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

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 282 291 252
Rank change year-on-year +9 -39 +176
Contract jobs citing CISM 282 243 363
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.91% 0.79% 0.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.70% 2.65% 3.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 157 278
10th Percentile £420 £470 £454
25th Percentile £463 £550 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +4.17% -5.88%
75th Percentile £650 £680 £697
90th Percentile £733 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £529 £625 £599
% change year-on-year -15.42% +4.38% -4.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 5
10th Percentile £36.28 £63.97 £68.07
25th Percentile £42.82 £68.80 £68.26
Median hourly rate £55.23 £83.20 £73.31
Median % change year-on-year -33.62% +13.49% +11.92%
75th Percentile £88.44 - £83.41
90th Percentile £94.38 £90.28 £85.56
UK median hourly rate £72.50 £83.20 £73.31
% change year-on-year -12.86% +13.49% +12.35%

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 10,456 9,177 11,524
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.61% 30.01% 30.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,831 5,627 7,289
10th Percentile £308 £310 £305
25th Percentile £415 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £627 £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 900 426 697
10th Percentile £17.16 £20.00 £17.72
25th Percentile £18.87 £25.61 £26.78
Median hourly rate £25.15 £49.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -49.19% -5.71% +16.67%
75th Percentile £52.52 £68.00 £68.00
90th Percentile £75.08 £75.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.71 £53.50
% change year-on-year -39.70% -22.05% +18.89%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 -36 100 £550 -12.00% 48
North of England -8 61 £525 -19.23% 15
South East +9 45 £481 -25.96% 40
Yorkshire +4 42 £519 -23.75% 7
Midlands -25 27 £490 -2.00% 8
South West +5 22 £675 +3.85% 9
West Midlands -15 18 £670 +34.00% 3
North West -26 18 £525 -17.97% 6
East Midlands -15 9 £425 -29.17% 5
East of England -13 7 £525 -8.70% 3
North East - 1 £545 - 2
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 25 (8.87%) Confluence
2 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (3.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.77%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.06%) Maximo
2 2 (0.71%) SAP CO
2 2 (0.71%) SAP FI
2 2 (0.71%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.35%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 92 (32.62%) Azure
2 77 (27.30%) AWS
3 50 (17.73%) GCP
4 22 (7.80%) Entra ID
5 19 (6.74%) OpenShift
6 14 (4.96%) Azure Sentinel
7 11 (3.90%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (3.19%) Power Platform
9 6 (2.13%) SaaS
10 5 (1.77%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (1.06%) Azure AKS
11 3 (1.06%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 3 (1.06%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (0.71%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.35%) Akamai
13 1 (0.35%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 1 (0.35%) Azure Stack
13 1 (0.35%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.35%) IaaS
13 1 (0.35%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (13.83%) Firewall
2 34 (12.06%) Network Security
3 15 (5.32%) VPN
4 7 (2.48%) Intrusion Detection
5 6 (2.13%) SSL
6 5 (1.77%) Kerberos
7 3 (1.06%) HTTP
7 3 (1.06%) SSH
8 1 (0.35%) DNS
8 1 (0.35%) InfiniBand
8 1 (0.35%) S/MIME
8 1 (0.35%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.48%) Power BI
1 7 (2.48%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 43 (15.25%) JIRA
2 8 (2.84%) GitLab
2 8 (2.84%) Postman
2 8 (2.84%) SoapUI
3 2 (0.71%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.71%) Snyk
4 1 (0.35%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.35%) Git
4 1 (0.35%) TestDirector
General
1 110 (39.01%) Social Skills
2 70 (24.82%) Finance
3 33 (11.70%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (9.57%) Public Sector
5 18 (6.38%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (5.32%) Banking
7 8 (2.84%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.48%) Legal
8 7 (2.48%) Marketing
9 6 (2.13%) Electronics
9 6 (2.13%) Local Government
9 6 (2.13%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.06%) Law
11 3 (1.06%) Military
11 3 (1.06%) Police
11 3 (1.06%) Retail
12 2 (0.71%) Automotive
12 2 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 47 (16.67%) Consultant
2 37 (13.12%) Analyst
2 37 (13.12%) Architect
3 34 (12.06%) Security Consultant
4 30 (10.64%) Lead
4 30 (10.64%) Security Architect
5 25 (8.87%) Security Engineer
6 21 (7.45%) Security Manager
7 18 (6.38%) Solutions Architect
8 16 (5.67%) Security Analyst
9 15 (5.32%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 15 (5.32%) Senior
10 14 (4.96%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 14 (4.96%) Security Solutions Architect
11 11 (3.90%) Security Specialist
12 9 (3.19%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 8 (2.84%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 8 (2.84%) Lead Architect
14 7 (2.48%) Cybersecurity Specialist
14 7 (2.48%) Risk Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (7.45%) LDAP
1 21 (7.45%) SailPoint
2 10 (3.55%) OAuth
3 9 (3.19%) SAML
4 5 (1.77%) REST
4 5 (1.77%) SOAP
5 4 (1.42%) ARM Templates
5 4 (1.42%) OAuth2
6 3 (1.06%) OpenID
7 2 (0.71%) Flash
7 2 (0.71%) JWT
7 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (0.71%) ModSecurity
7 2 (0.71%) Smart Contracts
8 1 (0.35%) JCE
8 1 (0.35%) JSON Web Signature
8 1 (0.35%) OpenMP
8 1 (0.35%) PyTorch
8 1 (0.35%) SLSA
8 1 (0.35%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.99%) Management Information System
2 20 (7.09%) Security Posture
3 15 (5.32%) Cloud Native
3 15 (5.32%) Cyber Threat
3 15 (5.32%) Security Operations Centre
4 14 (4.96%) Onboarding
5 12 (4.26%) PKI
6 6 (2.13%) CSOC
6 6 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.77%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.42%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.42%) NHS
9 3 (1.06%) BYOD
9 3 (1.06%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.06%) IoT
9 3 (1.06%) SCADA
10 2 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.71%) Blockchain
10 2 (0.71%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.13%) Windows
2 5 (1.77%) Linux
3 4 (1.42%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.06%) Unix
5 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.35%) Rocky
5 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (57.45%) Cybersecurity
2 80 (28.37%) Incident Response
3 75 (26.60%) Cloud Security
3 75 (26.60%) Identity Access Management
3 75 (26.60%) Information Security
4 73 (25.89%) Risk Management
5 61 (21.63%) SIEM
6 50 (17.73%) Security Operations
7 48 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
8 47 (16.67%) CI/CD
9 46 (16.31%) Agile
10 45 (15.96%) DevSecOps
11 43 (15.25%) Threat Modelling
12 42 (14.89%) Vulnerability Management
13 39 (13.83%) DevOps
14 37 (13.12%) Privileged Access Management
15 36 (12.77%) Stakeholder Management
16 35 (12.41%) Computer Science
17 34 (12.06%) Zero Trust
18 30 (10.64%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 39 (13.83%) PowerShell
2 31 (10.99%) Python
3 5 (1.77%) Bash
3 5 (1.77%) BeanShell
3 5 (1.77%) Java
4 4 (1.42%) Bicep
5 2 (0.71%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.71%) Rust
5 2 (0.71%) Solidity
6 1 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 273 (96.81%) CISSP
2 71 (25.18%) Security Cleared
3 69 (24.47%) Degree
4 54 (19.15%) CISA
5 44 (15.60%) SC Cleared
6 34 (12.06%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 31 (10.99%) CEH
8 27 (9.57%) CRISC
9 26 (9.22%) DV Cleared
10 23 (8.16%) CompTIA Security+
11 19 (6.74%) GIAC
12 17 (6.03%) Master's Degree
13 16 (5.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 15 (5.32%) Cisco Certification
14 15 (5.32%) TOGAF Certification
15 14 (4.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 11 (3.90%) PhD
17 10 (3.55%) Azure Certification
18 9 (3.19%) CESG Certified Professional
18 9 (3.19%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (56.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 139 (49.29%) NIST
3 80 (28.37%) GDPR
4 36 (12.77%) PCI DSS
5 27 (9.57%) NCSC
6 23 (8.16%) COBIT
7 20 (7.09%) GRC
7 20 (7.09%) NIST 800
8 18 (6.38%) Cyber Essentials
9 14 (4.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 13 (4.61%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 11 (3.90%) JSP 440
12 10 (3.55%) QA
13 8 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 7 (2.48%) RMADS
14 7 (2.48%) SOC 2
15 6 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 5 (1.77%) HIPAA
16 5 (1.77%) PMO
17 4 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 32 (11.35%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.06%) Firmware
3 2 (0.71%) GPFS
3 2 (0.71%) Lustre
3 2 (0.71%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 2 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (8.51%) Kubernetes
2 15 (5.32%) Single Sign-On
3 13 (4.61%) QRadar
3 13 (4.61%) Terraform
4 11 (3.90%) RSA Archer
5 8 (2.84%) Ansible
5 8 (2.84%) Fluentd
6 4 (1.42%) CSIRT
6 4 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (1.06%) Nessus
8 2 (0.71%) EnCase
8 2 (0.71%) FTK
8 2 (0.71%) Grafana
8 2 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.71%) PingFederate
8 2 (0.71%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.71%) SELinux
9 1 (0.35%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 1 (0.35%) Nexpose
Vendors
1 63 (22.34%) Microsoft
2 53 (18.79%) CyberArk
3 32 (11.35%) Splunk
4 27 (9.57%) BeyondTrust
5 19 (6.74%) BiZZdesign
6 18 (6.38%) ServiceNow
7 16 (5.67%) Thycotic
8 14 (4.96%) Centrify
9 13 (4.61%) Rapid7
10 12 (4.26%) Tenable
11 10 (3.55%) SAP
12 9 (3.19%) CrowdStrike
12 9 (3.19%) Google
13 8 (2.84%) Cribl.io
14 7 (2.48%) Alteryx
14 7 (2.48%) Qualys
15 6 (2.13%) Fortinet
15 6 (2.13%) IBM
15 6 (2.13%) Okta
16 5 (1.77%) Cisco