CISM Contracts 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 298 310 366
Rank change year-on-year +12 +56 +71
Contract jobs citing CISM 191 242 318
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.78% 0.65% 0.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.50% 2.08% 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 175 231
10th Percentile £461 £425 £474
25th Percentile £514 £500 £552
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +5.05%
75th Percentile £680 £750 £757
90th Percentile £750 £850 £838
UK median daily rate £625 £600 £625
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 9
10th Percentile £51.25 - £55.63
25th Percentile £58.37 - £59.73
Median hourly rate £61.50 £83.41 £72.98
Median % change year-on-year -26.27% +14.29% +10.93%
75th Percentile £79.60 - £74.00
90th Percentile £86.74 - £78.58
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £83.41 £72.69
% change year-on-year -26.27% +14.75% +5.99%

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 7,629 11,624 13,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.33% 31.25% 27.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,849 7,135 9,365
10th Percentile £290 £306 £330
25th Percentile £415 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £629 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 985 748
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £15.15
25th Percentile £22.39 £18.13 £20.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%
75th Percentile £67.75 £62.50 £68.25
90th Percentile £81.74 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CISM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CISM in England

CISM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISM in England.

Daily rate trend for CISM in England

CISM
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISM in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISM in England

CISM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISM in England.

Hourly rate trend for CISM in England

CISM
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CISM in England over the 6 months to 1 May 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 1 May 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 +6 99 £650 - 149
South East +66 45 £625 +17.26% 69
Midlands +33 15 £588 +2.22% 21
North of England 0 13 £613 +6.52% 44
South West +22 11 £613 +28.95% 28
West Midlands +21 10 £588 +2.22% 13
North West +1 6 £680 +18.26% 27
East Midlands +14 5 - - 7
Yorkshire +4 4 £640 +11.30% 10
North East +1 3 £534 +1.71% 8
East of England +31 2 £510 +27.38% 24
CISM
UK

CISM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.05%) TPMS
Applications
1 3 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.52%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.52%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 47 (24.61%) Azure
2 25 (13.09%) AWS
3 20 (10.47%) GCP
4 12 (6.28%) Microsoft Purview
5 10 (5.24%) Azure Sentinel
6 8 (4.19%) Entra ID
7 7 (3.66%) SaaS
8 5 (2.62%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.57%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.57%) IaaS
9 3 (1.57%) PaaS
10 1 (0.52%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.52%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.52%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 27 (14.14%) Firewall
2 21 (10.99%) Network Security
3 4 (2.09%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (2.09%) NGFW
3 4 (2.09%) SD-WAN
3 4 (2.09%) SSL
3 4 (2.09%) VPN
3 4 (2.09%) WAN
4 2 (1.05%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (1.05%) DMZ
5 1 (0.52%) BGP
5 1 (0.52%) DNS
5 1 (0.52%) LAN
5 1 (0.52%) Modbus
5 1 (0.52%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.52%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.05%) GitLab
1 2 (1.05%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.52%) JIRA
2 1 (0.52%) SonarQube
General
1 88 (46.07%) Social Skills
2 33 (17.28%) Finance
3 28 (14.66%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (9.95%) Public Sector
5 17 (8.90%) Legal
6 14 (7.33%) Telecoms
7 12 (6.28%) Banking
7 12 (6.28%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (3.66%) Military
9 6 (3.14%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.62%) Law
11 3 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (1.05%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.05%) Retail
13 1 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.52%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 50 (26.18%) Architect
2 45 (23.56%) Security Architect
3 35 (18.32%) Senior
4 34 (17.80%) Consultant
5 28 (14.66%) Security Consultant
6 21 (10.99%) Security Specialist
7 18 (9.42%) Information Specialist
8 17 (8.90%) Security Manager
8 17 (8.90%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 16 (8.38%) Information Security Specialist
9 16 (8.38%) Senior Security Specialist
10 15 (7.85%) Lead
10 15 (7.85%) Senior Information Security Specialist
11 13 (6.81%) Security Engineer
12 11 (5.76%) Analyst
13 10 (5.24%) Information Manager
13 10 (5.24%) IT Manager
14 8 (4.19%) DevSecOps Architect
14 8 (4.19%) IT Risk Manager
14 8 (4.19%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.14%) Web Services
2 4 (2.09%) SAML
3 2 (1.05%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.52%) LDAP
4 1 (0.52%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 23 (12.04%) Management Information System
2 22 (11.52%) Security Posture
3 16 (8.38%) Operational Technology
4 13 (6.81%) Cyber Threat
4 13 (6.81%) Insider Threat
5 7 (3.66%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (3.66%) Private Cloud
5 7 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (3.14%) Security Operations Centre
7 5 (2.62%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.62%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.09%) Algorithms
8 4 (2.09%) Cloud Native
8 4 (2.09%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.57%) Cyberattack
9 3 (1.57%) Industry 4.0
9 3 (1.57%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.57%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.57%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.33%) Windows
2 9 (4.71%) Linux
3 8 (4.19%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.05%) AIX
4 2 (1.05%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.05%) Solaris
5 1 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (47.12%) Cybersecurity
2 68 (35.60%) Risk Management
3 67 (35.08%) Information Security
4 48 (25.13%) Incident Response
5 42 (21.99%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (20.42%) Security Architecture
7 37 (19.37%) Stakeholder Management
8 32 (16.75%) Risk Assessment
9 29 (15.18%) SIEM
10 28 (14.66%) Cloud Security
10 28 (14.66%) Roadmaps
11 26 (13.61%) Threat Modelling
11 26 (13.61%) Vulnerability Management
12 23 (12.04%) DevSecOps
13 22 (11.52%) Computer Science
14 21 (10.99%) Security Management
14 21 (10.99%) Security Operations
14 21 (10.99%) TOGAF
15 19 (9.95%) Data Loss Prevention
15 19 (9.95%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (7.33%) PowerShell
2 13 (6.81%) Python
3 5 (2.62%) Bash
4 1 (0.52%) PHP
4 1 (0.52%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 164 (85.86%) CISSP
2 49 (25.65%) CISA
3 48 (25.13%) Degree
3 48 (25.13%) Security Cleared
4 37 (19.37%) CRISC
5 30 (15.71%) SC Cleared
6 26 (13.61%) CEH
7 19 (9.95%) DV Cleared
8 13 (6.81%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (6.81%) CompTIA Security+
8 13 (6.81%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (5.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 9 (4.71%) Azure Certification
10 9 (4.71%) CCSP
10 9 (4.71%) GIAC
10 9 (4.71%) OSCP
11 8 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (4.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 7 (3.66%) PMP
13 6 (3.14%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (40.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 78 (40.84%) NIST
2 43 (22.51%) GDPR
3 23 (12.04%) PCI DSS
4 19 (9.95%) HIPAA
5 18 (9.42%) GRC
6 13 (6.81%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 13 (6.81%) SOC 2
7 11 (5.76%) Cyber Essentials
7 11 (5.76%) NIST 800
8 9 (4.71%) COBIT
8 9 (4.71%) NCSC
9 5 (2.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (2.09%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 2 (1.05%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (1.05%) EU AI Act
13 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.52%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 15 (7.85%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.52%) Docker
3 1 (0.52%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.52%) IAG
Systems Management
1 10 (5.24%) CASB
2 5 (2.62%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.62%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (1.57%) Terraform
5 2 (1.05%) CSIRT
5 2 (1.05%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.05%) Nagios
5 2 (1.05%) QRadar
5 2 (1.05%) SCCM
5 2 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.52%) Nessus
6 1 (0.52%) OPNET
6 1 (0.52%) Puppet
Vendors
1 37 (19.37%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.71%) Qualys
2 9 (4.71%) ServiceNow
3 8 (4.19%) CyberArk
4 4 (2.09%) Ariba
4 4 (2.09%) Cisco
4 4 (2.09%) Tenable
5 3 (1.57%) Okta
5 3 (1.57%) Splunk
5 3 (1.57%) VMware
5 3 (1.57%) Zscaler
6 2 (1.05%) BeyondTrust
6 2 (1.05%) Google
6 2 (1.05%) Ping Identity
6 2 (1.05%) Proofpoint
6 2 (1.05%) SAP
6 2 (1.05%) Snow
7 1 (0.52%) IBM
7 1 (0.52%) Oracle
7 1 (0.52%) Red Hat