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 28 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 348 318 324
Rank change year-on-year -30 +6 -77
Contract jobs citing CISM 309 207 220
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.67% 0.75% 0.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.08% 2.36% 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 134 153
10th Percentile £450 £413 £463
25th Percentile £513 £463 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -2.44%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £738
90th Percentile £800 £784 £819
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £600
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 0
10th Percentile £62.81 £28.12 -
25th Percentile £64.09 £29.02 -
Median hourly rate £82.41 £32.11 -
Median % change year-on-year +156.61% - -
75th Percentile £104.00 £36.63 -
90th Percentile - £39.82 -
UK median hourly rate £82.41 £32.11 -
% change year-on-year +156.61% - -

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 14,824 8,775 9,679
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.13% 31.64% 29.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,914 5,595 5,897
10th Percentile £350 £300 £320
25th Percentile £447 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £528
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -0.57% -4.00%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £713 £738
UK median daily rate £530 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +0.95% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,236 715 545
10th Percentile £17.72 £17.87 £18.07
25th Percentile £25.77 £18.87 £30.00
Median hourly rate £52.25 £25.15 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +107.75% -52.55% -0.93%
75th Percentile £74.00 £43.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £73.75 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £46.80 £25.15 £49.00
% change year-on-year +86.08% -48.67% -9.04%

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 28 September 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CISM in England over the 6 months to 28 September 2026.

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 28 September 2026. 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 -32 139 £600 -7.69% 164
North of England -43 54 £650 +23.81% 47
South East -35 52 £600 +6.67% 53
Yorkshire -16 37 £663 +40.96% 15
South West -30 28 £600 -11.11% 33
Midlands -36 23 £575 +23.66% 19
West Midlands -33 18 £600 -25.00% 12
North West -55 16 £644 +10.09% 24
East Midlands -20 5 £533 +21.85% 7
East of England -25 5 £550 +10.00% 13
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 6 (1.94%) Confluence
2 5 (1.62%) IIS
3 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 5 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.65%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (0.65%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.32%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 120 (38.83%) Azure
2 112 (36.25%) AWS
3 64 (20.71%) GCP
4 30 (9.71%) Entra ID
5 15 (4.85%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (3.88%) Azure Sentinel
7 10 (3.24%) SaaS
8 9 (2.91%) Amazon EC2
8 9 (2.91%) Amazon S3
8 9 (2.91%) AWS Control Tower
9 7 (2.27%) IaaS
9 7 (2.27%) Microsoft Purview
9 7 (2.27%) PaaS
9 7 (2.27%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.29%) Azure Key Vault
11 3 (0.97%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.97%) OCI
12 2 (0.65%) Datadog
12 2 (0.65%) Google Compute Engine
Communications & Networking
1 41 (13.27%) Network Security
2 26 (8.41%) Firewall
3 14 (4.53%) Intrusion Detection
4 6 (1.94%) Internet
5 5 (1.62%) DNS
5 5 (1.62%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.62%) VPN
6 3 (0.97%) VLAN
7 2 (0.65%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.32%) 4G
8 1 (0.32%) 5G
8 1 (0.32%) Calico
8 1 (0.32%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (0.32%) Intranet
8 1 (0.32%) IPFIX
8 1 (0.32%) Modbus
8 1 (0.32%) NGFW
8 1 (0.32%) SNMP
8 1 (0.32%) SSH
8 1 (0.32%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.27%) Amazon RDS
1 7 (2.27%) DynamoDB
2 6 (1.94%) Power BI
3 2 (0.65%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.32%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.32%) Db2
4 1 (0.32%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (4.21%) JIRA
2 2 (0.65%) Burp Suite
2 2 (0.65%) Claude Code
2 2 (0.65%) Git
2 2 (0.65%) Snyk
3 1 (0.32%) GitLab
3 1 (0.32%) Jenkins
General
1 139 (44.98%) Social Skills
2 60 (19.42%) Finance
3 38 (12.30%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (11.33%) Public Sector
5 24 (7.77%) Influencing Skills
6 16 (5.18%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (5.18%) Manufacturing
7 14 (4.53%) Banking
7 14 (4.53%) Legal
8 10 (3.24%) Aerospace
9 8 (2.59%) Law
9 8 (2.59%) Police
9 8 (2.59%) Telecoms
10 7 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.94%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.62%) Retail
13 4 (1.29%) Italian Language
14 3 (0.97%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 60 (19.42%) Architect
2 51 (16.50%) Consultant
3 47 (15.21%) Security Architect
4 39 (12.62%) Lead
5 31 (10.03%) Security Manager
6 26 (8.41%) Security Engineer
7 23 (7.44%) Security Consultant
8 19 (6.15%) Senior
9 17 (5.50%) Analyst
9 17 (5.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 17 (5.50%) DevSecOps Consultant
10 14 (4.53%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 14 (4.53%) Project Manager
10 14 (4.53%) SOC Manager
11 11 (3.56%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 10 (3.24%) Security Analyst
12 10 (3.24%) Security Specialist
13 9 (2.91%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 9 (2.91%) Operational Security Manager
13 9 (2.91%) Security Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.47%) Terraform
2 13 (4.21%) LDAP
3 9 (2.91%) JSON
4 7 (2.27%) OAuth
4 7 (2.27%) REST
4 7 (2.27%) SAML
5 5 (1.62%) OpenID
5 5 (1.62%) SailPoint
5 5 (1.62%) SLSA
6 4 (1.29%) RESTful
7 3 (0.97%) Jakarta EE
7 3 (0.97%) JDBC
7 3 (0.97%) SOAP
8 2 (0.65%) .NET
8 2 (0.65%) Azure Blueprints
8 2 (0.65%) OAuth2
9 1 (0.32%) ARM Templates
9 1 (0.32%) FIDO
9 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.32%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 41 (13.27%) Security Posture
2 35 (11.33%) Management Information System
3 30 (9.71%) Operational Technology
4 28 (9.06%) Cyber Threat
5 23 (7.44%) Security Operations Centre
6 20 (6.47%) Onboarding
7 19 (6.15%) Cloud Native
8 13 (4.21%) SCADA
9 12 (3.88%) Cyber Defence
10 10 (3.24%) PKI
11 9 (2.91%) Data Centre
11 9 (2.91%) Public Cloud
12 7 (2.27%) Private Cloud
13 5 (1.62%) AI Agents
13 5 (1.62%) CMDB
13 5 (1.62%) Embedded Systems
13 5 (1.62%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (1.62%) Mobile Payment
13 5 (1.62%) Smartcard
14 4 (1.29%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 33 (10.68%) Windows
2 27 (8.74%) Linux
3 11 (3.56%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.91%) Unix
5 6 (1.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.29%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.65%) Alpine Linux
7 2 (0.65%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (69.58%) Cybersecurity
2 120 (38.83%) Stakeholder Management
3 104 (33.66%) Cloud Security
4 94 (30.42%) Risk Management
5 93 (30.10%) Vulnerability Management
6 87 (28.16%) Information Security
7 80 (25.89%) SIEM
8 73 (23.62%) Security Architecture
9 61 (19.74%) Threat Modelling
10 58 (18.77%) Incident Response
11 57 (18.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 55 (17.80%) DevSecOps
12 55 (17.80%) Roadmaps
12 55 (17.80%) Security Operations
13 51 (16.50%) Continuous Improvement
14 48 (15.53%) Identity Access Management
14 48 (15.53%) SABSA
15 46 (14.89%) Threat Intelligence
15 46 (14.89%) TOGAF
16 45 (14.56%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 29 (9.39%) Python
2 26 (8.41%) PowerShell
3 10 (3.24%) SQL
4 7 (2.27%) Java
5 4 (1.29%) Bash
5 4 (1.29%) Bicep
6 3 (0.97%) Korn
7 2 (0.65%) C#
8 1 (0.32%) Go
8 1 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 298 (96.44%) CISSP
2 117 (37.86%) Security Cleared
3 84 (27.18%) SC Cleared
4 75 (24.27%) Cisco Certification
5 73 (23.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 73 (23.62%) CRISC
6 49 (15.86%) Degree
7 43 (13.92%) CCSP
8 41 (13.27%) CEH
9 39 (12.62%) CISA
10 37 (11.97%) DV Cleared
11 29 (9.39%) GIAC
12 27 (8.74%) AWS Certification
13 23 (7.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 20 (6.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 20 (6.47%) OSCP
15 19 (6.15%) PMI Certification
15 19 (6.15%) PMP
16 18 (5.83%) CompTIA Security+
17 15 (4.85%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (49.19%) NIST
2 149 (48.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 52 (16.83%) GDPR
4 49 (15.86%) GRC
5 40 (12.94%) NCSC
6 26 (8.41%) PCI DSS
7 25 (8.09%) Cyber Essentials
8 22 (7.12%) COBIT
9 21 (6.80%) NIST 800
10 11 (3.56%) HIPAA
10 11 (3.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 11 (3.56%) ISO 31000
11 10 (3.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 10 (3.24%) Government Security Classifications
11 10 (3.24%) SOC 2
12 8 (2.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (2.27%) Data Quality
13 7 (2.27%) Def Stans
14 5 (1.62%) ISO 22301
14 5 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 26 (8.41%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.29%) ISA Server
3 3 (0.97%) Docker
3 3 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.32%) KVM
4 1 (0.32%) RACF
4 1 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (9.71%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.94%) Ansible
2 6 (1.94%) CASB
2 6 (1.94%) Istio
3 5 (1.62%) linkerd
3 5 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.62%) QRadar
4 2 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.32%) Argo
5 1 (0.32%) Grafana
5 1 (0.32%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.32%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 70 (22.65%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.15%) Splunk
3 17 (5.50%) Qualys
4 16 (5.18%) Google
5 13 (4.21%) CyberArk
6 12 (3.88%) CrowdStrike
6 12 (3.88%) ServiceNow
7 10 (3.24%) Tenable
8 9 (2.91%) Rapid7
8 9 (2.91%) Zscaler
9 7 (2.27%) BeyondTrust
10 6 (1.94%) Oracle
11 5 (1.62%) SAP
12 4 (1.29%) Centrify
12 4 (1.29%) Cisco
12 4 (1.29%) F5
12 4 (1.29%) Okta
12 4 (1.29%) Tripwire
12 4 (1.29%) VMware
13 3 (0.97%) Palo Alto