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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 308 346 324
Rank change year-on-year +38 -22 +111
Contract jobs citing CISM 190 213 345
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.74% 0.57% 0.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.38% 1.87% 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 157 258
10th Percentile £417 £433 £475
25th Percentile £505 £513 £552
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £700 £770 £775
90th Percentile £750 £823 £850
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 9
10th Percentile £28.72 - £59.73
25th Percentile £30.06 - £67.95
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £72.69
75th Percentile £58.00 - £74.79
90th Percentile £62.24 - £80.69
UK median hourly rate £52.50 - £72.69
% change year-on-year - - +2.27%

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 7,999 11,387 12,865
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.96% 30.51% 27.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,039 7,036 8,581
10th Percentile £281 £313 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +3.77%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £716 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 530 998 634
10th Percentile £17.87 £14.16 £14.64
25th Percentile £20.00 £20.50 £22.50
Median hourly rate £28.58 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.76% -22.73% +32.53%
75th Percentile £63.63 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £77.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £40.94 £55.85
% change year-on-year -31.61% -26.70% +25.51%

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 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISM in England

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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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CISM in England over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CISM in England

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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 2 July 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 +1 91 £625 -11.66% 490
South East +77 40 £625 +4.17% 93
Midlands +19 19 £525 -25.00% 60
North of England -5 13 £613 +11.36% 125
South West +25 11 £525 +5.00% 58
West Midlands +20 11 £888 -1.36% 38
East Midlands +6 8 £445 -11.00% 21
North West -4 8 £700 +15.70% 80
East of England +26 6 £500 +25.00% 47
North East 0 3 £534 +1.71% 13
Yorkshire -3 2 £563 +7.14% 32
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
2 1 (0.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.53%) SAP ERP
1 1 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 47 (24.74%) Azure
2 28 (14.74%) AWS
3 19 (10.00%) GCP
4 10 (5.26%) Microsoft Purview
5 9 (4.74%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.63%) Power Platform
6 5 (2.63%) SaaS
7 4 (2.11%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.58%) IaaS
8 3 (1.58%) PaaS
9 2 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.05%) GitHub
10 1 (0.53%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.53%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.53%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 28 (14.74%) Network Security
2 27 (14.21%) Firewall
3 5 (2.63%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (2.11%) SD-WAN
4 4 (2.11%) VPN
4 4 (2.11%) WAN
5 2 (1.05%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (1.05%) DMZ
5 2 (1.05%) Modbus
6 1 (0.53%) BGP
6 1 (0.53%) DNS
6 1 (0.53%) LAN
6 1 (0.53%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.63%) Power BI
1 5 (2.63%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (4.21%) JIRA
2 2 (1.05%) GitLab
2 2 (1.05%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.05%) Snyk
General
1 73 (38.42%) Social Skills
2 30 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (15.26%) Finance
4 18 (9.47%) Legal
4 18 (9.47%) Public Sector
5 16 (8.42%) Telecoms
6 7 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.63%) Law
7 5 (2.63%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.11%) Banking
8 4 (2.11%) Military
9 3 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.58%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.58%) Retail
10 2 (1.05%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.05%) Electronics
10 2 (1.05%) Marketing
11 1 (0.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.53%) Local Government
11 1 (0.53%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 39 (20.53%) Architect
2 36 (18.95%) Security Architect
3 32 (16.84%) Consultant
3 32 (16.84%) Senior
4 24 (12.63%) Security Consultant
4 24 (12.63%) Security Specialist
5 19 (10.00%) Lead
5 19 (10.00%) Security Manager
6 14 (7.37%) Security Engineer
7 13 (6.84%) Analyst
8 12 (6.32%) Information Specialist
9 10 (5.26%) Information Manager
9 10 (5.26%) Information Security Specialist
9 10 (5.26%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 10 (5.26%) Senior Information Security Specialist
9 10 (5.26%) Senior Security Specialist
10 8 (4.21%) Information Security Manager
11 6 (3.16%) Senior Consultant
11 6 (3.16%) Senior Security Engineer
11 6 (3.16%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.74%) SailPoint
2 6 (3.16%) Web Services
3 1 (0.53%) LDAP
3 1 (0.53%) OAuth
3 1 (0.53%) OpenID
3 1 (0.53%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.53%) Management Information System
1 20 (10.53%) Security Posture
2 11 (5.79%) Insider Threat
2 11 (5.79%) Operational Technology
3 10 (5.26%) Cyber Threat
3 10 (5.26%) Security Operations Centre
4 6 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.63%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.63%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.11%) Algorithms
6 4 (2.11%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.58%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (1.58%) Low-Code
7 3 (1.58%) PKI
7 3 (1.58%) SCADA
8 2 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.05%) e-Learning
8 2 (1.05%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (1.05%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.21%) Windows
2 6 (3.16%) Linux
3 5 (2.63%) Mac OS
3 5 (2.63%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.05%) AIX
4 2 (1.05%) Solaris
5 1 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (46.84%) Cybersecurity
2 82 (43.16%) Information Security
3 67 (35.26%) Risk Management
4 42 (22.11%) Incident Response
5 39 (20.53%) Cloud Security
5 39 (20.53%) Security Architecture
6 37 (19.47%) Problem-Solving
7 32 (16.84%) Agile
7 32 (16.84%) Stakeholder Management
7 32 (16.84%) Vulnerability Management
8 30 (15.79%) Roadmaps
9 29 (15.26%) Security Operations
10 28 (14.74%) Threat Modelling
11 25 (13.16%) Risk Assessment
11 25 (13.16%) SIEM
12 23 (12.11%) Computer Science
13 21 (11.05%) Data Protection
14 20 (10.53%) DevSecOps
15 19 (10.00%) TOGAF
16 17 (8.95%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.32%) PowerShell
2 10 (5.26%) Python
3 3 (1.58%) Bash
4 1 (0.53%) PHP
4 1 (0.53%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 162 (85.26%) CISSP
2 51 (26.84%) Security Cleared
3 49 (25.79%) CISA
4 40 (21.05%) Degree
5 35 (18.42%) SC Cleared
6 33 (17.37%) CRISC
7 19 (10.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 15 (7.89%) CEH
9 13 (6.84%) GIAC
10 11 (5.79%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (5.79%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (4.74%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (4.74%) DV Cleared
12 7 (3.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 7 (3.68%) OSCP
12 7 (3.68%) PMI Certification
12 7 (3.68%) PMP
13 6 (3.16%) AWS Certification
13 6 (3.16%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (3.16%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (49.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 73 (38.42%) NIST
3 49 (25.79%) GDPR
4 22 (11.58%) PCI DSS
5 17 (8.95%) GRC
6 16 (8.42%) HIPAA
6 16 (8.42%) NCSC
7 13 (6.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 13 (6.84%) SOC 2
8 12 (6.32%) COBIT
8 12 (6.32%) Cyber Essentials
9 11 (5.79%) NIST 800
10 7 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 7 (3.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (2.63%) QA
11 5 (2.63%) RMADS
12 4 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 3 (1.58%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (1.58%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 10 (5.26%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (5.26%) CASB
2 6 (3.16%) RSA Archer
3 5 (2.63%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (2.63%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (2.63%) QRadar
4 2 (1.05%) CSIRT
4 2 (1.05%) FortiGate
4 2 (1.05%) Nessus
4 2 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 33 (17.37%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.37%) ServiceNow
3 10 (5.26%) Qualys
4 9 (4.74%) Rapid7
5 8 (4.21%) CyberArk
6 7 (3.68%) Splunk
7 6 (3.16%) Cisco
7 6 (3.16%) CrowdStrike
8 5 (2.63%) Alteryx
8 5 (2.63%) Proofpoint
8 5 (2.63%) Tenable
9 4 (2.11%) Ariba
9 4 (2.11%) Zscaler
10 3 (1.58%) BeyondTrust
10 3 (1.58%) Okta
10 3 (1.58%) SAP
11 2 (1.05%) Google
11 2 (1.05%) Saba
11 2 (1.05%) Thycotic
11 2 (1.05%) Veracode