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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 299 313
Rank change year-on-year -50 +14 -71
Contract jobs citing CISM 315 226 227
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.68% 0.81% 0.71%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.09% 2.53% 2.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 145 157
10th Percentile £449 £414 £463
25th Percentile £513 £463 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.04%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £728
90th Percentile £800 £775 £811
UK median daily rate £600 £556 £600
% change year-on-year +7.87% -7.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 2
10th Percentile £62.81 £28.52 £70.24
25th Percentile £64.09 £29.79 £72.40
Median hourly rate £82.41 £37.34 £78.40
Median % change year-on-year +120.70% -52.38% +6.94%
75th Percentile £104.00 £80.80 £82.00
90th Percentile - £94.38 £82.72
UK median hourly rate £82.41 £41.94 £78.40
% change year-on-year +96.48% -46.51% +6.94%

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 15,073 8,936 9,512
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.38% 32.01% 29.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,009 5,683 5,769
10th Percentile £353 £292 £313
25th Percentile £448 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £712 £732
UK median daily rate £533 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +1.43% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,315 751 497
10th Percentile £17.25 £17.87 £19.62
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.87 £30.41
Median hourly rate £48.81 £25.15 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +94.08% -52.10% -1.87%
75th Percentile £74.00 £43.00 £69.69
90th Percentile £90.60 £72.50 £75.74
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -47.05% -11.35%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 -23 149 £600 +4.35% 218
North of England -47 57 £613 +16.67% 68
South East -47 49 £588 +4.44% 57
Yorkshire -25 37 £631 +21.75% 23
South West -26 26 £725 +7.37% 32
Midlands -39 22 £575 +25.68% 22
North West -48 19 £622 +15.72% 35
West Midlands -41 16 £625 -35.06% 16
East Midlands -15 6 £554 +26.72% 6
East of England -29 4 £550 +10.00% 11
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 7 (2.22%) Confluence
2 6 (1.90%) IIS
3 2 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 5 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (0.63%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.32%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 124 (39.37%) Azure
2 116 (36.83%) AWS
3 64 (20.32%) GCP
4 31 (9.84%) Entra ID
5 14 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (4.44%) SaaS
6 12 (3.81%) Azure Sentinel
7 9 (2.86%) Amazon EC2
7 9 (2.86%) Amazon S3
7 9 (2.86%) AWS Control Tower
8 7 (2.22%) IaaS
8 7 (2.22%) PaaS
8 7 (2.22%) Power Platform
9 6 (1.90%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (1.27%) Azure Key Vault
11 3 (0.95%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (0.95%) AWS KMS
11 3 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.95%) OCI
12 2 (0.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 41 (13.02%) Network Security
2 24 (7.62%) Firewall
3 14 (4.44%) Intrusion Detection
4 6 (1.90%) Internet
5 5 (1.59%) DNS
5 5 (1.59%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.59%) VPN
6 4 (1.27%) Kerberos
7 3 (0.95%) VLAN
8 2 (0.63%) Cisco IPT
9 1 (0.32%) 4G
9 1 (0.32%) DHCP
9 1 (0.32%) Intranet
9 1 (0.32%) Modbus
9 1 (0.32%) SNMP
9 1 (0.32%) SSH
9 1 (0.32%) SSL
9 1 (0.32%) VoIP
9 1 (0.32%) WAN
9 1 (0.32%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.22%) Amazon RDS
1 7 (2.22%) DynamoDB
2 6 (1.90%) Power BI
3 1 (0.32%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (4.44%) JIRA
2 2 (0.63%) Burp Suite
2 2 (0.63%) Claude Code
2 2 (0.63%) Git
2 2 (0.63%) Snyk
3 1 (0.32%) GitLab
3 1 (0.32%) Jenkins
General
1 140 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 64 (20.32%) Finance
3 39 (12.38%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 25 (7.94%) Influencing Skills
6 17 (5.40%) Manufacturing
7 16 (5.08%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (4.76%) Legal
9 13 (4.13%) Banking
10 10 (3.17%) Aerospace
11 9 (2.86%) Police
12 8 (2.54%) Law
13 6 (1.90%) Financial Institution
13 6 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.90%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.59%) Retail
15 4 (1.27%) Italian Language
16 3 (0.95%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 63 (20.00%) Architect
2 50 (15.87%) Security Architect
3 49 (15.56%) Consultant
4 42 (13.33%) Lead
5 34 (10.79%) Security Manager
6 25 (7.94%) Security Engineer
7 23 (7.30%) Security Consultant
8 20 (6.35%) Senior
9 19 (6.03%) Analyst
10 18 (5.71%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 15 (4.76%) DevSecOps Consultant
12 14 (4.44%) SOC Manager
13 13 (4.13%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 12 (3.81%) Cybersecurity Architect
15 11 (3.49%) Project Manager
15 11 (3.49%) Security Analyst
15 11 (3.49%) Security Specialist
16 10 (3.17%) Cybersecurity Analyst
17 9 (2.86%) Operational Security Manager
17 9 (2.86%) Security Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (6.98%) Terraform
2 13 (4.13%) LDAP
3 9 (2.86%) JSON
3 9 (2.86%) OAuth
3 9 (2.86%) SAML
4 8 (2.54%) REST
5 5 (1.59%) OpenID
5 5 (1.59%) RESTful
5 5 (1.59%) SailPoint
5 5 (1.59%) SLSA
6 3 (0.95%) Jakarta EE
6 3 (0.95%) JDBC
6 3 (0.95%) SOAP
7 2 (0.63%) .NET
7 2 (0.63%) Azure Blueprints
7 2 (0.63%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.32%) ARM Templates
8 1 (0.32%) FIDO
8 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (0.32%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 41 (13.02%) Security Posture
2 38 (12.06%) Management Information System
3 30 (9.52%) Cyber Threat
3 30 (9.52%) Operational Technology
4 22 (6.98%) Onboarding
4 22 (6.98%) Security Operations Centre
5 19 (6.03%) Cloud Native
6 12 (3.81%) Cyber Defence
7 11 (3.49%) Data Centre
7 11 (3.49%) PKI
7 11 (3.49%) SCADA
8 10 (3.17%) Public Cloud
9 8 (2.54%) Private Cloud
10 7 (2.22%) Smartcard
11 6 (1.90%) Embedded Systems
11 6 (1.90%) Mobile Payment
12 5 (1.59%) AI Agents
12 5 (1.59%) CMDB
12 5 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
13 4 (1.27%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 34 (10.79%) Windows
2 29 (9.21%) Linux
3 13 (4.13%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.54%) Unix
5 6 (1.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.27%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.63%) Alpine Linux
7 2 (0.63%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (71.75%) Cybersecurity
2 127 (40.32%) Stakeholder Management
3 114 (36.19%) Cloud Security
4 102 (32.38%) Risk Management
5 94 (29.84%) Vulnerability Management
6 90 (28.57%) Information Security
7 80 (25.40%) Security Architecture
8 76 (24.13%) SIEM
9 66 (20.95%) Threat Modelling
10 61 (19.37%) Incident Response
11 58 (18.41%) Security Operations
12 57 (18.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 54 (17.14%) Roadmaps
14 53 (16.83%) Identity Access Management
15 52 (16.51%) Continuous Improvement
15 52 (16.51%) DevSecOps
16 51 (16.19%) SABSA
16 51 (16.19%) TOGAF
17 47 (14.92%) Threat Intelligence
18 46 (14.60%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 30 (9.52%) Python
2 27 (8.57%) PowerShell
3 10 (3.17%) SQL
4 7 (2.22%) Java
5 5 (1.59%) Bash
6 4 (1.27%) Bicep
7 3 (0.95%) Korn
8 2 (0.63%) C#
9 1 (0.32%) Go
9 1 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 301 (95.56%) CISSP
2 123 (39.05%) Security Cleared
3 89 (28.25%) SC Cleared
4 76 (24.13%) Cisco Certification
4 76 (24.13%) CRISC
5 74 (23.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 52 (16.51%) Degree
7 45 (14.29%) CCSP
8 42 (13.33%) CISA
9 40 (12.70%) CEH
10 36 (11.43%) DV Cleared
11 30 (9.52%) GIAC
12 29 (9.21%) AWS Certification
13 23 (7.30%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 22 (6.98%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 21 (6.67%) OSCP
16 20 (6.35%) CompTIA Security+
17 16 (5.08%) PMI Certification
17 16 (5.08%) PMP
18 15 (4.76%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (51.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 158 (50.16%) NIST
3 59 (18.73%) GDPR
4 50 (15.87%) GRC
5 43 (13.65%) NCSC
6 36 (11.43%) PCI DSS
7 25 (7.94%) Cyber Essentials
8 23 (7.30%) COBIT
9 21 (6.67%) NIST 800
10 12 (3.81%) ISO 31000
11 11 (3.49%) HIPAA
11 11 (3.49%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 10 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 10 (3.17%) Government Security Classifications
12 10 (3.17%) SOC 2
13 8 (2.54%) Data Quality
13 8 (2.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (2.22%) Def Stans
14 7 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 6 (1.90%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 28 (8.89%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.59%) ISA Server
3 3 (0.95%) Docker
3 3 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.32%) KVM
4 1 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (8.89%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.22%) CASB
3 6 (1.90%) Ansible
3 6 (1.90%) Istio
4 5 (1.59%) linkerd
4 5 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.27%) QRadar
5 4 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.32%) Argo
7 1 (0.32%) Grafana
7 1 (0.32%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.32%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 74 (23.49%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.03%) Splunk
3 18 (5.71%) Qualys
4 17 (5.40%) Google
5 13 (4.13%) CrowdStrike
5 13 (4.13%) CyberArk
5 13 (4.13%) ServiceNow
6 10 (3.17%) Rapid7
6 10 (3.17%) Tenable
7 9 (2.86%) Zscaler
8 7 (2.22%) BeyondTrust
9 5 (1.59%) Centrify
9 5 (1.59%) Cisco
9 5 (1.59%) F5
9 5 (1.59%) Okta
9 5 (1.59%) Oracle
9 5 (1.59%) SAP
9 5 (1.59%) Tripwire
9 5 (1.59%) VMware
10 3 (0.95%) Ping Identity
424 CISM jobs in England