ISMS Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Information Security Management System (ISMS)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring ISMS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 - 98
Rank change year-on-year - - +28
Contract jobs citing ISMS 1 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.084% - 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.093% - 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £465
25th Percentile - - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.55%
75th Percentile - - £650
90th Percentile - - £673
North West median daily rate £700 - £575
% change year-on-year - - +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

ISMS falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,076 966 1,366
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.89% 89.44% 88.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 726 578 977
10th Percentile £308 £294 £300
25th Percentile £380 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £470 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% -6.00% -
75th Percentile £580 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £681 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 39 50
10th Percentile £17.30 £15.98 £15.75
25th Percentile £19.39 £22.75 £17.53
Median hourly rate £22.63 £32.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.37% +8.33% -21.36%
75th Percentile £52.88 £40.38 £60.94
90th Percentile £64.00 £65.00 £75.70
North West median hourly rate £31.50 £31.25 £35.50
% change year-on-year +0.80% -11.97% +33.81%

ISMS
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

ISMS job vacancy trend in Manchester

ISMS
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing ISMS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing ISMS

ISMS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Information Assurance Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) COBIT
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST