ISMS Contracts in the North of England

Information Security Management System (ISMS)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 177 160 187
Rank change year-on-year -17 +27 +62
DemandTrendContract jobs citing ISMS 11 3 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.27% 0.072% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.086% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £709 - £377
25th Percentile £723 £485 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £745 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +52.04% -6.67% -8.70%
75th Percentile £768 £495 £659
90th Percentile £781 - £676
England median daily rate £710 £500 £625
% change year-on-year +42.00% -20.00% +13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,569 3,496 4,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 89.14% 83.68% 88.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,286 2,091 3,053
10th Percentile £268 £313 £285
25th Percentile £375 £406 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - -
75th Percentile £563 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 235 198
10th Percentile £12.88 £11.07 £15.72
25th Percentile £17.47 £14.00 £17.75
Median hourly rate £22.63 £27.00 £27.74
Median % change year-on-year -16.19% -2.67% +44.14%
75th Percentile £43.56 £49.38 £46.18
90th Percentile £72.40 £69.90 £58.85
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £40.85
% change year-on-year -40.82% +4.05% +51.39%

ISMS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for ISMS in the North of England

ISMS
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

ISMS
DemandTrendContract 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 ISMS within the North of England region over the 6 months to 21 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
Yorkshire -8 6 - - 1
North West -8 3 £745 +52.04% 8
North East - 2 - - 2
ISMS
England

ISMS
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 2 (18.18%) Azure
1 2 (18.18%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) Firewall
General
1 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Analyst
1 6 (54.55%) SOC Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Security Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Consultant
4 2 (18.18%) Information Assurance Consultant
4 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Junior
4 2 (18.18%) Junior Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Junior Infrastructure Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Senior
4 2 (18.18%) Senior Consultant
4 2 (18.18%) Senior Information Assurance Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Operational Technology
2 2 (18.18%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (18.18%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (18.18%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
3 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (9.09%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Information Security
2 6 (54.55%) ITIL
3 5 (45.45%) Logistics
4 4 (36.36%) Cloud Security
4 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (36.36%) Information Security Management
4 4 (36.36%) Security Management
5 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
5 2 (18.18%) GAP Analysis
5 2 (18.18%) Information Assurance
5 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
5 2 (18.18%) Security Operations
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (18.18%) Zero Trust
6 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
6 1 (9.09%) Mathematics
6 1 (9.09%) Risk Analysis
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) CISMP
1 6 (54.55%) GSEC
2 3 (27.27%) CISSP
3 2 (18.18%) CISM
3 2 (18.18%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 2 (18.18%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) GDPR
2 4 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (18.18%) COBIT
3 2 (18.18%) NIST
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Cisco
2 2 (18.18%) Fortinet
2 2 (18.18%) HP
2 2 (18.18%) Veeam
2 2 (18.18%) VMware
3 1 (9.09%) Siemens