ISMS Contracts in the South East

Information Security Management System (ISMS)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring ISMS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ISMS over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 177 200
Rank change year-on-year +30 +23 +63
Contract jobs citing ISMS 15 7 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.42% 0.14% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.18% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 3
10th Percentile £650 - £481
25th Percentile £669 £165 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £300 £553
Median % change year-on-year +141.67% -45.75% -7.83%
75th Percentile £769 £655 £595
90th Percentile £780 £808 £621
England median daily rate £710 £500 £625
% change year-on-year +42.00% -20.00% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £71.20
Median hourly rate - - £73.20
75th Percentile - - £74.20
90th Percentile - - £74.55
England median hourly rate - - £73.20

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

ISMS falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,187 3,992 4,949
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 89.90% 82.56% 89.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,983 2,442 3,352
10th Percentile £250 £255 £250
25th Percentile £400 £404 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £518
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.35% +3.60%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £623
90th Percentile £665 £700 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 301 315 236
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.00 £15.38
25th Percentile £15.13 £26.25 £21.18
Median hourly rate £21.90 £57.35 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.81% +14.70% +94.17%
75th Percentile £51.00 £70.09 £63.75
90th Percentile £70.16 £76.86 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.75 £40.55
% change year-on-year -41.17% +5.44% +50.28%

ISMS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing ISMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for ISMS in the South East

ISMS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISMS in the South East.

Daily rate trend for ISMS in the South East

ISMS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISMS in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for ISMS in the South East

ISMS
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 ISMS within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 August 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
Hampshire +28 13 £725 -25.64% 2
Thames Valley +8 1 - - 10
Kent -3 1 - -
Berkshire - 1 - - 6
ISMS
England

ISMS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (13.33%) Azure
1 2 (13.33%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (53.33%) Network Security
2 7 (46.67%) Firewall
General
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Security Specialist
2 6 (40.00%) Analyst
2 6 (40.00%) SOC Analyst
3 4 (26.67%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 2 (13.33%) Junior
4 2 (13.33%) Junior Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Junior Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Head of Information
5 1 (6.67%) Head of Information Security
5 1 (6.67%) Head of Security
5 1 (6.67%) Information Officer
5 1 (6.67%) Information Security Officer
5 1 (6.67%) Security Officer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Cyber Defence
1 2 (13.33%) Operational Technology
1 2 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
1 2 (13.33%) Virtual Team
2 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (6.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Information Security
2 7 (46.67%) Agile
2 7 (46.67%) Customer Engagement
2 7 (46.67%) Information Assurance
3 6 (40.00%) ITIL
4 5 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (26.67%) Cloud Security
5 4 (26.67%) Information Security Management
5 4 (26.67%) Logistics
5 4 (26.67%) Security Architecture
5 4 (26.67%) Security Management
5 4 (26.67%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (20.00%) Incident Management
6 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
6 3 (20.00%) Security Operations
7 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (13.33%) Virtual Team Management
8 1 (6.67%) Information Governance
8 1 (6.67%) Mentoring
8 1 (6.67%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) CISM
1 7 (46.67%) SC Cleared
1 7 (46.67%) Security Cleared
2 6 (40.00%) CISMP
2 6 (40.00%) GSEC
3 4 (26.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (6.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (53.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (46.67%) GDPR
3 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (6.67%) GRC
3 1 (6.67%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft