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 12 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 311 284 300
Rank change year-on-year -27 +16 +88
Contract jobs citing CISM 303 197 247
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.77% 0.81% 0.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.33% 2.57% 2.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 109 182
10th Percentile £454 £450 £425
25th Percentile £492 £519 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £630 £606
Median % change year-on-year -8.73% +3.92% -6.73%
75th Percentile £669 £680 £747
90th Percentile £738 £750 £848
UK median daily rate £575 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 1
10th Percentile - £51.25 -
25th Percentile - £58.37 -
Median hourly rate £41.94 £61.50 £83.41
Median % change year-on-year -31.80% -26.27% +14.29%
75th Percentile £45.46 £79.60 -
90th Percentile £61.68 £86.74 -
UK median hourly rate £43.70 £61.50 £83.41
% change year-on-year -28.94% -26.27% +14.29%

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 13,023 7,653 11,698
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.21% 31.41% 31.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,727 4,898 7,233
10th Percentile £341 £300 £300
25th Percentile £425 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £744
UK median daily rate £518 £525 £536
% change year-on-year -1.43% -2.05% -2.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 991 423 934
10th Percentile £16.35 £18.41 £13.99
25th Percentile £20.82 £24.38 £17.73
Median hourly rate £43.00 £50.00 £39.44
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% +26.79% -23.43%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.40 £82.25 £75.25
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £45.00 £38.85
% change year-on-year -6.67% +15.83% -26.59%

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 12 April 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 12 April 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 12 April 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 -31 128 £575 -11.54% 41
South East -40 60 £563 -10.36% 29
North of England -42 46 £569 -7.14% 18
Yorkshire -33 28 £600 -6.25% 6
South West -15 22 £570 -6.94% 18
Midlands -60 21 £600 +2.08% 11
West Midlands -57 19 £600 +2.08% 9
North West -25 17 £555 -18.38% 11
East of England -39 5 £525 +3.04% 4
East Midlands -37 2 £425 - 2
North East -21 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 20 (6.60%) Confluence
2 2 (0.66%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.33%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (2.31%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 100 (33.00%) Azure
2 90 (29.70%) AWS
3 55 (18.15%) GCP
4 23 (7.59%) OpenShift
5 22 (7.26%) Entra ID
6 15 (4.95%) Azure Sentinel
7 7 (2.31%) Azure AKS
7 7 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.31%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 7 (2.31%) Azure Monitor
8 6 (1.98%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (1.32%) SaaS
10 2 (0.66%) GitHub
10 2 (0.66%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.33%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.33%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.33%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.33%) IaaS
11 1 (0.33%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (14.19%) Network Security
2 30 (9.90%) Firewall
3 18 (5.94%) VPN
4 8 (2.64%) SSL
5 6 (1.98%) HTTP
6 4 (1.32%) S/MIME
6 4 (1.32%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.66%) DNS
7 2 (0.66%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.66%) SSH
8 1 (0.33%) BGP
8 1 (0.33%) DHCP
8 1 (0.33%) InfiniBand
8 1 (0.33%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.33%) MPLS
8 1 (0.33%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.99%) 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
3 1 (0.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (8.25%) JIRA
2 6 (1.98%) GitLab
3 4 (1.32%) Snyk
4 2 (0.66%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.33%) Git
General
1 122 (40.26%) Social Skills
2 72 (23.76%) Finance
3 39 (12.87%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (8.58%) Documentation Skills
4 26 (8.58%) Public Sector
5 16 (5.28%) Banking
6 12 (3.96%) Legal
7 7 (2.31%) Financial Institution
8 6 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.32%) Marketing
9 4 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.32%) Retail
10 3 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.66%) Law
11 2 (0.66%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.66%) Police
11 2 (0.66%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.33%) Front Office
12 1 (0.33%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.33%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 44 (14.52%) Architect
2 41 (13.53%) Consultant
3 35 (11.55%) Security Architect
4 32 (10.56%) Security Consultant
4 32 (10.56%) Security Engineer
5 31 (10.23%) Security Manager
6 26 (8.58%) Analyst
7 25 (8.25%) Lead
7 25 (8.25%) Project Manager
8 21 (6.93%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 16 (5.28%) Security Project Manager
10 14 (4.62%) Security Analyst
10 14 (4.62%) Security Specialist
11 13 (4.29%) Senior
12 12 (3.96%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 10 (3.30%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 9 (2.97%) Solutions Architect
15 8 (2.64%) Azure Engineer
16 7 (2.31%) Cloud Engineer
16 7 (2.31%) Security Assurance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (9.90%) LDAP
2 13 (4.29%) SailPoint
3 8 (2.64%) REST
3 8 (2.64%) SOAP
4 7 (2.31%) ARM Templates
5 6 (1.98%) Leaflet
5 6 (1.98%) OAuth
6 5 (1.65%) SAML
7 4 (1.32%) JDBC
7 4 (1.32%) OpenID
7 4 (1.32%) RESTful
8 3 (0.99%) ModSecurity
8 3 (0.99%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.66%) Flash
9 2 (0.66%) J2EE
9 2 (0.66%) JSON
9 2 (0.66%) Smart Contracts
10 1 (0.33%) Flask
10 1 (0.33%) OpenMP
10 1 (0.33%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 30 (9.90%) Management Information System
2 25 (8.25%) Security Posture
3 21 (6.93%) Operational Technology
4 15 (4.95%) PKI
5 14 (4.62%) Cloud Native
6 10 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.97%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (2.97%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.97%) Security Operations Centre
8 7 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (2.31%) Private Cloud
9 6 (1.98%) BYOD
9 6 (1.98%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.98%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.65%) Robotics
11 4 (1.32%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.32%) Smartcard
12 3 (0.99%) CMDB
12 3 (0.99%) Mainframe
12 3 (0.99%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.30%) Windows
2 6 (1.98%) Linux
3 5 (1.65%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.66%) Unix
5 1 (0.33%) Rocky
5 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (64.69%) Cybersecurity
2 80 (26.40%) SIEM
3 78 (25.74%) Information Security
3 78 (25.74%) Risk Management
4 76 (25.08%) Cloud Security
5 63 (20.79%) Problem-Solving
6 62 (20.46%) Incident Response
7 58 (19.14%) Agile
8 56 (18.48%) DevOps
9 54 (17.82%) Security Operations
10 50 (16.50%) Stakeholder Management
11 49 (16.17%) Vulnerability Management
12 47 (15.51%) DevSecOps
12 47 (15.51%) Threat Modelling
13 46 (15.18%) CI/CD
14 45 (14.85%) Security Architecture
15 44 (14.52%) Identity Access Management
16 40 (13.20%) AI
16 40 (13.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 39 (12.87%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 46 (15.18%) Python
2 45 (14.85%) PowerShell
3 9 (2.97%) Java
4 7 (2.31%) Bicep
5 6 (1.98%) SQL
6 5 (1.65%) BeanShell
7 4 (1.32%) Bash
8 2 (0.66%) Rust
8 2 (0.66%) Solidity
9 1 (0.33%) Go
9 1 (0.33%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 296 (97.69%) CISSP
2 103 (33.99%) Security Cleared
3 67 (22.11%) SC Cleared
4 55 (18.15%) Degree
5 44 (14.52%) CRISC
6 40 (13.20%) CEH
7 39 (12.87%) Cisco Certification
8 37 (12.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 37 (12.21%) DV Cleared
9 32 (10.56%) CompTIA Security+
10 29 (9.57%) CISA
11 26 (8.58%) GIAC
12 24 (7.92%) PMI Certification
12 24 (7.92%) PMP
13 21 (6.93%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 20 (6.60%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 19 (6.27%) Master's Degree
16 16 (5.28%) Computer Science Degree
17 15 (4.95%) CCSP
18 14 (4.62%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (48.84%) NIST
2 142 (46.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 78 (25.74%) GDPR
4 33 (10.89%) GRC
5 29 (9.57%) PCI DSS
6 27 (8.91%) NCSC
7 21 (6.93%) COBIT
8 16 (5.28%) NIST 800
9 15 (4.95%) SOC 2
10 13 (4.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 12 (3.96%) JSP 440
12 10 (3.30%) Cyber Essentials
13 6 (1.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 5 (1.65%) EU AI Act
14 5 (1.65%) HIPAA
14 5 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 4 (1.32%) Government Security Classifications
15 4 (1.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 3 (0.99%) ISA99
16 3 (0.99%) RMADS
System Software
1 40 (13.20%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.66%) GPFS
2 2 (0.66%) Lustre
2 2 (0.66%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.33%) Docker
3 1 (0.33%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.33%) RACF
Systems Management
1 32 (10.56%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.95%) Terraform
3 8 (2.64%) Ansible
4 7 (2.31%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.98%) CASB
5 6 (1.98%) Fluentd
6 3 (0.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.99%) QRadar
7 2 (0.66%) CA Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.66%) Grafana
7 2 (0.66%) PingFederate
7 2 (0.66%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.66%) SELinux
8 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.33%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 49 (16.17%) Microsoft
2 38 (12.54%) CyberArk
3 29 (9.57%) Splunk
4 27 (8.91%) BeyondTrust
5 22 (7.26%) ServiceNow
6 15 (4.95%) Tenable
7 12 (3.96%) IBM
8 11 (3.63%) Cribl.io
9 10 (3.30%) BiZZdesign
10 8 (2.64%) Red Hat
11 7 (2.31%) Okta
11 7 (2.31%) Qualys
12 4 (1.32%) Centrify
12 4 (1.32%) SAP
12 4 (1.32%) Thales
13 3 (0.99%) CheckPoint
13 3 (0.99%) CrowdStrike
13 3 (0.99%) Workday
14 2 (0.66%) Ping Identity
14 2 (0.66%) QinetiQ