CISM Contracts in London

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 254 260 305
Rank change year-on-year +6 +45 +109
Contract jobs citing CISM 99 132 196
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.79% 0.74% 0.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.08% 3.08% 3.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 98 160
10th Percentile £450 £463 £497
25th Percentile £513 £550 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.33%
75th Percentile £688 £770 £791
90th Percentile £738 £833 £875
England median daily rate £625 £600 £650
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +5.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £71.68 - -
25th Percentile £76.00 - £39.25
Median hourly rate £83.20 - £40.50
75th Percentile £89.10 - £41.75
90th Percentile £92.64 - -
England median hourly rate £61.50 £83.41 £72.98
% change year-on-year -26.27% +14.29% +10.93%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,210 4,292 5,821
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.58% 24.07% 21.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,169 2,903 3,919
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £653 £661 £688
90th Percentile £754 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 111 80
10th Percentile £19.20 £14.25 £19.94
25th Percentile £22.27 £20.74 £21.24
Median hourly rate £29.07 £26.00 £45.25
Median % change year-on-year +11.81% -42.54% +1.69%
75th Percentile £55.50 £43.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £69.72 £68.75 £82.55
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing CISM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for CISM in London

CISM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISM in London.

Daily rate trend for CISM in London

CISM
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISM in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISM in London

CISM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISM in London.

Hourly rate trend for CISM in London

CISM
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CISM in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CISM in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISM within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Central London +1 14 £595 -0.83% 12
South London +7 2 - -
West London +11 1 - - 3
CISM
England

CISM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.01%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.01%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 25 (25.25%) Azure
2 16 (16.16%) AWS
3 12 (12.12%) Microsoft Purview
4 11 (11.11%) GCP
5 4 (4.04%) Entra ID
6 3 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.02%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.01%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.01%) IaaS
8 1 (1.01%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.01%) PaaS
8 1 (1.01%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (13.13%) Firewall
2 8 (8.08%) Network Security
3 3 (3.03%) SD-WAN
3 3 (3.03%) VPN
3 3 (3.03%) WAN
4 2 (2.02%) DMZ
Development Applications
1 1 (1.01%) GitLab
1 1 (1.01%) Jenkins
General
1 53 (53.54%) Social Skills
2 23 (23.23%) Finance
3 11 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (11.11%) Legal
4 9 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (5.05%) Law
5 5 (5.05%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.04%) Telecoms
7 3 (3.03%) Banking
7 3 (3.03%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.01%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.01%) Military
8 1 (1.01%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 28 (28.28%) Architect
2 26 (26.26%) Security Architect
3 16 (16.16%) Consultant
4 15 (15.15%) Security Consultant
5 13 (13.13%) Lead
6 11 (11.11%) Analyst
7 9 (9.09%) IT Manager
7 9 (9.09%) Security Manager
7 9 (9.09%) Senior
8 8 (8.08%) IT Risk Manager
8 8 (8.08%) Risk Manager
9 7 (7.07%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 6 (6.06%) Security Analyst
10 6 (6.06%) Solutions Architect
11 5 (5.05%) Security Solutions Architect
11 5 (5.05%) Senior Architect
11 5 (5.05%) Senior Security Architect
12 4 (4.04%) Information Manager
12 4 (4.04%) Information Security Manager
12 4 (4.04%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.02%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.01%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.13%) Insider Threat
2 9 (9.09%) Operational Technology
2 9 (9.09%) Security Posture
3 5 (5.05%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (5.05%) Management Information System
3 5 (5.05%) Product Ownership
4 4 (4.04%) Algorithms
5 3 (3.03%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.03%) Cyberattack
5 3 (3.03%) Data Centre
5 3 (3.03%) Low-Code
5 3 (3.03%) PKI
6 2 (2.02%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (2.02%) e-Learning
6 2 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.02%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.02%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.01%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.01%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.05%) Windows
1 5 (5.05%) Windows Server
2 3 (3.03%) Linux
3 2 (2.02%) AIX
3 2 (2.02%) Solaris
4 1 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (46.46%) Cybersecurity
2 33 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 29 (29.29%) Information Security
4 25 (25.25%) Incident Response
5 24 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (20.20%) Security Architecture
6 20 (20.20%) Stakeholder Management
7 19 (19.19%) Cloud Security
8 17 (17.17%) Risk Assessment
9 15 (15.15%) Data Loss Prevention
9 15 (15.15%) Roadmaps
10 14 (14.14%) Computer Science
10 14 (14.14%) Data Protection
10 14 (14.14%) Identity Access Management
11 13 (13.13%) TOGAF
12 12 (12.12%) DevSecOps
12 12 (12.12%) Vulnerability Management
13 11 (11.11%) Data Privacy
13 11 (11.11%) Security Operations
13 11 (11.11%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.10%) PowerShell
2 8 (8.08%) Python
3 4 (4.04%) Bash
4 1 (1.01%) PHP
4 1 (1.01%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.01%) SQL
Qualifications
1 89 (89.90%) CISSP
2 30 (30.30%) CRISC
3 29 (29.29%) CISA
4 27 (27.27%) Degree
5 19 (19.19%) Security Cleared
6 18 (18.18%) SC Cleared
7 11 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (6.06%) CompTIA Security+
8 6 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (5.05%) Azure Certification
9 5 (5.05%) CEH
10 4 (4.04%) AWS Certification
10 4 (4.04%) DV Cleared
10 4 (4.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 4 (4.04%) PMP
11 3 (3.03%) PMI Certification
12 2 (2.02%) GIAC
12 2 (2.02%) Master's Degree
13 1 (1.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 1 (1.01%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (41.41%) NIST
2 34 (34.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (30.30%) GDPR
4 17 (17.17%) HIPAA
5 13 (13.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 12 (12.12%) SOC 2
7 10 (10.10%) GRC
8 7 (7.07%) PCI DSS
9 5 (5.05%) NIST 800
10 4 (4.04%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 2 (2.02%) COBIT
12 2 (2.02%) EU AI Act
12 2 (2.02%) NCSC
12 2 (2.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 9 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.01%) Docker
2 1 (1.01%) IAG
Systems Management
1 10 (10.10%) CASB
2 4 (4.04%) Kubernetes
3 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.02%) Nagios
4 2 (2.02%) SCCM
5 1 (1.01%) Puppet
5 1 (1.01%) QRadar
Vendors
1 23 (23.23%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.07%) CyberArk
2 7 (7.07%) Qualys
3 6 (6.06%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.03%) Ariba
4 3 (3.03%) Okta
4 3 (3.03%) Zscaler
5 2 (2.02%) BeyondTrust
5 2 (2.02%) Google
5 2 (2.02%) Ping Identity
5 2 (2.02%) SAP
5 2 (2.02%) Snow
5 2 (2.02%) Tenable
6 1 (1.01%) IBM
6 1 (1.01%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.01%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.01%) Splunk