CISM Contracts in the North of England

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 153 153 204
Rank change year-on-year 0 +51 -29
Contract jobs citing CISM 13 32 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.39% 0.67% 0.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.21% 2.58% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 27 9
10th Percentile £525 £425 £369
25th Percentile £532 £438 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £575 £613
Median % change year-on-year +6.52% -6.12% -2.00%
75th Percentile £698 £689 £638
90th Percentile £750 £775 £735
England median daily rate £625 £600 £650
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +5.05%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,070 1,240 1,501
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 32.47% 26.01% 25.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 650 684 1,063
10th Percentile £230 £300 £325
25th Percentile £375 £415 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.20% -2.38% +9.38%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £625
90th Percentile £652 £725 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 165 70
10th Percentile £17.44 £10.95 £20.00
25th Percentile £22.61 £12.75 £25.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £16.06 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +102.37% -57.17% +15.62%
75th Percentile £59.24 £38.43 £49.52
90th Percentile £80.59 £61.50 £65.84
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing CISM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for CISM in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISM in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for CISM in the North of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for CISM in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISM in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for CISM in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISM within the North of England 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
North West +1 6 £680 +18.26% 27
Yorkshire +4 4 £640 +11.30% 10
North East +1 3 £534 +1.71% 8
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England

CISM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (15.38%) IaaS
3 2 (15.38%) PaaS
3 2 (15.38%) SaaS
4 1 (7.69%) AWS
4 1 (7.69%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Network Security
General
1 6 (46.15%) Banking
2 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
3 4 (30.77%) Finance
4 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
5 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Military
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Consultant
2 8 (61.54%) Architect
3 7 (53.85%) Security Consultant
4 6 (46.15%) Security Architect
5 4 (30.77%) DevSecOps Architect
5 4 (30.77%) DevSecOps Consultant
6 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 2 (15.38%) Project Consultant
6 2 (15.38%) Senior
6 2 (15.38%) Senior Consultant
6 2 (15.38%) Senior Project Consultant
7 1 (7.69%) Designer
7 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Architect
7 1 (7.69%) IT Consultant
7 1 (7.69%) IT Manager
7 1 (7.69%) IT Security Consultant
7 1 (7.69%) IT Security Manager
7 1 (7.69%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Hybrid Cloud
1 4 (30.77%) Private Cloud
2 2 (15.38%) Operational Technology
2 2 (15.38%) Security Posture
2 2 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (38.46%) DevOps
2 5 (38.46%) Risk Management
2 5 (38.46%) Roadmaps
3 4 (30.77%) DevSecOps
3 4 (30.77%) Network Architecture
3 4 (30.77%) OWASP
3 4 (30.77%) Security Management
4 3 (23.08%) Information Security
4 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
4 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (23.08%) Threat Modelling
5 2 (15.38%) Cloud Security
5 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
5 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (15.38%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (15.38%) Remediation Plan
5 2 (15.38%) SDLC
5 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (7.69%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (84.62%) CISSP
2 6 (46.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 6 (46.15%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (30.77%) CCSP
3 4 (30.77%) CEH
3 4 (30.77%) OSCP
4 3 (23.08%) Degree
5 2 (15.38%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (15.38%) CRISC
6 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (7.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (7.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (7.69%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (69.23%) NIST
2 7 (53.85%) PCI DSS
3 5 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (30.77%) COBIT
5 2 (15.38%) GDPR
5 2 (15.38%) GRC
5 2 (15.38%) NCSC
6 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
6 1 (7.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (7.69%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.69%) Nessus
2 1 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Centrify
2 1 (7.69%) CyberArk
2 1 (7.69%) Qualys
2 1 (7.69%) Thycotic