CISMP Contract Job Trends in the North of England

ISEB Certificate in Information Security Management Principles (CISMP)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for CISMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 210 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CISMP 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.043% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £450 £475 £325
% change year-on-year -5.21% +46.15% -43.87%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

CISMP 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 1,451 1,085 1,225
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 30.95% 30.21% 26.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 980 618 798
10th Percentile £249 £220 £255
25th Percentile £400 £357 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.91% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £600 £588 £628
90th Percentile £696 £677 £703
England median daily rate £525 £528 £550
% change year-on-year -0.47% -4.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 68 80
10th Percentile £16.17 £18.02 £16.25
25th Percentile £22.16 £22.59 £29.58
Median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +39.88% -29.62% +78.92%
75th Percentile £61.09 £52.05 £46.89
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.92 £55.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £48.56 £52.50
% change year-on-year -48.21% -7.50% +16.67%

CISMP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CISMP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

CISMP job vacancy trend in the North of England

CISMP
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing CISMP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing CISMP

CISMP
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 CISMP within the North of England region over the 6 months to 18 December 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
Yorkshire - 2 - -
CISMP
England

CISMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) ISMS
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft