ISMS Contracts in England

Information Security Management System (ISMS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring ISMS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ISMS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 463 509 584
Rank change year-on-year +46 +75 +74
Contract jobs citing ISMS 22 33 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.090% 0.089% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.099% 0.10% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 30 33
10th Percentile - £165 £410
25th Percentile £313 £416 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -34.78% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £663 £628 £703
90th Percentile £703 £730 £810
UK median daily rate £425 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -26.09% - +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £71.76
25th Percentile - - £72.60
Median hourly rate - - £74.00
75th Percentile - - £74.40
90th Percentile - - £74.63
UK median hourly rate - - £74.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

ISMS falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

ISMS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing ISMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for ISMS in England

ISMS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISMS in England.

Daily rate trend for ISMS in England

ISMS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISMS in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISMS in England

ISMS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISMS in England.

Hourly rate trend for ISMS in England

ISMS
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 ISMS within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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 +31 8 £325 -45.83% 75
North of England +17 6 - - 26
North East - 5 - - 3
South East +41 2 £190 +11.76% 50
Midlands +22 2 £800 +39.13% 26
West Midlands +14 2 £800 +39.13% 14
South West - 2 £625 - 18
North West +12 1 - - 12
ISMS
UK

ISMS
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 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) Azure
2 1 (4.55%) AWS
2 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (22.73%) Firewall
2 3 (13.64%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (9.09%) WAN
4 1 (4.55%) 5G
4 1 (4.55%) Network Security
4 1 (4.55%) TCP/IP
4 1 (4.55%) VPN
4 1 (4.55%) Wireless
General
1 5 (22.73%) Organisational Skills
1 5 (22.73%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (13.64%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Police
4 1 (4.55%) Aerospace
4 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) Consultant
1 8 (36.36%) Security Engineer
2 7 (31.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (31.82%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) IT Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) IT Security Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Security Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Applications Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Information Assurance Consultant
4 2 (9.09%) Network Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Network Security Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Security Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Administrator
5 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) IT Systems Administrator
5 1 (4.55%) Lead
5 1 (4.55%) Senior
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 10 (45.45%) Management Information System
2 6 (27.27%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (22.73%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (9.09%) Operational Technology
5 1 (4.55%) Public Cloud
5 1 (4.55%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (31.82%) Linux
2 3 (13.64%) Windows
3 2 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (81.82%) Information Security
2 15 (68.18%) Security Management
3 13 (59.09%) Information Security Management
4 9 (40.91%) Risk Management
5 7 (31.82%) Data Protection
6 6 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (22.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (22.73%) Zero Trust
8 4 (18.18%) GAP Analysis
9 3 (13.64%) Risk Assessment
10 2 (9.09%) Architectural Design
10 2 (9.09%) Change Management
10 2 (9.09%) Cloud Security
10 2 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
10 2 (9.09%) Incident Management
10 2 (9.09%) Information Assurance
10 2 (9.09%) Security Architecture
10 2 (9.09%) Security Monitoring
10 2 (9.09%) Security Operations
10 2 (9.09%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (31.82%) CISA
2 5 (22.73%) CISSP
2 5 (22.73%) Security Cleared
3 4 (18.18%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
5 2 (9.09%) CISM
6 1 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (4.55%) CASP
6 1 (4.55%) CEH
6 1 (4.55%) CRISC
6 1 (4.55%) Degree
6 1 (4.55%) GCIA
6 1 (4.55%) GCIH
6 1 (4.55%) GIAC
6 1 (4.55%) ISACA
6 1 (4.55%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (4.55%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (72.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (22.73%) GRC
3 2 (9.09%) NIST
4 1 (4.55%) GDPR
4 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (4.55%) NIST 800
4 1 (4.55%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) Active Directory
1 2 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) RSA Archer
2 2 (9.09%) CASB
2 2 (9.09%) SCCM
2 2 (9.09%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
2 6 (27.27%) Cisco
3 5 (22.73%) Fortinet
3 5 (22.73%) HP
3 5 (22.73%) Veeam
3 5 (22.73%) VMware
4 4 (18.18%) ServiceNow
5 1 (4.55%) LogRhythm
5 1 (4.55%) Rapid7
5 1 (4.55%) Siemens
5 1 (4.55%) Splunk
5 1 (4.55%) Tenable