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (59.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 129 (49.62%) NIST
3 74 (28.46%) GDPR
4 37 (14.23%) PCI DSS
5 26 (10.00%) NCSC
6 24 (9.23%) COBIT
7 22 (8.46%) Cyber Essentials
8 19 (7.31%) NIST 800
9 17 (6.54%) GRC
10 14 (5.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 13 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 9 (3.46%) QA
13 8 (3.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 8 (3.08%) HIPAA
13 8 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 8 (3.08%) JSP 440
13 8 (3.08%) RMADS
14 7 (2.69%) SOC 2
15 6 (2.31%) PMO
16 4 (1.54%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 21 (8.08%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.15%) Firmware
3 2 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (6.15%) Single Sign-On
2 14 (5.38%) Kubernetes
2 14 (5.38%) QRadar
3 11 (4.23%) RSA Archer
4 8 (3.08%) Fluentd
5 6 (2.31%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (2.31%) Terraform
6 5 (1.92%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (1.54%) CSIRT
8 3 (1.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.15%) Nessus
9 2 (0.77%) EnCase
9 2 (0.77%) FTK
9 2 (0.77%) PingFederate
10 1 (0.38%) Ansible
10 1 (0.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.38%) Nexpose
Vendors
1 59 (22.69%) Microsoft
2 38 (14.62%) CyberArk
3 29 (11.15%) Splunk
4 18 (6.92%) BeyondTrust
5 17 (6.54%) BiZZdesign
6 15 (5.77%) ServiceNow
6 15 (5.77%) Thycotic
7 13 (5.00%) Rapid7
8 11 (4.23%) CrowdStrike
9 10 (3.85%) Centrify
9 10 (3.85%) Tenable
10 9 (3.46%) Google
10 9 (3.46%) SAP
11 8 (3.08%) Cribl.io
12 7 (2.69%) Alteryx
12 7 (2.69%) Qualys
13 6 (2.31%) Fortinet
13 6 (2.31%) Okta
13 6 (2.31%) Proofpoint
14 5 (1.92%) Cisco