CISM Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Yorkshire with a requirement for CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 - 51
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Contract jobs citing CISM 39 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 5.15% - 0.90%
As % of the Qualifications category 22.16% - 3.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 0 2
10th Percentile £361 - -
25th Percentile £463 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.54%
75th Percentile £537 - £588
90th Percentile £610 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £519 £680 £575
% change year-on-year -23.75% +18.26% +48.39%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 176 82 120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 23.25% 24.05% 27.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 55 80
10th Percentile £345 £160 £375
25th Percentile £417 £220 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £470 £575
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -18.26% +9.52%
75th Percentile £633 £594 £691
90th Percentile £703 £650 £720
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Median hourly rate £13.85 £13.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.59% -73.00% +463.70%
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £30.05
% change year-on-year -32.93% +24.79% +117.60%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

CISM job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

CISM
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing CISM

CISM
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISM in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISM in South Yorkshire

CISM
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 14 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
Sheffield - 39 £492 - 5
CISM
Yorkshire

CISM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 17 (43.59%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 10 (25.64%) AWS
1 10 (25.64%) Azure
2 9 (23.08%) GCP
3 7 (17.95%) OpenShift
4 1 (2.56%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.56%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.82%) Kerberos
2 3 (7.69%) SSL
3 1 (2.56%) Network Security
3 1 (2.56%) SSH
Development Applications
1 25 (64.10%) JIRA
2 8 (20.51%) Postman
2 8 (20.51%) SoapUI
General
1 10 (25.64%) Finance
2 9 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.13%) Banking
4 1 (2.56%) Financial Institution
4 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (43.59%) Architect
2 14 (35.90%) Solutions Architect
3 12 (30.77%) Security Architect
4 10 (25.64%) Security Solutions Architect
5 9 (23.08%) Lead
6 8 (20.51%) Lead Architect
7 7 (17.95%) Analyst
7 7 (17.95%) Lead Solutions Architect
7 7 (17.95%) Test Analyst
8 6 (15.38%) Lead Security Architect
9 3 (7.69%) CyberArk Architect
9 3 (7.69%) Design Engineer
10 2 (5.13%) Build Engineer
10 2 (5.13%) Cybersecurity Architect
10 2 (5.13%) IT Security Officer
10 2 (5.13%) Security Officer
11 1 (2.56%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 1 (2.56%) Governance Manager
11 1 (2.56%) Identity Management Engineer
11 1 (2.56%) Subject Matter Expert
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.38%) OAuth
1 6 (15.38%) SAML
2 1 (2.56%) LDAP
2 1 (2.56%) SailPoint
2 1 (2.56%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.51%) Cloud Native
2 6 (15.38%) PKI
3 5 (12.82%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.56%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (84.62%) Identity Access Management
2 26 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
3 23 (58.97%) Privileged Access Management
4 18 (46.15%) Incident Response
5 16 (41.03%) UML
6 15 (38.46%) Decision-Making
6 15 (38.46%) Secrets Management
6 15 (38.46%) Technical Debt
6 15 (38.46%) Visualisation
7 14 (35.90%) Cloud Security
7 14 (35.90%) Computer Science
7 14 (35.90%) Cryptography
7 14 (35.90%) Security Operations
7 14 (35.90%) Vulnerability Management
8 13 (33.33%) CI/CD
8 13 (33.33%) SABSA
8 13 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
8 13 (33.33%) TOGAF
9 11 (28.21%) Dependency Management
9 11 (28.21%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.13%) Bash
1 2 (5.13%) Python
2 1 (2.56%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 37 (94.87%) CISSP
2 14 (35.90%) Degree
3 13 (33.33%) TOGAF Certification
4 11 (28.21%) Master's Degree
5 10 (25.64%) PhD
6 8 (20.51%) ISTQB
7 2 (5.13%) CISA
8 1 (2.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (2.56%) CCSK
8 1 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (2.56%) SAP Certification
8 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (25.64%) GDPR
2 9 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (23.08%) PCI DSS
3 7 (17.95%) NIST
4 2 (5.13%) QA
5 1 (2.56%) GRC
Systems Management
1 8 (20.51%) Kubernetes
2 6 (15.38%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (10.26%) Ansible
3 4 (10.26%) Terraform
4 2 (5.13%) Grafana
4 2 (5.13%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 23 (58.97%) CyberArk
2 16 (41.03%) BiZZdesign
3 14 (35.90%) Centrify
3 14 (35.90%) Thycotic
4 13 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 8 (20.51%) BeyondTrust
5 8 (20.51%) Google
6 1 (2.56%) SAP