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 18 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 299 285 290
Rank change year-on-year -14 +5 +126
Contract jobs citing CISM 283 216 292
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.82% 0.84% 0.77%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.40% 2.78% 2.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 129 220
10th Percentile £425 £463 £463
25th Percentile £475 £538 £524
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £635 £616
Median % change year-on-year -15.43% +3.04% -5.19%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £725
90th Percentile £708 £753 £825
UK median daily rate £550 £633 £600
% change year-on-year -13.04% +5.42% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 3
10th Percentile - £60.75 £71.29
25th Percentile £41.94 £64.77 £75.84
Median hourly rate £43.70 £73.60 £83.41
Median % change year-on-year -40.63% -11.76% +14.29%
75th Percentile £77.81 £83.20 £85.21
90th Percentile £94.13 £87.92 £86.28
UK median hourly rate £55.23 £78.40 £83.41
% change year-on-year -29.55% -6.01% +22.66%

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 11,802 7,780 11,719
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.13% 30.14% 31.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,843 4,754 7,217
10th Percentile £325 £296 £297
25th Percentile £419 £414 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 906 366 887
10th Percentile £15.93 £19.99 £14.21
25th Percentile £18.87 £25.26 £21.34
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -47.05% +5.07% -0.09%
75th Percentile £63.75 £68.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £82.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £39.52 £45.00
% change year-on-year -36.36% -12.18% -2.17%

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 18 February 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 18 February 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 18 February 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 -43 108 £550 -15.38% 47
North of England -12 58 £537 -17.38% 11
South East -15 50 £492 -23.13% 31
Yorkshire -16 40 £537 -19.25% 5
Midlands -49 23 £500 -16.67% 13
South West -15 18 £500 -23.08% 14
West Midlands -38 18 £600 +20.00% 7
North West -21 17 £555 -14.62% 5
East of England -30 6 £538 -6.52% 4
East Midlands -27 5 £437 -27.17% 6
North East - 1 £545 - 1
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 32 (11.31%) Confluence
2 3 (1.06%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.35%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (2.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.77%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (2.83%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 95 (33.57%) Azure
2 75 (26.50%) AWS
3 47 (16.61%) GCP
4 25 (8.83%) OpenShift
5 21 (7.42%) Entra ID
6 17 (6.01%) Azure Sentinel
7 13 (4.59%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (2.83%) Azure AKS
8 8 (2.83%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 8 (2.83%) Azure Monitor
8 8 (2.83%) Microsoft Purview
9 7 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.77%) SaaS
11 4 (1.41%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.71%) Azure Key Vault
12 2 (0.71%) GitHub
12 2 (0.71%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.35%) AWS CloudFormation
13 1 (0.35%) Google Ads
13 1 (0.35%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (13.78%) Firewall
2 30 (10.60%) Network Security
3 23 (8.13%) VPN
4 6 (2.12%) SSL
5 5 (1.77%) Intrusion Detection
5 5 (1.77%) Kerberos
5 5 (1.77%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.41%) S/MIME
7 3 (1.06%) HTTP
7 3 (1.06%) SSH
8 2 (0.71%) DNS
9 1 (0.35%) BGP
9 1 (0.35%) DHCP
9 1 (0.35%) InfiniBand
9 1 (0.35%) MPLS
9 1 (0.35%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.71%) Power BI
1 2 (0.71%) Tableau
2 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.35%) EDRMS
2 1 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 39 (13.78%) JIRA
2 8 (2.83%) GitLab
3 3 (1.06%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.35%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.35%) Git
General
1 113 (39.93%) Social Skills
2 54 (19.08%) Finance
3 38 (13.43%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (8.48%) Documentation Skills
4 24 (8.48%) Public Sector
5 13 (4.59%) Banking
6 11 (3.89%) Legal
7 7 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.77%) Marketing
8 5 (1.77%) Retail
9 3 (1.06%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.71%) Automotive
10 2 (0.71%) Law
10 2 (0.71%) Local Government
10 2 (0.71%) Police
11 1 (0.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.35%) Military
11 1 (0.35%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (14.84%) Architect
2 34 (12.01%) Analyst
3 33 (11.66%) Security Architect
4 32 (11.31%) Consultant
5 31 (10.95%) Security Engineer
6 23 (8.13%) Lead
6 23 (8.13%) Security Consultant
7 21 (7.42%) Security Manager
8 20 (7.07%) Solutions Architect
9 19 (6.71%) Security Analyst
10 18 (6.36%) Senior
11 17 (6.01%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 16 (5.65%) Security Solutions Architect
12 16 (5.65%) Security Specialist
13 12 (4.24%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 12 (4.24%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 10 (3.53%) Azure Engineer
14 10 (3.53%) Project Manager
15 8 (2.83%) Cybersecurity Specialist
15 8 (2.83%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (9.54%) LDAP
2 15 (5.30%) SailPoint
3 9 (3.18%) OAuth
4 8 (2.83%) ARM Templates
4 8 (2.83%) SAML
5 5 (1.77%) REST
5 5 (1.77%) SOAP
6 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Graph
6 3 (1.06%) OAuth2
7 2 (0.71%) Flash
7 2 (0.71%) ModSecurity
7 2 (0.71%) OpenID
7 2 (0.71%) Smart Contracts
8 1 (0.35%) Flask
8 1 (0.35%) JWT
8 1 (0.35%) OpenMP
8 1 (0.35%) PyTorch
8 1 (0.35%) STL
8 1 (0.35%) TensorFlow
8 1 (0.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 32 (11.31%) Management Information System
2 23 (8.13%) Security Posture
3 17 (6.01%) Cyber Threat
4 16 (5.65%) PKI
5 14 (4.95%) Cloud Native
6 13 (4.59%) Onboarding
7 12 (4.24%) Operational Technology
8 10 (3.53%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (3.53%) Security Operations Centre
9 9 (3.18%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.77%) CSOC
10 5 (1.77%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.77%) Robotics
11 4 (1.41%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.41%) NHS
11 4 (1.41%) Smartcard
12 3 (1.06%) BYOD
12 3 (1.06%) Data Centre
12 3 (1.06%) IoT
12 3 (1.06%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.89%) Windows
2 10 (3.53%) Linux
3 6 (2.12%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.06%) Unix
5 2 (0.71%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.35%) Rocky
6 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (62.19%) Cybersecurity
2 80 (28.27%) Incident Response
3 79 (27.92%) Information Security
4 78 (27.56%) Risk Management
5 71 (25.09%) Cloud Security
5 71 (25.09%) SIEM
6 63 (22.26%) Identity Access Management
7 54 (19.08%) DevOps
8 52 (18.37%) Security Operations
9 51 (18.02%) Problem-Solving
10 46 (16.25%) Agile
11 44 (15.55%) CI/CD
11 44 (15.55%) Computer Science
11 44 (15.55%) Vulnerability Management
12 39 (13.78%) DevSecOps
13 38 (13.43%) Threat Modelling
14 37 (13.07%) Stakeholder Management
14 37 (13.07%) TOGAF
15 34 (12.01%) Security Architecture
15 34 (12.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 42 (14.84%) PowerShell
2 40 (14.13%) Python
3 8 (2.83%) Bicep
4 5 (1.77%) BeanShell
4 5 (1.77%) Java
5 3 (1.06%) Bash
5 3 (1.06%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.71%) Rust
6 2 (0.71%) Solidity
6 2 (0.71%) SQL
7 1 (0.35%) Go
7 1 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 273 (96.47%) CISSP
2 93 (32.86%) Security Cleared
3 73 (25.80%) Degree
4 65 (22.97%) SC Cleared
5 38 (13.43%) CRISC
6 37 (13.07%) CISA
7 34 (12.01%) DV Cleared
8 25 (8.83%) CEH
8 25 (8.83%) CompTIA Security+
8 25 (8.83%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 24 (8.48%) GIAC
9 24 (8.48%) Master's Degree
10 20 (7.07%) Cisco Certification
11 19 (6.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 18 (6.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 17 (6.01%) Azure Certification
13 17 (6.01%) TOGAF Certification
14 16 (5.65%) Computer Science Degree
15 13 (4.59%) Microsoft Certification
16 11 (3.89%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (52.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 130 (45.94%) NIST
3 73 (25.80%) GDPR
4 34 (12.01%) GRC
5 28 (9.89%) PCI DSS
6 25 (8.83%) NCSC
7 18 (6.36%) NIST 800
8 16 (5.65%) COBIT
9 14 (4.95%) Cyber Essentials
10 10 (3.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 10 (3.53%) SOC 2
11 8 (2.83%) JSP 440
12 7 (2.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 5 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 4 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (1.41%) PMO
15 3 (1.06%) Government Security Classifications
15 3 (1.06%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 2 (0.71%) HIPAA
System Software
1 43 (15.19%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.71%) GPFS
2 2 (0.71%) Lustre
2 2 (0.71%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 31 (10.95%) Kubernetes
2 17 (6.01%) Terraform
3 15 (5.30%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (3.18%) Ansible
5 8 (2.83%) Fluentd
6 5 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (1.77%) RSA Archer
7 3 (1.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (1.06%) QRadar
8 2 (0.71%) EnCase
8 2 (0.71%) FTK
8 2 (0.71%) Grafana
8 2 (0.71%) PingFederate
8 2 (0.71%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.71%) SELinux
9 1 (0.35%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.35%) Nexpose
Vendors
1 60 (21.20%) Microsoft
2 47 (16.61%) CyberArk
3 26 (9.19%) Splunk
4 24 (8.48%) BeyondTrust
5 21 (7.42%) BiZZdesign
6 16 (5.65%) ServiceNow
7 14 (4.95%) Centrify
8 13 (4.59%) Cribl.io
9 11 (3.89%) IBM
10 10 (3.53%) Tenable
11 9 (3.18%) Red Hat
12 7 (2.47%) Thycotic
13 6 (2.12%) CrowdStrike
14 5 (1.77%) Fortinet
14 5 (1.77%) Okta
14 5 (1.77%) Palo Alto
14 5 (1.77%) Rapid7
15 4 (1.41%) Cisco
15 4 (1.41%) Thales
16 3 (1.06%) SAP