CISMP Contract Job Trends in Reading

ISEB Certificate in Information Security Management Principles (CISMP)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for CISMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 - 76
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CISMP 1 0 11
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.15% - 1.03%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.48% - 2.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £293
25th Percentile - - £312
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £325
75th Percentile - - £338
90th Percentile - - £343
Berkshire median daily rate £350 £600 £325
% change year-on-year -41.67% +84.62% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Reading

CISMP 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 207 399 438
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 31.51% 36.81% 41.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 212 295
10th Percentile £255 £331 £210
25th Percentile £358 £492 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -3.76%
75th Percentile £538 £666 £623
90th Percentile £614 £738 £675
Berkshire median daily rate £492 £562 £523
% change year-on-year -12.38% +7.46% -4.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 23 8
10th Percentile £42.05 £49.69 £58.38
25th Percentile - £59.55 £62.16
Median hourly rate £65.00 £69.38 £66.44
Median % change year-on-year -6.31% +4.42% +20.80%
75th Percentile £72.00 £100.00 £75.06
90th Percentile £85.05 - £75.77
Berkshire median hourly rate £30.11 £61.60 £63.29
% change year-on-year -51.12% -2.67% +175.17%

CISMP
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

CISMP job vacancy trend in Reading

CISMP
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing CISMP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing CISMP

CISMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Compliance Audit
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) COBIT
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST