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 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CISM 11 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 1.72% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 11.58% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £333 - -
25th Percentile £361 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £530 - -
90th Percentile £570 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £460 £525 £600
% change year-on-year -12.38% -12.50% +54.84%

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 95 78 106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 14.87% 17.41% 23.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 51 83
10th Percentile £317 £208 £308
25th Percentile £350 £405 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -12.50% +26.32%
75th Percentile £550 £595 £694
90th Percentile £670 £650 £720
Yorkshire median daily rate £485 £495 £525
% change year-on-year -2.02% -5.71% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £14.32 - £14.90
25th Percentile £15.01 £11.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £16.18 £13.50 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.81% -55.74% +105.73%
75th Percentile £17.34 £15.25 £40.25
90th Percentile £18.04 - £46.10
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £28.39
% change year-on-year -37.13% +40.89% +57.72%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for CISM 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 19 September 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 19 September 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 - 11 £450 - 2
CISM
Yorkshire

CISM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 8 (72.73%) AWS
1 8 (72.73%) Azure
1 8 (72.73%) GCP
2 1 (9.09%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Network Security
1 1 (9.09%) SSH
Development Applications
1 9 (81.82%) JIRA
2 8 (72.73%) Postman
2 8 (72.73%) SoapUI
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Banking
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Analyst
1 7 (63.64%) Test Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Audit Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Compliance Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Governance Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Lead
2 1 (9.09%) Risk Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Security Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Subject Matter Expert
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Identity Access Management
2 9 (81.82%) Privileged Access Management
3 8 (72.73%) Agile
3 8 (72.73%) API Testing
3 8 (72.73%) CI/CD
3 8 (72.73%) Cloud Security
3 8 (72.73%) DevSecOps
3 8 (72.73%) Kanban
3 8 (72.73%) Scrum
3 8 (72.73%) Security Testing
3 8 (72.73%) Software Testing
3 8 (72.73%) Test Management
4 6 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
7 2 (18.18%) Change Management
7 2 (18.18%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (18.18%) Functional Testing
7 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
7 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) CISSP
2 8 (72.73%) ISTQB
3 3 (27.27%) Degree
4 2 (18.18%) CISA
5 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) GDPR
1 6 (54.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (54.55%) NIST
1 6 (54.55%) PCI DSS
2 2 (18.18%) QA
3 1 (9.09%) GRC
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) BeyondTrust
1 8 (72.73%) CyberArk
1 8 (72.73%) Google
1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft
1 8 (72.73%) Thycotic
2 1 (9.09%) BiZZdesign