CISM Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire with a requirement for CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 77 66
Rank change year-on-year 0 -11 +50
Contract jobs citing CISM 9 6 26
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.71% 0.61% 1.97%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.24% 1.16% 3.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 18
10th Percentile £446 £540 £634
25th Percentile £455 £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £650 £667
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% -2.55% -4.71%
75th Percentile £569 - -
90th Percentile £631 - £677
South East median daily rate £484 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -25.48% +8.33% -7.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 723 518 775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 56.84% 52.59% 58.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 496 388 384
10th Percentile £358 £338 £333
25th Percentile £475 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £556
Median % change year-on-year - -1.12% -2.31%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £667
90th Percentile £738 £701 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 29 41
10th Percentile - £24.05 £27.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.00 £33.50
Median hourly rate £23.58 £35.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.64% -41.67% -
75th Percentile £25.15 £62.50 £68.75
90th Percentile £52.58 £75.00 £78.00
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £53.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -52.55% -11.67% +33.33%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

CISM job vacancy trend in Hampshire

CISM
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing CISM

CISM
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISM in Hampshire over the 6 months to 3 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISM in Hampshire

CISM
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing CISM

CISM
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISM within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 3 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
Southampton - 5 £563 -
Fleet - 2 £446 -
Basingstoke - 1 £700 - 3
Farnborough - 1 £475 - 1
CISM
South East

CISM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) AWS
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) Network Security
2 3 (33.33%) HTTP
3 2 (22.22%) Firewall
4 1 (11.11%) S/MIME
4 1 (11.11%) VPN
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Security Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Security Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Security Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Security Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) BYOD
1 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (22.22%) Security Posture
3 1 (11.11%) Algorithms
3 1 (11.11%) PKI
3 1 (11.11%) Smartcard
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Agile
1 6 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (55.56%) ISMS
2 5 (55.56%) Penetration Testing
2 5 (55.56%) Regulatory Compliance
2 5 (55.56%) Risk Management
2 5 (55.56%) Security Architecture
3 3 (33.33%) Application Security
3 3 (33.33%) Change Management
3 3 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 3 (33.33%) Data Flow Diagram
3 3 (33.33%) Due Diligence
3 3 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 3 (33.33%) Information Security
3 3 (33.33%) Information Security Management
3 3 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
3 3 (33.33%) Security Management
3 3 (33.33%) Security Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) CISSP
2 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) CEH
3 2 (22.22%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (88.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (66.67%) NIST
3 5 (55.56%) GDPR
4 3 (33.33%) PCI DSS
4 3 (33.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (22.22%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (11.11%) JSP 440
6 1 (11.11%) NCSC
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Thales