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 25 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 304 272 304
Rank change year-on-year -32 +32 +93
Contract jobs citing CISM 304 207 260
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.81% 0.85% 0.69%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.39% 2.74% 2.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 115 193
10th Percentile £453 £463 £430
25th Percentile £496 £524 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £630 £625
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +0.80% -3.85%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £750
90th Percentile £729 £750 £845
UK median daily rate £570 £628 £600
% change year-on-year -9.16% +4.58% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 9 2
10th Percentile - £58.85 £83.77
25th Percentile £41.94 £60.75 £84.31
Median hourly rate £45.46 £73.60 £85.21
Median % change year-on-year -38.23% -13.62% +23.06%
75th Percentile £83.13 £83.20 £86.10
90th Percentile £94.25 £85.56 £86.64
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £73.60 £85.21
% change year-on-year -11.68% -13.62% +20.86%

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 12,699 7,568 11,816
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.85% 31.17% 31.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,437 4,833 7,326
10th Percentile £331 £291 £300
25th Percentile £421 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 979 426 919
10th Percentile £16.35 £18.51 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.31 £25.26 £17.90
Median hourly rate £35.00 £50.00 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +29.03% -22.50%
75th Percentile £68.75 £68.00 £63.52
90th Percentile £85.00 £82.25 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £42.50 £37.83
% change year-on-year -17.65% +12.35% -26.90%

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 25 March 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 25 March 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 25 March 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 -38 126 £575 -10.85% 42
North of England -29 58 £537 -15.76% 16
South East -36 57 £560 -11.11% 28
Yorkshire -25 39 £537 -17.38% 5
Midlands -62 21 £600 -7.76% 11
South West -16 19 £570 -8.80% 17
West Midlands -43 19 £600 -7.76% 9
North West -29 18 £553 -15.00% 10
East of England -37 4 £525 +1.16% 4
East Midlands -36 2 £425 - 2
North East -13 1 £545 +2.06% 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 30 (9.87%) Confluence
2 3 (0.99%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.33%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (1.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (2.30%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 102 (33.55%) Azure
2 88 (28.95%) AWS
3 51 (16.78%) GCP
4 25 (8.22%) Entra ID
5 23 (7.57%) OpenShift
6 16 (5.26%) Azure Sentinel
7 7 (2.30%) Azure AKS
7 7 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 7 (2.30%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (1.64%) SaaS
9 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (0.99%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.66%) Azure Key Vault
11 2 (0.66%) GitHub
12 1 (0.33%) Akamai
12 1 (0.33%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.33%) IaaS
12 1 (0.33%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (13.16%) Network Security
2 30 (9.87%) Firewall
3 18 (5.92%) VPN
4 6 (1.97%) HTTP
4 6 (1.97%) SSL
5 5 (1.64%) Kerberos
6 4 (1.32%) S/MIME
6 4 (1.32%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.99%) SSH
8 2 (0.66%) DNS
8 2 (0.66%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.33%) BGP
9 1 (0.33%) DHCP
9 1 (0.33%) InfiniBand
9 1 (0.33%) MPLS
9 1 (0.33%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.66%) Data Lake
1 2 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.33%) EDRMS
2 1 (0.33%) Power BI
2 1 (0.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 35 (11.51%) JIRA
2 6 (1.97%) GitLab
3 4 (1.32%) Snyk
4 2 (0.66%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.33%) Git
General
1 118 (38.82%) Social Skills
2 73 (24.01%) Finance
3 36 (11.84%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (8.88%) Documentation Skills
5 25 (8.22%) Public Sector
6 15 (4.93%) Banking
7 11 (3.62%) Legal
8 8 (2.63%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.64%) Marketing
11 4 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.32%) Retail
12 2 (0.66%) Law
12 2 (0.66%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.66%) Police
13 1 (0.33%) Electronics
13 1 (0.33%) Front Office
13 1 (0.33%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.33%) Local Government
13 1 (0.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 56 (18.42%) Architect
2 44 (14.47%) Security Architect
3 35 (11.51%) Consultant
4 31 (10.20%) Security Engineer
5 30 (9.87%) Security Consultant
6 28 (9.21%) Lead
6 28 (9.21%) Security Manager
7 27 (8.88%) Analyst
8 21 (6.91%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 21 (6.91%) Project Manager
8 21 (6.91%) Solutions Architect
9 17 (5.59%) Security Solutions Architect
9 17 (5.59%) Security Specialist
10 14 (4.61%) Security Analyst
10 14 (4.61%) Security Project Manager
11 13 (4.28%) Senior
12 11 (3.62%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 10 (3.29%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 9 (2.96%) Azure Engineer
15 8 (2.63%) Cybersecurity Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (9.21%) LDAP
2 14 (4.61%) SailPoint
3 9 (2.96%) REST
3 9 (2.96%) SOAP
4 8 (2.63%) OAuth
5 7 (2.30%) ARM Templates
5 7 (2.30%) SAML
6 5 (1.64%) Leaflet
7 4 (1.32%) JDBC
8 3 (0.99%) ModSecurity
8 3 (0.99%) RESTful
9 2 (0.66%) Flash
9 2 (0.66%) J2EE
9 2 (0.66%) JSON
9 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Graph
9 2 (0.66%) OpenID
9 2 (0.66%) Smart Contracts
10 1 (0.33%) OAuth2
10 1 (0.33%) OpenMP
10 1 (0.33%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 34 (11.18%) Management Information System
2 23 (7.57%) Security Posture
3 18 (5.92%) Cloud Native
3 18 (5.92%) Operational Technology
4 16 (5.26%) PKI
5 13 (4.28%) Onboarding
6 12 (3.95%) Cyber Threat
7 10 (3.29%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.96%) Security Operations Centre
9 7 (2.30%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.97%) BYOD
10 6 (1.97%) Private Cloud
10 6 (1.97%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.64%) CSOC
11 5 (1.64%) Robotics
12 4 (1.32%) Algorithms
12 4 (1.32%) Cyber Defence
12 4 (1.32%) Smartcard
12 4 (1.32%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.99%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.29%) Windows
2 6 (1.97%) Linux
3 5 (1.64%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.66%) Unix
5 1 (0.33%) Rocky
5 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (66.78%) Cybersecurity
2 80 (26.32%) Information Security
3 79 (25.99%) Risk Management
4 78 (25.66%) SIEM
5 76 (25.00%) Cloud Security
6 73 (24.01%) Incident Response
7 62 (20.39%) Identity Access Management
7 62 (20.39%) Security Operations
8 61 (20.07%) Problem-Solving
9 59 (19.41%) Agile
10 56 (18.42%) DevOps
11 49 (16.12%) DevSecOps
12 48 (15.79%) Vulnerability Management
13 46 (15.13%) CI/CD
14 45 (14.80%) Stakeholder Management
15 44 (14.47%) Threat Modelling
16 43 (14.14%) TOGAF
17 42 (13.82%) Security Architecture
18 41 (13.49%) Computer Science
19 39 (12.83%) AI
Programming Languages
1 46 (15.13%) PowerShell
2 45 (14.80%) Python
3 8 (2.63%) Java
4 7 (2.30%) Bicep
5 6 (1.97%) BeanShell
6 5 (1.64%) SQL
7 4 (1.32%) Bash
8 2 (0.66%) Rust
8 2 (0.66%) Solidity
9 1 (0.33%) Go
9 1 (0.33%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 297 (97.70%) CISSP
2 101 (33.22%) Security Cleared
3 67 (22.04%) SC Cleared
4 65 (21.38%) Degree
5 38 (12.50%) CRISC
6 37 (12.17%) Cisco Certification
7 36 (11.84%) DV Cleared
8 35 (11.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 34 (11.18%) CEH
10 27 (8.88%) CISA
10 27 (8.88%) CompTIA Security+
11 25 (8.22%) GIAC
11 25 (8.22%) Master's Degree
12 21 (6.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 18 (5.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 18 (5.92%) PMI Certification
13 18 (5.92%) PMP
14 17 (5.59%) Computer Science Degree
15 16 (5.26%) Azure Certification
15 16 (5.26%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (46.71%) NIST
2 138 (45.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 79 (25.99%) GDPR
4 32 (10.53%) PCI DSS
5 30 (9.87%) GRC
6 26 (8.55%) NCSC
7 18 (5.92%) COBIT
8 16 (5.26%) NIST 800
9 14 (4.61%) SOC 2
10 13 (4.28%) Cyber Essentials
10 13 (4.28%) JSP 440
10 13 (4.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 8 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (1.97%) HIPAA
12 6 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 4 (1.32%) Government Security Classifications
13 4 (1.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 3 (0.99%) EU AI Act
14 3 (0.99%) RMADS
15 2 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 41 (13.49%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.66%) GPFS
2 2 (0.66%) Lustre
2 2 (0.66%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.33%) Docker
3 1 (0.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 31 (10.20%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.93%) Terraform
3 11 (3.62%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (2.63%) Ansible
5 6 (1.97%) CASB
5 6 (1.97%) Fluentd
6 3 (0.99%) QRadar
7 2 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.66%) Grafana
7 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.66%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.66%) SELinux
8 1 (0.33%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 57 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 51 (16.78%) CyberArk
3 30 (9.87%) Splunk
4 26 (8.55%) BeyondTrust
5 21 (6.91%) BiZZdesign
6 20 (6.58%) ServiceNow
7 15 (4.93%) Tenable
8 14 (4.61%) Centrify
9 13 (4.28%) IBM
10 11 (3.62%) Cribl.io
11 9 (2.96%) Okta
12 8 (2.63%) Red Hat
13 7 (2.30%) Qualys
13 7 (2.30%) Thycotic
14 5 (1.64%) SAP
15 4 (1.32%) Cisco
15 4 (1.32%) CrowdStrike
15 4 (1.32%) Thales
16 3 (0.99%) Palo Alto
16 3 (0.99%) Workday