CISM Contracts in Reading

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 90 75
Rank change year-on-year +42 -15 +13
Contract jobs citing CISM 12 5 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 2.16% 0.43% 1.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.78% 0.99% 3.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 5
10th Percentile - £298 £536
25th Percentile £613 £337 £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £414 £675
Median % change year-on-year +51.10% -38.72% +75.32%
75th Percentile £638 £479 £738
90th Percentile - £511 £762
Berkshire median daily rate £625 £525 £615
% change year-on-year +19.05% -14.63% +9.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £74.08
25th Percentile - - £74.20
Median hourly rate - - £74.40
75th Percentile - - £74.59
90th Percentile - - £74.71
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.50 - £74.00

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 177 504 313
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 31.83% 43.60% 30.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 256 190
10th Percentile £360 £206 £363
25th Percentile £456 £438 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £605 £560
Median % change year-on-year -2.89% +8.04% +12.56%
75th Percentile £700 £663 £643
90th Percentile - £720 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +12.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 42 14
10th Percentile - £42.70 £63.14
25th Percentile - £53.74 £63.60
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £68.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -9.41% +580.00%
75th Percentile £71.80 £85.34 £78.09
90th Percentile £75.03 £87.52 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £65.00
% change year-on-year +13.64% -5.23% +209.16%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing CISM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for CISM in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISM in Reading.

Daily rate trend for CISM in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 4 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
General
1 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Retail
3 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Senior
2 6 (50.00%) Information Security Specialist
2 6 (50.00%) Information Specialist
2 6 (50.00%) Security Specialist
2 6 (50.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 6 (50.00%) Senior Information Security Specialist
2 6 (50.00%) Senior Security Specialist
3 5 (41.67%) Security Engineer
4 3 (25.00%) Senior Security Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Information Assurance Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Risk Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (41.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Information Security
2 6 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 6 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 5 (41.67%) Collaborative Working
3 5 (41.67%) Enterprise Architecture
3 5 (41.67%) SOA
3 5 (41.67%) Threat Modelling
3 5 (41.67%) Validation
4 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
6 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (8.33%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) CISSP
1 7 (58.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 2 (16.67%) Degree
5 1 (8.33%) CEH
5 1 (8.33%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (58.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (8.33%) JSP 440
2 1 (8.33%) NCSC
2 1 (8.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft