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 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 264 253 265
Rank change year-on-year -11 +12 +101
DemandTrendContract jobs citing CISM 95 136 203
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.71% 0.84% 0.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.69% 3.41% 3.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 101 171
10th Percentile £430 £458 £459
25th Percentile £513 £550 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.52%
75th Percentile £700 £775 £800
90th Percentile £735 £823 £875
England median daily rate £606 £600 £621
% change year-on-year +1.04% -3.42% +0.28%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,529 3,986 5,124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.40% 24.55% 22.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,378 2,702 3,542
10th Percentile £339 £350 £363
25th Percentile £430 £446 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.63% -2.27% -1.79%
75th Percentile £656 £650 £675
90th Percentile £740 £763 £788
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 67 78
10th Percentile £18.83 £17.88 £19.11
25th Percentile £25.09 £22.00 £32.56
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.17% -45.45% +22.22%
75th Percentile £46.25 £46.25 £72.50
90th Percentile £65.00 £64.70 £84.35
England median hourly rate £25.15 £48.56 £55.00
% change year-on-year -48.21% -11.71% +22.22%

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
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CISM

CISM
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISM in London over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISM in London

CISM
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CISM

CISM
DemandTrendContract 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 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -8 12 £550 -20.00% 32
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.05%) Confluence
1 1 (1.05%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (2.11%) SAP CO
1 2 (2.11%) SAP FI
1 2 (2.11%) SAP FI/CO
1 2 (2.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.05%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 29 (30.53%) Azure
2 20 (21.05%) AWS
3 11 (11.58%) GCP
4 8 (8.42%) Entra ID
5 6 (6.32%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (5.26%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (4.21%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (3.16%) SaaS
9 2 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (2.11%) GitHub
10 1 (1.05%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (1.05%) IaaS
10 1 (1.05%) OneDrive
10 1 (1.05%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (10.53%) Firewall
2 8 (8.42%) Network Security
3 4 (4.21%) VPN
4 3 (3.16%) SD-WAN
4 3 (3.16%) WAN
5 2 (2.11%) DMZ
5 2 (2.11%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.05%) SSH
Development Applications
1 2 (2.11%) GitLab
1 2 (2.11%) Jenkins
1 2 (2.11%) JIRA
1 2 (2.11%) Snyk
General
1 34 (35.79%) Social Skills
2 22 (23.16%) Finance
3 12 (12.63%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (12.63%) Legal
4 7 (7.37%) Public Sector
5 6 (6.32%) Law
6 5 (5.26%) Banking
6 5 (5.26%) Telecoms
7 4 (4.21%) Local Government
8 2 (2.11%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.05%) Military
9 1 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.05%) Police
9 1 (1.05%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 20 (21.05%) Consultant
2 18 (18.95%) Architect
3 17 (17.89%) Security Architect
3 17 (17.89%) Security Consultant
4 15 (15.79%) Lead
5 10 (10.53%) Analyst
5 10 (10.53%) Senior
6 8 (8.42%) Security Manager
7 4 (4.21%) Information Manager
7 4 (4.21%) Information Security Consultant
7 4 (4.21%) Information Security Manager
7 4 (4.21%) Security Specialist
7 4 (4.21%) Senior Consultant
7 4 (4.21%) Senior Security Consultant
8 3 (3.16%) Delivery Manager
8 3 (3.16%) Head of Security
8 3 (3.16%) Senior Architect
8 3 (3.16%) Senior Information Security Consultant
8 3 (3.16%) Senior Security Architect
9 2 (2.11%) Head of Information Security
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.21%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.05%) OAuth
2 1 (1.05%) OpenID
2 1 (1.05%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.58%) Security Posture
2 7 (7.37%) Insider Threat
3 6 (6.32%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (6.32%) Management Information System
4 4 (4.21%) Algorithms
5 3 (3.16%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.16%) Data Centre
5 3 (3.16%) Operational Technology
5 3 (3.16%) PKI
5 3 (3.16%) Product Ownership
5 3 (3.16%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (2.11%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (2.11%) Low-Code
7 1 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.05%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.05%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.05%) Reinsurance
7 1 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.16%) Mac OS
1 3 (3.16%) Windows
1 3 (3.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (46.32%) Cybersecurity
2 43 (45.26%) Information Security
3 26 (27.37%) Risk Management
4 25 (26.32%) Cloud Security
5 24 (25.26%) Roadmaps
6 21 (22.11%) Computer Science
6 21 (22.11%) Incident Response
7 20 (21.05%) Identity Access Management
8 18 (18.95%) Security Architecture
9 17 (17.89%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (14.74%) Data Privacy
11 13 (13.68%) DevSecOps
11 13 (13.68%) SABSA
11 13 (13.68%) SIEM
12 12 (12.63%) Agile
12 12 (12.63%) Regulatory Compliance
12 12 (12.63%) Security Operations
12 12 (12.63%) Threat Modelling
13 11 (11.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 11 (11.58%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.32%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.16%) Python
3 1 (1.05%) Bash
Qualifications
1 83 (87.37%) CISSP
2 27 (28.42%) CISA
3 26 (27.37%) Degree
4 20 (21.05%) CRISC
5 19 (20.00%) Security Cleared
6 13 (13.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 13 (13.68%) SC Cleared
7 7 (7.37%) GIAC
7 7 (7.37%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (6.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 6 (6.32%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (6.32%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (6.32%) PMI Certification
8 6 (6.32%) PMP
9 5 (5.26%) CEH
10 4 (4.21%) AWS Certification
10 4 (4.21%) Azure Certification
10 4 (4.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 3 (3.16%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (3.16%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (44.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 38 (40.00%) NIST
3 28 (29.47%) GDPR
4 9 (9.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 8 (8.42%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (8.42%) SOC 2
6 7 (7.37%) GRC
6 7 (7.37%) HIPAA
6 7 (7.37%) NCSC
7 6 (6.32%) COBIT
8 5 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 5 (5.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (4.21%) PCI DSS
10 3 (3.16%) Government Security Classifications
10 3 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (3.16%) RMADS
11 2 (2.11%) IFRS
11 2 (2.11%) ITGC
11 2 (2.11%) NIST 800
11 2 (2.11%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (9.47%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (7.37%) QRadar
2 6 (6.32%) CASB
3 5 (5.26%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (4.21%) CSIRT
5 3 (3.16%) Kubernetes
5 3 (3.16%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.05%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (1.05%) Nessus
6 1 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (25.26%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.47%) Splunk
3 7 (7.37%) CyberArk
4 6 (6.32%) CrowdStrike
5 5 (5.26%) Zscaler
6 4 (4.21%) Fortinet
6 4 (4.21%) Okta
6 4 (4.21%) Proofpoint
6 4 (4.21%) Qualys
6 4 (4.21%) ServiceNow
6 4 (4.21%) Tenable
7 3 (3.16%) Rapid7
7 3 (3.16%) Tanium
8 2 (2.11%) Carbon Black
8 2 (2.11%) Cisco
8 2 (2.11%) Google
8 2 (2.11%) Ping Identity
8 2 (2.11%) Saba
8 2 (2.11%) SAP
8 2 (2.11%) Veracode