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 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 282 283 253
Rank change year-on-year +1 -30 +173
Contract jobs citing CISM 284 233 356
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.90% 0.81% 0.96%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.66% 2.66% 3.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 149 269
10th Percentile £420 £463 £454
25th Percentile £463 £538 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £650 £680 £700
90th Percentile £725 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £530 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -15.20% +4.17% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 4
10th Percentile £37.41 £63.97 -
25th Percentile £41.94 £68.80 £68.26
Median hourly rate £45.46 £83.20 £78.36
Median % change year-on-year -45.36% +6.18% +7.37%
75th Percentile £83.13 - £84.31
90th Percentile £94.25 £90.28 £85.92
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £83.20 £78.36
% change year-on-year -21.88% +6.18% +15.24%

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 10,686 8,766 11,308
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.94% 30.35% 30.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,971 5,409 7,165
10th Percentile £313 £306 £300
25th Percentile £419 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 915 411 677
10th Percentile £16.51 £19.30 £17.08
25th Percentile £19.38 £25.25 £26.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% -12.04% +16.67%
75th Percentile £56.00 £67.50 £67.56
90th Percentile £75.95 £75.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -23.81% +16.67%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 -31 100 £550 -12.00% 35
North of England -2 64 £522 -18.48% 13
South East -7 44 £481 -23.61% 33
Yorkshire -8 44 £519 -23.75% 6
Midlands -24 26 £495 -1.00% 6
South West +3 21 £675 +3.85% 12
North West -20 19 £525 -12.50% 7
West Midlands -19 18 £670 +34.00% 3
East Midlands -17 8 £437 -27.17% 3
East of England -25 7 £525 -8.70% 7
North East - 1 £545 -
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 26 (9.15%) Confluence
2 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (3.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.11%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.06%) Maximo
2 2 (0.70%) SAP CO
2 2 (0.70%) SAP FI
2 2 (0.70%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.35%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 95 (33.45%) Azure
2 79 (27.82%) AWS
3 49 (17.25%) GCP
4 23 (8.10%) Entra ID
5 20 (7.04%) OpenShift
6 15 (5.28%) Azure Sentinel
7 13 (4.58%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (3.17%) Power Platform
9 7 (2.46%) Microsoft Purview
10 5 (1.76%) SaaS
11 3 (1.06%) Azure AKS
11 3 (1.06%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 3 (1.06%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.70%) Azure Key Vault
12 2 (0.70%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.35%) AWS CloudFormation
13 1 (0.35%) AWS KMS
13 1 (0.35%) GitHub
13 1 (0.35%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (15.14%) Firewall
2 32 (11.27%) Network Security
3 17 (5.99%) VPN
4 7 (2.46%) Intrusion Detection
5 6 (2.11%) SSL
6 5 (1.76%) Kerberos
7 4 (1.41%) SSH
8 3 (1.06%) HTTP
9 2 (0.70%) S/MIME
9 2 (0.70%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.35%) DNS
10 1 (0.35%) InfiniBand
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.46%) Power BI
1 7 (2.46%) Tableau
2 1 (0.35%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 45 (15.85%) JIRA
2 8 (2.82%) GitLab
2 8 (2.82%) Postman
2 8 (2.82%) SoapUI
3 2 (0.70%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.35%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.35%) Git
4 1 (0.35%) Snyk
4 1 (0.35%) TestDirector
General
1 112 (39.44%) Social Skills
2 69 (24.30%) Finance
3 32 (11.27%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (9.51%) Public Sector
5 19 (6.69%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (5.28%) Banking
7 9 (3.17%) Legal
8 7 (2.46%) Marketing
9 6 (2.11%) Electronics
9 6 (2.11%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.11%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.76%) Local Government
11 4 (1.41%) Law
11 4 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.06%) Military
12 3 (1.06%) Police
12 3 (1.06%) Retail
13 2 (0.70%) Automotive
13 2 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 46 (16.20%) Consultant
2 37 (13.03%) Analyst
2 37 (13.03%) Architect
3 35 (12.32%) Security Consultant
4 29 (10.21%) Security Architect
5 28 (9.86%) Security Engineer
6 27 (9.51%) Lead
7 20 (7.04%) Security Manager
8 18 (6.34%) Solutions Architect
9 16 (5.63%) Security Analyst
9 16 (5.63%) Senior
10 14 (4.93%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 14 (4.93%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 14 (4.93%) Security Solutions Architect
11 10 (3.52%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 9 (3.17%) Security Specialist
13 8 (2.82%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 8 (2.82%) Lead Architect
14 7 (2.46%) Lead Solutions Architect
14 7 (2.46%) Risk Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (7.75%) LDAP
2 21 (7.39%) SailPoint
3 10 (3.52%) OAuth
4 9 (3.17%) SAML
5 5 (1.76%) REST
5 5 (1.76%) SOAP
6 4 (1.41%) ARM Templates
6 4 (1.41%) OAuth2
7 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Graph
7 3 (1.06%) OpenID
8 2 (0.70%) Flash
8 2 (0.70%) JWT
8 2 (0.70%) ModSecurity
8 2 (0.70%) Smart Contracts
9 1 (0.35%) EJB
9 1 (0.35%) JCE
9 1 (0.35%) JSON Web Signature
9 1 (0.35%) OpenMP
9 1 (0.35%) TensorFlow
9 1 (0.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 29 (10.21%) Management Information System
2 22 (7.75%) Security Posture
3 16 (5.63%) Cyber Threat
4 14 (4.93%) Cloud Native
4 14 (4.93%) Onboarding
4 14 (4.93%) PKI
4 14 (4.93%) Security Operations Centre
5 6 (2.11%) CSOC
5 6 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.76%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.41%) NHS
8 3 (1.06%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.06%) BYOD
8 3 (1.06%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (1.06%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.06%) IoT
9 2 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.70%) Blockchain
9 2 (0.70%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.82%) Windows
2 7 (2.46%) Linux
3 3 (1.06%) Unix
4 2 (0.70%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.70%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.35%) Rocky
5 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (56.69%) Cybersecurity
2 86 (30.28%) Incident Response
3 76 (26.76%) Cloud Security
4 75 (26.41%) Identity Access Management
5 74 (26.06%) Information Security
6 72 (25.35%) Risk Management
7 64 (22.54%) SIEM
8 50 (17.61%) CI/CD
9 49 (17.25%) Security Operations
10 48 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
11 45 (15.85%) DevSecOps
12 43 (15.14%) Agile
12 43 (15.14%) Vulnerability Management
13 42 (14.79%) DevOps
14 41 (14.44%) Threat Modelling
15 39 (13.73%) Privileged Access Management
16 37 (13.03%) Stakeholder Management
17 35 (12.32%) Computer Science
17 35 (12.32%) Zero Trust
18 29 (10.21%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 41 (14.44%) PowerShell
2 33 (11.62%) Python
3 5 (1.76%) Bash
3 5 (1.76%) BeanShell
3 5 (1.76%) Java
4 4 (1.41%) Bicep
5 2 (0.70%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.70%) Rust
5 2 (0.70%) Solidity
6 1 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 278 (97.89%) CISSP
2 72 (25.35%) Degree
3 69 (24.30%) Security Cleared
4 54 (19.01%) CISA
5 43 (15.14%) SC Cleared
6 34 (11.97%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 31 (10.92%) CEH
8 27 (9.51%) CRISC
8 27 (9.51%) DV Cleared
9 24 (8.45%) CompTIA Security+
10 20 (7.04%) GIAC
11 18 (6.34%) Master's Degree
12 17 (5.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 14 (4.93%) Cisco Certification
13 14 (4.93%) TOGAF Certification
14 13 (4.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 11 (3.87%) PhD
16 10 (3.52%) Azure Certification
17 9 (3.17%) CESG Certified Professional
18 8 (2.82%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (56.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 142 (50.00%) NIST
3 83 (29.23%) GDPR
4 38 (13.38%) PCI DSS
5 26 (9.15%) NCSC
6 22 (7.75%) COBIT
6 22 (7.75%) GRC
7 20 (7.04%) NIST 800
8 19 (6.69%) Cyber Essentials
9 14 (4.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 13 (4.58%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 11 (3.87%) JSP 440
12 10 (3.52%) QA
13 8 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 8 (2.82%) SOC 2
14 6 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (1.76%) HIPAA
15 5 (1.76%) RMADS
16 4 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
16 4 (1.41%) PMO
System Software
1 35 (12.32%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.06%) Firmware
3 2 (0.70%) GPFS
3 2 (0.70%) Lustre
3 2 (0.70%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 2 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 25 (8.80%) Kubernetes
2 15 (5.28%) Single Sign-On
3 13 (4.58%) Terraform
4 11 (3.87%) QRadar
4 11 (3.87%) RSA Archer
5 8 (2.82%) Ansible
5 8 (2.82%) Fluentd
6 5 (1.76%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (1.41%) CSIRT
8 3 (1.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.06%) Nessus
9 2 (0.70%) EnCase
9 2 (0.70%) FTK
9 2 (0.70%) Grafana
9 2 (0.70%) PingFederate
9 2 (0.70%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.70%) SELinux
10 1 (0.35%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.35%) Nexpose
Vendors
1 63 (22.18%) Microsoft
2 54 (19.01%) CyberArk
3 30 (10.56%) Splunk
4 28 (9.86%) BeyondTrust
5 19 (6.69%) BiZZdesign
6 17 (5.99%) ServiceNow
7 16 (5.63%) Thycotic
8 14 (4.93%) Centrify
9 12 (4.23%) Rapid7
10 11 (3.87%) Tenable
11 10 (3.52%) SAP
12 9 (3.17%) Google
13 8 (2.82%) Cribl.io
14 7 (2.46%) Alteryx
14 7 (2.46%) CrowdStrike
14 7 (2.46%) Qualys
15 6 (2.11%) Fortinet
15 6 (2.11%) IBM
15 6 (2.11%) Okta
16 4 (1.41%) Cisco