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 21 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 289 278 294
Rank change year-on-year -11 +16 +122
Contract jobs citing CISM 312 203 270
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.83% 0.83% 0.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.45% 2.67% 2.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 114 201
10th Percentile £450 £463 £438
25th Percentile £492 £521 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £628 £625
Median % change year-on-year -10.36% +0.40% -3.85%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £750
90th Percentile £725 £750 £850
UK median daily rate £563 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -10.00% +4.17% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 9 2
10th Percentile - £58.85 £83.77
25th Percentile £41.94 £60.75 £84.31
Median hourly rate £45.46 £73.60 £85.21
Median % change year-on-year -38.23% -13.62% +23.06%
75th Percentile £83.13 £83.20 £86.10
90th Percentile £94.25 £85.56 £86.64
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £73.60 £85.21
% change year-on-year -11.68% -13.62% +20.86%

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 12,713 7,617 11,798
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.96% 31.10% 31.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,453 4,837 7,318
10th Percentile £331 £290 £300
25th Percentile £423 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 985 420 909
10th Percentile £16.35 £18.62 £14.00
25th Percentile £19.75 £25.26 £18.13
Median hourly rate £29.61 £50.00 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year -40.78% +29.03% -22.50%
75th Percentile £67.84 £68.00 £63.29
90th Percentile £84.60 £82.25 £77.10
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £42.50 £38.16
% change year-on-year -29.41% +11.39% -26.63%

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 21 March 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 21 March 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 21 March 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 -20 130 £575 -10.85% 41
South East -35 62 £500 -20.63% 26
North of England -27 59 £537 -14.04% 18
Yorkshire -20 40 £537 -17.38% 6
Midlands -56 21 £600 -7.76% 9
West Midlands -53 19 £600 -7.76% 6
North West -20 18 £553 -15.00% 11
South West -24 16 £570 -8.80% 16
East of England -24 5 £525 +1.16% 7
East Midlands -36 2 £425 - 3
North East -17 1 £545 +2.06% 1
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 34 (10.90%) Confluence
2 3 (0.96%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.32%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (2.24%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 107 (34.29%) Azure
2 89 (28.53%) AWS
3 51 (16.35%) GCP
4 31 (9.94%) Entra ID
5 23 (7.37%) OpenShift
6 20 (6.41%) Azure Sentinel
7 9 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (2.56%) Microsoft Purview
9 7 (2.24%) Azure AKS
9 7 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.24%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 7 (2.24%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (1.60%) SaaS
11 3 (0.96%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.64%) Azure Key Vault
12 2 (0.64%) GitHub
13 1 (0.32%) Akamai
13 1 (0.32%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.32%) IaaS
13 1 (0.32%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (13.46%) Network Security
2 31 (9.94%) Firewall
3 18 (5.77%) VPN
4 8 (2.56%) HTTP
5 6 (1.92%) SSL
6 5 (1.60%) Kerberos
7 4 (1.28%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (1.28%) S/MIME
7 4 (1.28%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.96%) SSH
9 2 (0.64%) DNS
10 1 (0.32%) BGP
10 1 (0.32%) DHCP
10 1 (0.32%) InfiniBand
10 1 (0.32%) MPLS
10 1 (0.32%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.64%) Data Lake
1 2 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.32%) EDRMS
2 1 (0.32%) Power BI
2 1 (0.32%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 39 (12.50%) JIRA
2 6 (1.92%) GitLab
3 4 (1.28%) Snyk
4 2 (0.64%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.32%) Git
General
1 124 (39.74%) Social Skills
2 73 (23.40%) Finance
3 35 (11.22%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (8.65%) Documentation Skills
5 25 (8.01%) Public Sector
6 16 (5.13%) Banking
7 11 (3.53%) Legal
8 8 (2.56%) Financial Institution
9 7 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.60%) Marketing
11 4 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.28%) Retail
12 2 (0.64%) Law
12 2 (0.64%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.64%) Police
13 1 (0.32%) Electronics
13 1 (0.32%) Front Office
13 1 (0.32%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.32%) Local Government
13 1 (0.32%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 57 (18.27%) Architect
2 45 (14.42%) Security Architect
3 35 (11.22%) Consultant
4 32 (10.26%) Security Engineer
5 30 (9.62%) Security Consultant
6 29 (9.29%) Analyst
7 28 (8.97%) Security Manager
8 27 (8.65%) Lead
9 21 (6.73%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 21 (6.73%) Solutions Architect
10 19 (6.09%) Project Manager
11 17 (5.45%) Security Solutions Architect
11 17 (5.45%) Security Specialist
12 16 (5.13%) Security Analyst
13 14 (4.49%) Senior
14 12 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 12 (3.85%) Security Project Manager
15 11 (3.53%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 9 (2.88%) Azure Engineer
17 8 (2.56%) Cybersecurity Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (9.29%) LDAP
2 15 (4.81%) SailPoint
3 9 (2.88%) OAuth
3 9 (2.88%) REST
3 9 (2.88%) SOAP
4 8 (2.56%) SAML
5 7 (2.24%) ARM Templates
6 4 (1.28%) JDBC
6 4 (1.28%) Leaflet
7 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Graph
7 3 (0.96%) RESTful
8 2 (0.64%) Flash
8 2 (0.64%) J2EE
8 2 (0.64%) JSON
8 2 (0.64%) ModSecurity
8 2 (0.64%) OpenID
8 2 (0.64%) Smart Contracts
9 1 (0.32%) OAuth2
9 1 (0.32%) OpenMP
9 1 (0.32%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.86%) Management Information System
2 26 (8.33%) Security Posture
3 18 (5.77%) Cloud Native
4 17 (5.45%) Operational Technology
5 16 (5.13%) PKI
6 15 (4.81%) Onboarding
7 13 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
8 10 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (2.88%) Security Operations Centre
10 8 (2.56%) BYOD
11 7 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (1.92%) Private Cloud
12 6 (1.92%) Public Cloud
13 5 (1.60%) CSOC
13 5 (1.60%) Robotics
14 4 (1.28%) Algorithms
14 4 (1.28%) Cyber Defence
14 4 (1.28%) Smartcard
14 4 (1.28%) Virtual Team
15 3 (0.96%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.21%) Windows
2 6 (1.92%) Linux
3 5 (1.60%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.64%) Unix
5 1 (0.32%) Rocky
5 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 83 (26.60%) Information Security
3 80 (25.64%) Risk Management
4 79 (25.32%) Cloud Security
4 79 (25.32%) SIEM
5 73 (23.40%) Incident Response
6 66 (21.15%) Identity Access Management
7 65 (20.83%) Security Operations
8 61 (19.55%) Agile
8 61 (19.55%) Problem-Solving
9 57 (18.27%) DevOps
10 50 (16.03%) DevSecOps
11 49 (15.71%) Vulnerability Management
12 47 (15.06%) Stakeholder Management
13 46 (14.74%) CI/CD
14 45 (14.42%) Security Architecture
14 45 (14.42%) Threat Modelling
15 43 (13.78%) TOGAF
16 41 (13.14%) Computer Science
17 39 (12.50%) AI
Programming Languages
1 48 (15.38%) PowerShell
2 45 (14.42%) Python
3 8 (2.56%) Java
4 7 (2.24%) Bicep
5 6 (1.92%) BeanShell
6 5 (1.60%) SQL
7 4 (1.28%) Bash
8 2 (0.64%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.64%) Rust
8 2 (0.64%) Solidity
9 1 (0.32%) Go
9 1 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 305 (97.76%) CISSP
2 102 (32.69%) Security Cleared
3 72 (23.08%) Degree
4 69 (22.12%) SC Cleared
5 38 (12.18%) Cisco Certification
6 36 (11.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 36 (11.54%) CRISC
7 35 (11.22%) DV Cleared
8 33 (10.58%) CEH
9 27 (8.65%) CISA
9 27 (8.65%) CompTIA Security+
10 25 (8.01%) GIAC
10 25 (8.01%) Master's Degree
11 23 (7.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 21 (6.73%) PMI Certification
12 21 (6.73%) PMP
13 18 (5.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 17 (5.45%) Azure Certification
14 17 (5.45%) Computer Science Degree
15 16 (5.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (47.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 148 (47.44%) NIST
2 84 (26.92%) GDPR
3 33 (10.58%) PCI DSS
4 30 (9.62%) GRC
5 25 (8.01%) NCSC
6 18 (5.77%) COBIT
7 16 (5.13%) NIST 800
8 15 (4.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 14 (4.49%) SOC 2
10 12 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
11 11 (3.53%) JSP 440
12 7 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (1.92%) HIPAA
13 6 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 4 (1.28%) Government Security Classifications
14 4 (1.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 4 (1.28%) PMO
15 3 (0.96%) EU AI Act
15 3 (0.96%) RMADS
System Software
1 45 (14.42%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.64%) GPFS
2 2 (0.64%) Lustre
2 2 (0.64%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.32%) Docker
3 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 31 (9.94%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.81%) Terraform
3 13 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (2.56%) Ansible
5 6 (1.92%) CASB
5 6 (1.92%) Fluentd
6 5 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.64%) Grafana
7 2 (0.64%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.64%) QRadar
7 2 (0.64%) SELinux
8 1 (0.32%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 59 (18.91%) Microsoft
2 52 (16.67%) CyberArk
3 29 (9.29%) Splunk
4 26 (8.33%) BeyondTrust
5 21 (6.73%) BiZZdesign
6 20 (6.41%) ServiceNow
7 15 (4.81%) Tenable
8 14 (4.49%) Centrify
9 12 (3.85%) IBM
10 11 (3.53%) Cribl.io
11 9 (2.88%) Okta
12 8 (2.56%) Red Hat
13 7 (2.24%) Qualys
13 7 (2.24%) Thycotic
14 6 (1.92%) SAP
15 5 (1.60%) Palo Alto
16 4 (1.28%) Cisco
16 4 (1.28%) CrowdStrike
16 4 (1.28%) Fortinet
16 4 (1.28%) Thales