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 20 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 338 301 338
Rank change year-on-year -37 +37 -33
Contract jobs citing CISM 294 208 218
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.65% 0.76% 0.61%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.07% 2.46% 1.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 122 162
10th Percentile £463 £400 £425
25th Percentile £511 £491 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £555 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £765
90th Percentile £750 £750 £822
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - -2.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 0
10th Percentile £58.95 £28.72 -
25th Percentile - £30.06 -
Median hourly rate £64.09 £52.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +22.08% - -
75th Percentile £95.06 £58.00 -
90th Percentile £104.00 £62.24 -
UK median hourly rate £64.09 £52.50 -
% change year-on-year +22.08% - -

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 14,186 8,471 10,963
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.60% 30.89% 30.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,563 5,350 6,907
10th Percentile £350 £285 £313
25th Percentile £430 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £537
Median % change year-on-year - -2.32% -2.28%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £718 £716 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,058 610 909
10th Percentile £17.87 £18.13 £14.44
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.87 £21.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.80 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +109.30% -40.00% -23.61%
75th Percentile £74.26 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.97 £76.25 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £52.25 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +107.75% -40.82% -25.74%

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 20 July 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 20 July 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 20 July 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 -35 133 £600 -7.69% 77
South East -52 54 £595 -4.80% 30
North of England -50 48 £663 +24.06% 17
Yorkshire -30 32 £673 +46.20% 7
South West -30 21 £570 -8.80% 13
Midlands -39 21 £516 -1.67% 14
North West -42 16 £524 -25.09% 10
West Midlands -56 16 £500 -43.68% 6
East of England -14 8 £525 +5.00% 3
East Midlands -14 5 £533 +19.66% 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 16 (5.44%) Confluence
2 2 (0.68%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.34%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (0.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 104 (35.37%) Azure
2 96 (32.65%) AWS
3 57 (19.39%) GCP
4 40 (13.61%) Entra ID
5 14 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (4.42%) Azure Sentinel
7 9 (3.06%) SaaS
8 7 (2.38%) IaaS
8 7 (2.38%) PaaS
9 6 (2.04%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (1.36%) AWS Control Tower
11 3 (1.02%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.68%) Akamai
12 2 (0.68%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (0.68%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.68%) Azure AKS
12 2 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.68%) OCI
12 2 (0.68%) OpenShift
13 1 (0.34%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 51 (17.35%) Network Security
2 26 (8.84%) Firewall
3 9 (3.06%) Intrusion Detection
4 6 (2.04%) HTTP
5 5 (1.70%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.70%) VPN
6 4 (1.36%) DNS
7 3 (1.02%) Internet
7 3 (1.02%) SSL
8 2 (0.68%) SSH
8 2 (0.68%) VLAN
9 1 (0.34%) BGP
9 1 (0.34%) DHCP
9 1 (0.34%) Intranet
9 1 (0.34%) Modbus
9 1 (0.34%) MPLS
9 1 (0.34%) OSPF
9 1 (0.34%) SNMP
9 1 (0.34%) VoIP
9 1 (0.34%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.02%) Data Lake
1 3 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.68%) DynamoDB
2 2 (0.68%) Metadata
2 2 (0.68%) Power BI
2 2 (0.68%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.34%) Db2
3 1 (0.34%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 19 (6.46%) JIRA
2 6 (2.04%) Snyk
3 2 (0.68%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.34%) Git
4 1 (0.34%) Jenkins
General
1 126 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 81 (27.55%) Finance
3 38 (12.93%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (9.86%) Public Sector
5 18 (6.12%) Banking
6 17 (5.78%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (4.08%) Manufacturing
8 9 (3.06%) Financial Institution
9 6 (2.04%) Legal
9 6 (2.04%) Retail
10 5 (1.70%) Aerospace
10 5 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.36%) Law
11 4 (1.36%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.02%) Local Government
12 3 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.02%) Police
13 2 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 57 (19.39%) Architect
2 52 (17.69%) Consultant
3 47 (15.99%) Security Architect
4 33 (11.22%) Security Consultant
5 32 (10.88%) Security Manager
6 31 (10.54%) Lead
7 24 (8.16%) Project Manager
7 24 (8.16%) Security Engineer
8 17 (5.78%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 15 (5.10%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 14 (4.76%) Analyst
10 14 (4.76%) Security Project Manager
10 14 (4.76%) Senior
11 13 (4.42%) DevSecOps Consultant
12 12 (4.08%) Security Specialist
13 10 (3.40%) Cybersecurity Architect
14 8 (2.72%) Security Analyst
15 7 (2.38%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 7 (2.38%) Operational Security Manager
15 7 (2.38%) Security Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.46%) LDAP
2 10 (3.40%) OAuth
2 10 (3.40%) REST
2 10 (3.40%) SAML
3 9 (3.06%) OpenID
4 8 (2.72%) RESTful
4 8 (2.72%) SailPoint
5 7 (2.38%) JDBC
5 7 (2.38%) JSON
5 7 (2.38%) SOAP
6 6 (2.04%) Leaflet
7 5 (1.70%) Jakarta EE
8 4 (1.36%) OAuth2
9 3 (1.02%) SLSA
10 2 (0.68%) .NET
10 2 (0.68%) Azure Blueprints
10 2 (0.68%) ModSecurity
11 1 (0.34%) STL
11 1 (0.34%) XML
11 1 (0.34%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 47 (15.99%) Security Posture
2 33 (11.22%) Operational Technology
3 32 (10.88%) Management Information System
4 15 (5.10%) Security Operations Centre
5 14 (4.76%) Cloud Native
6 13 (4.42%) Onboarding
7 12 (4.08%) Private Cloud
7 12 (4.08%) SCADA
8 10 (3.40%) Cyber Threat
9 8 (2.72%) Cyber Defence
9 8 (2.72%) Public Cloud
9 8 (2.72%) Virtual Team
10 7 (2.38%) CMDB
11 6 (2.04%) BYOD
12 5 (1.70%) PKI
12 5 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (1.36%) CESG
13 4 (1.36%) Data Centre
13 4 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 23 (7.82%) Windows
2 17 (5.78%) Linux
3 9 (3.06%) Unix
4 7 (2.38%) Windows Server
5 6 (2.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.02%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.68%) Alpine Linux
8 1 (0.34%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (70.75%) Cybersecurity
2 85 (28.91%) Risk Management
2 85 (28.91%) Stakeholder Management
3 79 (26.87%) Cloud Security
3 79 (26.87%) Information Security
4 76 (25.85%) SIEM
5 72 (24.49%) Vulnerability Management
6 62 (21.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 61 (20.75%) Security Architecture
7 61 (20.75%) Threat Modelling
8 58 (19.73%) Security Operations
9 56 (19.05%) Incident Response
10 53 (18.03%) Problem-Solving
11 50 (17.01%) DevSecOps
11 50 (17.01%) Roadmaps
12 47 (15.99%) CI/CD
13 46 (15.65%) Application Security
13 46 (15.65%) SABSA
14 45 (15.31%) Agile
14 45 (15.31%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 35 (11.90%) Python
2 33 (11.22%) PowerShell
3 10 (3.40%) Java
3 10 (3.40%) SQL
4 3 (1.02%) Bicep
5 2 (0.68%) Bash
6 1 (0.34%) BeanShell
6 1 (0.34%) Go
6 1 (0.34%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 291 (98.98%) CISSP
2 94 (31.97%) Security Cleared
3 73 (24.83%) Cisco Certification
4 71 (24.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 67 (22.79%) SC Cleared
6 55 (18.71%) Degree
7 52 (17.69%) CRISC
8 51 (17.35%) CEH
9 37 (12.59%) CCSP
10 34 (11.56%) GIAC
11 26 (8.84%) CISA
11 26 (8.84%) PMI Certification
11 26 (8.84%) PMP
12 24 (8.16%) DV Cleared
13 21 (7.14%) CompTIA Security+
14 19 (6.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 17 (5.78%) OSCP
16 15 (5.10%) AWS Certification
17 14 (4.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 14 (4.76%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (46.94%) NIST
2 130 (44.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 67 (22.79%) GDPR
4 32 (10.88%) GRC
4 32 (10.88%) PCI DSS
5 28 (9.52%) NCSC
6 19 (6.46%) COBIT
6 19 (6.46%) Cyber Essentials
7 18 (6.12%) SOC 2
8 14 (4.76%) HIPAA
8 14 (4.76%) NIST 800
8 14 (4.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 10 (3.40%) JSP 440
10 9 (3.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 9 (3.06%) Government Security Classifications
11 6 (2.04%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 6 (2.04%) ISO 31000
12 5 (1.70%) EU AI Act
13 4 (1.36%) Def Stans
13 4 (1.36%) ISA99
System Software
1 30 (10.20%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.02%) Docker
2 3 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.34%) KVM
3 1 (0.34%) RACF
3 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (6.80%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.38%) CASB
2 7 (2.38%) Terraform
3 5 (1.70%) Ansible
3 5 (1.70%) QRadar
3 5 (1.70%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.68%) CA Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.68%) PingFederate
6 1 (0.34%) Istio
6 1 (0.34%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 63 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 25 (8.50%) ServiceNow
2 25 (8.50%) Splunk
3 17 (5.78%) CyberArk
4 14 (4.76%) Tenable
5 13 (4.42%) Qualys
6 11 (3.74%) BeyondTrust
7 9 (3.06%) CrowdStrike
8 8 (2.72%) Okta
9 7 (2.38%) Zscaler
10 6 (2.04%) Google
10 6 (2.04%) Oracle
10 6 (2.04%) SAP
10 6 (2.04%) Workday
11 5 (1.70%) Cribl.io
12 4 (1.36%) IBM
12 4 (1.36%) Palo Alto
12 4 (1.36%) Rapid7
13 3 (1.02%) CheckPoint
13 3 (1.02%) Fortinet