CISM Contracts in the North West

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for CISM qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 147 138
Rank change year-on-year +32 -9 -2
Contract jobs citing CISM 22 13 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.80% 0.41% 1.08%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.64% 1.30% 4.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 7 41
10th Percentile - £420 £525
25th Percentile £425 £518 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £613 £650
Median % change year-on-year -6.12% -5.77% +26.83%
75th Percentile £725 £681 £763
90th Percentile £858 £745 -
England median daily rate £600 £650 £613
% change year-on-year -7.69% +6.12% +11.36%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

CISM is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 834 1,003 920
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 30.18% 31.39% 22.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 477 684 604
10th Percentile £247 £325 £263
25th Percentile £413 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.25% +3.80% +11.11%
75th Percentile £650 £602 £625
90th Percentile £725 £700 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 67 67
10th Percentile £10.95 £20.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £11.77 £25.00 £18.25
Median hourly rate £16.06 £37.50 £39.73
Median % change year-on-year -57.17% -5.60% -7.62%
75th Percentile £39.54 £49.52 £52.42
90th Percentile £62.50 £66.13 £63.63
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.40 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.66% +39.73% -3.75%

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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 28 April 2024.

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 28 April 2024. 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 +21 15 £450 -22.58% 9
Cheshire - 6 £688 - 2
Merseyside +17 1 £450 -
CISM
England

CISM
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:

Applications
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (40.91%) Azure
2 8 (36.36%) Azure Sentinel
3 4 (18.18%) AWS
4 3 (13.64%) IaaS
4 3 (13.64%) PaaS
4 3 (13.64%) SaaS
5 1 (4.55%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) Network Security
2 1 (4.55%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (4.55%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
2 2 (9.09%) Finance
2 2 (9.09%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Police
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) Analyst
2 4 (18.18%) Architect
2 4 (18.18%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 4 (18.18%) Project Manager
2 4 (18.18%) Security Manager
2 4 (18.18%) Security Project Manager
3 3 (13.64%) Security Architect
3 3 (13.64%) Senior
3 3 (13.64%) SOC Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) AWS Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Consultant
4 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 2 (9.09%) Security Consultant
4 2 (9.09%) Security Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Auditor
5 1 (4.55%) Cloud Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Portfolio Project Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Project Portfolio Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Cyberattack
1 2 (9.09%) Insider Threat
1 2 (9.09%) Security Posture
2 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.55%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (72.73%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (40.91%) Decision-Making
3 6 (27.27%) Application Security
3 6 (27.27%) Business Case
3 6 (27.27%) Business Development
3 6 (27.27%) Cloud Security
3 6 (27.27%) Data Strategy
3 6 (27.27%) Incident Response
3 6 (27.27%) Pricing Strategy
3 6 (27.27%) Threat Management
4 5 (22.73%) Risk Management
5 4 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
5 4 (18.18%) Information Security
5 4 (18.18%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 4 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
5 4 (18.18%) Test Strategy
5 4 (18.18%) TOGAF
6 3 (13.64%) Architectural Design
6 3 (13.64%) Security Monitoring
6 3 (13.64%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 7 (31.82%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (4.55%) Bash
2 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (100.00%) CISSP
2 8 (36.36%) CISA
2 8 (36.36%) CompTIA Security+
3 6 (27.27%) Degree
3 6 (27.27%) Master's Degree
3 6 (27.27%) MBA
4 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (40.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (9.09%) Government Security Classifications
2 2 (9.09%) NCSC
3 1 (4.55%) GDPR
Vendors
1 15 (68.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) NetIQ
2 1 (4.55%) OneTrust