ISMS Contracts in the Midlands

Information Security Management System (ISMS)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring ISMS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ISMS over the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 139 130 143
Rank change year-on-year -9 +13 +54
Contract jobs citing ISMS 3 5 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.12% 0.19% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.23% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 6
10th Percentile £333 - £413
25th Percentile £344 - £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +2.56% -11.36%
75th Percentile £394 - £731
90th Percentile £398 - £800
England median daily rate £710 £500 £625
% change year-on-year +42.00% -20.00% +13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,216 2,158 2,586
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.59% 81.43% 85.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,420 1,469 1,803
10th Percentile £231 £270 £250
25th Percentile £358 £374 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £550 £611 £600
90th Percentile £644 £700 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 96 86
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.75 £13.00
25th Percentile £16.13 £14.70 £18.69
Median hourly rate £21.35 £19.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.55% -29.15% +48.65%
75th Percentile £26.69 £35.63 £51.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £50.36 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £40.85
% change year-on-year -41.51% +5.28% +54.13%

ISMS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing ISMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for ISMS in the Midlands

ISMS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISMS in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for ISMS in the Midlands

ISMS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISMS in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for ISMS in the Midlands

ISMS
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISMS within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East Midlands 0 2 £375 - 3
West Midlands -7 1 - - 2
ISMS
England

ISMS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Local Government
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Security Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Information Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Security Management
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security Management
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Internal Audit
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CISM
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) CEH
2 1 (33.33%) CISA
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (33.33%) GRC
2 1 (33.33%) NIST