CISM Contracts in the Thames Valley

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 126 130
Rank change year-on-year +58 +4 +12
Contract jobs citing CISM 34 19 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.25% 0.71% 0.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.22% 1.72% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 13 9
10th Percentile £560 £289 £520
25th Percentile £610 £513 £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £533 £615
Median % change year-on-year +17.26% -13.33% +6.96%
75th Percentile £650 £825 £688
90th Percentile - £930 £746
South East median daily rate £625 £533 £613
% change year-on-year +17.26% -12.98% +11.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile - - £71.76
25th Percentile £60.75 - £72.60
Median hourly rate £61.50 - £74.00
75th Percentile £62.24 - £74.40
90th Percentile - - £74.63
South East median hourly rate £61.50 - £74.00

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 547 1,103 1,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 36.20% 41.06% 34.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 588 696
10th Percentile £313 £213 £319
25th Percentile £436 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £620 £600
90th Percentile £700 £688 £690
South East median daily rate £537 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.32% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 107 45
10th Percentile £19.12 £18.30 £20.10
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.75 £27.00
Median hourly rate £61.50 £58.30 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year +5.48% -9.86% +207.61%
75th Percentile £71.38 £70.44 £74.79
90th Percentile £87.46 £87.18 £80.25
South East median hourly rate £56.75 £57.35 £57.76
% change year-on-year -1.05% -0.71% +28.75%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing CISM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for CISM in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISM in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for CISM in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISM in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISM in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISM in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for CISM in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISM within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Berkshire +51 32 £625 +19.05% 15
Buckinghamshire +10 1 £620 -27.06% 12
Oxfordshire - 1 £675 - 7
CISM
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 10 (29.41%) Azure
2 5 (14.71%) AWS
2 5 (14.71%) GCP
3 3 (8.82%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (5.88%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.88%) SaaS
5 1 (2.94%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.76%) Network Security
2 3 (8.82%) Firewall
2 3 (8.82%) NGFW
2 3 (8.82%) SSL
3 1 (2.94%) BGP
3 1 (2.94%) DNS
3 1 (2.94%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (2.94%) LAN
3 1 (2.94%) Modbus
3 1 (2.94%) SD-WAN
3 1 (2.94%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.94%) VPN
3 1 (2.94%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) JIRA
General
1 8 (23.53%) Public Sector
1 8 (23.53%) Telecoms
2 7 (20.59%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (17.65%) Social Skills
4 3 (8.82%) Military
5 2 (5.88%) Finance
5 2 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (5.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (58.82%) Senior
2 17 (50.00%) Security Specialist
3 16 (47.06%) Information Security Specialist
3 16 (47.06%) Information Specialist
3 16 (47.06%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 16 (47.06%) Senior Security Specialist
4 15 (44.12%) Senior Information Security Specialist
5 6 (17.65%) Security Engineer
6 5 (14.71%) Architect
6 5 (14.71%) Security Architect
7 3 (8.82%) Senior Security Engineer
8 2 (5.88%) Consultant
9 1 (2.94%) Audit Consultant
9 1 (2.94%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 1 (2.94%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 1 (2.94%) Information Security Officer
9 1 (2.94%) Infrastructure Architect
9 1 (2.94%) Security Manager
9 1 (2.94%) Senior Information Security Officer
9 1 (2.94%) SOC Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (14.71%) Web Services
2 3 (8.82%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (23.53%) Management Information System
2 5 (14.71%) Security Posture
3 3 (8.82%) Operational Technology
4 2 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (5.88%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.94%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.94%) PMI
5 1 (2.94%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.88%) Windows
1 2 (5.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (50.00%) Information Security
2 14 (41.18%) Security Architecture
3 12 (35.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 10 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (29.41%) Threat Modelling
5 9 (26.47%) Risk Management
6 8 (23.53%) SIEM
7 7 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (20.59%) Risk Assessment
8 6 (17.65%) Decision-Making
9 5 (14.71%) Collaborative Working
9 5 (14.71%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (14.71%) Enterprise Architecture
9 5 (14.71%) Incident Response
9 5 (14.71%) Information Assurance
9 5 (14.71%) SOA
9 5 (14.71%) Validation
9 5 (14.71%) Vulnerability Management
10 4 (11.76%) Data Security
10 4 (11.76%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.94%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.94%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (55.88%) CISSP
2 18 (52.94%) Security Cleared
3 14 (41.18%) DV Cleared
4 5 (14.71%) CEH
4 5 (14.71%) Degree
4 5 (14.71%) SC Cleared
5 4 (11.76%) CISA
6 1 (2.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (2.94%) CCNA
6 1 (2.94%) CCNP
6 1 (2.94%) CCSP
6 1 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.94%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.94%) GCIA
6 1 (2.94%) GCIH
6 1 (2.94%) GIAC
6 1 (2.94%) PgMP
6 1 (2.94%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.94%) PMP
6 1 (2.94%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (64.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (20.59%) NIST
3 4 (11.76%) NCSC
4 3 (8.82%) GDPR
5 2 (5.88%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (5.88%) NIST 800
5 2 (5.88%) PCI DSS
6 1 (2.94%) JSP 440
System Software
1 3 (8.82%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (8.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (2.94%) CSIRT
2 1 (2.94%) QRadar
2 1 (2.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.88%) Splunk
2 2 (5.88%) VMware
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle
3 1 (2.94%) Proofpoint
3 1 (2.94%) ServiceNow