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 29 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 321 303 329
Rank change year-on-year -18 +26 +16
Contract jobs citing CISM 301 174 218
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.72% 0.73% 0.59%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.26% 2.31% 1.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 97 161
10th Percentile £450 £440 £425
25th Percentile £500 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £591 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -5.40% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £770
90th Percentile £750 £738 £825
UK median daily rate £600 £623 £600
% change year-on-year -3.61% +3.75% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 0
10th Percentile - £28.92 -
25th Percentile - £45.82 -
Median hourly rate £41.94 £57.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.42% - -
75th Percentile £53.75 £66.28 -
90th Percentile £73.17 £79.84 -
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £61.50 -
% change year-on-year -31.80% - -

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 13,348 7,517 11,216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.92% 31.42% 30.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,953 4,781 6,985
10th Percentile £350 £278 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £624 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £713 £748
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £530
% change year-on-year +0.91% -1.84% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,014 437 989
10th Percentile £17.11 £17.87 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.33 £22.27 £18.32
Median hourly rate £47.52 £32.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.22% -18.75% -25.93%
75th Percentile £73.00 £67.25 £62.50
90th Percentile £85.25 £81.01 £75.60
UK median hourly rate £48.05 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +47.85% -18.75% -27.27%

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 29 May 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 29 May 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 29 May 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 -44 127 £600 -7.69% 38
South East -28 58 £600 -4.00% 24
North of England -31 53 £613 +11.36% 8
Yorkshire -21 35 £638 +13.33% 1
South West -12 26 £570 +12.87% 10
Midlands -53 19 £500 -14.93% 11
North West -21 18 £524 -16.10% 5
West Midlands -50 18 £500 -14.93% 8
East of England -28 5 £525 +5.00% 6
East Midlands -31 1 - - 3
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 19 (6.31%) Confluence
2 2 (0.66%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.33%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.66%) Maximo
2 2 (0.66%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 106 (35.22%) Azure
2 94 (31.23%) AWS
3 55 (18.27%) GCP
4 34 (11.30%) Entra ID
5 16 (5.32%) Azure Sentinel
5 16 (5.32%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (5.32%) OpenShift
6 7 (2.33%) Azure AKS
6 7 (2.33%) IaaS
6 7 (2.33%) Microsoft Purview
6 7 (2.33%) PaaS
7 6 (1.99%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (1.99%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 5 (1.66%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (1.33%) SaaS
10 2 (0.66%) AWS Control Tower
10 2 (0.66%) GitHub
10 2 (0.66%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.33%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 45 (14.95%) Network Security
2 23 (7.64%) Firewall
3 12 (3.99%) VPN
4 8 (2.66%) SSL
5 6 (1.99%) HTTP
5 6 (1.99%) Intrusion Detection
6 5 (1.66%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.33%) S/MIME
8 2 (0.66%) Internet
8 2 (0.66%) SSH
8 2 (0.66%) VLAN
9 1 (0.33%) BGP
9 1 (0.33%) Calico
9 1 (0.33%) DHCP
9 1 (0.33%) DNS
9 1 (0.33%) MPLS
9 1 (0.33%) NGFW
9 1 (0.33%) OSPF
9 1 (0.33%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.66%) Data Lake
2 2 (0.66%) Metadata
2 2 (0.66%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.33%) DB2
3 1 (0.33%) EDRMS
3 1 (0.33%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 23 (7.64%) JIRA
2 4 (1.33%) Snyk
3 1 (0.33%) Jenkins
General
1 114 (37.87%) Social Skills
2 74 (24.58%) Finance
3 40 (13.29%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (8.64%) Public Sector
5 16 (5.32%) Banking
5 16 (5.32%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (3.65%) Legal
7 9 (2.99%) Financial Institution
8 7 (2.33%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.99%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (1.99%) Retail
10 3 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.00%) Law
10 3 (1.00%) Local Government
10 3 (1.00%) Marketing
10 3 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.66%) Military
11 2 (0.66%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 53 (17.61%) Consultant
2 51 (16.94%) Architect
3 38 (12.62%) Security Architect
4 37 (12.29%) Security Consultant
5 32 (10.63%) Security Manager
6 29 (9.63%) Project Manager
7 23 (7.64%) Lead
8 22 (7.31%) Analyst
9 20 (6.64%) Security Engineer
10 18 (5.98%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 18 (5.98%) Security Specialist
11 16 (5.32%) Security Project Manager
12 14 (4.65%) Senior
13 12 (3.99%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 10 (3.32%) Cybersecurity Specialist
14 10 (3.32%) DevSecOps Consultant
14 10 (3.32%) Security Analyst
15 9 (2.99%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 8 (2.66%) Cybersecurity Architect
17 7 (2.33%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.98%) LDAP
2 9 (2.99%) OAuth
2 9 (2.99%) REST
2 9 (2.99%) SAML
3 8 (2.66%) OpenID
3 8 (2.66%) SailPoint
3 8 (2.66%) SOAP
4 7 (2.33%) JDBC
4 7 (2.33%) RESTful
5 6 (1.99%) JSON
5 6 (1.99%) Leaflet
6 5 (1.66%) ARM Templates
6 5 (1.66%) J2EE
7 3 (1.00%) OAuth2
7 3 (1.00%) SLSA
8 2 (0.66%) .NET
8 2 (0.66%) Azure Blueprints
8 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (0.66%) ModSecurity
9 1 (0.33%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 32 (10.63%) Operational Technology
1 32 (10.63%) Security Posture
2 31 (10.30%) Management Information System
3 20 (6.64%) PKI
4 13 (4.32%) Cloud Native
5 11 (3.65%) Cyber Threat
5 11 (3.65%) Onboarding
5 11 (3.65%) Private Cloud
6 10 (3.32%) SCADA
7 9 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.66%) Security Operations Centre
9 7 (2.33%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.99%) BYOD
10 6 (1.99%) Cyber Defence
10 6 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.99%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.66%) CMDB
12 4 (1.33%) Algorithms
12 4 (1.33%) Robotics
12 4 (1.33%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 23 (7.64%) Windows
2 17 (5.65%) Linux
3 8 (2.66%) Unix
4 7 (2.33%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.66%) Alpine Linux
6 2 (0.66%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (63.79%) Cybersecurity
2 86 (28.57%) Cloud Security
3 85 (28.24%) Risk Management
4 83 (27.57%) Information Security
5 78 (25.91%) SIEM
6 68 (22.59%) Stakeholder Management
7 63 (20.93%) Vulnerability Management
8 59 (19.60%) Problem-Solving
9 58 (19.27%) Incident Response
10 57 (18.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 56 (18.60%) Security Architecture
12 53 (17.61%) Agile
12 53 (17.61%) Security Operations
12 53 (17.61%) Threat Modelling
13 49 (16.28%) CI/CD
14 48 (15.95%) DevOps
15 46 (15.28%) DevSecOps
16 44 (14.62%) Continuous Improvement
16 44 (14.62%) Risk Assessment
17 42 (13.95%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (12.62%) Python
2 34 (11.30%) PowerShell
3 11 (3.65%) Java
4 9 (2.99%) SQL
5 7 (2.33%) Bicep
6 4 (1.33%) Bash
7 2 (0.66%) BeanShell
8 1 (0.33%) Go
8 1 (0.33%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 295 (98.01%) CISSP
2 101 (33.55%) Security Cleared
3 68 (22.59%) SC Cleared
4 59 (19.60%) Cisco Certification
4 59 (19.60%) Degree
5 58 (19.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 52 (17.28%) CRISC
7 42 (13.95%) CEH
8 34 (11.30%) GIAC
9 32 (10.63%) CCSP
9 32 (10.63%) DV Cleared
10 29 (9.63%) CISA
11 26 (8.64%) PMI Certification
11 26 (8.64%) PMP
12 21 (6.98%) CompTIA Security+
13 17 (5.65%) Computer Science Degree
13 17 (5.65%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 17 (5.65%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 14 (4.65%) Azure Certification
15 13 (4.32%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (47.84%) NIST
2 131 (43.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 69 (22.92%) GDPR
4 33 (10.96%) GRC
5 32 (10.63%) PCI DSS
6 29 (9.63%) NCSC
7 24 (7.97%) COBIT
8 16 (5.32%) SOC 2
9 15 (4.98%) Cyber Essentials
9 15 (4.98%) NIST 800
10 13 (4.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 10 (3.32%) HIPAA
11 10 (3.32%) JSP 440
12 5 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (1.66%) EU AI Act
12 5 (1.66%) Government Security Classifications
12 5 (1.66%) ISO 31000
13 4 (1.33%) ISA99
13 4 (1.33%) RMADS
14 3 (1.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 35 (11.63%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.66%) Docker
2 2 (0.66%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.33%) KVM
3 1 (0.33%) RACF
3 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (9.97%) Kubernetes
2 13 (4.32%) Terraform
3 9 (2.99%) Ansible
4 7 (2.33%) CASB
5 5 (1.66%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.33%) QRadar
7 3 (1.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.66%) CA Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.66%) Grafana
8 2 (0.66%) PingFederate
8 2 (0.66%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.33%) Istio
9 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 63 (20.93%) Microsoft
2 21 (6.98%) ServiceNow
2 21 (6.98%) Splunk
3 18 (5.98%) CyberArk
4 14 (4.65%) BeyondTrust
5 11 (3.65%) Tenable
6 8 (2.66%) IBM
6 8 (2.66%) Qualys
7 7 (2.33%) Okta
8 6 (1.99%) BiZZdesign
8 6 (1.99%) Red Hat
8 6 (1.99%) SAP
8 6 (1.99%) Workday
9 5 (1.66%) Cribl.io
9 5 (1.66%) Google
10 4 (1.33%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (1.33%) Thales
10 4 (1.33%) Zscaler
11 3 (1.00%) Palo Alto
12 2 (0.66%) Rapid7