ISMS Contract Job Trends in Preston

Information Security Management System (ISMS)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring ISMS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ISMS 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 2.76% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.38% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £548 - -
25th Percentile £550 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 - -
75th Percentile £585 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median daily rate £568 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 148 72 33
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 81.77% 92.31% 78.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 47 21
10th Percentile £310 £344 £200
25th Percentile £459 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £455 £575
Median % change year-on-year +20.88% -20.87% +29.58%
75th Percentile £638 £630 £627
90th Percentile £690 £674 £975
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £488 £484
% change year-on-year +12.82% +0.72% -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 9 5
10th Percentile £37.25 £23.32 £24.31
25th Percentile £60.00 £26.88 £25.30
Median hourly rate £70.00 £41.06 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +70.48% +46.64% -38.97%
75th Percentile £76.33 £47.12 £51.88
90th Percentile £80.00 £61.47 £61.25
Lancashire median hourly rate £56.44 £47.12 £40.33
% change year-on-year +19.78% +16.85% -12.68%

ISMS
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISMS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston.

ISMS job vacancy trend in Preston

ISMS
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing ISMS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing ISMS

ISMS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Consultant
2 3 (60.00%) Management Consultant
2 3 (60.00%) Security Consultant
3 2 (40.00%) Security Incident Consultant
3 2 (40.00%) Security Management Consultant
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Consultant
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management Consultant
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) SIAM
2 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) Incident Management
2 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (40.00%) Information Assurance
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) NCSC
1 5 (100.00%) NIST
2 2 (40.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (40.00%) GRC
2 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (40.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow