CISM Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire with a requirement for CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CISM 8 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 3.05% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 5.37% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £600 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile £800 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £555 £650 £650
% change year-on-year -14.62% - +6.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £41.94 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £44.05 - -
North West median hourly rate £41.94 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 149 65 85
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 56.87% 40.63% 43.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 30 26
10th Percentile £160 £153 £313
25th Percentile £258 £275 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £521 £588
Median % change year-on-year +5.52% -11.28% +12.98%
75th Percentile £743 £538 £656
90th Percentile £905 £589 £720
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -5.00% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 3 51
10th Percentile £32.82 £34.45 £15.00
25th Percentile £45.46 £38.85 -
Median hourly rate £52.78 £46.18 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +14.28% +187.55% -60.43%
75th Percentile £71.50 £57.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £63.78 £48.00
North West median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £16.06
% change year-on-year +39.88% +102.37% -55.39%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

CISM job vacancy trend in Lancashire

CISM
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing CISM

CISM
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing CISM

CISM
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISM within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 17 March 2026. 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
Preston - 7 £700 - 1
Lancaster - 1 £675 -
CISM
North West

CISM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Firewall
1 4 (50.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) Operations Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) Senior
1 4 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) Senior Operations Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) Senior Technical Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) Technical Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) Technical Operations Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Security Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) IT Manager
3 1 (12.50%) IT Security Manager
3 1 (12.50%) IT Services Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Security Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Service Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Service Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (25.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Linux
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
1 4 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (87.50%) Information Security
1 7 (87.50%) Vulnerability Management
2 5 (62.50%) Incident Response
2 5 (62.50%) Mentoring
3 4 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
3 4 (50.00%) Data Modelling
3 4 (50.00%) Data Science
3 4 (50.00%) Line Management
3 4 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 4 (50.00%) Service Management
3 4 (50.00%) SIEM
3 4 (50.00%) SOAR
3 4 (50.00%) Tech Ops
3 4 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 4 (50.00%) Use Case
4 3 (37.50%) Security Operations
5 2 (25.00%) SDLC
5 2 (25.00%) Security Architecture
5 2 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) CISSP
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (62.50%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (37.50%) DV Cleared
5 2 (25.00%) CREST Certified
6 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
6 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (12.50%) Degree
6 1 (12.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (25.00%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Active Directory