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 19 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 108 148
Rank change year-on-year +3 +40 +30
Contract jobs citing CISM 15 12 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.86% 0.59% 0.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.36% 2.42% 2.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 6 13
10th Percentile £263 - -
25th Percentile £335 £301 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £304 £457
Median % change year-on-year +46.50% -33.53% -12.12%
75th Percentile £525 £404 £525
90th Percentile £535 £501 -
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £618
% change year-on-year - -2.83% +2.92%

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 447 495 616
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 25.60% 24.22% 22.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 308 414
10th Percentile £181 £179 £243
25th Percentile £309 £304 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £450 £473
Median % change year-on-year -4.22% -4.81% +0.03%
75th Percentile £525 £588 £541
90th Percentile £600 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 37 12
10th Percentile £16.84 £12.30 £13.07
25th Percentile £18.39 £13.25 £19.94
Median hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -58.82% -15.65%
75th Percentile £25.15 £40.94 £59.90
90th Percentile £28.17 £45.56 £64.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £57.33
% change year-on-year -40.82% -25.87% +28.83%

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 19 July 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 19 July 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 -10 10 £410 +35.54% 7
Edinburgh +9 4 £445 +4.09% 5
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 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) Azure
2 3 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (13.33%) IaaS
3 2 (13.33%) PaaS
3 2 (13.33%) SaaS
4 1 (6.67%) AWS
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Firewall
1 2 (13.33%) Network Security
2 1 (6.67%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (13.33%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Banking
4 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) Architect
2 4 (26.67%) Security Analyst
3 3 (20.00%) Security Architect
3 3 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (20.00%) Vulnerability Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Consultant
4 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Information Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Information Security Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Security Solutions Architect
4 2 (13.33%) Senior
4 2 (13.33%) Vulnerability Management Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Security Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Security Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Security Tester
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 1 (6.67%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (6.67%) PKI
2 1 (6.67%) PropTech
2 1 (6.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Linux
1 2 (13.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (53.33%) Information Security
3 5 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 5 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
4 4 (26.67%) Agile
4 4 (26.67%) Cloud Security
4 4 (26.67%) TOGAF
5 3 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (20.00%) Customer Service
5 3 (20.00%) ITIL
5 3 (20.00%) Security Operations
5 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (13.33%) DevOps
6 2 (13.33%) Identity Access Management
6 2 (13.33%) Regulatory Compliance
6 2 (13.33%) Remediation Plan
6 2 (13.33%) Threat Modelling
6 2 (13.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (73.33%) CISSP
2 4 (26.67%) CISA
2 4 (26.67%) CRISC
3 3 (20.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 2 (13.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (13.33%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (13.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (6.67%) CCSP
5 1 (6.67%) CEH
5 1 (6.67%) Degree
5 1 (6.67%) GIAC
5 1 (6.67%) OSCP
5 1 (6.67%) PCI QSA
5 1 (6.67%) SANS
5 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
5 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) GRC
1 3 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (13.33%) NIST
3 1 (6.67%) COBIT
3 1 (6.67%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (6.67%) NIST 800
3 1 (6.67%) PCI DSS
3 1 (6.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Qualys
2 4 (26.67%) ServiceNow
3 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (13.33%) Tenable
5 1 (6.67%) Ariba
5 1 (6.67%) F5
5 1 (6.67%) Rapid7