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 3 months leading up to 10 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

3 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 290 237 260
Rank change year-on-year -53 +23 +76
Contract jobs citing CISM 130 82 130
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.67% 0.74% 0.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.02% 2.33% 2.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 48 94
10th Percentile £450 £459 £429
25th Percentile £513 £513 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £688 £675 £770
90th Percentile £738 £741 £868
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
Median hourly rate £41.94 £67.55 -
Median % change year-on-year -37.91% - -
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £73.60 -
% change year-on-year -43.02% - -

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 6,434 3,526 6,459
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.13% 31.98% 31.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,287 2,266 3,921
10th Percentile £350 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £714 £738
UK median daily rate £513 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -2.01% -0.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 453 191 622
10th Percentile £16.35 £18.13 £13.29
25th Percentile £20.32 £25.20 £16.06
Median hourly rate £35.00 £55.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +111.54% -50.48%
75th Percentile £70.00 £71.25 £57.50
90th Percentile £84.00 £82.50 £74.94
UK median hourly rate £41.72 £53.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year -22.02% +105.77% -52.71%

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 3 months to 10 March 2026.

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
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 3 months to 10 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 3 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -22 63 £600 -7.69% 32
South East -38 20 £563 -10.00% 26
North of England -43 17 £625 +17.04% 15
South West -2 11 £535 - 14
Yorkshire -38 9 £661 +17.56% 3
North West -22 8 £555 - 11
Midlands -61 7 £600 -7.76% 10
West Midlands -46 6 £600 -7.76% 6
East of England -15 3 £525 +3.04% 4
East Midlands -25 1 - - 3
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 34 (11.33%) Confluence
2 3 (1.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.33%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.33%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 101 (33.67%) Azure
2 84 (28.00%) AWS
3 49 (16.33%) GCP
4 28 (9.33%) Entra ID
5 25 (8.33%) OpenShift
6 19 (6.33%) Azure Sentinel
7 10 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (2.67%) Microsoft Purview
9 7 (2.33%) Azure AKS
9 7 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 7 (2.33%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (1.67%) SaaS
11 4 (1.33%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.67%) Azure Key Vault
12 2 (0.67%) GitHub
13 1 (0.33%) Azure Logic Apps
13 1 (0.33%) Google Ads
13 1 (0.33%) IaaS
13 1 (0.33%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (12.00%) Firewall
2 35 (11.67%) Network Security
3 21 (7.00%) VPN
4 7 (2.33%) HTTP
5 6 (2.00%) SSL
6 5 (1.67%) Kerberos
6 5 (1.67%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.33%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (1.33%) S/MIME
8 3 (1.00%) SSH
9 2 (0.67%) DNS
10 1 (0.33%) BGP
10 1 (0.33%) DHCP
10 1 (0.33%) InfiniBand
10 1 (0.33%) MPLS
10 1 (0.33%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.67%) Data Lake
1 2 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (0.67%) Power BI
1 2 (0.67%) Tableau
2 1 (0.33%) EDRMS
2 1 (0.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 41 (13.67%) JIRA
2 8 (2.67%) GitLab
3 3 (1.00%) Snyk
4 2 (0.67%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.33%) Git
General
1 123 (41.00%) Social Skills
2 63 (21.00%) Finance
3 41 (13.67%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (8.67%) Documentation Skills
5 25 (8.33%) Public Sector
6 16 (5.33%) Banking
7 11 (3.67%) Legal
8 7 (2.33%) Financial Institution
8 7 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.67%) Marketing
10 4 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.33%) Retail
11 2 (0.67%) Law
11 2 (0.67%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.67%) Police
12 1 (0.33%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.33%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.33%) Local Government
12 1 (0.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (15.33%) Architect
2 37 (12.33%) Security Architect
3 34 (11.33%) Consultant
3 34 (11.33%) Security Engineer
4 33 (11.00%) Analyst
5 28 (9.33%) Security Consultant
6 25 (8.33%) Lead
7 23 (7.67%) Security Manager
8 21 (7.00%) Solutions Architect
9 20 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 17 (5.67%) Security Analyst
10 17 (5.67%) Security Solutions Architect
10 17 (5.67%) Security Specialist
10 17 (5.67%) Senior
11 15 (5.00%) Project Manager
12 11 (3.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 10 (3.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 9 (3.00%) Azure Engineer
14 9 (3.00%) Security Project Manager
15 8 (2.67%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (9.00%) LDAP
2 19 (6.33%) SailPoint
3 8 (2.67%) OAuth
4 7 (2.33%) ARM Templates
4 7 (2.33%) SAML
5 6 (2.00%) REST
5 6 (2.00%) SOAP
6 3 (1.00%) Leaflet
6 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (0.67%) Flash
7 2 (0.67%) ModSecurity
7 2 (0.67%) OAuth2
7 2 (0.67%) RESTful
7 2 (0.67%) Smart Contracts
8 1 (0.33%) Flask
8 1 (0.33%) JDBC
8 1 (0.33%) OpenID
8 1 (0.33%) OpenMP
8 1 (0.33%) STL
8 1 (0.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 34 (11.33%) Management Information System
2 24 (8.00%) Security Posture
3 16 (5.33%) PKI
4 14 (4.67%) Cyber Threat
4 14 (4.67%) Operational Technology
5 13 (4.33%) Cloud Native
5 13 (4.33%) Onboarding
6 9 (3.00%) Security Operations Centre
7 8 (2.67%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.33%) BYOD
8 7 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (2.00%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.67%) CSOC
10 5 (1.67%) Private Cloud
10 5 (1.67%) Robotics
11 4 (1.33%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.33%) Smartcard
12 3 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (1.00%) Cyber Defence
12 3 (1.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.33%) Windows
2 7 (2.33%) Linux
3 6 (2.00%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.67%) Unix
5 1 (0.33%) Rocky
5 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (64.00%) Cybersecurity
2 85 (28.33%) Risk Management
3 83 (27.67%) Information Security
4 78 (26.00%) Cloud Security
5 75 (25.00%) Incident Response
6 74 (24.67%) SIEM
7 67 (22.33%) Identity Access Management
8 62 (20.67%) Agile
9 58 (19.33%) Problem-Solving
10 57 (19.00%) DevOps
10 57 (19.00%) Security Operations
11 47 (15.67%) Stakeholder Management
11 47 (15.67%) Vulnerability Management
12 46 (15.33%) CI/CD
13 44 (14.67%) DevSecOps
14 43 (14.33%) Computer Science
15 39 (13.00%) Security Architecture
15 39 (13.00%) Threat Modelling
16 38 (12.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 38 (12.67%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 46 (15.33%) PowerShell
2 43 (14.33%) Python
3 7 (2.33%) Bicep
4 6 (2.00%) BeanShell
4 6 (2.00%) Java
5 4 (1.33%) Bash
6 3 (1.00%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.00%) SQL
7 2 (0.67%) Rust
7 2 (0.67%) Solidity
8 1 (0.33%) Go
8 1 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 292 (97.33%) CISSP
2 99 (33.00%) Security Cleared
3 76 (25.33%) Degree
4 70 (23.33%) SC Cleared
5 38 (12.67%) CRISC
6 36 (12.00%) CISA
7 33 (11.00%) DV Cleared
8 31 (10.33%) CEH
9 29 (9.67%) Cisco Certification
10 27 (9.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 26 (8.67%) CompTIA Security+
12 25 (8.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 25 (8.33%) Master's Degree
13 23 (7.67%) GIAC
14 21 (7.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 18 (6.00%) Computer Science Degree
16 16 (5.33%) Azure Certification
16 16 (5.33%) PMI Certification
16 16 (5.33%) PMP
16 16 (5.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 153 (51.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 148 (49.33%) NIST
3 78 (26.00%) GDPR
4 35 (11.67%) PCI DSS
5 32 (10.67%) GRC
6 24 (8.00%) NCSC
7 19 (6.33%) COBIT
7 19 (6.33%) NIST 800
8 15 (5.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 12 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
9 12 (4.00%) SOC 2
10 11 (3.67%) JSP 440
11 7 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 5 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 4 (1.33%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (1.33%) Government Security Classifications
13 4 (1.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 4 (1.33%) PMO
14 3 (1.00%) RMADS
System Software
1 46 (15.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.67%) GPFS
2 2 (0.67%) Lustre
2 2 (0.67%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.33%) Docker
3 1 (0.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 33 (11.00%) Kubernetes
2 15 (5.00%) Single Sign-On
2 15 (5.00%) Terraform
3 8 (2.67%) Ansible
3 8 (2.67%) Fluentd
4 5 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.67%) RSA Archer
5 3 (1.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.67%) Grafana
6 2 (0.67%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.67%) QRadar
6 2 (0.67%) SELinux
7 1 (0.33%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 56 (18.67%) Microsoft
2 51 (17.00%) CyberArk
3 29 (9.67%) Splunk
4 25 (8.33%) BeyondTrust
5 21 (7.00%) BiZZdesign
6 19 (6.33%) ServiceNow
7 14 (4.67%) Centrify
8 13 (4.33%) Cribl.io
8 13 (4.33%) Tenable
9 11 (3.67%) IBM
10 9 (3.00%) Okta
11 8 (2.67%) Red Hat
12 7 (2.33%) Thycotic
13 6 (2.00%) Qualys
14 5 (1.67%) Palo Alto
14 5 (1.67%) Rapid7
15 4 (1.33%) Cisco
15 4 (1.33%) CrowdStrike
15 4 (1.33%) Fortinet
15 4 (1.33%) Thales