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 31 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 328 310 342
Rank change year-on-year -18 +32 -77
Contract jobs citing CISM 320 211 202
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.70% 0.76% 0.61%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.20% 2.42% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 126 153
10th Percentile £450 £411 £425
25th Percentile £513 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £606 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.03% +1.04% -2.64%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £738
90th Percentile £800 £788 £795
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £600
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 0
10th Percentile £62.81 £28.52 -
25th Percentile £64.09 £29.79 -
Median hourly rate £82.41 £42.62 -
Median % change year-on-year +93.36% - -
75th Percentile £104.00 £53.75 -
90th Percentile - £58.00 -
UK median hourly rate £82.41 £42.62 -
% change year-on-year +93.36% - -

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 14,554 8,725 10,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.81% 31.44% 30.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,779 5,510 6,303
10th Percentile £350 £300 £325
25th Percentile £438 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £713 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,126 679 648
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.20 £15.24
25th Percentile £25.77 £18.87 £23.37
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -49.70% -8.36%
75th Percentile £74.92 £53.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £79.42
UK median hourly rate £48.72 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +93.72% -47.05% -13.64%

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 31 August 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 31 August 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 31 August 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 -24 142 £586 -9.81% 106
South East -39 58 £600 -11.11% 49
North of England -43 54 £663 +26.19% 24
Yorkshire -20 35 £663 +40.96% 9
South West -30 33 £570 -15.56% 41
Midlands -44 22 £516 -1.67% 13
North West -45 18 £644 +17.09% 11
West Midlands -37 17 £500 -37.50% 5
East Midlands -15 5 £533 +25.29% 8
East of England -18 5 £550 +10.00% 9
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 8 (2.50%) Confluence
2 1 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 3 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (0.63%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.31%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 117 (36.56%) Azure
2 107 (33.44%) AWS
3 61 (19.06%) GCP
4 35 (10.94%) Entra ID
5 13 (4.06%) Azure Sentinel
5 13 (4.06%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (3.44%) SaaS
7 8 (2.50%) AWS Control Tower
8 7 (2.19%) IaaS
8 7 (2.19%) Microsoft Purview
8 7 (2.19%) PaaS
9 6 (1.88%) Amazon EC2
9 6 (1.88%) Amazon S3
10 3 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.94%) Azure Key Vault
10 3 (0.94%) OCI
10 3 (0.94%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.63%) Akamai
11 2 (0.63%) Azure AKS
11 2 (0.63%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 48 (15.00%) Network Security
2 27 (8.44%) Firewall
3 14 (4.38%) Intrusion Detection
4 6 (1.88%) Internet
5 5 (1.56%) DNS
5 5 (1.56%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.56%) VPN
6 3 (0.94%) HTTP
6 3 (0.94%) VLAN
7 2 (0.63%) SSL
8 1 (0.31%) 4G
8 1 (0.31%) 5G
8 1 (0.31%) Calico
8 1 (0.31%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (0.31%) Intranet
8 1 (0.31%) IPFIX
8 1 (0.31%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.31%) Modbus
8 1 (0.31%) NGFW
8 1 (0.31%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
1 6 (1.88%) DynamoDB
2 2 (0.63%) Metadata
2 2 (0.63%) Power BI
3 1 (0.31%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.31%) Db2
3 1 (0.31%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.31%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (3.44%) JIRA
2 3 (0.94%) Snyk
3 2 (0.63%) Burp Suite
3 2 (0.63%) Git
4 1 (0.31%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.31%) GitLab
4 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
General
1 137 (42.81%) Social Skills
2 77 (24.06%) Finance
3 36 (11.25%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (9.69%) Public Sector
5 24 (7.50%) Influencing Skills
6 17 (5.31%) Banking
6 17 (5.31%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (4.06%) Legal
8 12 (3.75%) Manufacturing
9 10 (3.13%) Aerospace
10 8 (2.50%) Police
10 8 (2.50%) Telecoms
11 7 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.88%) Financial Institution
12 6 (1.88%) Law
13 5 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.56%) Retail
14 4 (1.25%) Italian Language
14 4 (1.25%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 63 (19.69%) Architect
2 58 (18.13%) Consultant
3 47 (14.69%) Security Architect
4 42 (13.13%) Lead
5 35 (10.94%) Security Manager
6 33 (10.31%) Security Consultant
7 22 (6.88%) Project Manager
7 22 (6.88%) Security Engineer
8 19 (5.94%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 17 (5.31%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 15 (4.69%) DevSecOps Consultant
11 14 (4.38%) Analyst
11 14 (4.38%) Security Project Manager
11 14 (4.38%) Senior
11 14 (4.38%) SOC Manager
12 11 (3.44%) Security Specialist
13 10 (3.13%) Operational Security Manager
13 10 (3.13%) Security Operations Manager
14 9 (2.81%) Cybersecurity Architect
14 9 (2.81%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.94%) LDAP
2 16 (5.00%) Terraform
3 11 (3.44%) OAuth
3 11 (3.44%) REST
3 11 (3.44%) SAML
4 9 (2.81%) OpenID
5 8 (2.50%) RESTful
6 7 (2.19%) JDBC
6 7 (2.19%) JSON
6 7 (2.19%) SOAP
7 6 (1.88%) Leaflet
7 6 (1.88%) SailPoint
8 5 (1.56%) Jakarta EE
8 5 (1.56%) SLSA
9 4 (1.25%) OAuth2
10 2 (0.63%) .NET
10 2 (0.63%) Azure Blueprints
10 2 (0.63%) ModSecurity
11 1 (0.31%) FIDO
11 1 (0.31%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (13.13%) Security Posture
2 31 (9.69%) Management Information System
2 31 (9.69%) Operational Technology
3 24 (7.50%) Security Operations Centre
4 22 (6.88%) Cyber Threat
5 19 (5.94%) Cloud Native
6 17 (5.31%) Onboarding
7 12 (3.75%) Cyber Defence
7 12 (3.75%) Private Cloud
7 12 (3.75%) SCADA
8 7 (2.19%) PKI
9 6 (1.88%) CMDB
9 6 (1.88%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.56%) AI Agents
10 5 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.25%) CESG
11 4 (1.25%) Cyber Security Posture
11 4 (1.25%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 27 (8.44%) Windows
2 20 (6.25%) Linux
3 9 (2.81%) Unix
4 7 (2.19%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.25%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.63%) Alpine Linux
7 2 (0.63%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (71.25%) Cybersecurity
2 119 (37.19%) Stakeholder Management
3 102 (31.88%) Cloud Security
4 94 (29.38%) Risk Management
5 88 (27.50%) SIEM
6 82 (25.63%) Vulnerability Management
7 76 (23.75%) Information Security
8 68 (21.25%) Security Architecture
9 66 (20.63%) Threat Modelling
10 65 (20.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 63 (19.69%) Incident Response
12 59 (18.44%) DevSecOps
13 58 (18.13%) Security Operations
14 56 (17.50%) Roadmaps
15 54 (16.88%) SABSA
16 47 (14.69%) Data Protection
17 46 (14.38%) Identity Access Management
18 45 (14.06%) CI/CD
18 45 (14.06%) Continuous Improvement
18 45 (14.06%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 32 (10.00%) Python
2 31 (9.69%) PowerShell
3 12 (3.75%) Java
4 8 (2.50%) SQL
5 4 (1.25%) Bash
5 4 (1.25%) Bicep
6 2 (0.63%) C#
7 1 (0.31%) BeanShell
7 1 (0.31%) Go
7 1 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 311 (97.19%) CISSP
2 117 (36.56%) Security Cleared
3 78 (24.38%) SC Cleared
4 76 (23.75%) Cisco Certification
5 74 (23.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 61 (19.06%) CRISC
7 54 (16.88%) CEH
8 48 (15.00%) Degree
9 41 (12.81%) DV Cleared
10 40 (12.50%) CCSP
11 30 (9.38%) CISA
11 30 (9.38%) GIAC
12 26 (8.13%) PMI Certification
12 26 (8.13%) PMP
13 23 (7.19%) AWS Certification
13 23 (7.19%) CompTIA Security+
14 22 (6.88%) OSCP
15 18 (5.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 16 (5.00%) Azure Certification
17 14 (4.38%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (45.94%) NIST
2 134 (41.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 59 (18.44%) GDPR
4 38 (11.88%) NCSC
5 34 (10.63%) GRC
6 26 (8.13%) COBIT
6 26 (8.13%) PCI DSS
7 21 (6.56%) Cyber Essentials
8 16 (5.00%) NIST 800
9 14 (4.38%) HIPAA
9 14 (4.38%) SOC 2
10 13 (4.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 11 (3.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 11 (3.44%) JSP 440
12 10 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 10 (3.13%) Government Security Classifications
13 7 (2.19%) Def Stans
13 7 (2.19%) EU AI Act
14 6 (1.88%) ISO 31000
15 4 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 29 (9.06%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.94%) Docker
2 3 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.31%) KVM
3 1 (0.31%) RACF
3 1 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.31%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (7.81%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.50%) CASB
3 6 (1.88%) Ansible
3 6 (1.88%) Istio
3 6 (1.88%) QRadar
4 5 (1.56%) linkerd
4 5 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.63%) CA Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.63%) PingFederate
7 1 (0.31%) Argo
7 1 (0.31%) Grafana
7 1 (0.31%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.31%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 69 (21.56%) Microsoft
2 20 (6.25%) Splunk
3 17 (5.31%) ServiceNow
4 14 (4.38%) CyberArk
5 11 (3.44%) Qualys
5 11 (3.44%) Tenable
6 9 (2.81%) Google
6 9 (2.81%) Zscaler
7 8 (2.50%) BeyondTrust
7 8 (2.50%) CrowdStrike
7 8 (2.50%) SAP
8 6 (1.88%) Oracle
8 6 (1.88%) Workday
9 5 (1.56%) Okta
10 4 (1.25%) Ping Identity
10 4 (1.25%) Rapid7
11 3 (0.94%) IBM
11 3 (0.94%) Palo Alto
12 2 (0.63%) Fortinet
12 2 (0.63%) Ivanti