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 8 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 328 294 342
Rank change year-on-year -34 +48 -4
Contract jobs citing CISM 295 181 213
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.70% 0.74% 0.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.20% 2.37% 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 98 157
10th Percentile £450 £443 £425
25th Percentile £502 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £598 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.36% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £688 £697 £770
90th Percentile £750 £741 £825
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 0
10th Percentile - £28.72 -
25th Percentile - £40.38 -
Median hourly rate £41.94 £52.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -20.11% - -
75th Percentile £53.75 £62.24 -
90th Percentile £73.17 £68.71 -
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £57.00 -
% change year-on-year -26.42% - -

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 13,433 7,631 11,423
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.79% 31.32% 30.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,010 4,809 7,065
10th Percentile £350 £278 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £537
Median % change year-on-year - -2.23% -2.36%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £713 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,020 458 1,006
10th Percentile £17.87 £17.87 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.91 £22.79 £18.84
Median hourly rate £50.00 £32.50 £40.13
Median % change year-on-year +53.85% -19.00% -27.05%
75th Percentile £73.46 £65.62 £64.13
90th Percentile £85.25 £80.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £32.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +56.25% -20.00% -27.27%

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 8 June 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 8 June 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 8 June 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 -28 131 £588 -9.62% 88
South East -50 55 £600 -4.00% 33
North of England -41 47 £638 +10.87% 26
Yorkshire -29 29 £668 +18.67% 8
South West -8 28 £570 +12.87% 23
North West -30 18 £524 -25.09% 16
Midlands -51 16 £588 -0.04% 18
West Midlands -52 14 £600 +2.08% 9
East of England -24 5 £525 +5.00% 9
East Midlands -29 2 £533 - 9
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 18 (6.10%) Confluence
2 2 (0.68%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.34%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.69%) Maximo
2 2 (0.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 109 (36.95%) Azure
2 97 (32.88%) AWS
3 56 (18.98%) GCP
4 33 (11.19%) Entra ID
5 16 (5.42%) Azure Sentinel
5 16 (5.42%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (2.71%) OpenShift
7 7 (2.37%) Azure AKS
7 7 (2.37%) IaaS
7 7 (2.37%) Microsoft Purview
7 7 (2.37%) PaaS
8 6 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 6 (2.03%) SaaS
9 5 (1.69%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (0.68%) AWS Control Tower
10 2 (0.68%) GitHub
10 2 (0.68%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.34%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.34%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 47 (15.93%) Network Security
2 24 (8.14%) Firewall
3 11 (3.73%) VPN
4 6 (2.03%) HTTP
4 6 (2.03%) Intrusion Detection
5 5 (1.69%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.02%) S/MIME
6 3 (1.02%) SSL
7 2 (0.68%) Internet
7 2 (0.68%) SSH
7 2 (0.68%) VLAN
8 1 (0.34%) BGP
8 1 (0.34%) Calico
8 1 (0.34%) DHCP
8 1 (0.34%) DNS
8 1 (0.34%) MPLS
8 1 (0.34%) NGFW
8 1 (0.34%) OSPF
8 1 (0.34%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.68%) Data Lake
2 2 (0.68%) Metadata
2 2 (0.68%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.34%) Db2
3 1 (0.34%) EDRMS
3 1 (0.34%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.34%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 22 (7.46%) JIRA
2 4 (1.36%) Snyk
3 1 (0.34%) Jenkins
General
1 119 (40.34%) Social Skills
2 78 (26.44%) Finance
3 43 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (9.15%) Public Sector
5 18 (6.10%) Banking
6 17 (5.76%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (3.73%) Legal
8 9 (3.05%) Financial Institution
9 8 (2.71%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.69%) Retail
12 4 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.02%) Law
13 3 (1.02%) Local Government
13 3 (1.02%) Marketing
13 3 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.68%) Military
14 2 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 51 (17.29%) Architect
2 50 (16.95%) Consultant
3 38 (12.88%) Security Architect
4 34 (11.53%) Security Consultant
5 33 (11.19%) Security Manager
6 29 (9.83%) Project Manager
7 23 (7.80%) Lead
8 22 (7.46%) Analyst
9 19 (6.44%) Security Engineer
10 18 (6.10%) Security Specialist
11 17 (5.76%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 16 (5.42%) Security Project Manager
13 15 (5.08%) Senior
14 13 (4.41%) Cybersecurity Manager
15 11 (3.73%) DevSecOps Consultant
16 10 (3.39%) Cybersecurity Specialist
17 9 (3.05%) Security Analyst
18 8 (2.71%) Cybersecurity Analyst
18 8 (2.71%) Cybersecurity Architect
19 7 (2.37%) Operational Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (7.12%) LDAP
2 9 (3.05%) OAuth
2 9 (3.05%) SAML
3 8 (2.71%) OpenID
3 8 (2.71%) REST
3 8 (2.71%) RESTful
4 7 (2.37%) JDBC
4 7 (2.37%) SailPoint
4 7 (2.37%) SOAP
5 6 (2.03%) JSON
5 6 (2.03%) Leaflet
6 5 (1.69%) ARM Templates
6 5 (1.69%) J2EE
7 3 (1.02%) OAuth2
7 3 (1.02%) SLSA
8 2 (0.68%) .NET
8 2 (0.68%) Azure Blueprints
8 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.34%) FastAPI
9 1 (0.34%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 38 (12.88%) Security Posture
2 33 (11.19%) Operational Technology
3 32 (10.85%) Management Information System
4 13 (4.41%) Cloud Native
5 12 (4.07%) Private Cloud
6 11 (3.73%) Cyber Threat
6 11 (3.73%) Onboarding
6 11 (3.73%) PKI
6 11 (3.73%) Security Operations Centre
7 10 (3.39%) SCADA
8 9 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (2.37%) Public Cloud
10 6 (2.03%) BYOD
10 6 (2.03%) Cyber Defence
10 6 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (2.03%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.69%) CMDB
11 5 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.36%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 25 (8.47%) Windows
2 19 (6.44%) Linux
3 9 (3.05%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.71%) Unix
5 5 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.68%) Alpine Linux
6 2 (0.68%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (67.12%) Cybersecurity
2 87 (29.49%) Risk Management
3 85 (28.81%) Information Security
4 80 (27.12%) Cloud Security
4 80 (27.12%) SIEM
5 72 (24.41%) Stakeholder Management
6 66 (22.37%) Vulnerability Management
7 62 (21.02%) Problem-Solving
8 60 (20.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 57 (19.32%) Incident Response
9 57 (19.32%) Security Operations
10 56 (18.98%) Threat Modelling
11 53 (17.97%) Agile
12 51 (17.29%) Security Architecture
13 47 (15.93%) DevSecOps
14 45 (15.25%) CI/CD
15 44 (14.92%) Continuous Improvement
15 44 (14.92%) DevOps
15 44 (14.92%) Risk Assessment
16 43 (14.58%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 37 (12.54%) Python
2 34 (11.53%) PowerShell
3 10 (3.39%) Java
4 9 (3.05%) SQL
5 7 (2.37%) Bicep
6 2 (0.68%) Bash
7 1 (0.34%) BeanShell
7 1 (0.34%) Go
7 1 (0.34%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 289 (97.97%) CISSP
2 103 (34.92%) Security Cleared
3 71 (24.07%) SC Cleared
4 62 (21.02%) Cisco Certification
5 61 (20.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 57 (19.32%) Degree
7 53 (17.97%) CRISC
8 44 (14.92%) CEH
9 33 (11.19%) CCSP
9 33 (11.19%) GIAC
10 31 (10.51%) DV Cleared
11 29 (9.83%) CISA
12 27 (9.15%) PMI Certification
12 27 (9.15%) PMP
13 23 (7.80%) CompTIA Security+
14 17 (5.76%) Computer Science Degree
14 17 (5.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 17 (5.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 14 (4.75%) Azure Certification
15 14 (4.75%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (49.15%) NIST
2 133 (45.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 68 (23.05%) GDPR
4 32 (10.85%) GRC
5 31 (10.51%) PCI DSS
6 27 (9.15%) NCSC
7 25 (8.47%) COBIT
8 17 (5.76%) SOC 2
9 16 (5.42%) Cyber Essentials
10 15 (5.08%) NIST 800
11 13 (4.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 10 (3.39%) HIPAA
13 9 (3.05%) JSP 440
14 6 (2.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (1.69%) EU AI Act
15 5 (1.69%) Government Security Classifications
15 5 (1.69%) ISO 31000
16 4 (1.36%) ISA99
16 4 (1.36%) RMADS
17 3 (1.02%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 34 (11.53%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.68%) Docker
3 2 (0.68%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.34%) KVM
4 1 (0.34%) RACF
4 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (7.80%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.71%) Terraform
3 7 (2.37%) CASB
4 5 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.36%) Ansible
5 4 (1.36%) QRadar
6 3 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.68%) CA Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.68%) PingFederate
8 1 (0.34%) Istio
8 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 59 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.80%) ServiceNow
2 23 (7.80%) Splunk
3 18 (6.10%) CyberArk
4 14 (4.75%) BeyondTrust
4 14 (4.75%) Tenable
5 10 (3.39%) Qualys
6 8 (2.71%) IBM
7 7 (2.37%) Okta
8 6 (2.03%) Red Hat
8 6 (2.03%) SAP
8 6 (2.03%) Workday
9 5 (1.69%) BiZZdesign
9 5 (1.69%) Cribl.io
9 5 (1.69%) Google
9 5 (1.69%) Oracle
10 4 (1.36%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (1.36%) Rapid7
10 4 (1.36%) Zscaler
11 3 (1.02%) Thales