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 citing CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 15 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	82	53	-
Rank change year-on-year	-29	-	-
Contract jobs citing CISM	26	31	0
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire	2.32%	4.21%	-
As % of the Qualifications category	11.40%	20.53%	-
Number of daily rates quoted	23	23	0
10^th Percentile	£438	£359	-
25^th Percentile	£463	£430	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£575	£519	-
Median % change year-on-year	+10.90%	-	-
75^th Percentile	£688	£544	-
90^th Percentile	-	£640	-
Yorkshire median daily rate	£588	£527	£700
% change year-on-year	+11.43%	-24.68%	+21.74%

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 citing academic qualifications or professional certifications in South Yorkshire.

	6 months to 15 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing academic qualifications or professional certifications	228	151	90
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire	20.38%	20.49%	20.93%
Number of daily rates quoted	167	110	59
10^th Percentile	£413	£336	£187
25^th Percentile	£460	£411	£220
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£492	£519	£501
Median % change year-on-year	-5.25%	+3.75%	-12.96%
75^th Percentile	£575	£628	£589
90^th Percentile	£688	£703	£650
Yorkshire median daily rate	£489	£500	£475
% change year-on-year	-2.25%	+5.26%	-5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	24	1	1
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£17.00	-	£11.75
Median hourly rate	£25.39	£13.85	£13.50
Median % change year-on-year	+83.29%	+2.59%	-73.00%
75^th Percentile	£25.77	-	£15.25
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
Yorkshire median hourly rate	£25.00	£25.15	£37.50
% change year-on-year	-0.60%	-32.93%	+25.00%

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 Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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 15 November 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 15 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Sheffield	-34	26	£575	+10.90%	2
CISM Yorkshire

CISM Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 15 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing CISM also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South Yorkshire region citing CISM.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CISSP	80.8%	21
2	Vulnerability Management	69.2%	18
3	Application Security	65.4%	17
3	Stakeholder Management	65.4%	17
5	Cloud Security	61.5%	16
6	Cybersecurity	53.8%	14
6	Network Security	53.8%	14
6	Risk Management	53.8%	14
9	Architectural Patterns	46.2%	12
9	DevSecOps	46.2%	12
11	AWS	42.3%	11
11	GCP	42.3%	11
13	(ISC)2 CCSP	38.5%	10
13	CCSP	38.5%	10
13	CI/CD	38.5%	10
13	Cisco Certification	38.5%	10
13	SBOM	38.5%	10
13	Threat Modelling	38.5%	10
19	Cryptography	34.6%	9
19	Identity Access Management	34.6%	9
19	Kubernetes	34.6%	9
22	Computer Science	30.8%	8
22	Data Security	30.8%	8
22	Degree	30.8%	8
22	GAP Analysis	30.8%	8
22	Roadmaps	30.8%	8
27	Confluence	26.9%	7
27	CRISC	26.9%	7
27	JIRA	26.9%	7
27	Privileged Access Management	26.9%	7

CISM Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Qualifications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CISSP	80.8%	21
2	(ISC)2 CCSP	38.5%	10
2	CCSP	38.5%	10
2	Cisco Certification	38.5%	10
5	Degree	30.8%	8
6	CRISC	26.9%	7
7	CISA	23.1%	6
8	BPSS Clearance	15.4%	4
9	CCSK	11.5%	3
10	CEH	7.7%	2
10	TOGAF Certification	7.7%	2
12	ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	3.8%	1
12	Master's Degree	3.8%	1
12	SANS	3.8%	1