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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 321 308 320
Rank change year-on-year -13 +12 +6
Contract jobs citing CISM 295 171 223
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.71% 0.72% 0.61%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.23% 2.28% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 97 161
10th Percentile £450 £440 £425
25th Percentile £500 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £688 £680 £750
90th Percentile £750 £743 £825
UK median daily rate £595 £623 £600
% change year-on-year -4.42% +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 13,241 7,510 11,167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.90% 31.55% 30.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,881 4,785 6,929
10th Percentile £350 £276 £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 £625 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £713 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £523 £530
% change year-on-year +0.48% -1.42% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 998 426 982
10th Percentile £17.04 £17.87 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.33 £22.07 £18.15
Median hourly rate £47.50 £32.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.15% -18.75% -26.31%
75th Percentile £73.00 £66.94 £62.28
90th Percentile £85.28 £80.51 £75.24
UK median hourly rate £47.54 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +46.28% -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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -37 123 £596 -8.38% 68
South East -40 57 £600 -4.00% 28
North of England -33 52 £613 +2.08% 24
Yorkshire -25 34 £625 +4.17% 4
South West -12 26 £570 -0.87% 19
North West -24 18 £524 -22.88% 18
Midlands -58 18 £495 -15.78% 13
West Midlands -53 17 £495 -15.78% 10
East of England -36 5 £525 +5.00% 6
East Midlands -33 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 (6.44%) Confluence
2 2 (0.68%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.34%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.69%) Maximo
2 2 (0.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 103 (34.92%) Azure
2 92 (31.19%) AWS
3 53 (17.97%) GCP
4 30 (10.17%) Entra ID
5 16 (5.42%) OpenShift
6 15 (5.08%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (4.75%) Azure Sentinel
8 7 (2.37%) Azure AKS
8 7 (2.37%) IaaS
8 7 (2.37%) Microsoft Purview
8 7 (2.37%) PaaS
9 6 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (2.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 5 (1.69%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (1.36%) SaaS
12 2 (0.68%) GitHub
12 2 (0.68%) Power Platform
13 1 (0.34%) Amazon EKS
13 1 (0.34%) Azure Data Factory
13 1 (0.34%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 44 (14.92%) Network Security
2 23 (7.80%) Firewall
3 12 (4.07%) VPN
4 8 (2.71%) SSL
5 6 (2.03%) HTTP
5 6 (2.03%) Intrusion Detection
6 5 (1.69%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.36%) 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%) DNS
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 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.68%) Data Lake
2 2 (0.68%) Metadata
2 2 (0.68%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.34%) DB2
3 1 (0.34%) EDRMS
3 1 (0.34%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.34%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 23 (7.80%) JIRA
2 4 (1.36%) Snyk
3 1 (0.34%) Jenkins
General
1 114 (38.64%) Social Skills
2 71 (24.07%) Finance
3 40 (13.56%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (8.47%) Public Sector
5 15 (5.08%) Banking
5 15 (5.08%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (3.73%) Legal
7 9 (3.05%) Financial Institution
8 6 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (2.03%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.69%) Retail
10 3 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.02%) Law
10 3 (1.02%) Local Government
10 3 (1.02%) Marketing
10 3 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.68%) Military
11 2 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 52 (17.63%) Consultant
2 48 (16.27%) Architect
3 37 (12.54%) Security Consultant
4 35 (11.86%) Security Architect
5 31 (10.51%) Security Manager
6 28 (9.49%) Project Manager
7 23 (7.80%) Analyst
8 22 (7.46%) Lead
9 21 (7.12%) Security Engineer
10 18 (6.10%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 18 (6.10%) Security Specialist
11 16 (5.42%) Security Project Manager
12 11 (3.73%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 11 (3.73%) Security Analyst
12 11 (3.73%) Senior
13 10 (3.39%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 10 (3.39%) Cybersecurity Specialist
14 9 (3.05%) DevSecOps Consultant
15 7 (2.37%) Cybersecurity Architect
15 7 (2.37%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (7.12%) LDAP
2 9 (3.05%) OAuth
2 9 (3.05%) REST
2 9 (3.05%) SAML
3 8 (2.71%) OpenID
3 8 (2.71%) SailPoint
3 8 (2.71%) SOAP
4 7 (2.37%) JDBC
4 7 (2.37%) RESTful
5 6 (2.03%) JSON
5 6 (2.03%) Leaflet
6 5 (1.69%) ARM Templates
6 5 (1.69%) J2EE
7 3 (1.02%) OAuth2
7 3 (1.02%) SLSA
8 2 (0.68%) .NET
8 2 (0.68%) ModSecurity
9 1 (0.34%) FastAPI
9 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.34%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.51%) Operational Technology
2 30 (10.17%) Security Posture
3 29 (9.83%) Management Information System
4 19 (6.44%) PKI
5 11 (3.73%) Cloud Native
5 11 (3.73%) Cyber Threat
5 11 (3.73%) Onboarding
5 11 (3.73%) Private Cloud
6 10 (3.39%) SCADA
7 8 (2.71%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.71%) Security Operations Centre
8 7 (2.37%) Cyber Defence
8 7 (2.37%) Public Cloud
9 6 (2.03%) BYOD
9 6 (2.03%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.36%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.36%) Robotics
11 4 (1.36%) Smartcard
12 3 (1.02%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.78%) Windows
2 16 (5.42%) Linux
3 8 (2.71%) Unix
4 5 (1.69%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.34%) Rocky
6 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (64.41%) Cybersecurity
2 83 (28.14%) Cloud Security
3 81 (27.46%) Risk Management
4 79 (26.78%) Information Security
5 76 (25.76%) SIEM
6 63 (21.36%) Stakeholder Management
7 60 (20.34%) Vulnerability Management
8 59 (20.00%) Incident Response
8 59 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
9 53 (17.97%) Security Architecture
9 53 (17.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 52 (17.63%) Threat Modelling
11 51 (17.29%) Agile
12 50 (16.95%) Security Operations
13 47 (15.93%) CI/CD
14 46 (15.59%) DevSecOps
15 45 (15.25%) DevOps
16 43 (14.58%) Risk Assessment
17 42 (14.24%) Continuous Improvement
18 40 (13.56%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (12.54%) Python
2 32 (10.85%) PowerShell
3 11 (3.73%) Java
4 9 (3.05%) SQL
5 5 (1.69%) Bash
5 5 (1.69%) Bicep
6 2 (0.68%) BeanShell
7 1 (0.34%) Go
7 1 (0.34%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 289 (97.97%) CISSP
2 102 (34.58%) Security Cleared
3 69 (23.39%) SC Cleared
4 58 (19.66%) Cisco Certification
4 58 (19.66%) Degree
5 57 (19.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 50 (16.95%) CRISC
7 43 (14.58%) CEH
8 34 (11.53%) DV Cleared
9 33 (11.19%) GIAC
10 31 (10.51%) CCSP
11 27 (9.15%) CISA
12 26 (8.81%) PMI Certification
12 26 (8.81%) PMP
13 23 (7.80%) CompTIA Security+
14 16 (5.42%) Computer Science Degree
14 16 (5.42%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 16 (5.42%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 14 (4.75%) Azure Certification
16 13 (4.41%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (47.46%) NIST
2 125 (42.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 69 (23.39%) GDPR
4 32 (10.85%) GRC
4 32 (10.85%) PCI DSS
5 29 (9.83%) NCSC
6 24 (8.14%) COBIT
7 15 (5.08%) Cyber Essentials
7 15 (5.08%) NIST 800
8 14 (4.75%) SOC 2
9 13 (4.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 10 (3.39%) JSP 440
11 9 (3.05%) HIPAA
12 5 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (1.69%) EU AI Act
12 5 (1.69%) Government Security Classifications
12 5 (1.69%) ISO 31000
13 4 (1.36%) ISA99
13 4 (1.36%) RMADS
14 3 (1.02%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 34 (11.53%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.68%) Docker
2 2 (0.68%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.34%) GPFS
3 1 (0.34%) KVM
3 1 (0.34%) Lustre
3 1 (0.34%) RACF
3 1 (0.34%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (9.83%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.73%) Terraform
3 7 (2.37%) Ansible
3 7 (2.37%) CASB
4 5 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.36%) QRadar
6 3 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.68%) CA Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.68%) Grafana
7 2 (0.68%) PingFederate
7 2 (0.68%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.34%) Istio
8 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.34%) SELinux
Vendors
1 58 (19.66%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.12%) ServiceNow
3 19 (6.44%) Splunk
4 18 (6.10%) CyberArk
5 14 (4.75%) BeyondTrust
6 9 (3.05%) Tenable
7 8 (2.71%) IBM
8 6 (2.03%) BiZZdesign
8 6 (2.03%) Qualys
8 6 (2.03%) Red Hat
8 6 (2.03%) SAP
8 6 (2.03%) Workday
9 5 (1.69%) Cribl.io
9 5 (1.69%) Okta
10 4 (1.36%) Thales
11 3 (1.02%) Google
11 3 (1.02%) Palo Alto
11 3 (1.02%) Zscaler
12 2 (0.68%) Ping Identity
12 2 (0.68%) Sparx