CISM Contracts in the South West

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 127 131
Rank change year-on-year +33 +4 +18
Contract jobs citing CISM 22 12 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.14% 0.44% 0.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.20% 0.86% 1.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 6 14
10th Percentile £408 £491 £500
25th Percentile £514 - £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £500 £663
Median % change year-on-year +35.00% -24.53% +4.95%
75th Percentile £713 £556 £720
90th Percentile £790 £625 £788
England median daily rate £606 £600 £618
% change year-on-year +1.04% -2.83% +0.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £59.73
Median hourly rate - - £68.73
75th Percentile - - £82.21
90th Percentile - - £89.13
England median hourly rate £42.62 - £72.69
% change year-on-year - - -1.45%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 999 1,403 1,795
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 51.92% 51.75% 54.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 611 882 1,176
10th Percentile £213 £375 £400
25th Percentile £413 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £644 £650 £675
90th Percentile £710 £725 £729
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 126 162
10th Percentile £18.51 £21.73 £33.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £56.12 £50.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £70.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -64.07% +11.11% +5.00%
75th Percentile £58.87 £75.00 £78.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -49.70% -9.09% +22.22%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing CISM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for CISM in the South West

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Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing CISM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing CISM

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISM in the South West over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISM in the South West

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing CISM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing CISM

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISM within the South West region over the 6 months to 29 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
Wiltshire +25 12 £675 +35.00% 3
Bristol +6 6 £450 -18.18% 8
Gloucestershire +24 2 £738 +47.50% 7
Devon - 2 - - 2
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) Azure
2 2 (9.09%) AWS
2 2 (9.09%) GCP
3 1 (4.55%) Azure AKS
3 1 (4.55%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 1 (4.55%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (4.55%) Azure Stack
3 1 (4.55%) IaaS
3 1 (4.55%) OpenShift
3 1 (4.55%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) VPN
2 1 (4.55%) Firewall
2 1 (4.55%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (4.55%) Network Security
General
1 12 (54.55%) Finance
2 7 (31.82%) Public Sector
2 7 (31.82%) Telecoms
3 5 (22.73%) Electronics
3 5 (22.73%) Manufacturing
3 5 (22.73%) Marketing
4 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
5 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.55%) Automotive
6 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Consultant
1 7 (31.82%) Security Consultant
2 5 (22.73%) Architect
2 5 (22.73%) Security Architect
3 4 (18.18%) Security Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Contracts Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Head of Information
4 2 (9.09%) Head of Information Security
4 2 (9.09%) Head of Security
4 2 (9.09%) Lead
5 1 (4.55%) Azure Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Cloud Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Cloud Security Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Security Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Head of Information Services
5 1 (4.55%) Information Assurance Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Security Assurance Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Security Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (4.55%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.55%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (4.55%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.55%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.55%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.55%) PKI
3 1 (4.55%) SCADA
3 1 (4.55%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Risk Management
1 9 (40.91%) Threat Modelling
2 8 (36.36%) Cloud Security
3 6 (27.27%) Information Security
4 5 (22.73%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (22.73%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (22.73%) Digital Marketing
4 5 (22.73%) Programme Management
5 4 (18.18%) Risk Assessment
5 4 (18.18%) Security Operations
6 3 (13.64%) Cryptography
6 3 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (13.64%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (13.64%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 3 (13.64%) Regulatory Compliance
7 2 (9.09%) CI/CD
7 2 (9.09%) DevSecOps
7 2 (9.09%) Incident Response
7 2 (9.09%) Strategic Thinking
7 2 (9.09%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) Bicep
2 1 (4.55%) Bash
2 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (100.00%) CISSP
2 10 (45.45%) Security Cleared
3 7 (31.82%) DV Cleared
4 5 (22.73%) CESG Certified Professional
4 5 (22.73%) CISA
4 5 (22.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 4 (18.18%) CRISC
6 2 (9.09%) ISACA
6 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
7 1 (4.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (4.55%) Azure Certification
7 1 (4.55%) CCSP
7 1 (4.55%) CEH
7 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (4.55%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (4.55%) ISSAP
7 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (4.55%) OSCP
7 1 (4.55%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (63.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (27.27%) NIST
3 5 (22.73%) GDPR
3 5 (22.73%) NCSC
3 5 (22.73%) RMADS
4 3 (13.64%) GRC
4 3 (13.64%) PCI DSS
4 3 (13.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (9.09%) COBIT
6 1 (4.55%) ISO 9001
6 1 (4.55%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) Terraform
2 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) SAP
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.55%) IBM
3 1 (4.55%) Oracle
3 1 (4.55%) Red Hat
3 1 (4.55%) Salesforce