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 4 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 362 311 318
Rank change year-on-year -51 +7 -78
Contract jobs citing CISM 306 219 222
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.66% 0.78% 0.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.06% 2.45% 2.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 140 154
10th Percentile £450 £413 £463
25th Percentile £513 £472 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -2.04%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £729
90th Percentile £798 £776 £817
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £600
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 1
10th Percentile £62.81 £28.32 -
25th Percentile £64.09 £29.51 £68.80
Median hourly rate £82.41 £32.74 £73.60
Median % change year-on-year +151.73% -55.52% +0.40%
75th Percentile £104.00 £41.94 £78.40
90th Percentile - £73.78 -
UK median hourly rate £82.41 £32.74 £73.60
% change year-on-year +151.73% -55.52% +0.40%

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 14,874 8,948 9,646
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.11% 31.87% 29.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,921 5,677 5,862
10th Percentile £350 £300 £313
25th Percentile £447 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £713 £734
UK median daily rate £530 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +0.95% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,272 739 533
10th Percentile £17.63 £17.87 £18.54
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.87 £30.00
Median hourly rate £50.74 £25.15 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +101.76% -52.10% -
75th Percentile £73.46 £43.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £72.75 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £45.20 £25.15 £48.18
% change year-on-year +79.72% -47.80% -10.08%

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 4 October 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 4 October 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 4 October 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 -35 143 £600 -7.69% 231
North of England -50 54 £647 +21.85% 62
South East -38 50 £598 +6.22% 82
Yorkshire -26 36 £663 +30.09% 21
South West -28 25 £700 +3.63% 34
Midlands -37 22 £575 +23.66% 27
West Midlands -34 17 £600 -25.00% 19
North West -42 17 £622 +6.32% 31
East Midlands -14 5 £533 +21.85% 8
East of England -25 4 £550 +10.00% 21
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 6 (1.96%) IIS
2 5 (1.63%) Confluence
3 1 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 5 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.65%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (0.65%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.33%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 121 (39.54%) Azure
2 113 (36.93%) AWS
3 65 (21.24%) GCP
4 30 (9.80%) Entra ID
5 15 (4.90%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (3.92%) Azure Sentinel
7 10 (3.27%) SaaS
8 9 (2.94%) Amazon EC2
8 9 (2.94%) Amazon S3
8 9 (2.94%) AWS Control Tower
9 7 (2.29%) IaaS
9 7 (2.29%) Microsoft Purview
9 7 (2.29%) PaaS
9 7 (2.29%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.31%) Azure Key Vault
11 3 (0.98%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (0.98%) AWS KMS
11 3 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.98%) OCI
12 2 (0.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 38 (12.42%) Network Security
2 25 (8.17%) Firewall
3 14 (4.58%) Intrusion Detection
4 6 (1.96%) Internet
5 5 (1.63%) DNS
5 5 (1.63%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.63%) VPN
6 3 (0.98%) VLAN
7 2 (0.65%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.33%) 4G
8 1 (0.33%) 5G
8 1 (0.33%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (0.33%) DHCP
8 1 (0.33%) Intranet
8 1 (0.33%) IPFIX
8 1 (0.33%) Modbus
8 1 (0.33%) SNMP
8 1 (0.33%) SSH
8 1 (0.33%) VoIP
8 1 (0.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
1 7 (2.29%) DynamoDB
2 6 (1.96%) Power BI
3 1 (0.33%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (3.92%) JIRA
2 2 (0.65%) Burp Suite
2 2 (0.65%) Claude Code
2 2 (0.65%) Git
2 2 (0.65%) Snyk
3 1 (0.33%) GitLab
3 1 (0.33%) Jenkins
General
1 138 (45.10%) Social Skills
2 59 (19.28%) Finance
3 39 (12.75%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 25 (8.17%) Influencing Skills
6 16 (5.23%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (5.23%) Manufacturing
7 15 (4.90%) Legal
8 13 (4.25%) Banking
9 10 (3.27%) Aerospace
10 8 (2.61%) Law
10 8 (2.61%) Police
10 8 (2.61%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.96%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.63%) Retail
13 4 (1.31%) Italian Language
14 3 (0.98%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 62 (20.26%) Architect
2 49 (16.01%) Consultant
2 49 (16.01%) Security Architect
3 39 (12.75%) Lead
4 35 (11.44%) Security Manager
5 24 (7.84%) Security Engineer
6 22 (7.19%) Security Consultant
7 19 (6.21%) Senior
8 18 (5.88%) Analyst
8 18 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 16 (5.23%) DevSecOps Consultant
10 14 (4.58%) SOC Manager
11 13 (4.25%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 13 (4.25%) Project Manager
12 12 (3.92%) Cybersecurity Architect
13 11 (3.59%) Security Analyst
14 10 (3.27%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 10 (3.27%) Security Specialist
15 9 (2.94%) Operational Security Manager
15 9 (2.94%) Security Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.54%) Terraform
2 13 (4.25%) LDAP
3 9 (2.94%) JSON
4 7 (2.29%) OAuth
4 7 (2.29%) REST
4 7 (2.29%) SAML
5 5 (1.63%) OpenID
5 5 (1.63%) SLSA
6 4 (1.31%) RESTful
6 4 (1.31%) SailPoint
7 3 (0.98%) Jakarta EE
7 3 (0.98%) JDBC
7 3 (0.98%) SOAP
8 2 (0.65%) .NET
8 2 (0.65%) Azure Blueprints
8 2 (0.65%) OAuth2
9 1 (0.33%) ARM Templates
9 1 (0.33%) FIDO
9 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.33%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 42 (13.73%) Security Posture
2 37 (12.09%) Management Information System
3 30 (9.80%) Operational Technology
4 29 (9.48%) Cyber Threat
5 22 (7.19%) Security Operations Centre
6 21 (6.86%) Onboarding
7 19 (6.21%) Cloud Native
8 12 (3.92%) Cyber Defence
9 11 (3.59%) SCADA
10 10 (3.27%) Data Centre
10 10 (3.27%) PKI
10 10 (3.27%) Public Cloud
11 7 (2.29%) Private Cloud
12 6 (1.96%) Embedded Systems
12 6 (1.96%) Mobile Payment
12 6 (1.96%) Smartcard
13 5 (1.63%) AI Agents
13 5 (1.63%) CMDB
13 5 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
14 4 (1.31%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 33 (10.78%) Windows
2 28 (9.15%) Linux
3 12 (3.92%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.61%) Unix
5 6 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.31%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.65%) Alpine Linux
7 2 (0.65%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (70.59%) Cybersecurity
2 121 (39.54%) Stakeholder Management
3 106 (34.64%) Cloud Security
4 94 (30.72%) Vulnerability Management
5 92 (30.07%) Risk Management
6 89 (29.08%) Information Security
7 77 (25.16%) SIEM
8 74 (24.18%) Security Architecture
9 62 (20.26%) Threat Modelling
10 59 (19.28%) Incident Response
10 59 (19.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 56 (18.30%) Security Operations
12 55 (17.97%) Roadmaps
13 53 (17.32%) DevSecOps
14 50 (16.34%) Continuous Improvement
15 48 (15.69%) SABSA
15 48 (15.69%) TOGAF
16 47 (15.36%) Identity Access Management
17 46 (15.03%) Threat Intelligence
18 44 (14.38%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 29 (9.48%) Python
2 25 (8.17%) PowerShell
3 9 (2.94%) SQL
4 7 (2.29%) Java
5 4 (1.31%) Bash
5 4 (1.31%) Bicep
6 3 (0.98%) Korn
7 2 (0.65%) C#
8 1 (0.33%) Go
8 1 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 295 (96.41%) CISSP
2 116 (37.91%) Security Cleared
3 84 (27.45%) SC Cleared
4 75 (24.51%) Cisco Certification
4 75 (24.51%) CRISC
5 73 (23.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 49 (16.01%) Degree
7 44 (14.38%) CCSP
8 42 (13.73%) CISA
9 40 (13.07%) CEH
10 35 (11.44%) DV Cleared
11 30 (9.80%) GIAC
12 28 (9.15%) AWS Certification
13 26 (8.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 22 (7.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 20 (6.54%) CompTIA Security+
15 20 (6.54%) OSCP
16 18 (5.88%) PMI Certification
16 18 (5.88%) PMP
17 15 (4.90%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (50.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 154 (50.33%) NIST
3 54 (17.65%) GDPR
4 50 (16.34%) GRC
5 42 (13.73%) NCSC
6 30 (9.80%) PCI DSS
7 25 (8.17%) Cyber Essentials
8 22 (7.19%) COBIT
9 21 (6.86%) NIST 800
10 12 (3.92%) ISO 31000
11 11 (3.59%) HIPAA
11 11 (3.59%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 10 (3.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 10 (3.27%) Government Security Classifications
12 10 (3.27%) SOC 2
13 8 (2.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (2.29%) Data Quality
14 7 (2.29%) Def Stans
14 7 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 6 (1.96%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 26 (8.50%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.63%) ISA Server
3 3 (0.98%) Docker
3 3 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.33%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.33%) KVM
4 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (9.48%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.29%) CASB
3 6 (1.96%) Ansible
3 6 (1.96%) Istio
4 5 (1.63%) linkerd
4 5 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.31%) QRadar
6 2 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.33%) Argo
7 1 (0.33%) Grafana
7 1 (0.33%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.33%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 73 (23.86%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.21%) Splunk
3 18 (5.88%) Qualys
4 17 (5.56%) Google
5 13 (4.25%) CrowdStrike
6 12 (3.92%) CyberArk
6 12 (3.92%) ServiceNow
7 10 (3.27%) Rapid7
7 10 (3.27%) Tenable
8 9 (2.94%) Zscaler
9 6 (1.96%) BeyondTrust
10 5 (1.63%) Centrify
10 5 (1.63%) Cisco
10 5 (1.63%) F5
10 5 (1.63%) Oracle
10 5 (1.63%) SAP
10 5 (1.63%) Tripwire
11 4 (1.31%) Okta
11 4 (1.31%) VMware
12 3 (0.98%) Sophos