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 20 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 328 321 343
Rank change year-on-year -7 +22 -11
Contract jobs citing CISM 296 179 217
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.69% 0.72% 0.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.17% 2.31% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 99 162
10th Percentile £450 £423 £425
25th Percentile £502 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £688 £700 £765
90th Percentile £750 £750 £823
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 0
10th Percentile - £28.72 -
25th Percentile £41.94 £40.38 -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £52.50 -
75th Percentile £64.09 £62.24 -
90th Percentile £77.30 £68.71 -
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £57.00 -
% change year-on-year -7.89% - -

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 13,650 7,760 11,510
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.60% 31.16% 30.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,203 4,893 7,098
10th Percentile £350 £280 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £645
90th Percentile £721 £713 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,034 496 1,021
10th Percentile £17.87 £17.87 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £20.18 £20.25
Median hourly rate £52.50 £30.27 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +73.44% -27.06% -24.55%
75th Percentile £73.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.39 £80.50 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £30.00 £40.25
% change year-on-year +66.67% -25.47% -27.24%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 20 June 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 -33 132 £586 -9.81% 44
South East -49 54 £600 -4.00% 34
North of England -44 45 £668 +8.98% 10
Yorkshire -32 29 £674 +19.78% 3
South West -9 28 £570 +12.87% 11
Midlands -53 20 £588 +11.90% 14
North West -36 16 £524 -25.09% 7
West Midlands -51 16 £600 +2.08% 6
East of England -32 5 £525 +36.72% 7
East Midlands -20 4 £533 +33.13% 8
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 17 (5.74%) Confluence
2 2 (0.68%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.34%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.69%) Maximo
2 2 (0.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 110 (37.16%) Azure
2 99 (33.45%) AWS
3 60 (20.27%) GCP
4 33 (11.15%) Entra ID
5 16 (5.41%) Azure Sentinel
6 14 (4.73%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (2.36%) Azure AKS
7 7 (2.36%) IaaS
7 7 (2.36%) OpenShift
7 7 (2.36%) PaaS
7 7 (2.36%) SaaS
8 6 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 5 (1.69%) Azure Monitor
9 5 (1.69%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.01%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.68%) Akamai
11 2 (0.68%) AWS Control Tower
12 1 (0.34%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.34%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 51 (17.23%) Network Security
2 23 (7.77%) Firewall
3 9 (3.04%) VPN
4 8 (2.70%) Intrusion Detection
5 6 (2.03%) HTTP
6 5 (1.69%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.01%) SSL
8 2 (0.68%) DNS
8 2 (0.68%) Internet
8 2 (0.68%) S/MIME
8 2 (0.68%) SSH
8 2 (0.68%) VLAN
9 1 (0.34%) BGP
9 1 (0.34%) Calico
9 1 (0.34%) DHCP
9 1 (0.34%) Modbus
9 1 (0.34%) MPLS
9 1 (0.34%) NGFW
9 1 (0.34%) OSPF
9 1 (0.34%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.68%) Data Lake
2 2 (0.68%) Metadata
2 2 (0.68%) Power BI
2 2 (0.68%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.34%) Db2
3 1 (0.34%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 21 (7.09%) JIRA
2 6 (2.03%) Snyk
3 2 (0.68%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.34%) Git
4 1 (0.34%) Jenkins
General
1 122 (41.22%) Social Skills
2 80 (27.03%) Finance
3 45 (15.20%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (8.78%) Public Sector
5 18 (6.08%) Banking
6 17 (5.74%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (3.72%) Legal
8 9 (3.04%) Financial Institution
8 9 (3.04%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.03%) Retail
10 4 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.01%) Local Government
11 3 (1.01%) Marketing
11 3 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.01%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.68%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.68%) Law
12 2 (0.68%) Military
Job Titles
1 50 (16.89%) Architect
1 50 (16.89%) Consultant
2 38 (12.84%) Security Architect
3 33 (11.15%) Security Manager
4 32 (10.81%) Security Consultant
5 28 (9.46%) Project Manager
6 25 (8.45%) Lead
7 21 (7.09%) Analyst
7 21 (7.09%) Security Engineer
8 18 (6.08%) Security Specialist
9 16 (5.41%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 16 (5.41%) Security Project Manager
10 14 (4.73%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 13 (4.39%) DevSecOps Consultant
11 13 (4.39%) Senior
12 10 (3.38%) Cybersecurity Specialist
13 9 (3.04%) Cybersecurity Architect
13 9 (3.04%) Security Analyst
14 8 (2.70%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 7 (2.36%) Operational Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (7.09%) LDAP
2 10 (3.38%) OAuth
2 10 (3.38%) SAML
3 9 (3.04%) OpenID
3 9 (3.04%) REST
4 8 (2.70%) RESTful
4 8 (2.70%) SailPoint
5 7 (2.36%) JDBC
5 7 (2.36%) JSON
5 7 (2.36%) SOAP
6 6 (2.03%) Leaflet
7 5 (1.69%) ARM Templates
7 5 (1.69%) J2EE
8 4 (1.35%) OAuth2
9 3 (1.01%) SLSA
10 2 (0.68%) .NET
10 2 (0.68%) Azure Blueprints
11 1 (0.34%) STL
11 1 (0.34%) XML
11 1 (0.34%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (14.19%) Security Posture
2 34 (11.49%) Management Information System
2 34 (11.49%) Operational Technology
3 13 (4.39%) Security Operations Centre
4 12 (4.05%) Cloud Native
4 12 (4.05%) Onboarding
4 12 (4.05%) Private Cloud
5 11 (3.72%) Cyber Threat
5 11 (3.72%) SCADA
6 9 (3.04%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (3.04%) PKI
7 7 (2.36%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.36%) Public Cloud
8 6 (2.03%) BYOD
8 6 (2.03%) Cyber Defence
8 6 (2.03%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.69%) CMDB
9 5 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.35%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 25 (8.45%) Windows
2 19 (6.42%) Linux
3 9 (3.04%) Unix
3 9 (3.04%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.01%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.68%) Alpine Linux
7 1 (0.34%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (67.91%) Cybersecurity
2 87 (29.39%) Risk Management
3 85 (28.72%) Information Security
4 81 (27.36%) SIEM
5 79 (26.69%) Cloud Security
6 75 (25.34%) Stakeholder Management
7 65 (21.96%) Vulnerability Management
8 63 (21.28%) Problem-Solving
8 63 (21.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 61 (20.61%) Security Operations
10 60 (20.27%) Threat Modelling
11 55 (18.58%) Incident Response
11 55 (18.58%) Security Architecture
12 54 (18.24%) Agile
13 50 (16.89%) DevSecOps
14 48 (16.22%) CI/CD
15 47 (15.88%) Risk Assessment
16 46 (15.54%) Continuous Improvement
17 44 (14.86%) Application Security
18 43 (14.53%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 37 (12.50%) Python
2 33 (11.15%) PowerShell
3 10 (3.38%) Java
4 9 (3.04%) SQL
5 7 (2.36%) Bicep
6 2 (0.68%) Bash
7 1 (0.34%) BeanShell
7 1 (0.34%) Go
7 1 (0.34%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 290 (97.97%) CISSP
2 101 (34.12%) Security Cleared
3 70 (23.65%) SC Cleared
4 67 (22.64%) Cisco Certification
5 66 (22.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 59 (19.93%) CRISC
7 57 (19.26%) Degree
8 48 (16.22%) CEH
9 37 (12.50%) GIAC
10 36 (12.16%) CCSP
11 31 (10.47%) DV Cleared
12 30 (10.14%) CISA
13 27 (9.12%) PMI Certification
13 27 (9.12%) PMP
14 23 (7.77%) CompTIA Security+
15 17 (5.74%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 17 (5.74%) OSCP
16 16 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
17 15 (5.07%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
18 14 (4.73%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (48.65%) NIST
2 132 (44.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 65 (21.96%) GDPR
4 32 (10.81%) GRC
5 30 (10.14%) PCI DSS
6 26 (8.78%) NCSC
7 24 (8.11%) COBIT
8 17 (5.74%) SOC 2
9 15 (5.07%) NIST 800
10 14 (4.73%) Cyber Essentials
11 13 (4.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 11 (3.72%) HIPAA
13 9 (3.04%) JSP 440
14 6 (2.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (2.03%) ISO 31000
15 5 (1.69%) EU AI Act
15 5 (1.69%) Government Security Classifications
16 4 (1.35%) ISA99
16 4 (1.35%) RMADS
17 3 (1.01%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 32 (10.81%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.01%) Docker
2 3 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.34%) KVM
3 1 (0.34%) RACF
3 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (8.45%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.04%) Terraform
3 7 (2.36%) CASB
4 5 (1.69%) Ansible
4 5 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.35%) QRadar
6 3 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.68%) CA Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.68%) PingFederate
8 1 (0.34%) Istio
8 1 (0.34%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 62 (20.95%) Microsoft
2 25 (8.45%) ServiceNow
3 24 (8.11%) Splunk
4 18 (6.08%) CyberArk
5 14 (4.73%) Tenable
6 13 (4.39%) BeyondTrust
7 11 (3.72%) Qualys
8 8 (2.70%) IBM
8 8 (2.70%) Okta
9 7 (2.36%) CrowdStrike
10 6 (2.03%) Google
10 6 (2.03%) Red Hat
10 6 (2.03%) SAP
10 6 (2.03%) Workday
11 5 (1.69%) Cribl.io
11 5 (1.69%) Oracle
12 4 (1.35%) BiZZdesign
12 4 (1.35%) Rapid7
12 4 (1.35%) Zscaler
13 3 (1.01%) Palo Alto