CISM Contracts in the North West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 114 115 144
Rank change year-on-year +1 +29 -10
Contract jobs citing CISM 6 22 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.30% 0.80% 0.41%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.85% 2.65% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 20 7
10th Percentile - - £420
25th Percentile £525 £425 £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £680 £575 £613
Median % change year-on-year +18.26% -6.12% -5.77%
75th Percentile £750 £725 £681
90th Percentile - £858 £745
England median daily rate £625 £600 £650
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +5.05%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 706 829 1,003
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 35.87% 30.09% 31.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 404 474 683
10th Percentile £230 £268 £325
25th Percentile £398 £416 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year -3.66% -1.44% +4.00%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £602
90th Percentile £650 £725 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 124 67
10th Percentile £17.70 £10.95 £20.00
25th Percentile £25.26 £11.77 £25.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £16.06 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +102.37% -57.17% -5.60%
75th Percentile £60.00 £39.54 £49.52
90th Percentile £83.13 £62.50 £66.13
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for CISM in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for CISM in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for CISM in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Manchester +4 2 £715 +58.89% 26
Cheshire -4 2 £550 -20.06%
Cumbria - 1 - -
Lancashire - 1 £700 - 15
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 4 (66.67%) Banking
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Military
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Architect
1 4 (66.67%) Consultant
1 4 (66.67%) Security Consultant
2 3 (50.00%) Security Architect
3 2 (33.33%) DevSecOps Architect
3 2 (33.33%) DevSecOps Consultant
4 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (33.33%) Private Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
2 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) DevSecOps
2 2 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) OWASP
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) SDLC
2 2 (33.33%) Security Management
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (16.67%) Information Security
3 1 (16.67%) Network Design
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (16.67%) Security Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (16.67%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CISSP
2 2 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (33.33%) CCSP
2 2 (33.33%) CEH
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (33.33%) OSCP
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) NIST
2 4 (66.67%) PCI DSS
3 2 (33.33%) COBIT
3 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
4 1 (16.67%) GRC
4 1 (16.67%) NCSC