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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 53 62
Rank change year-on-year -25 +9 -
Contract jobs citing CISM 26 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 2.32% 0.26% 0.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 12.50% 1.47% 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 1 1
10th Percentile £482 - -
25th Percentile £488 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £687 - £588
90th Percentile £688 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £625 £600 £563
% change year-on-year +4.17% +6.67% -10.00%

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 208 68 70
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 18.54% 17.99% 15.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 42 40
10th Percentile £394 £220 £375
25th Percentile £435 £333 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £426 £525
Median % change year-on-year +17.44% -18.90% -12.50%
75th Percentile £588 £526 £616
90th Percentile £688 £650 £702
Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £475 £501
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.09% -9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.33 - -
Median hourly rate £24.29 £18.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +31.30% - -
75th Percentile £25.77 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.54 £21.79 £15.09
% change year-on-year +17.22% +44.43% -58.95%

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 19 May 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 19 May 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 -29 26 £638 +6.25% 2
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 8 (30.77%) Confluence
2 1 (3.85%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 9 (34.62%) AWS
1 9 (34.62%) GCP
2 7 (26.92%) OpenShift
3 4 (15.38%) Azure
4 1 (3.85%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 11 (42.31%) Network Security
2 3 (11.54%) SSL
3 2 (7.69%) SSH
4 1 (3.85%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Data Lake
1 1 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (30.77%) JIRA
2 1 (3.85%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (53.85%) Finance
1 14 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.54%) Financial Institution
3 2 (7.69%) Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (38.46%) Consultant
2 8 (30.77%) DevSecOps Consultant
3 3 (11.54%) Designer
3 3 (11.54%) Security Consultant
3 3 (11.54%) Solutions Designer
4 2 (7.69%) Architect
4 2 (7.69%) Build Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) IT Security Officer
4 2 (7.69%) Network Designer
4 2 (7.69%) Security Architect
4 2 (7.69%) Security Designer
4 2 (7.69%) Security Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Security Officer
5 1 (3.85%) CyberArk Architect
5 1 (3.85%) Design Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Identity Management Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Lead Architect
5 1 (3.85%) Software Architect
5 1 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.85%) Technical Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) SLSA
2 1 (3.85%) FastAPI
2 1 (3.85%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 7 (26.92%) PKI
2 6 (23.08%) Security Posture
3 3 (11.54%) Cyber Security Posture
4 2 (7.69%) Cloud Native
4 2 (7.69%) Data Centre
4 2 (7.69%) Hedge funds
4 2 (7.69%) Operational Technology
4 2 (7.69%) SCADA
5 1 (3.85%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.69%) Windows
1 2 (7.69%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.85%) Linux
2 1 (3.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (53.85%) Cloud Security
2 13 (50.00%) Application Security
2 13 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 12 (46.15%) Architectural Patterns
3 12 (46.15%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (46.15%) Vulnerability Management
4 11 (42.31%) GAP Analysis
4 11 (42.31%) Roadmaps
5 10 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (34.62%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (34.62%) DevSecOps
6 9 (34.62%) SBOM
6 9 (34.62%) Software Delivery
6 9 (34.62%) Threat Modelling
7 7 (26.92%) Computer Science
7 7 (26.92%) Key Management
7 7 (26.92%) Migration
7 7 (26.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (23.08%) Risk Management
8 6 (23.08%) UML
Programming Languages
1 5 (19.23%) Python
2 2 (7.69%) Bash
3 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 26 (100.00%) CISSP
2 9 (34.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 9 (34.62%) CCSP
2 9 (34.62%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (26.92%) Degree
4 4 (15.38%) TOGAF Certification
5 3 (11.54%) CCSK
5 3 (11.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (11.54%) Master's Degree
6 1 (3.85%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) NIST
2 3 (11.54%) GDPR
2 3 (11.54%) PCI DSS
3 2 (7.69%) ISA99
3 2 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (7.69%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 16 (61.54%) Kubernetes
2 4 (15.38%) Ansible
2 4 (15.38%) Terraform
3 2 (7.69%) Grafana
3 2 (7.69%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 6 (23.08%) BiZZdesign
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.69%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (3.85%) Centrify
4 1 (3.85%) CheckPoint
4 1 (3.85%) CyberArk
4 1 (3.85%) Databricks
4 1 (3.85%) Fortinet
4 1 (3.85%) Red Hat