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 26 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CISM 28 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 4.12% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 20.90% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 21 0 0
10th Percentile £358 - -
25th Percentile £410 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 - -
75th Percentile £537 - -
90th Percentile £650 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £650 £575
% change year-on-year -19.23% +13.04% +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 134 88 102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 19.73% 19.78% 25.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 57 78
10th Percentile £336 £187 £368
25th Percentile £406 £220 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £515 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -14.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £591 £588 £681
90th Percentile £703 £650 £720
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
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% +237.27%
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £38.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year -35.10% +29.17% +60.00%

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 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 26 October 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 26 October 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 - 28 £519 - 4
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 14 (50.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 10 (35.71%) AWS
1 10 (35.71%) Azure
2 9 (32.14%) GCP
3 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.57%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.86%) Kerberos
2 1 (3.57%) Network Security
2 1 (3.57%) SSH
Development Applications
1 22 (78.57%) JIRA
2 8 (28.57%) Postman
2 8 (28.57%) SoapUI
General
1 8 (28.57%) Finance
1 8 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.14%) Banking
3 1 (3.57%) Financial Institution
3 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (46.43%) Architect
2 10 (35.71%) Security Architect
2 10 (35.71%) Solutions Architect
3 8 (28.57%) Security Solutions Architect
4 7 (25.00%) Analyst
4 7 (25.00%) Test Analyst
5 6 (21.43%) Lead
6 5 (17.86%) Lead Architect
6 5 (17.86%) Lead Security Architect
7 4 (14.29%) Lead Solutions Architect
8 3 (10.71%) Design Engineer
9 2 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Architect
10 1 (3.57%) CyberArk Architect
10 1 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 1 (3.57%) DevSecOps Consultant
10 1 (3.57%) Governance Manager
10 1 (3.57%) Risk Manager
10 1 (3.57%) Security Analyst
10 1 (3.57%) Security Engineer
10 1 (3.57%) Subject Matter Expert
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (21.43%) OAuth
1 6 (21.43%) SAML
2 1 (3.57%) LDAP
2 1 (3.57%) SailPoint
2 1 (3.57%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Management Information System
2 4 (14.29%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.57%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (92.86%) Identity Access Management
2 22 (78.57%) Cybersecurity
3 20 (71.43%) Privileged Access Management
4 13 (46.43%) Decision-Making
4 13 (46.43%) Technical Debt
4 13 (46.43%) UML
5 12 (42.86%) Secrets Management
5 12 (42.86%) Visualisation
6 10 (35.71%) Computer Science
6 10 (35.71%) Cryptography
6 10 (35.71%) Dependency Management
6 10 (35.71%) DevSecOps
6 10 (35.71%) Incident Response
6 10 (35.71%) Project Governance
6 10 (35.71%) Security Operations
6 10 (35.71%) Vulnerability Management
7 9 (32.14%) Cloud Security
7 9 (32.14%) SABSA
7 9 (32.14%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 9 (32.14%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.57%) JavaScript
1 1 (3.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (92.86%) CISSP
2 10 (35.71%) Degree
3 9 (32.14%) TOGAF Certification
4 8 (28.57%) ISTQB
4 8 (28.57%) Master's Degree
5 7 (25.00%) PhD
6 2 (7.14%) CISA
7 1 (3.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (3.57%) CCSK
7 1 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (3.57%) SAP Certification
7 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.00%) GDPR
1 7 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (25.00%) NIST
2 6 (21.43%) PCI DSS
3 2 (7.14%) QA
4 1 (3.57%) GRC
Systems Management
1 6 (21.43%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (3.57%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 19 (67.86%) CyberArk
2 14 (50.00%) Thycotic
3 13 (46.43%) BiZZdesign
4 11 (39.29%) Microsoft
5 10 (35.71%) Centrify
6 8 (28.57%) BeyondTrust
6 8 (28.57%) Google
7 1 (3.57%) SAP