CISM Contracts in Scotland

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 102 114 153
Rank change year-on-year +12 +39 +8
Contract jobs citing CISM 14 15 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.86% 0.68% 0.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.36% 2.48% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 7
10th Percentile £258 £481 -
25th Percentile £314 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £500 £430
Median % change year-on-year +1.70% +16.28% -32.55%
75th Percentile £612 - £474
90th Percentile £694 £533 £493
UK median daily rate £625 £600 £625
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £83.20 - -
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £83.41 £72.69
% change year-on-year -26.27% +14.75% +5.99%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 321 606 591
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 19.75% 27.33% 20.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 326 408
10th Percentile £200 £188 £163
25th Percentile £363 £346 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £550 £600 £538
90th Percentile £600 £675 £632
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 47 14
10th Percentile £17.01 £12.95 £13.65
25th Percentile £19.73 £16.50 £15.99
Median hourly rate £22.88 £40.94 £21.47
Median % change year-on-year -44.13% +90.73% -49.57%
75th Percentile £28.07 £60.00 £57.90
90th Percentile £61.16 £64.70 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for CISM in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for CISM in Scotland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for CISM in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISM in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for CISM in Scotland

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISM within the Scotland 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
Glasgow +4 11 £475 -5.00% 7
Edinburgh +6 2 £713 +29.55% 2
CISM
UK

CISM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Power Platform
2 2 (14.29%) IaaS
2 2 (14.29%) PaaS
2 2 (14.29%) SaaS
3 1 (7.14%) Azure
3 1 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) Power BI
General
1 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Finance
3 3 (21.43%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Banking
5 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Architect
2 4 (28.57%) Analyst
2 4 (28.57%) Consultant
2 4 (28.57%) Security Architect
3 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Security Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Security Consultant
3 3 (21.43%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (21.43%) Vulnerability Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Security Solutions Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Senior
4 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) CISSP Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 1 (7.14%) DevSecOps Architect
5 1 (7.14%) DevSecOps Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Private Cloud
1 2 (14.29%) Security Posture
1 2 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (7.14%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Operational Technology
2 1 (7.14%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
1 2 (14.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (42.86%) DevSecOps
2 6 (42.86%) Information Security
3 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (28.57%) Risk Management
4 4 (28.57%) Security Operations
4 4 (28.57%) TOGAF
4 4 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (21.43%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (21.43%) ITIL
5 3 (21.43%) Security Architecture
6 2 (14.29%) Business Case
6 2 (14.29%) Cloud Security
6 2 (14.29%) Customer Service
6 2 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
6 2 (14.29%) Remediation Plan
6 2 (14.29%) Security Management
6 2 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
6 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (85.71%) CISSP
2 3 (21.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 3 (21.43%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (21.43%) CompTIA Security+
2 3 (21.43%) CRISC
3 2 (14.29%) CCSP
3 2 (14.29%) CEH
3 2 (14.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 2 (14.29%) OSCP
4 1 (7.14%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (7.14%) Degree
4 1 (7.14%) SANS
4 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) NIST
2 3 (21.43%) GRC
3 2 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (14.29%) PCI DSS
4 1 (7.14%) COBIT
4 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (7.14%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) CASB
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Qualys
2 4 (28.57%) ServiceNow
3 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
4 1 (7.14%) Ariba
4 1 (7.14%) F5
4 1 (7.14%) Forcepoint