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 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 291 314 355
Rank change year-on-year +23 +41 +82
Contract jobs citing CISM 187 240 325
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.76% 0.65% 0.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.43% 2.10% 2.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 174 239
10th Percentile £458 £425 £474
25th Percentile £513 £500 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £680 £738 £757
90th Percentile £743 £825 £838
UK median daily rate £625 £600 £625
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 8
10th Percentile £51.25 - £59.73
25th Percentile £58.37 - £68.33
Median hourly rate £61.50 £83.41 £72.98
Median % change year-on-year -26.27% +14.29% +6.42%
75th Percentile £79.60 - £74.20
90th Percentile £86.74 - £80.48
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £83.41 £72.98
% change year-on-year -26.27% +14.29% +4.51%

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 7,686 11,429 13,569
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.40% 31.06% 27.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,883 7,051 9,085
10th Percentile £290 £313 £335
25th Percentile £415 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £626 £650 £650
90th Percentile £717 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 446 981 719
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £14.96
25th Percentile £22.27 £18.00 £20.11
Median hourly rate £40.55 £40.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.36% -23.81% +40.00%
75th Percentile £67.50 £61.60 £68.25
90th Percentile £81.35 £77.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £38.27 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year -4.33% -25.93% +28.57%

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 10 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISM in England

CISM
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

CISM
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CISM in England over the 6 months to 10 May 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 10 May 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 +12 97 £645 -0.77% 160
South East +62 45 £628 +10.09% 75
Midlands +23 14 £588 +2.22% 27
North of England +1 13 £613 +8.89% 53
South West +15 10 £625 +28.21% 28
West Midlands +22 9 £588 +2.22% 18
North West -1 6 £680 +18.26% 27
East Midlands +13 5 - - 8
Yorkshire +9 4 £640 +11.30% 14
North East -2 3 £534 +1.71% 14
East of England +31 2 £510 +27.38% 13
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 (1.07%) TPMS
Applications
1 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 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 45 (24.06%) Azure
2 24 (12.83%) AWS
3 19 (10.16%) GCP
4 12 (6.42%) Microsoft Purview
5 9 (4.81%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (3.74%) Entra ID
7 6 (3.21%) SaaS
8 5 (2.67%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.60%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.60%) IaaS
9 3 (1.60%) PaaS
10 1 (0.53%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.53%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.53%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.53%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 26 (13.90%) Firewall
2 21 (11.23%) Network Security
3 4 (2.14%) SD-WAN
3 4 (2.14%) VPN
3 4 (2.14%) WAN
4 3 (1.60%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (1.60%) NGFW
4 3 (1.60%) SSL
5 2 (1.07%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (1.07%) DMZ
6 1 (0.53%) BGP
6 1 (0.53%) DNS
6 1 (0.53%) LAN
6 1 (0.53%) Modbus
6 1 (0.53%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.53%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.07%) GitLab
1 2 (1.07%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.53%) JIRA
2 1 (0.53%) SonarQube
General
1 85 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 32 (17.11%) Finance
3 26 (13.90%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (10.70%) Public Sector
5 16 (8.56%) Legal
6 14 (7.49%) Telecoms
7 12 (6.42%) Banking
7 12 (6.42%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (3.74%) Military
9 6 (3.21%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.67%) Law
11 3 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (1.07%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.07%) Retail
13 1 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.53%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 49 (26.20%) Architect
2 44 (23.53%) Security Architect
3 36 (19.25%) Senior
4 34 (18.18%) Consultant
5 28 (14.97%) Security Consultant
6 23 (12.30%) Security Specialist
7 19 (10.16%) Information Specialist
8 18 (9.63%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 17 (9.09%) Information Security Specialist
9 17 (9.09%) Senior Security Specialist
10 16 (8.56%) Security Manager
10 16 (8.56%) Senior Information Security Specialist
11 15 (8.02%) Lead
12 13 (6.95%) Security Engineer
13 11 (5.88%) Analyst
14 10 (5.35%) Information Manager
14 10 (5.35%) IT Manager
15 8 (4.28%) DevSecOps Architect
15 8 (4.28%) IT Risk Manager
15 8 (4.28%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.21%) Web Services
2 3 (1.60%) SAML
3 2 (1.07%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.53%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 22 (11.76%) Management Information System
2 21 (11.23%) Security Posture
3 16 (8.56%) Operational Technology
4 13 (6.95%) Insider Threat
5 12 (6.42%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (4.28%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (3.74%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (3.74%) Private Cloud
8 5 (2.67%) Data Centre
8 5 (2.67%) Product Ownership
8 5 (2.67%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (2.14%) Algorithms
9 4 (2.14%) Cloud Native
9 4 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.60%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (1.60%) Cyberattack
10 3 (1.60%) Industry 4.0
10 3 (1.60%) Low-Code
10 3 (1.60%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.60%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.42%) Windows
2 8 (4.28%) Linux
3 7 (3.74%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.07%) AIX
4 2 (1.07%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.07%) Solaris
5 1 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (45.99%) Cybersecurity
2 69 (36.90%) Information Security
2 69 (36.90%) Risk Management
3 46 (24.60%) Incident Response
4 40 (21.39%) Problem-Solving
5 38 (20.32%) Stakeholder Management
6 37 (19.79%) Security Architecture
7 32 (17.11%) Risk Assessment
8 28 (14.97%) Cloud Security
8 28 (14.97%) Roadmaps
9 27 (14.44%) Threat Modelling
9 27 (14.44%) Vulnerability Management
10 26 (13.90%) SIEM
11 23 (12.30%) DevSecOps
12 22 (11.76%) Computer Science
12 22 (11.76%) Security Management
13 21 (11.23%) TOGAF
14 19 (10.16%) Data Protection
14 19 (10.16%) Security Operations
15 18 (9.63%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 14 (7.49%) PowerShell
2 13 (6.95%) Python
3 5 (2.67%) Bash
4 1 (0.53%) PHP
4 1 (0.53%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 159 (85.03%) CISSP
2 50 (26.74%) CISA
3 49 (26.20%) Security Cleared
4 46 (24.60%) Degree
5 37 (19.79%) CRISC
6 32 (17.11%) SC Cleared
7 26 (13.90%) CEH
8 18 (9.63%) DV Cleared
9 13 (6.95%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (6.42%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (5.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 11 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
12 10 (5.35%) GIAC
13 9 (4.81%) CCSP
13 9 (4.81%) OSCP
14 8 (4.28%) Azure Certification
14 8 (4.28%) Computer Science Degree
14 8 (4.28%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 6 (3.21%) PMP
16 5 (2.67%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (41.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 77 (41.18%) NIST
3 43 (22.99%) GDPR
4 23 (12.30%) PCI DSS
5 19 (10.16%) HIPAA
6 17 (9.09%) GRC
7 13 (6.95%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 13 (6.95%) SOC 2
8 11 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (5.35%) NIST 800
10 9 (4.81%) COBIT
10 9 (4.81%) NCSC
11 5 (2.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 2 (1.07%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (1.07%) EU AI Act
15 1 (0.53%) Accessibility
15 1 (0.53%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 14 (7.49%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.53%) Docker
3 1 (0.53%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (5.35%) CASB
2 5 (2.67%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (1.60%) Terraform
4 2 (1.07%) CSIRT
4 2 (1.07%) FortiGate
4 2 (1.07%) Nagios
4 2 (1.07%) QRadar
4 2 (1.07%) SCCM
4 2 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.53%) Nessus
5 1 (0.53%) Puppet
Vendors
1 35 (18.72%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.81%) Qualys
2 9 (4.81%) ServiceNow
3 8 (4.28%) CyberArk
4 4 (2.14%) Ariba
4 4 (2.14%) Cisco
4 4 (2.14%) Tenable
5 3 (1.60%) Okta
5 3 (1.60%) Splunk
5 3 (1.60%) Zscaler
6 2 (1.07%) BeyondTrust
6 2 (1.07%) Google
6 2 (1.07%) Ping Identity
6 2 (1.07%) Proofpoint
6 2 (1.07%) Snow
6 2 (1.07%) VMware
7 1 (0.53%) Centrify
7 1 (0.53%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.53%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.53%) Thycotic