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 26 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 303 289 316
Rank change year-on-year -14 +27 +64
Contract jobs citing CISM 292 193 243
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.73% 0.79% 0.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.23% 2.52% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 111 177
10th Percentile £450 £463 £425
25th Percentile £500 £516 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.20% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £675 £680 £750
90th Percentile £738 £750 £850
UK median daily rate £585 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -6.40% +4.17% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 1
10th Percentile - £51.25 -
25th Percentile - £58.37 -
Median hourly rate £41.94 £61.50 £83.41
Median % change year-on-year -31.80% -26.27% +14.29%
75th Percentile £49.58 £79.60 -
90th Percentile £63.33 £86.74 -
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £61.50 £83.41
% change year-on-year -31.80% -26.27% +14.75%

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 13,066 7,661 11,689
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.70% 31.31% 31.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,776 4,870 7,196
10th Percentile £343 £300 £300
25th Percentile £425 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £518 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -1.43% -1.61% -2.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 981 440 975
10th Percentile £17.10 £18.13 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.25 £23.38 £18.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £47.65 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.32% +19.13% -23.81%
75th Percentile £71.50 £67.63 £61.60
90th Percentile £85.36 £81.42 £76.29
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £42.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +11.76% +6.25% -25.93%

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 26 April 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 26 April 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 26 April 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 -48 123 £585 -9.30% 26
South East -56 52 £563 -10.36% 20
North of England -36 45 £600 -2.04% 9
Yorkshire -37 27 £625 -2.34% 2
South West -16 25 £570 -6.94% 8
Midlands -51 22 £550 -6.42% 9
West Midlands -47 21 £550 -6.42% 5
North West -24 17 £555 -18.38% 5
East of England -29 6 £525 +3.04% 9
North East -20 1 £545 +2.06% 2
East Midlands -41 1 - - 4
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 (6.16%) Confluence
2 2 (0.68%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.34%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.05%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 94 (32.19%) Azure
2 89 (30.48%) AWS
3 52 (17.81%) GCP
4 23 (7.88%) Entra ID
5 22 (7.53%) OpenShift
6 14 (4.79%) Azure Sentinel
7 8 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (2.40%) Azure AKS
8 7 (2.40%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 6 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (2.05%) Azure Monitor
9 6 (2.05%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.03%) SaaS
11 2 (0.68%) GitHub
12 1 (0.34%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (0.34%) Azure Key Vault
12 1 (0.34%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.34%) IaaS
12 1 (0.34%) PaaS
12 1 (0.34%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 41 (14.04%) Network Security
2 29 (9.93%) Firewall
3 18 (6.16%) VPN
4 8 (2.74%) SSL
5 6 (2.05%) HTTP
6 4 (1.37%) S/MIME
6 4 (1.37%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.68%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.68%) SSH
8 1 (0.34%) BGP
8 1 (0.34%) DHCP
8 1 (0.34%) DNS
8 1 (0.34%) InfiniBand
8 1 (0.34%) MPLS
8 1 (0.34%) OSPF
8 1 (0.34%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.03%) 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
Development Applications
1 22 (7.53%) JIRA
2 6 (2.05%) GitLab
3 4 (1.37%) Snyk
4 2 (0.68%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.34%) Git
General
1 114 (39.04%) Social Skills
2 71 (24.32%) Finance
3 40 (13.70%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.53%) Public Sector
5 20 (6.85%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (5.14%) Banking
7 12 (4.11%) Legal
8 7 (2.40%) Financial Institution
8 7 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.37%) Marketing
10 3 (1.03%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.03%) Retail
11 2 (0.68%) Law
11 2 (0.68%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.34%) Electronics
12 1 (0.34%) Front Office
12 1 (0.34%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.34%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 46 (15.75%) Architect
2 44 (15.07%) Consultant
3 34 (11.64%) Security Architect
3 34 (11.64%) Security Consultant
4 33 (11.30%) Security Engineer
5 30 (10.27%) Security Manager
6 26 (8.90%) Project Manager
7 23 (7.88%) Analyst
7 23 (7.88%) Lead
8 21 (7.19%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 16 (5.48%) Security Project Manager
10 13 (4.45%) Security Specialist
11 12 (4.11%) Security Analyst
11 12 (4.11%) Senior
12 11 (3.77%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 10 (3.42%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 8 (2.74%) Solutions Architect
15 7 (2.40%) Azure Engineer
15 7 (2.40%) Cloud Engineer
15 7 (2.40%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (9.59%) LDAP
2 11 (3.77%) REST
2 11 (3.77%) SOAP
3 10 (3.42%) SailPoint
4 8 (2.74%) OAuth
5 7 (2.40%) JDBC
5 7 (2.40%) OpenID
5 7 (2.40%) SAML
6 6 (2.05%) ARM Templates
6 6 (2.05%) Leaflet
7 5 (1.71%) J2EE
7 5 (1.71%) JSON
7 5 (1.71%) RESTful
8 3 (1.03%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.68%) ModSecurity
10 1 (0.34%) Flask
10 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Graph
10 1 (0.34%) OpenMP
10 1 (0.34%) STL
10 1 (0.34%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.59%) Management Information System
2 26 (8.90%) Security Posture
3 23 (7.88%) Operational Technology
4 15 (5.14%) PKI
5 14 (4.79%) Cloud Native
6 10 (3.42%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (3.08%) Private Cloud
8 7 (2.40%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (2.40%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.40%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.40%) Security Operations Centre
9 6 (2.05%) BYOD
9 6 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (2.05%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.71%) Robotics
11 4 (1.37%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.37%) SCADA
11 4 (1.37%) Smartcard
12 3 (1.03%) CMDB
12 3 (1.03%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.42%) Windows
2 6 (2.05%) Linux
3 5 (1.71%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.68%) Unix
5 1 (0.34%) Rocky
5 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (62.67%) Cybersecurity
2 77 (26.37%) Information Security
3 76 (26.03%) Cloud Security
4 73 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 73 (25.00%) SIEM
5 61 (20.89%) Problem-Solving
6 58 (19.86%) Incident Response
7 56 (19.18%) Agile
8 51 (17.47%) DevOps
9 50 (17.12%) Security Operations
10 49 (16.78%) Stakeholder Management
11 48 (16.44%) Vulnerability Management
12 45 (15.41%) Security Architecture
13 44 (15.07%) CI/CD
13 44 (15.07%) Threat Modelling
14 42 (14.38%) Identity Access Management
15 41 (14.04%) DevSecOps
16 39 (13.36%) Continuous Improvement
17 38 (13.01%) AI
17 38 (13.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 46 (15.75%) Python
2 44 (15.07%) PowerShell
3 12 (4.11%) Java
4 9 (3.08%) SQL
5 6 (2.05%) Bicep
6 5 (1.71%) Bash
6 5 (1.71%) BeanShell
7 1 (0.34%) Go
7 1 (0.34%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 286 (97.95%) CISSP
2 95 (32.53%) Security Cleared
3 61 (20.89%) SC Cleared
4 51 (17.47%) Degree
5 43 (14.73%) CRISC
6 42 (14.38%) Cisco Certification
7 41 (14.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 39 (13.36%) CEH
9 35 (11.99%) DV Cleared
10 29 (9.93%) CompTIA Security+
11 28 (9.59%) CISA
12 26 (8.90%) PMI Certification
12 26 (8.90%) PMP
13 23 (7.88%) GIAC
14 19 (6.51%) CCSP
15 18 (6.16%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 17 (5.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 15 (5.14%) Computer Science Degree
17 15 (5.14%) Master's Degree
18 11 (3.77%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (48.97%) NIST
2 130 (44.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 75 (25.68%) GDPR
4 33 (11.30%) GRC
5 29 (9.93%) PCI DSS
6 22 (7.53%) COBIT
6 22 (7.53%) NCSC
7 16 (5.48%) NIST 800
7 16 (5.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 14 (4.79%) SOC 2
9 10 (3.42%) JSP 440
10 9 (3.08%) HIPAA
11 8 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (1.71%) EU AI Act
13 4 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (1.37%) Government Security Classifications
13 4 (1.37%) ISA99
14 3 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 3 (1.03%) RMADS
15 2 (0.68%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 36 (12.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.68%) GPFS
2 2 (0.68%) Lustre
2 2 (0.68%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.34%) Docker
3 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.34%) RACF
3 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (10.62%) Kubernetes
2 13 (4.45%) Terraform
3 8 (2.74%) Ansible
4 7 (2.40%) CASB
5 6 (2.05%) Fluentd
6 4 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.03%) QRadar
8 2 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.68%) CA Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.68%) Grafana
8 2 (0.68%) PingFederate
8 2 (0.68%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.68%) SELinux
9 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 49 (16.78%) Microsoft
2 31 (10.62%) CyberArk
3 28 (9.59%) Splunk
4 24 (8.22%) ServiceNow
5 21 (7.19%) BeyondTrust
6 12 (4.11%) Tenable
7 11 (3.77%) Cribl.io
8 10 (3.42%) IBM
9 8 (2.74%) BiZZdesign
10 7 (2.40%) Red Hat
10 7 (2.40%) SAP
11 6 (2.05%) Qualys
11 6 (2.05%) Workday
12 5 (1.71%) Okta
13 4 (1.37%) Centrify
13 4 (1.37%) Thales
14 2 (0.68%) Fortinet
14 2 (0.68%) Google
14 2 (0.68%) NVIDIA
14 2 (0.68%) Palo Alto