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 19 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 522 578 679
Rank change year-on-year +56 +101 -66
Contract jobs citing ISMS 28 58 108
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.075% 0.12% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.087% 0.14% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 33 91
10th Percentile £165 £402 £400
25th Percentile £391 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £553 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.58% +0.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £591 £800 £638
90th Percentile £646 £825 £725
UK median daily rate £552 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -8.08% +9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £73.20 -
UK median hourly rate - £73.20 -

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 32,030 42,283 63,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.40% 89.90% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,779 29,697 45,496
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,363 1,526 1,693
10th Percentile £12.79 £10.69 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.01 £15.75 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.59 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.71 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

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 19 June 2024.

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 19 June 2024. 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 +78 14 £575 +4.55% 18
North of England +15 5 £490 +8.89% 11
South East +5 5 £170 -75.18% 7
North West +12 3 £490 +8.89% 6
Yorkshire +15 2 - - 3
Midlands +10 2 £500 -23.08% 6
West Midlands +12 1 £500 -37.50% 4
East Midlands +6 1 - - 2
South West 0 1 £500 -9.09% 6
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 3 (10.71%) SharePoint
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.86%) Azure
2 2 (7.14%) AWS
2 2 (7.14%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.57%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.71%) Internet
2 2 (7.14%) Firewall
2 2 (7.14%) WAN
2 2 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (3.57%) DNS
3 1 (3.57%) Network Security
3 1 (3.57%) SNMP
General
1 9 (32.14%) Finance
1 9 (32.14%) Social Skills
2 8 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (10.71%) Marketing
3 3 (10.71%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.57%) Banking
4 1 (3.57%) Billing
4 1 (3.57%) Financial Institution
4 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Legal
4 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (25.00%) Security Manager
2 6 (21.43%) Analyst
3 5 (17.86%) Consultant
3 5 (17.86%) Information Security Specialist
3 5 (17.86%) Information Specialist
3 5 (17.86%) Security Analyst
3 5 (17.86%) Security Specialist
4 4 (14.29%) Information Security Consultant
4 4 (14.29%) Security Consultant
5 3 (10.71%) Fraud Manager
5 3 (10.71%) Information Manager
5 3 (10.71%) Information Officer
5 3 (10.71%) Information Security Manager
6 2 (7.14%) Compliance Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) Information Security Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) IT Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) IT Compliance Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) Security Compliance Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (53.57%) Management Information System
2 3 (10.71%) Operational Technology
2 3 (10.71%) Wiki
3 2 (7.14%) Data Centre
3 2 (7.14%) Onboarding
3 2 (7.14%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.57%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (3.57%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (3.57%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.14%) Linux
1 2 (7.14%) Windows
1 2 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (96.43%) Information Security
2 11 (39.29%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (39.29%) Information Security Management
2 11 (39.29%) Security Management
3 8 (28.57%) Risk Management
4 6 (21.43%) Project Management
5 4 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (14.29%) Information Security Governance
5 4 (14.29%) Logistics
5 4 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (14.29%) Programme Management
5 4 (14.29%) Risk Analysis
5 4 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
5 4 (14.29%) Risk Register
6 3 (10.71%) Cloud Security
6 3 (10.71%) Data Privacy
6 3 (10.71%) Migration
6 3 (10.71%) OWASP
6 3 (10.71%) Vulnerability Management
7 2 (7.14%) Collaborative Culture
Qualifications
1 10 (35.71%) CISSP
2 6 (21.43%) CISM
3 4 (14.29%) CISA
3 4 (14.29%) Degree
4 2 (7.14%) CEH
4 2 (7.14%) CRISC
5 1 (3.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (3.57%) CCA
5 1 (3.57%) CCNP
5 1 (3.57%) CCSK
5 1 (3.57%) CCSP
5 1 (3.57%) CESG Certified Professional
5 1 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.57%) ISACA
5 1 (3.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (3.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (3.57%) SANS
5 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (35.71%) NIST
3 6 (21.43%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (21.43%) GRC
4 5 (17.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 4 (14.29%) GDPR
6 3 (10.71%) NCSC
6 3 (10.71%) PCI DSS
7 2 (7.14%) COBIT
8 1 (3.57%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (3.57%) ISAE 3402
8 1 (3.57%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (7.14%) Active Directory
1 2 (7.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) CASB
1 2 (7.14%) SCCM
1 2 (7.14%) SCOrch
1 2 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (7.14%) HP
3 2 (7.14%) Imperva
3 2 (7.14%) Netskope
3 2 (7.14%) Palo Alto
3 2 (7.14%) SAP
3 2 (7.14%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.57%) Cisco
4 1 (3.57%) Darktrace
4 1 (3.57%) Rapid7