CISM Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow with a requirement for CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 61 67
Rank change year-on-year -13 +6 +10
Contract jobs citing CISM 6 5 5
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.81% 0.73% 0.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.47% 2.89% 2.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 4
10th Percentile £273 - £397
25th Percentile £358 £301 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £303 £500
Median % change year-on-year +58.68% -39.50% -28.57%
75th Percentile £572 £488 £531
90th Percentile £611 - £543
Scotland median daily rate £445 £365 £500
% change year-on-year +21.92% -27.00% -16.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 173 173 208
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 23.22% 25.37% 25.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 121 129
10th Percentile £185 £301 £312
25th Percentile £343 £375 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £600
90th Percentile £635 £725 £700
Scotland median daily rate £450 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 0
10th Percentile £16.14 £20.44 -
25th Percentile £16.84 £23.34 -
Median hourly rate £17.45 £33.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -47.14% - -
75th Percentile £18.05 £42.50 -
90th Percentile £20.89 £48.50 -
Scotland median hourly rate £19.69 £18.00 £59.03
% change year-on-year +9.39% -69.51% +98.62%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

CISM job vacancy trend in Glasgow

CISM
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing CISM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing CISM

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Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISM in Glasgow over the 6 months to 5 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISM in Glasgow

CISM
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing CISM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing CISM

CISM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) GCP
1 1 (16.67%) OpenShift
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) Network Security
2 1 (16.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) GitLab
General
1 5 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Cyber Defence
1 2 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
2 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 2 (33.33%) SIEM
2 2 (33.33%) Threat Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Threat Detection
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Data Security
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Information Security
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CISSP
2 3 (50.00%) CEH
2 3 (50.00%) GIAC
3 2 (33.33%) CISA
3 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (16.67%) CESG Certified Professional
4 1 (16.67%) CRISC
4 1 (16.67%) OSCP
4 1 (16.67%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (16.67%) NCSC
2 1 (16.67%) NIST
2 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
2 1 (16.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Fluentd
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (50.00%) Splunk
2 1 (16.67%) Cribl.io
2 1 (16.67%) Qualys