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 17 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 38 55
Rank change year-on-year -25 +17 -
Contract jobs citing CISM 37 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 4.09% 0.37% 0.87%
As % of the Qualifications category 16.82% 1.61% 3.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 1 2
10th Percentile £482 - -
25th Percentile £491 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.50% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £638 - £588
90th Percentile £684 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £537 £665 £575
% change year-on-year -19.25% +15.65% +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 220 62 108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 24.34% 23.13% 23.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 43 61
10th Percentile £405 £208 £375
25th Percentile £458 £220 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £409 £550
Median % change year-on-year +26.77% -25.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £663 £504 £650
90th Percentile £700 £630 £720
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £494
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.86% -5.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £13.85 - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £23.58 £32.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year -27.46% +116.67% -63.08%

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 17 February 2026.

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 17 February 2026. 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 -28 37 £537 -10.50%
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 21 (56.76%) Confluence
2 1 (2.70%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 7 (18.92%) OpenShift
2 3 (8.11%) Azure
3 2 (5.41%) AWS
4 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.70%) GCP
4 1 (2.70%) GitHub
4 1 (2.70%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.51%) Kerberos
2 3 (8.11%) Network Security
2 3 (8.11%) SSL
3 2 (5.41%) SSH
4 1 (2.70%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Data Lake
1 1 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 21 (56.76%) JIRA
2 1 (2.70%) Jenkins
General
1 13 (35.14%) Finance
2 7 (18.92%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.41%) Banking
4 1 (2.70%) Financial Institution
4 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (48.65%) Architect
2 14 (37.84%) Solutions Architect
3 13 (35.14%) Security Architect
4 10 (27.03%) Security Solutions Architect
5 9 (24.32%) Lead
6 8 (21.62%) Lead Architect
7 7 (18.92%) Lead Solutions Architect
8 6 (16.22%) Lead Security Architect
9 4 (10.81%) Design Engineer
10 3 (8.11%) CyberArk Architect
10 3 (8.11%) Designer
10 3 (8.11%) Solutions Designer
11 2 (5.41%) Build Engineer
11 2 (5.41%) Cybersecurity Architect
11 2 (5.41%) IT Security Officer
11 2 (5.41%) Network Designer
11 2 (5.41%) Security Designer
11 2 (5.41%) Security Engineer
11 2 (5.41%) Security Officer
12 1 (2.70%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (16.22%) OAuth
1 6 (16.22%) SAML
2 1 (2.70%) FastAPI
2 1 (2.70%) Flask
2 1 (2.70%) LDAP
2 1 (2.70%) SailPoint
2 1 (2.70%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 8 (21.62%) Cloud Native
2 7 (18.92%) PKI
3 5 (13.51%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.41%) Hedge funds
5 1 (2.70%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.41%) Windows
1 2 (5.41%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.70%) Linux
2 1 (2.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (81.08%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (64.86%) Identity Access Management
3 20 (54.05%) UML
4 18 (48.65%) Computer Science
4 18 (48.65%) Incident Response
5 17 (45.95%) Decision-Making
6 16 (43.24%) SABSA
6 16 (43.24%) Technical Debt
6 16 (43.24%) TOGAF
6 16 (43.24%) Visualisation
7 15 (40.54%) Privileged Access Management
7 15 (40.54%) Secrets Management
7 15 (40.54%) Software Engineering
8 14 (37.84%) Cryptography
8 14 (37.84%) Security Operations
8 14 (37.84%) Vulnerability Management
9 13 (35.14%) Architectural Patterns
9 13 (35.14%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
10 12 (32.43%) Thought Leadership
11 11 (29.73%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.51%) Python
2 2 (5.41%) Bash
2 2 (5.41%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 35 (94.59%) CISSP
2 18 (48.65%) Degree
3 16 (43.24%) TOGAF Certification
4 12 (32.43%) Master's Degree
5 10 (27.03%) PhD
6 3 (8.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (5.41%) CISA
8 1 (2.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (2.70%) CCSK
8 1 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (2.70%) SAP Certification
8 1 (2.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) GDPR
2 3 (8.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (8.11%) NIST
2 3 (8.11%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.70%) GRC
Systems Management
1 8 (21.62%) Kubernetes
2 6 (16.22%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (10.81%) Ansible
3 4 (10.81%) Terraform
4 2 (5.41%) Grafana
4 2 (5.41%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 20 (54.05%) BiZZdesign
2 15 (40.54%) CyberArk
3 14 (37.84%) Centrify
4 6 (16.22%) Thycotic
5 5 (13.51%) Microsoft
6 2 (5.41%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (2.70%) CheckPoint
7 1 (2.70%) Databricks
7 1 (2.70%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.70%) Red Hat
7 1 (2.70%) SAP