CISM Contracts in England

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CISM qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 310 363 431
Rank change year-on-year +53 +68 -21
Contract jobs citing CISM 241 318 387
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.65% 0.63% 0.54%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.08% 2.27% 2.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 231 283
10th Percentile £425 £474 £463
25th Percentile £500 £552 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £613
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +6.12% +11.36%
75th Percentile £750 £757 £713
90th Percentile £850 £838 £788
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £613
% change year-on-year -4.00% +2.04% +11.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 10
10th Percentile - £55.63 £45.24
25th Percentile - £59.73 £53.91
Median hourly rate £83.41 £72.98 £65.79
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +10.93% +2.00%
75th Percentile - £74.00 £77.05
90th Percentile - £78.58 £81.54
UK median hourly rate £83.41 £72.69 £68.58
% change year-on-year +14.75% +5.99% +7.16%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CISM is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,584 14,001 15,355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.33% 27.74% 21.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,111 9,375 10,071
10th Percentile £300 £330 £315
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 980 748 693
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.15 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.00 £20.00 £18.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.40 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.66% +39.73% -3.75%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.25 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.04 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -25.93% +30.12% +5.73%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CISM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CISM in England

CISM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISM in England.

Daily rate trend for CISM in England

CISM
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISM in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CISM in England

CISM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISM in England.

Hourly rate trend 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 28 April 2024. 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 +50 131 £650 - 60
South West +34 35 £475 -24.00% 15
North of England +48 32 £575 -6.12% 16
South East -5 25 £533 -12.98% 13
North West +32 22 £575 -6.12% 12
Yorkshire +28 8 £575 +13.58% 2
Midlands +20 4 £575 -11.54% 12
West Midlands +23 3 £575 -11.54% 8
North East - 2 £525 - 2
East of England +5 1 £400 +84.76% 4
East Midlands - 1 - - 4
CISM
UK

CISM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (1.66%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.41%) Confluence
2 1 (0.41%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 12 (4.98%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.41%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 46 (19.09%) Azure
2 35 (14.52%) AWS
3 13 (5.39%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (4.56%) Azure Sentinel
5 8 (3.32%) Entra ID
5 8 (3.32%) GCP
5 8 (3.32%) SaaS
6 7 (2.90%) IaaS
7 5 (2.07%) PaaS
8 3 (1.24%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.83%) GitHub
9 2 (0.83%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (0.83%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.41%) AWS IoT
10 1 (0.41%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.41%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.41%) Serverless
10 1 (0.41%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 38 (15.77%) Network Security
2 19 (7.88%) Firewall
3 7 (2.90%) Cisco ASA
3 7 (2.90%) Cisco ISE
4 6 (2.49%) SAN
5 4 (1.66%) DNS
5 4 (1.66%) Internet
5 4 (1.66%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.83%) Broadband
6 2 (0.83%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (0.83%) SNMP
6 2 (0.83%) SSL
7 1 (0.41%) Cisco IPT
7 1 (0.41%) DMZ
7 1 (0.41%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.41%) Modbus
7 1 (0.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.83%) Power BI
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 3 (1.24%) Artifactory
2 2 (0.83%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.41%) JIRA
General
1 64 (26.56%) Finance
2 45 (18.67%) Social Skills
3 27 (11.20%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (8.30%) Banking
5 14 (5.81%) Financial Institution
5 14 (5.81%) Manufacturing
5 14 (5.81%) Presentation Skills
5 14 (5.81%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.15%) Legal
7 9 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (3.32%) Military
9 7 (2.90%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.49%) French Language
11 4 (1.66%) German Language
12 3 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.24%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.24%) Police
12 3 (1.24%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.83%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 58 (24.07%) Architect
2 47 (19.50%) Analyst
3 46 (19.09%) Security Architect
4 33 (13.69%) Consultant
5 32 (13.28%) Security Consultant
6 29 (12.03%) Lead
6 29 (12.03%) Project Manager
7 27 (11.20%) Security Manager
8 26 (10.79%) Security Analyst
9 22 (9.13%) Security Project Manager
10 17 (7.05%) Security Engineer
11 12 (4.98%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 11 (4.56%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 10 (4.15%) CISSP Manager
13 10 (4.15%) Lead Architect
13 10 (4.15%) Risk Analyst
13 10 (4.15%) Senior
14 9 (3.73%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 9 (3.73%) Information Security Officer
14 9 (3.73%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.24%) SailPoint
1 3 (1.24%) SAML
2 2 (0.83%) OAuth
2 2 (0.83%) OpenID
2 2 (0.83%) Regular Expression
2 2 (0.83%) SPML
3 1 (0.41%) LDAP
3 1 (0.41%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 44 (18.26%) Management Information System
2 23 (9.54%) Security Posture
3 13 (5.39%) Cyber Threat
4 11 (4.56%) Security Operations Centre
5 10 (4.15%) Cyber Defence
6 9 (3.73%) PKI
7 8 (3.32%) CESG
7 8 (3.32%) Operational Technology
8 7 (2.90%) PMI
9 6 (2.49%) IoT
9 6 (2.49%) Public Cloud
10 5 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.66%) Cyber Security Posture
11 4 (1.66%) Cyberattack
11 4 (1.66%) Mobile App
12 3 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 3 (1.24%) Industry 4.0
13 2 (0.83%) Derivative
13 2 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (0.83%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.98%) Windows
2 4 (1.66%) Linux
3 3 (1.24%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (63.90%) Cybersecurity
2 112 (46.47%) Information Security
3 71 (29.46%) Risk Management
4 60 (24.90%) Security Architecture
5 48 (19.92%) Cloud Security
6 36 (14.94%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (11.62%) Security Management
7 28 (11.62%) Security Operations
8 27 (11.20%) Decision-Making
8 27 (11.20%) Project Management
8 27 (11.20%) Risk Assessment
8 27 (11.20%) TOGAF
9 26 (10.79%) Agile
9 26 (10.79%) Information Security Management
9 26 (10.79%) SIEM
10 25 (10.37%) Data Protection
10 25 (10.37%) Identity Access Management
10 25 (10.37%) SABSA
11 24 (9.96%) Incident Response
12 22 (9.13%) Information Assurance
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.90%) Kusto Query Language
2 5 (2.07%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.66%) Python
4 3 (1.24%) Bash
4 3 (1.24%) SQL
5 1 (0.41%) ABAP
5 1 (0.41%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 226 (93.78%) CISSP
2 99 (41.08%) CISA
3 60 (24.90%) Security Cleared
4 42 (17.43%) CRISC
4 42 (17.43%) SC Cleared
5 38 (15.77%) Degree
6 37 (15.35%) Cisco Certification
7 27 (11.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 26 (10.79%) CEH
9 25 (10.37%) CompTIA Security+
10 23 (9.54%) DV Cleared
11 15 (6.22%) CISMP
11 15 (6.22%) SANS
12 13 (5.39%) CCNP
13 12 (4.98%) Master's Degree
14 11 (4.56%) CREST Certified
14 11 (4.56%) ISACA
15 10 (4.15%) CCSP
15 10 (4.15%) PMI Certification
16 9 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (35.68%) NIST
2 85 (35.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (10.79%) NCSC
4 25 (10.37%) PCI DSS
5 23 (9.54%) COBIT
5 23 (9.54%) GDPR
6 21 (8.71%) NIST 800
7 18 (7.47%) GRC
8 12 (4.98%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 9 (3.73%) HIPAA
9 9 (3.73%) ISO 31000
10 6 (2.49%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (2.49%) Government Security Classifications
11 4 (1.66%) ISO 22301
11 4 (1.66%) JSP 440
11 4 (1.66%) QA
12 3 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (1.24%) RMADS
12 3 (1.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.83%) IASME
System Software
1 8 (3.32%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (4.15%) Nessus
2 4 (1.66%) QRadar
3 2 (0.83%) CASB
3 2 (0.83%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 2 (0.83%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.41%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.41%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 49 (20.33%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.05%) Cisco
3 8 (3.32%) Palo Alto
4 7 (2.90%) Juniper
5 6 (2.49%) ScienceLogic
6 5 (2.07%) AlienVault
6 5 (2.07%) ArcSight
7 4 (1.66%) Qualys
7 4 (1.66%) Splunk
8 3 (1.24%) Google
8 3 (1.24%) Rapid7
8 3 (1.24%) Symantec
9 2 (0.83%) BiZZdesign
9 2 (0.83%) CA
9 2 (0.83%) Carbon Black
9 2 (0.83%) Checkmarx
9 2 (0.83%) LogRhythm
9 2 (0.83%) NetIQ
9 2 (0.83%) Okta
9 2 (0.83%) OneTrust