CISMP Contract Job Trends in the South East

ISEB Certificate in Information Security Management Principles (CISMP)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for CISMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 185 166 194
Rank change year-on-year -19 +28 +56
Contract jobs citing CISMP 2 6 11
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.046% 0.16% 0.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.11% 0.42% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 7
10th Percentile - £463 £176
25th Percentile - £478 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £563 £320
Median % change year-on-year -37.78% +75.78% -55.09%
75th Percentile - £597 £335
90th Percentile - £600 £338
England median daily rate £450 £475 £321
% change year-on-year -5.21% +47.98% -44.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,889 1,416 2,183
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 43.30% 38.37% 43.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,254 941 1,303
10th Percentile £264 £263 £213
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 77 139
10th Percentile £17.19 £20.80 £27.40
25th Percentile £18.87 £31.25 £49.84
Median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.68% -5.43% +33.33%
75th Percentile £60.25 £64.73 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.09 £75.00 £78.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.71 £52.50
% change year-on-year -46.16% -11.02% +16.67%

CISMP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

CISMP job vacancy trend in the South East

CISMP
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CISMP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CISMP

CISMP
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISMP within the South East region over the 6 months to 21 December 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
Berkshire -2 1 £350 -41.67%
Thames Valley -9 1 £350 -41.67% 2
Hampshire -17 1 - -
CISMP
England

CISMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Compliance Audit
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) ISMS
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISA
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) CRISC
1 1 (50.00%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) COBIT
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) GRC
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft