ISMS Contract Job Trends in England

Information Security Management System (ISMS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring ISMS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 509 494 519
Rank change year-on-year -15 +25 +126
Contract jobs citing ISMS 36 21 45
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.11% 0.073% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.082% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 18 35
10th Percentile £313 £259 £400
25th Percentile £350 £347 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £533 £625
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% -14.80% +13.64%
75th Percentile £611 £620 £681
90th Percentile £973 £729 £790
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +9.09%

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 27,831 25,521 32,842
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.70% 88.62% 88.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,689 15,759 22,371
10th Percentile £300 £310 £310
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,818 840 1,378
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.70
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.85%
75th Percentile £55.00 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.25 £74.88 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.86% +25.25%

ISMS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISMS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

ISMS job vacancy trend in England

ISMS
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ISMS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ISMS

ISMS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISMS in England over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISMS in England

ISMS
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ISMS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ISMS

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 21 December 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 +11 23 £500 +11.11% 6
South East -16 6 £563 -8.54% 12
East Midlands -15 5 £350 -
Midlands -33 5 £350 -30.00% 2
North of England -38 2 £700 +21.74% 2
Yorkshire -44 1 - -
North West - 1 £700 - 2
ISMS
UK

ISMS
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 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.78%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 17 (47.22%) Azure
2 5 (13.89%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (8.33%) PaaS
3 3 (8.33%) SaaS
4 2 (5.56%) AWS
4 2 (5.56%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 12 (33.33%) Firewall
2 6 (16.67%) WAN
2 6 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (11.11%) Network Security
4 3 (8.33%) HTTP
5 1 (2.78%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (2.78%) LAN
5 1 (2.78%) Skype
5 1 (2.78%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (2.78%) WebEx
5 1 (2.78%) Wireless
General
1 13 (36.11%) Social Skills
2 6 (16.67%) Spanish Language
3 5 (13.89%) Finance
3 5 (13.89%) Legal
4 3 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (8.33%) Law
5 2 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Back Office
6 1 (2.78%) Digital Health
6 1 (2.78%) Games
6 1 (2.78%) Italian Language
6 1 (2.78%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 14 (38.89%) Analyst
2 10 (27.78%) Security Analyst
3 6 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (16.67%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
3 6 (16.67%) Security Engineer
4 5 (13.89%) Consultant
4 5 (13.89%) Information Analyst
4 5 (13.89%) Information Security Analyst
5 4 (11.11%) Security Consultant
6 3 (8.33%) Applications Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Architect
6 3 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 3 (8.33%) Network Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Network Security Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Security Architect
7 2 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 2 (5.56%) Data Protection Officer
7 2 (5.56%) Head of Information Security
7 2 (5.56%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.33%) OpenID
1 3 (8.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (52.78%) Management Information System
2 6 (16.67%) Data Centre
3 5 (13.89%) PKI
4 3 (8.33%) BYOD
4 3 (8.33%) Operational Technology
4 3 (8.33%) Private Cloud
5 2 (5.56%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (5.56%) Security Posture
6 1 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.78%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.78%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (16.67%) Linux
1 6 (16.67%) Windows
1 6 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (83.33%) Information Security
2 25 (69.44%) Security Management
3 22 (61.11%) Information Security Management
4 19 (52.78%) Cybersecurity
5 13 (36.11%) Risk Management
6 11 (30.56%) Security Operations
7 9 (25.00%) Incident Management
8 8 (22.22%) Data Protection
9 7 (19.44%) Cloud Security
10 6 (16.67%) Architectural Design
10 6 (16.67%) Change Management
10 6 (16.67%) Information Governance
10 6 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 6 (16.67%) Security Monitoring
11 5 (13.89%) ITIL
11 5 (13.89%) Regulatory Compliance
12 4 (11.11%) Due Diligence
12 4 (11.11%) Internal Audit
12 4 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
12 4 (11.11%) Remediation Plan
Qualifications
1 8 (22.22%) CISM
1 8 (22.22%) CISSP
2 6 (16.67%) Degree
3 4 (11.11%) CISA
3 4 (11.11%) GSEC
3 4 (11.11%) Security Cleared
4 2 (5.56%) CISMP
4 2 (5.56%) GIAC
4 2 (5.56%) ISACA
4 2 (5.56%) SANS
4 2 (5.56%) SSCP
5 1 (2.78%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (2.78%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (2.78%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (61.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (38.89%) GDPR
3 12 (33.33%) NIST
4 7 (19.44%) GRC
5 5 (13.89%) PCI DSS
5 5 (13.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (8.33%) COBIT
7 1 (2.78%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (2.78%) ISO 9001
7 1 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 6 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 6 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (16.67%) CASB
1 6 (16.67%) SCCM
1 6 (16.67%) SCOrch
2 2 (5.56%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 16 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.78%) Google
2 1 (2.78%) Polycom